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I've always wondered why neither sketch looked like Cooper. How could those girls have nodded off on those sketches at completion when they don't look like the perp? What happened with that? Why would it be necessary to have one of the same 2 FA's redo the sketch 17 years later for this...

Yes. But I still think that IF they're looking into this, it could be that they're trying to catch 2 birds with one stone. ;) If I'm right....this could take some time. OD

LC, I'm still wondering what the motive could have been. There are several possibilities. Recently I've backed off the theory that H-B was in on this from the beginning, but I certainly wouldn't rule it out. There's something I've been thinking about that is tied to this. That's the...

That and the fact that Seattle by the 2-3 hour mark was already more familiar with it, as they had done the bird dogging for the money, chutes, etc. The plane was on the ground for some time in Seattle as well. Again Cooper would have had to be sure that just that note hand off ( at the risk...

Maybe, but that's assuming that it's a hard and fast rule. Is it? The crime also occurred in Seattle airspace, in fact the majority of it, since most of the time was spent there, including the money and chutes. It originated in Portland airspace, but he would still have had to have known for...

AS, I agree. What is also "unexplainable" to me is how Teddy would have known about the FBI's "ground rule". Then he would have had to have COUNTED on H-B making every mistake in the book, even after everyone was pointing at TM. Then all the theories...the Washougal, "Big Splat", gets a...

So he was shaking when he was talking to you about it, before he called KOIN, or they got a hold of him? That's a good question whether or not they inferred that. You didn't tell IE that did you? Really it doesn't matter though, because H-B doesn't remember it the way Teddy told KOIN, and...

Were you with him when KOIN called? It would have been interesting to hear what he had to say about that. Another thing he never asked you is HOW you could be sure you had the right suspect...did he? What's interesting about this "not knowing H-B" is that he told IE that he called the FBI...

Hancock? These could very well be the two most interesting paragraphs in this entire thread, perhaps the board when you consider that this is one of the 20th centuries greatest mysteries, and especially given what we already know. Did you ever wonder, even after the first meeting if he...

How about..."Duane Weber anyone"? Or....what about..."let's go dig up some doggy-bones". Just don't check the '71 national penitentiary register under either "Weber" or "Collins" :D Yup, I sure hope Harold's boys were able to lift that one. Have a funny feeling though that Coop might have...

Uh-oh. Blue?? You know what this means. If the profile doesn't fit...you must elimi-nit. On to the next suspect :laugh: Isn't it a shame though that Rataczak didn't take a restroom break and get an eyeful of Cooper? Amazing that there are only really 2 eye witnesses unless you count...

Who knows, maybe he did contact them. I can really see where a new agent with their current case load wouldn't want to spend much time on an old case like that, unless they just happened to be fascinated by it. Then it would be more like a hobby, but from the FBI standpoint that just what this...

What about this other agent that was at the lunch, did you get any sort of feeling about how warm he was to the viability of your suspect? Do you think he might have had a few words with H-B after lunch and everyone left? What about the female agent who took over. Ever tried to contact her? OD

What reputation? If he didn't know H-B well then how could he be sure H-B was a mark and he could pull this off? Regardless of his opinion of H-B he couldn't be certain that H-B wouldn't have been methodical and done his job. Where did these 1000 come from? H-B? I'd have thought a guy...

Well...then how you could have 1 office showing pictures of suspects who aren't "suspects" because they're not the investigating office? It would then seem that they could have commandeered the investigation away from Ralph. I never knew the Minnesota office showed the FAs photos. I'm assuming...

Gotcha. Now I see why H-B wasn't warm to his questioning. Did he know H-B before the lunch, or did he call him just as a fellow retired agent? OD

Agree. But would a retired H-B? Knowing someone for 10 years leaves a lot of latitude for reasons why they might bury the case. I'd sure like to know more about their real friendship. The only problem with this is that there could not have been a mistake in 71 or 72 that wasn't rectifiable...

I'm shocked too. Had he been investigated like the rest he would have had the ability to "eliminate" another pulse. I still see this as the cat coming out of the bag. Just who was this other agent? Was he a friend of H-B or did you invite him to lunch or ..?? How could he "must have"...

I don't doubt that H-B gets it today. We disagree on some 30 years starting in late '71. What the KOIN series didn't delve into is just how easily H-B gave in to "lobster face" and the viability of Teddy-boy as a suspect or perhaps the perp. They also let him off the hook in that interview...

Yes it does a little. I'm glad you brought that up because Nifong was not incompetent. He was politically motivated to do what he did. It got him over the election hump, but he just couldn't clean up the mess, or "bury" it. Nifong is a classic example of take care of the present and worry...