Identity of Dan "DB" Cooper revealed?

figarot · 6th April 2008, 12:22 PM

Seems his real name was Kenneth Christiansen...

http://nymag.com/news/features/39593/

LibraryLady · 6th April 2008, 12:51 PM

Wow. I'm so excited.

TheDoLittle · 6th April 2008, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by figarot

Seems his real name was Kenneth Christiansen...

Alas, Christiansen was removed as a suspect by the FBI a couple of months after this article was published. Most of the evidence still points to Richard McCoy, Jr. as being the most likeliest suspect.

figarot · 6th April 2008, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by TheDoLittle

Alas, Christiansen was removed as a suspect by the FBI a couple of months after this article was published. Most of the evidence still points to Richard McCoy, Jr. as being the most likeliest suspect.

Had no idea. Never even heard of Richard McCoy, Jr. Don't follow the case really. Read articles about it 30 years ago and had forgotten about him until he turned up as a character in season 1 of Prison Break. The article I linked to was reprinted in a local South African magazine this week, I remember a recent thread about bits of his parachute being found and thought I'd share...

TheDoLittle · 6th April 2008, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by figarot

Had no idea. Never even heard of Richard McCoy, Jr. Don't follow the case really. Read articles about it 30 years ago and had forgotten about him until he turned up as a character in season 1 of Prison Break. The article I linked to was reprinted in a local South African magazine this week, I remember a recent thread about bits of his parachute being found and thought I'd share...

I had to write a report on the hijacking in high school (using critical thinking to solved unsolved crimes), and gained a small personal obsession over it. The book, D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy was published a few years after I graduated which helped my rethink John List (a mass murderer who had killed his family a day before the hijacking) being my number one suspect.

Susan Gerbic · 6th April 2008, 05:23 PM

The article as written sounds odd to me. The reporter was leading the brother with his questions, "did he smoke?" "Did he drink bourbon?' The first letter sent to the actress was incoherent (he must have thought that letter out over some time also) yet the reporter and the brother are emailing each other over and over and the brother's story sounds so clear. Think about some of the woos we get here, you can't get a straight sentence or clear thought no matter how much to "interview" them. This man's father built a per-motion machine....hummmm.

Quote:

Alas, Christiansen was removed as a suspect by the FBI a couple of months after this article was published. Most of the evidence still points to Richard McCoy, Jr. as being the most likeliest suspect.

Why did the FBI decide the brother could not be D.B.?

Susan

TheDoLittle · 7th April 2008, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by sgf8

Why did the FBI decide the brother could not be D.B.?

My Google-Fu only returned one small piece from Wikipedia:

Quote:

Kenneth Christiansen The October 29, 2007 issue of New York magazine revealed a new suspect, Kenneth P. Christiansen, identified by Sherlock Investigations. The article noted that Christiansen is a former army paratrooper, a former airline employee, had settled in Washington near the site of the hijacking, was familiar with the local terrain, had purchased property with cash a year after the hijacking, drank bourbon and smoked (as did Cooper during the flight) and resembled the eyewitness sketches of Cooper. However, the FBI ruled out Christiansen because his complexion, height, weight and eye color did not match the descriptions given by the passengers or the crew of Flight 305.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.b._cooper

I also seem to remember reading an article in one of the news magazines where the Sherlock P.I.'s themselves actually were able to show Christiansen had an alibi. Although in the area, was in fact working on another flight during the hijacking.

6th April 2008, 12:22 PM	#1
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6th April 2008, 01:32 PM	#3
TheDoLittle Disco King Discombobulator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,658	Originally Posted by figarot Seems his real name was Kenneth Christiansen... Alas, Christiansen was removed as a suspect by the FBI a couple of months after this article was published. Most of the evidence still points to Richard McCoy, Jr. as being the most likeliest suspect.
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6th April 2008, 01:45 PM	#4
figarot Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 396	Originally Posted by TheDoLittle Alas, Christiansen was removed as a suspect by the FBI a couple of months after this article was published. Most of the evidence still points to Richard McCoy, Jr. as being the most likeliest suspect. Had no idea. Never even heard of Richard McCoy, Jr. Don't follow the case really. Read articles about it 30 years ago and had forgotten about him until he turned up as a character in season 1 of Prison Break. The article I linked to was reprinted in a local South African magazine this week, I remember a recent thread about bits of his parachute being found and thought I'd share...
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6th April 2008, 02:36 PM	#5
TheDoLittle Disco King Discombobulator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,658	Originally Posted by figarot Had no idea. Never even heard of Richard McCoy, Jr. Don't follow the case really. Read articles about it 30 years ago and had forgotten about him until he turned up as a character in season 1 of Prison Break. The article I linked to was reprinted in a local South African magazine this week, I remember a recent thread about bits of his parachute being found and thought I'd share... I had to write a report on the hijacking in high school (using critical thinking to solved unsolved crimes), and gained a small personal obsession over it. The book, D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy was published a few years after I graduated which helped my rethink John List (a mass murderer who had killed his family a day before the hijacking) being my number one suspect.
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6th April 2008, 05:23 PM	#6
Susan Gerbic Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Salinas Posts: 1,521	The article as written sounds odd to me. The reporter was leading the brother with his questions, "did he smoke?" "Did he drink bourbon?' The first letter sent to the actress was incoherent (he must have thought that letter out over some time also) yet the reporter and the brother are emailing each other over and over and the brother's story sounds so clear. Think about some of the woos we get here, you can't get a straight sentence or clear thought no matter how much to "interview" them. This man's father built a per-motion machine....hummmm. Quote: Alas, Christiansen was removed as a suspect by the FBI a couple of months after this article was published. Most of the evidence still points to Richard McCoy, Jr. as being the most likeliest suspect. Why did the FBI decide the brother could not be D.B.? Susan
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7th April 2008, 08:02 AM	#7
TheDoLittle Disco King Discombobulator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,658	Originally Posted by sgf8 Why did the FBI decide the brother could not be D.B.? My Google-Fu only returned one small piece from Wikipedia: Quote: Kenneth Christiansen The October 29, 2007 issue of New York magazine revealed a new suspect, Kenneth P. Christiansen, identified by Sherlock Investigations. The article noted that Christiansen is a former army paratrooper, a former airline employee, had settled in Washington near the site of the hijacking, was familiar with the local terrain, had purchased property with cash a year after the hijacking, drank bourbon and smoked (as did Cooper during the flight) and resembled the eyewitness sketches of Cooper. However, the FBI ruled out Christiansen because his complexion, height, weight and eye color did not match the descriptions given by the passengers or the crew of Flight 305. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.b._cooper I also seem to remember reading an article in one of the news magazines where the Sherlock P.I.'s themselves actually were able to show Christiansen had an alibi. Although in the area, was in fact working on another flight during the hijacking.
	__________________ David O. Little -=The DoLittle 8-)=- America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. - Evan Esar / No one can earn a million dollars honestly. - William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) / If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you. - Don Marquis