EVickiW

I will bring my Dan Cooper comics. My Mom had a bunch in the shed. (Disclaimer: the previous statement was a half-assed attempt at making a Dan Cooper Comic joke - Please do not take seriously) Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

While Jo is referring to Coast-to-Coast she says: and I did not know this was a competition. I thought it was an investigation into finding the identity of the person who hijacked flight 305 on the eve of Thanksgiving 40 years ago. This makes a lot of sense....The one with the most stories......WINS. Screw any actual evidence, such as fingerprints or DNA. I want to know...What is the prize? Is it monetary compensation? Fame and fortune? Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Water makes the pepper spray worse., The treatment is fresh air. This is what I was "sprayed" with. http://www.scribd.com/doc/12963068/Pepper-Spray-Freeze-P-Gel-And-Foam The police do not overreact. SOME officers overreact. That is like saying ALL book writers stretch the truth. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

I maybe the only one in this thread who has the book and has read it. I recieved my copy anomously - never knew who sent it. JT claimed to know the author, but when I traced the book back to a publishing company that was extinct - the man said HE did not know who wrote it. The woman mentioned I never found. If I was not afraid of lawsuits I would publish some of the caricature along with the real person I think the caricature is of. BUT, I can't do that. Yes you can. Reference where the information was located. I, along with most college students, would be involved in a shitload of lawsuits considering the papers I have written in the last five years. Pieces of information and pictures taken from others' literary work or studies needs to be referenced/cited. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Hi-jacks? Jack and Cokes? Jack and Jill? Car Jacks? Phone Jacks? Jack Russell Terriers? Jack the Ripper? Cracker Jack? Jack of all Trades? It could protect the keyboard from the above aforementioned Jacks....and other Jacks I could not think of. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

No....it goes on a keyboard. To protect it from the internet "elements". Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

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Good question. I just follow the herd. What alpha ox started that? Unsolved Mysteries "started" that one. The media = never seems to check the facts prior to the report. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

I have "reasonable suspicion" (or I never would have been here in the first place) that Melvin's prints should be compared to the latent prints left on the plane. They already have Melvin's prints on file. My brother is an officer in the Army and has his DNA on file. Compare it. A new test is not needed. I know I do not have detailed history of his life. That is confidential as the case is still open. What would it hurt? Why does the majority of everyone here get so negative to any information? Does it matter? NO....I am not sure if he was Cooper, however, concerning the circumstances of his disappearance and his physical description, I think it is worth a look. Carr called for any info from the public. Here is info. Yes, it is limited, but they have everything they need to at least to take LOOK. As far as the car....."What if" it was sold it for the money for him to run? "What if" it was abandoned in Minnesota? "What if" Cooper used public transit? There are thousands of "what if's". My Mom's cousin lived in Spokane, "What if" he went there? "What if" he visited his contacts from prison? "What if" they just look at the prints? Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

I don't think we could get a market outside of the USA unless you and Jo agree to a steel cage match...........................................Let me be more specific about this event.....................Jo and Jerry take polygraphs at the same time..................questions alternate between the 2 of em'........................anybody can ask a question..................................I'll let Farflung host..................................with co-hosts 377 and hangdiver..........................the final questions will come from Jo and Jerry......................one on one, anything goes.................and then I'll ref the Steel Cage Match........................................DEAL? If the Hunkyness of Farf is the host, I want to be "Vanna". I will wear my hot nun outfit. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

If my facts are correct, Vicki's whole family has been struggling with this mystery for decades, since 1971, so this is nothing new for them in what has been a long enduring (hurtful) struggle; Vicki and her sister decided to focus (once more) on the problem several years ago. Vicki (and her sister) coming here is but a small facet of a long enduring issue their whole family has had to deal with for, almost all the girl's lives. Vicki has never said her Dad was DB Cooper. Vicki, please correct any errors I have made. I am merely trying to add some factual perspective. In January 1996 I found out I had two sisters that grew up in San Francisco. They are 12 years older than myself. I also found out my biological grandmother died two years prior in 1996. This information was slipped to me (by accident or accidentally on purpose) by US Marshal Jon Donahue during one of the yearly calls I received from the Marshal's during their 30 year investigation of Melvin's disappearance. We met in Hawaii in November 1996 and filmed the segment on Unsolved Mysteries (the US Marshals way of "going public") and that show, which is on YouTube and reruns three times a year, does not bring any leads to his current or past whereabouts. I have a younger brother that I grew up with. He is an officer in the Army and he cannot get any more information than I already have (which is nothing). He monitors the forum, but does not post. My oldest sister, Lesli Wilson Maka, died on November 10th, 2001 from cancer that spread from the colon, to the liver and then to her lymph nodes ( I miss and love you big sis). My sister Lynda lives in Santa Rosa, California. I do not think she watches this forum. Yes georger you are right. I never said once that he was Cooper. However, Carr asked (pleaded) for ANYONE to come forward with information on that odd uncle.....well I have that stupid ass dumbf*ck father that left his family in September 1971 because he couldn't see himself in prison for the next thirty years. His prints are on file with the FBI and my brother's DNA is on file with the military. I am dumbfounded that Blevins wants the full details when they have been outlined in this forum many times and in the segment on Unsolved Mysteries. Those are the details...all of them. I am not going to the media and I am not putting the information on the internet. The Unsolved Mystery Video on Youtube is sufficient. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Here we go again. When you post here do you read others and actually retain what was read? I was seven years old and just started second grade when he disappeared. Here is some "new" information: Ok maybe not new, but something I have not brought up because I thought it may be obvious. People can lose weight (shocking I know). Stress does a lot of things to the body and one is weight loss. The mug shot was taken seven months prior to the hi-jacking. Then he jumped bail and was on-the-run from the feds (hardly any stress in that situation). To put my own experience on here....in August I lost my husband suddenly to a massive heart attack. He was on his guys golfing weekend in Wisconsin. I have lost a substantial amount of weight and have now leveled off. (See Jerry, I told you I would eventually eat again). I look different from the photos that were taken when in California over Memorial Day weekend 2011. I have tried to research Melvin's history....guess what? It is still an open case and I do not have a death certificate. Maybe you should do a little research and come back with the exact number of missing fugitives in their 40's, 6"0" tall and 180 lbs with brown/black hair and an olive/tan complexion, who just so happened to go missing in the months prior to the hi-jacking. In addition, I never have "claimed" my Dad is DB Cooper. I have said all along that he matches the physical description and went missing two months prior to the hi-jacking. Since he is a fugitive from justice missing from the Midwest, he should be checked out. Himmelsbach confirmed that Melvin was never investigated in the Cooper case. His fingerprints are on a fingerprint card in his file at the FBI. Exactly the information, or tip, that Larry Carr was looking for. NEWSFLASH....I have already spoke to Agent Eng. He called me last February. He looked up the FBI file number that I gave him on his computer and as far as I know he never went any further. He asked me to send him an e-mail concerning our conversation so I did just that. Guess what....I have not harassed him by e-mails or called him since. Do you think that they thought L.D. Cooper was their guy? Would investigating (checking prints) of another suspect been a futile effort at that time? ***I was pretty hard on VickiW regarding evidence, but I do have a suggestion. No, I do not think you were being hard. Just condescending. Just another case of a "real smart man" (rolling my eyes) that uses his preconceived notions to belittle women with the backspin of "I just want to help". When you post you may want to make sure you do not conflict your information within the same post. It looks real douchey. Saying Melvin does not look like the sketch after dismissing it as a "point of dispute". I put it in bold italics for reference. Your welcome. I have a suggestion also, but I like having access to this forum, so I will leave it at that. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

No thanks...I do not want to find him. Never have. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Nah. You can tell because the collar lies perfectly flat. With a regular tie, it bulges out a little, that's all. Can you tell from the pictures (attached) if Mel's tie is a "clip-on"? Hey Jerry, My Dad fits the physical description, was in the Navy from 1943-47, and he smoked and drank. In addition, he fled from prosecution for a Federal charge of counterfeiting in September 1971 from Minneapolis, MN at the age of 44. At this point he was in a desperate financial position. I attached some photos of my Dad from Fall of 1963 to March of 1971. I noticed his style of dress did not change over the years. I am sure he was dressed the same or similar when he left for court in September 1971.He has not been heard from or seen since. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

I could attend...with advance notice. The hardest thing I will have to do is "cancel" the Holiday with my Mom because I will have to fess up what I have been "doing" the last three years. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Police officers/security guards wear clip-ons (ties) for one reason.......Why? In a situation of one-on-one combat the tie cannot be used as a weapon against the officer. The same is true for engineers and people who work around machinery. Note to the Farf.....I would have kicked your ass! I would have waited until you were tired and almost home. Then I would have jumped out from behind a tree and .........BAM! Girls rule....Boys drool! Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Moms always know best! Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Hmmmn. You actually cared enough to search? You must be bored. Oh yeah, my mother said to stay away from you. I guess she still cares. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Exactly...."Special" Ed. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Dream on!....Keep on advertising products and why would we need (or want) you at all? *Rhetorical question. Waiting for a response. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Yes, believe it ot not it made sense to me. It is called Minnesooooootan. I speak it (what I am told) however, my father was raised in Berkeley, CA. Spent time in the Midwest (Great Lakes training base) during his Naval training in 1943 - then out to the East coast for a few years in the Navy until 1947. Back in CA in San Francisco 1947 - 54 - Then San Quentin until 1957- Then ?? Then Leavenworth until Spring of 1963. He was in Las Vegas and owned a print shop next to the Flamingo. Sold the shop and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1966 - Disappeared when on his way to federal court on the charges of counterfeiting and never heard from again in September 1971. He just turned 44. AND.......Tie Tanium was penned by the #77/snowmman combo. Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

That turn of phrase, negotiable American currency, is interesting. (a) what other form would currency be? Is there non-negotiable "currency"? Maybe he meant "untampered with" ? (b) American currency? Did he think they would bring in Yens? Slip of the tongue for ol' Cooper!!!??? Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

Not that it matters and I'm dissing no one - I'll take whatever info from whomever it derives, but I still don't... and never will understand...no matter the explanation... why some "for-public-consumption" and some "presumably for-profit" folks get access to the inner workings of J. Edgar's finest and others don't. This one's rhetorical too - I get it - I just think it sucks. Okay - got that out of my system. proceed. I received this same generic speech last Dec. 2010 when asking questions of the Wisconsin US Marshal concerning my father's fugitive from justice warrant and his history. since it is open, even though not active - it would not be appropriate to comment on my fathers case Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs

How about a man engraving his own metal plates?...... for an offset press.....for his US Currency counterfeiting one-man-operation in a rented space in St. Paul, MN.

I do not believe the FBI should be embarrassed because of LD Cooper. It does show that they are still actively investigating the case when they get information or a lead from the public. In hindsight the PIO should not have leaked the incomplete info to Hannaford. I believe the embarrassment lies with Marla going to the media prior to the forensic testing being completed. This would have given her a definitive answer about her Uncle and also the credibility behind her "memories". Melvin Luther Wilson - Missing Person since September 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03QLnFvk8Fs