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D.B. Cooper Redux

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007. FBI News Stories, 31 December 2007.

The FBI's appeal for help on the case, quoting Special Agent Larry Carr: Cooper was not an experienced skydiver, missed that his reserve was a sewn-shut training chute, and "probably never even got his chute open"; DNA lifted from the tie in 2001 was used to rule out Duane Weber.

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The FBI's stated view, in 2007, that the hijacker died in the jump.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (2007). D.B. Cooper Redux. FBI News Stories, 31 December 2007. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2007/december/dbcooper_123107/
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