Screenshot of DB Cooper mugshot via NBC News
A brother and sister in North Carolina are claiming their late father is the mysterious plane hijacker DB Cooper after finding a parachute in their father’s home.
Rick McCoy III and his sister Chanté claim their father, Richard McCoy Jr., is the notorious plane hijacker who leaped out of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 with $200,000 after taking crew and passengers hostage in 1971.
The siblings discovered the parachute in their father’s home years ago but waited until their mother’s death to reveal their findings out of fear their mother could be indicted as an accomplice.
Shortly after their mother’s death, the siblings met with aviation YouTuber Dan Gryder, who analyzed the parachute and believed it was identical to the one Cooper used in 1971.
Gryder stated, “That rig is literally one in a billion.”
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— New York Post (@nypost) November 27, 2024
Per The New York Post:
A pair of North Carolina siblings claim their late father is the ever-elusive Boeing hijacker DB Cooper after allegedly finding his parachute hidden in their home, according to a new report.
Chanté and Rick McCoy III claim their father, Richard McCoy Jr., was the infamous fugitive who disappeared when he leaped out of a Boeing plane with $200,000 in cash after taking passengers and crew hostage in 1971, the Cowboy State Daily reports.
The siblings said they waited until their mother’s death in 2020 to come forward, fearing she could be implicated as the parachute that allegedly belonged to Cooper was found in her storage stash outside the house.
After her death, the siblings met with aviation YouTuber Dan Gryder, who has seen the parachute and believes it’s the very one Cooper used in 1971.
On November 24, 1971, a man identifying as Dan Cooper bought a ticket at the Northwest Orient Airlines counter in Portland, Oregon.
Cooper bought a one-way ticket to Seattle, Washington, and during midflight, he presented the stewardess a note that claimed he had a bomb.
He then showed the stewardess a briefcase with wires inside.
Cooper then gave the stewardess a note to give to the plane’s captain, who demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes.
When the flight proceeded to land in Seattle, Cooper exchanged the hostages for the money and parachutes but kept the crew on board and ordered them to fly towards Mexico City.
Somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Cooper jumped out of the plane with the cash and was never seen again.
For years, the FBI interviewed several suspects, including the late Richard Floyd McCoy, but ruled him out for not matching the flight attendance description of Cooper.
Cooper’s mysterious disappearance is considered the FBI’s most famous uncracked mystery, and the case remains open.
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