Want to buy some of D.B. Cooper’s cash?

Want to buy some of D.B. Cooper’s cash?
Man who found the money at age 8 considers an auction​

Interesting AP article about a man who; at age 8 was scrounging for firewood in the sands along the Columbia River (during a family vacation in 1980) when he uncovered three bundles of deteriorated $20 bills which turned out to be some of the D.B Cooper plane hijacker's ransom loot. He is currently considering auction off the bills.

If you're unfamiliar with this case, check out this "D.B Cooper Related" article from today's "The Independent News" online (w/more far more details about this infamous Thanksgiving Eve, 1971 unsolved crime and it's legacy): The Unsolved Crime of the Century: The Hunt for D B Cooper

Good Luck!

 

I followed that case closely for years. I won't call D.B. Cooper my hero, but it always fascinated me that he had such a good plan, didn't hurt anyone, was never seen again, and left very few clues for the FBI to grab onto.
I was living in Portland, Ore., when that money was found and if I remember right, the father was arrested, because he had a warrant in the state of Missouri or someplace down south.
It would be cool to own one of those $20 bills. Going, once, going twice, SOLD to musknipe! LOL

 

I would buy one of those $20s too.

to bad they will cost a small fortune.

 

I've got $20 you can buy and mine only cost $30

I think the guy hit a bog at 125mph and went ten feet down never to come up

 

Sure, step all over my dreams of one day hearing that D.B. actually fooled everyone. :cry
(Besides, it was probably a cold Washington lake)

You're probably very right. :cry

 

I don't think so because he would have floated especially with all that gear he had on eventually he'd have floated over to the bank and found,same with the river theories.

I believe the all the water had been exhaustively checked?Who knows

EDIT BTW I am D B Cooper

 

The whole point of D.B. Cooper's legend is not whether he lived or died or got away with it.
As with any folk "hero", the point is that he lives on in legend, an icon of desperate act with uncommon bravado, i.e. our inspiration to our own uncommon acts.......
Or, maybe I'm like my screen name - full of sh*t.............?

Any way you slice it, D.B. Cooper was cool, and will remain cool no matter what facts are found in future.
Enjoy your treasure, Muskie! It's the very stuff of dreams!:zzz

Blessings,
Port-O-San

 

Good post, Port-O-San....
Whether he got hung up in a tree, drowned, pile-drived into a bog, or got away, he WAS D.B. Cooper and always will be!
Now,
I bid 50 cents for the first Cooper $20

 

I am surprised that the FBI hasn't seized all the money to tell the truth. But I do have friends with ebay accounts that I can get to bid on some DB Cooper money

if it goes anywhere else, I might have to buy some for sure.

 

Heard on TV the FBI is reopening the case - Come On, let it go. Besides there has to be a statued of limitations, the exceptions are murder and kidnapping as I understand.

 

hijacking is considered an act of terrorism and thus doesn't have a limit

 

>> Besides there has to be a statue of limitations, the exceptions are murder and kidnapping as I understand. Hijacking is considered an act of terrorism and thus doesn't have a limit. Burning_Monkey <<

DB Cooper's "John Doe indictment" in absentia = No statue of limitations. ​

Air piracy is a federal offence. There actually IS a statue of limitations on air piracy of five years - that is unless the fugitive absented himself from the jurisdiction with the intent to avoid prosecution (i.e. jumped bail, escaped from jail or otherwise fled while awaiting the initiation of the trial; AFTER being indicted).

The statue of limitations for "air piracy" in the D.B. Cooper case would have expired in 1976 - five years after the crime was committed (in 1971). However, Cooper was indicted under a "John Doe" indictment in absentia in 1976, so they can still arrest and try this Cooper fellow either currently or some time in the future.

In this case, Cooper was indicted and did not flee jurisdiction to avoid prosecution from the indictment. Hence, the statue would have run out in 1976, had it not been for the quick thinking of the a federal prosecutor in the US Attorneys Office in Portland who indicted Dan Cooper in absentia in 1976

Side notes: The statute of limitations (five years for any Federal crimes) only applies when no suspect has been indicted. "Statute of Limitations" relates to the time between a crime and an indictment, not the crime and arrest or trial. Once the indictment is written, the Statute of Limitations no longer applies.

Good Luck!

 

I was looking for that information. Thanks.