FBI officially closes the case of the legendary DB Cooper skyjack after 45 years
The brutal murder of the man who packed the parachute used in the infamous DB Cooper hijacking remains a mystery more than a decade on.
Cossey was key to investigators as they sought to identify the one-of-a-kind rig Cooper used when he jumped out of the plane. Earl Cossey provided the parachute provided to DB Cooper when the hijacker commandeered a Boeing 727 at Seattle-Tacoma airport on November 24, 1971 Cossey's former brother-in-law Richard Bowyer told KIRO 7: 'I will be very, very surprised when they figure out what happened has anything to do with the DB Cooper thing because it’s so old. It’s really in the past, a long time ago.Cossey was key to investigators as they sought to identify the one-of-a-kind rig Cooper jumped off with
Read More DB Cooper's DNA analysis will be so specific it will determine if hijacker has kids or a dog, investigator says Internet sleuth Dan Gryder said in part three of his documentary series on the case that he had visited Cossey's family after finding the parachute he believes Cooper used. Gryder told DailyMail.com that the parachute found in the McCoy's storage unit has the same unique alterations as the chutes in the Cooper hijacking.
Before his untimely death, the FBI had sought Cossey's help identifying parachutes that were sometimes discovered near Cooper's jump area.
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