Db Cooper Essay

Noah Howell
Mrs. Workman
Language Arts 11
April 13, 2023
The Disappearance Of D.B. Cooper
On November 24, 1971, an unknown man hijacked a commercial aircraft and disappeared into the night with $200,000. I chose the D.B. Cooper Case as the topic for my research because the case is very mysterious and I wanted to research the different suspects. There are many suspects in this case that have convincing evidence. I want to see how evidence was linked together to try to solve this case. Knowing how far investigators got trying to find the truth is important to look for in this topic. There are a lot of questions about the D.B. Cooper case that need to be solved. The suspects are what I was most excited to research.
Before researching my topic,

He was one of the most convincing suspects but it was never officially confirmed if he was D.B Cooper. The second suspect is named Robert Rackstraw. According to Mitchell, “Rackstraw was a former U.S. Army paratrooper and many suspected he could have used his top-tier military training to successfully parachute out of the plane” (Mitchell). Rackstraw used to be an army paratrooper which would give him the experience needed. He had a criminal record and was even discharged from the army after the Vietnam war which made him want revenge on the government. He possibly had ties with the CIA. He never admitted to being D.B. Cooper and he died on July 9,

“50 years later, the mystery of D.B. Cooper still intrigues.” Oregon Public Broadcasting, Cuthill describes the story of D.B. Cooper in detail. The article was written on the 50th anniversary of the Cooper case. Cuthill discusses all the evidence that has come up in the 50 years after the crime took place. The article mentions the disappearance, the recovered money, and how Cooper became an American legend.
“D.B. Cooper.” Crime Museum, The Crime Museum covers the D.B. Cooper case by summarizing the crime in highest detail. The main topic of this article was to describe the crime that occured. This article discussed the case with time frames, the search for D.B.
Cooper the next day, and evidence like recovered cash and fingerprints.
“D.B. Cooper Hijacking — FBI.” FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, The FBI investigated the D.B. Cooper case and recovered some evidence and a story. This article summarizes the events that took place and mentions more evidence than other sources. The article shows the recovered money, an unused parachute, and Cooper’s tie that was left behind with a DNA sample.
Mitchell, Molli, et al. “Who Were the D.B. Cooper Suspects? From Rob Rackstraw to Dick
Briggs.” Newsweek, Mitchell discusses the different suspects in the D.B. Cooper