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Yes a complete overview of DNA tests which were or were not done would help. How many DNA samples can be found on that tie? on other pieces of evidence? Does the FBI have a DNA sample of McCoy? of Mayfield?

Hi I didn't know about D.B. Cooper until a couple of days ago when I read an article about the case in a German newspaper; the reason the case was in the news was because the FBI had decided to make a new effort of resolving it. By now I have spent a couple of hours reading this board and frankly ... What surprises me most is that D.B Cooper/Richard McCoy is not discussed here. So my main question is: did I miss something which rules out Richard McCoy other than the eyewitness Florence Schaffner? (Still not clear to me whether Florence Schaffner has ever met Richard McCoy in person). Here http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=146269&page=7 is a lenghy discussion of the case. Here an exemplary post of somebody who seems to know a lot about the case: 05-28-2006, 11:14 PM #98 Awsi Dooger Senior Member Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,199 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a paste job of post #8 in my original Richard McCoy thread on this forum. I thought that would be the primary DB Cooper thread but this has taken over, so I'll copy the info here. Most of it does not appear in this thread: The D.B Cooper/Richard McCoy similarities *Both skyjackers used small-aircraft FAA flight-plan forms to send typewritten instructions to the pilot's cabin designating flight path, altitude, flap settings, and speed (such as 10,000 feet, landing gear down, flaps lowered to 15 degrees). Let me stop here for emphasis. That info was not released following the D.B. Cooper jump. And the FBI reportedly has no other record of a hijacker using such forms and being so specific, instead of merely "take me to Cuba" or "give me $200,000 in small bills." What were the odds of Richard McCoy miraculously duplicating D.B. Cooper's detailed and unique method of operation, if the skyjackers were not one in the same? *Both men instructed that all written materials be returned. *Both used the exact phrase "No funny stuff!" in their typewritten instructions. *Both were obviously familiar with aviation, and correctly used the term "interphone" rather than "telephone." *Both allowed all but one stewardess to deplane with passengers, and instructed the remaining stewardess to sit near him and deliver notes to the pilot. *Shortly before jumping, both skyjackers ordered the remaining stewardess to turn off all cabin lights and then go forward into the pilot's cabin. *Both instructed the fuel truck to be in the identical position, to the left of the plane's nose, in open view approximately 100 feet from the plane. *Both wore a dark-brown business suit, white shirt, and tie. *Both skyjackers sat in the identical place in the plane, the last row of seats in the coach section to the right side of the aisle. *Both wore large, mirrored, dark reflector or wraparound sunglasses at least part of the time. *Both demanded four parachutes, and made specific requests that indicated they were familiar with military chutes and how they were packed. *Witnesses described D.B. Cooper as olive-complected, possibly Spanish, generally between 30 and 50. Approximately 5'10" and weighing 160-170 pounds. He had short black shiny hair, probably a wig, with sideburns below his earlobes and large protruding ears. Richard McCoy was pegged at 5'10" and 170 pounds, generally in his late 20s to mid-40s. McCoy wore a dark wig, with a headband underneath to partially suppress his protruding ears. He had heavy, dark makeup and dark mascara on his long sideburns and mustache. Several witnesses thought him Spanish. (When arrested just days after the second skyjacking, McCoy was 29 yeards old, 5'10" and 170 pounds. With a receding hairline, a wiry look and some hardness to his face, McCoy appears much older -- 40ish to me -- in every picture in the book). *Both skyjackers tried to secure the money bag to their bodies, and used the specialized term "D rings" when describing what they needed to fasten the bag. *Both skyjackers demanded a specific flight route that paralleled a major north-south interstate freeway -- Cooper had Interstate 5 and the lights of Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon to orient himself while jumping, while McCoy had Interstate 15 and the lights of Provo, Utah plus Utah Lake for bearings. *A patched letter, using words and sentences clipped from magazines, was sent to the Los Angeles Times in December 1971, saying: "I got away with it, as I knew I would, and will never be caught by the FBI -- signed D.B. Cooper." The day the letter was postmarked in Los Angeles, Richard McCoy was there with the Utah Air National Guard unit. *Following McCoy's arrest, the FBI found newspaper articles about Cooper in McCoy's green Volkswagen and a file of Cooper clippings in his home. *Between November 25, 1970 and April 5, 1972, Richard McCoy had his Volkswagen serviced at Peterson Motors in Provo. Each time the vehicle was repaired or serviced, a conscientious mechanic recorded the mileage. McCoy's mileage was very consistent, averaging 33 1/2 miles per day. Only between the visits of October 30, 1971 and November 30, 1971 was there a significant increase, accounting for an additional 860 miles than would be projected. The round-trip drive from Provo to Las Vegas was approximately 820 miles. And the D.B. Cooper flight was on November 24, 1971. *D.B. Cooper needed instructions on how to open the aft cabin door and lower the rear stairs. Four months later, Richard McCoy managed all by himself. Gee, I wonder how he knew?