40 Years Later, Cooper Still Puzzles

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SEATTLE - It has been a rich year for students of D.B. Cooper, the mysterious skyjacker who vanished out the back of a Boeing 727 wearing a business suit, a parachute and a pack with $200,000 in ransom money 40 years ago Thursday.

An Oklahoma woman came forward to say Cooper may have been her uncle, now deceased. A new book publicized several theories, including one that Cooper was a transgendered mechanic and pilot from Washington state. A team that includes a paleontologist from Seattle's Burke Museum released new findings this month that particles of pure titanium found in the hijacker's clip-on tie suggest he worked in the chemical industry or at a company that manufactured titanium - a discovery that could narrow the field of possible suspects from millions of people to just hundreds.

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40 Years Later, Cooper Still Puzzles

Nevertheless, no one's been able to solve the puzzle, or even det...

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