DNA TEST DID NOT MATCH D.B. COOPER
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2011/08/09 18:26:03
Associated Press
OLYMPIA, WA -- DNA testing has failed to link a new suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking to a necktie that he left behind on the plane in 1971.
Special Agent Fred Gutt cautioned that the test does not necessarily rule out the deceased man because investigators do not know whether DNA on the tie is that of the hijacker. Gutt said there are three different DNA samples on the necktie and it's not clear where the hijacker got it.
"There are some questions about the tie itself: Was it a used tie? A borrowed tie?" Gutt said.
Investigators compared the DNA on the tie to the DNA of someone in the new suspect's family.
--The St. Augustine Record, August 9, 2011, p. 9A.
OLYMPIA, WA -- DNA testing has failed to link a new suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking to a necktie that he left behind on the plane in 1971.
Special Agent Fred Gutt cautioned that the test does not necessarily rule out the deceased man because investigators do not know whether DNA on the tie is that of the hijacker. Gutt said there are three different DNA samples on the necktie and it's not clear where the hijacker got it.
"There are some questions about the tie itself: Was it a used tie? A borrowed tie?" Gutt said.
Investigators compared the DNA on the tie to the DNA of someone in the new suspect's family.
--The St. Augustine Record, August 9, 2011, p. 9A.
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- wolf sloan 2011/08/09 18:31:39
+1The thot plickensreply - Tom 2011/08/09 18:28:41+2Ah well.reply
- Sandy 2011/08/09 18:27:23+1huh... bummer ... or I guess for the suspect... a good thing he didn't get hung with a fake rope...reply
