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A new docuseries dives into the decades-long mystery.
Fifty years on and we still dont know the identity of D.B.
Under the alias Dan Cooper a name misheard and later popularized as D.B.
Cooper he hijacked a Seattle-bound Portland flight on Nov. 24, 1971.
After demanding $200,000 in ransom money, he parachuted out of the plane to an unknown destination.
Neither a body nor the money was ever found.
HBO explored the mystery in 2020 withThe Mystery of D.B.
Cooper, and now Netflix is tackling the case with the limited seriesD.B.
Cooper: Where Are You?
The scant facts about his identity have spawned countlesstheories about who D.B.
His demand in exchange for their lives was four parachutes and $200,000 in twenty-dollar bills.
On the way there, he jumped out of the back of the plane with the cash and disappeared.
TheDNA they pulled from the planewas unable to positively identify someone, and the FBI screened over 800 suspects.
Cooper: Where Are You?!
To be clear, the series doesnt answer who D.B.
But the series does run through the most popular theories, just asThe Mystery of D.B.
Cooperdid.Theres Duane Weber, a career criminal who claimed on his deathbed in 1995 that he was the man.
Then theres Barbara Dayton, a trans woman claiming she was friends with D.B.
Many theorized shewasthe hijacker; she died in 2002.
The Netflix docuseries also proposes three other suspects who could have been the infamous mystery man.
His experience with parachuting out of planes made him a primary suspect for a time.
At the time of the heist, I was 44 years old.
But what was even more incriminating was the photo of me simulating a skydiving maneuver for Boeings news sheet.
It was noted that skydivers dont ordinarily dress so formally.
But Peterson didnt outright claim he was D.B.
Cooper, and the FBI never seriously looked into him.
He died in 2021.
Dick Briggs
Another suspect is Dick Briggs, a drug courier who claimed he was D.B.
But the series discounts him for two reasons.
Robert Rackstraw
The series final suspect isRobert Rackstraw, a former Army helicopter pilot.
He denied it, and Rackstraw died in 2019.
