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FBI investigates tip that dead man is D.B. Cooper, hijacker who jumped from jet 40 years ago

By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted August 1, 2011 4:27 am
1 min read
FILE--A 1971 artist's sketch released by the FBI shows the skyjacker known as 'Dan Cooper' and 'D.B. Cooper', was made from the recollections of passengers and crew of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle, Nov. 24, 1971, Thanksgiving eve. FBI spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich tells The Seattle Times that a law enforcement member directed investigators to a person who might have helpful information on Cooper. (AP Photo/FBI/file).
FILE--A 1971 artist's sketch released by the FBI shows the skyjacker known as 'Dan Cooper' and 'D.B. Cooper', was made from the recollections of passengers and crew of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle, Nov. 24, 1971, Thanksgiving eve. FBI spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich tells The Seattle Times that a law enforcement member directed investigators to a person who might have helpful information on Cooper. (AP Photo/FBI/file).
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WASHINGTON – A federal law enforcement official says the FBI is investigating whether the remains of a dead man in the Pacific Northwest are those of D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a passenger jet in 1971 and parachuted from the airliner with $200,000 in ransom.

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Cooper hasn’t been found.

The official says the FBI got a tip three months ago from a law enforcement source about a possible suspect. The official requested anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

FBI agents requested personal effects of the possible suspect, who died years ago of natural causes. The FBI is trying to find fingerprints or DNA on the effects to compare with items the hijacker left behind.

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