Any DB Cooper case news.

[OneRound]

Hi OneRound,

He might have kept it as a souvenir. However, I tend to agree with your point in your second question: I would think that if the FBI had conducted a competent investigation, they wouldn't have missed something as large as a parachute. It's interesting though that when the parachute was turned over to the FBI, they didn't respond by saying, "Yes, we know about that parachute. It isn't Cooper's."

Hi Lewis,

Thanks for your response.

With the careful planning and organisation undertaken by Cooper for the skyjacking, I feel he would have regarded hanging onto a souvenir as an unnecessary risk.

The actual FBI guys to whom the parachute was turned over to wouldn't, of course, have been involved (or probably even born) when McCoy was first investigated. Understandable perhaps then for them to say nothing initially as they searched for the archived files to get fully up to speed on this aspect.

Just thoughts. Without doubt though, a tantalising case.

Best regards,
OneRound