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Who Was D.B. Cooper? Filmmaker May Have An Answer

D.B. Cooper
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Sketches of D.B. Cooper from the FBI.

In 1971, a skyjacker parachuted out of a plane over Oregon with $200,000, and basically disappeared.

A huge manhunt didn’t find the suspect who came to be known as D.B. Cooper, although media outlets received a few letters supposedly from him after the fact.

Now, a filmmaker believes he’s found the real D.B. Cooper.

Dennis Wagner, an investigative reporter for the Arizona Republic, has written about this and about the Arizona connection to this suspect. 

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.