D.B. Cooper

THE CHILDREN OF CONVICTED SKYJACKER Richard McCoy II believe their dear old dad may have been D. B. Cooper, the notorious central figure in 1971's unsolved skyjacking. It's in fact the only one in U.S. history without an answer—until, perhaps, now.

- Tim Newcomb

Just months after the Cooper incident, McCoy was convicted of an incredibly similar skyjacking that also included a parachute jump. His children, Chanté and Richard III (Rick), have long thought the clues added up.

They may now have evidence to back up their suspicions.

Chanté and Rick had kept quiet out of consider-ation for their mother, Karen, who they believed was potentially complicit in both crimes. But as both par-ents are now deceased, the opportunity arose for the siblings to come forward with their suspicions. And, crucially, they seem to have hard evidence: a modified parachute that they (and amateur D.B. Cooper sleuth Dan Gryder) believe was used in the daring escape.