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D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy

1991

Synopsis

Folklore or Fact? The intriguing story of D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a commercial flight in 1971 and demanded a ransom of $200,000, is written by a former FBI Special Agent, and US Chief Probation & Parole Officer, both involved in the case. This daring and ingenious crime was carried out by a man whose body was never found, and the money was never used in circulation. Did he get away with it? Read the facts about the Cooper case, the FBI's only unsolved airplane hijacking in American history.

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