Diatoms constrain forensic burial timelines: case study with DB Cooper money

Thomas G. Kaye, Mark Meltzer, 2020. Scientific Reports 10, 13036.

Identifies diatoms adhering to the Tena Bar bills and compares them with the seasonal bloom cycle of the Columbia River, concluding that the bills were immersed in spring or summer, months after the November 1971 jump, and then buried.

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The one peer-reviewed analysis of the Cooper physical evidence; constrains every money-transport reading.

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The 290 ransom bills found at Tena Bar

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Diatoms date the immersion to spring or summer, months after November 1971.

Evidence

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Diatoms on the bills indicate a single spring or summer immersion, not years in the river.

Evidence

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The diatom and rubber-band evidence that the money entered the river months later and was buried within a…

Evidence

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Kaye and Meltzer publish the diatom analysis of the Tena Bar bills

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Tom Kaye

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The hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)

The mystery article

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How did 290 of the bills reach Tena Bar?

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Kaye, T. G., & Meltzer, M. (2020). Diatoms constrain forensic burial timelines: case study with DB Cooper money. Scientific Reports 10, 13036. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70015-z

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Kaye, Thomas G. and Mark Meltzer. “Diatoms constrain forensic burial timelines: case study with DB Cooper money.” Scientific Reports 10, 13036 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70015-z.