DB Cooper Parachute Packer ID’d as
homicide victim
The man who
packed the parachutes used by infamous skyjacker DB Cooper has been identified
as the victim of a homicide in Washington State.
The King
County Medical Examiner’s Office said that 71 year old Earl Cossey died April
23rd 2013 of blunt force trauma to the head. The sheriff’s office
said his body was found by his daughter when she went to check on him.
Cossey
played a small part in one of the Northwest’s most enduring mysteries.
Cooper,
whose real identity isn't known, hijacked a passenger jet in 1971. He released the
passengers at Seattle-Tacoma Int’l Airport in exchange for $200,000.00 and four
parachutes.
He jumped
out of the plane somewhere near the Oregon state line. No one knows what
happened to him from that point forward.
Cossey was a
skydiving instructor and he packed the parachutes provided to the skyjacker.
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