Children of prime suspect find evidence linking father to D.B. Cooper case

In the United States, the identity of the hijacker known as D.B. Cooper, who committed an audacious airline hijacking in 1971, may have been uncovered recently. In 2020, Chante and Richard McCoy III approached YouTuber Dan Gryder with suspicions about their father, Richard Floyd McCoy II, who had long been considered a prime suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. The McCoy siblings discovered a parachute and a logbook on their family's property in 2022, leading them to believe their father was involved in the infamous crime. The parachute closely resembled one from the airline era in the 1970s and matched the specifications of the one Cooper had when he jumped from a plane over Washington state during his hijacking. The connection between the discovered evidence and the ongoing investigation caught the attention of the FBI, prompting the agency to reach out to both Gryder and the McCoy children to review the parachute and logbook. Richard Floyd McCoy II, initially arrested for a similar hijacking just months after the D.B. Cooper incident, had long evaded charges despite being the prime suspect. The new findings reignited interest in the Cooper case and offered a potential fresh perspective, particularly as McCoy's children voiced their belief that their father was indeed the notorious hijacker. The inquiry by Gryder, who identifies as a D.B. Cooper investigator, has drawn significant attention and could potentially lead to developments in a case that has remained unsolved for over fifty years.