Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. recreated the D.B Cooper hijacking in 1972, getting on a plane and claiming he had a grenade and a handgun. McCoy demanded $500,000 and 4 parachutes. Once received, he had the plane take off and jumped
out over Utah. He was caught and arrested, and received 45 years of prison but escaped and was killed in a shootout with the FBI in Virginia Beach 3 months later. There is substantial evidence that McCoy was in Las Vegas the day of the Cooper Hijacking, and the age difference was too great to connect him to D.B. Cooper.
out over Utah. He was caught and arrested, and received 45 years of prison but escaped and was killed in a shootout with the FBI in Virginia Beach 3 months later. There is substantial evidence that McCoy was in Las Vegas the day of the Cooper Hijacking, and the age difference was too great to connect him to D.B. Cooper.