Here’s a look at the story of D. B. Cooper, the man who hijacked a flight in 1971, parachuted out and was never heard from again.
A prominent suspect in the infamous D.B. Cooper skyjacking case died earlier this month in Northern California, according to reports. He was 94.
The 1971 skyjacking by a man using the name Dan Cooper left the world breathless as he ransomed 36 hostages aboard Northwest Orient Flight 305 for $200,000, then parachuted from the plane with the money.
D.B. Cooper disappeared from sight and into history, his true identity unknown.
Sheridan Peterson was chief among the suspects, with investigators pointing to his experience as a smokejumper, his love of skydiving and taking physical risks, and even reportedly experimenting with homemade bat wings, according to The Oregonian.
Sheridan Peterson was one of the chief suspects in the notorious 1971 hijacking
A known only as Dan ‘DB’ Cooper boarded a flight from Portland to Seattle and claimed he had a bomb in his briefcase
He swindled $200,000 ransom money then parachuted from the plane
For decades, federal authorities have failed to determine the identity of the suspect in what remains the only unsolved skyjacking case in US history
Peterson once admitted even his friends believed it was him
He died on January 8 in Northern California, according to an obituary
Peterson long claimed that, at the time of the skyjacking, he was living in a mud hut in Nepal working on a protest novel about his experiences in Vietnam
D.B. Cooper: Man who hijacked Boeing before jumping out plane and vanishing forever
EXCLUSIVE: The mystery of D.B. Cooper and whether he s dead or alive has baffled many for years after he hijacked a Boeing 727 heading towards Seattle then leapt out of the craft never to be seen again
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