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the correct approach would be to ask instead, "what qualifies him as being a candidate". Other than being a missing person, I don't see much else.

He does fit the physical description (height, build, eye color, hair color, from the mid-west, etc.).  90% of the suspects presented don't even make it past that.  He resembles the composite sketch based on the opinion of someone who sat next to Cooper for hours, taking note of his physical appearance. 

People have been taking the  "correct" approach for 45 years now.  How's that workin out for ya?           

Point taken. I was talking more about the fact that there is nothing known about Lepsy that suggests that he would have had the knowledge in certain areas that he would require. Granted, perhaps he could have found this knowledge in the two years between his disappearance and the hijacking. The Lepsy mystery is intriguing, for sure. I'd like to know what became of him and I'd love to see his family get that closure as well. But I personally do not consider him to be a strong Cooper suspect. But, I guess all of the strong suspects have been ruled out.....

I totally get what you are saying.  I guess I can't figure out who a "strong suspect" is.  90% of the suspects presented don't even make it past Agent Carr's description test.  For 45 years this has been one of the most popular and researched unsolved mysteries in the country.  If there were any connection to anyone, we would have heard about it by now.  Maybe this mystery is unsolved because somebody with zero known connections (Ninja CIA parachute training, Aerospace engineer, etc.) commented the skyjacking.  But this someone has to fit the basic physical description given by the stewardesses. 

That being said, nobody has answered the question "what reason would be given to disqualify Richard Lepsy from candidacy as the the 'one'?"

And please let us know who the "strong suspects" are.

That raises a real open ended question.

Who can we disqualify?

Kenny Christiansen, Duane Weber, Barb Dayton, LD Cooper, Mel Wilson, Sheridan Peterson, etc. -- just like Dick Lepsy, none of them can be disqualified either, because nobody can prove they were somewhere else.

That's why you can't look from that side.  If you go by process of elimination, you can't eliminate enough suspects.

You can't be a strong suspect unless something connects him (or her?) to the crime.

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Welcome to the forum.

the correct approach would be to ask instead, "what qualifies him as being a candidate". Other than being a missing person, I don't see much else.

He does fit the physical description (height, build, eye color, hair color, from the mid-west, etc.).  90% of the suspects presented don't even make it past that.  He resembles the composite sketch based on the opinion of someone who sat next to Cooper for hours, taking note of his physical appearance. 

People have been taking the  "correct" approach for 45 years now.  How's that workin out for ya?           

Point taken. I was talking more about the fact that there is nothing known about Lepsy that suggests that he would have had the knowledge in certain areas that he would require. Granted, perhaps he could have found this knowledge in the two years between his disappearance and the hijacking. The Lepsy mystery is intriguing, for sure. I'd like to know what became of him and I'd love to see his family get that closure as well. But I personally do not consider him to be a strong Cooper suspect. But, I guess all of the strong suspects have been ruled out.....

I totally get what you are saying.  I guess I can't figure out who a "strong suspect" is.  90% of the suspects presented don't even make it past Agent Carr's description test.  For 45 years this has been one of the most popular and researched unsolved mysteries in the country.  If there were any connection to anyone, we would have heard about it by now.  Maybe this mystery is unsolved because somebody with zero known connections (Ninja CIA parachute training, Aerospace engineer, etc.) commented the skyjacking.  But this someone has to fit the basic physical description given by the stewardesses. 

That being said, nobody has answered the question "what reason would be given to disqualify Richard Lepsy from candidacy as the the 'one'?"

And please let us know who the "strong suspects" are.

That raises a real open ended question.

Who can we disqualify?

Kenny Christiansen, Duane Weber, Barb Dayton, LD Cooper, Mel Wilson, Sheridan Peterson, etc. -- just like Dick Lepsy, none of them can be disqualified either, because nobody can prove they were somewhere else.

That's why you can't look from that side.  If you go by process of elimination, you can't eliminate enough suspects.

You can't be a strong suspect unless something connects him (or her?) to the crime.

That's dodging the question, not answering it.   

I'm having a hard time agreeing with your point of view.  Of the suspects you mention, only D-Web and Lepsy fit the basic physical description provided by the stewardesses.  The rest can be eliminated simply by comparing them to eyewitness descriptions.  I'm not in the "wig, platform loafers, colored contacts" crowd so I think its a decent description.   

The FBI has looked at all the suspects you mentioned above (except Lepsy. Maybe? ) and said "No".  They have information we do not have.  That's a pretty good reason to eliminate a suspect.  This idea that if you look at Lepsy it opens the door to everybody is ludicrous.  It opens the door to looking at suspects who fit Cooper's basic description.  There are very few people who match.  And even fewer that are missing persons. Bald headed blue eye guys need not apply.   

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Welcome to the forum.

the correct approach would be to ask instead, "what qualifies him as being a candidate". Other than being a missing person, I don't see much else.

He does fit the physical description (height, build, eye color, hair color, from the mid-west, etc.).  90% of the suspects presented don't even make it past that.  He resembles the composite sketch based on the opinion of someone who sat next to Cooper for hours, taking note of his physical appearance. 

People have been taking the  "correct" approach for 45 years now.  How's that workin out for ya?           

Point taken. I was talking more about the fact that there is nothing known about Lepsy that suggests that he would have had the knowledge in certain areas that he would require. Granted, perhaps he could have found this knowledge in the two years between his disappearance and the hijacking. The Lepsy mystery is intriguing, for sure. I'd like to know what became of him and I'd love to see his family get that closure as well. But I personally do not consider him to be a strong Cooper suspect. But, I guess all of the strong suspects have been ruled out.....

I totally get what you are saying.  I guess I can't figure out who a "strong suspect" is.  90% of the suspects presented don't even make it past Agent Carr's description test.  For 45 years this has been one of the most popular and researched unsolved mysteries in the country.  If there were any connection to anyone, we would have heard about it by now.  Maybe this mystery is unsolved because somebody with zero known connections (Ninja CIA parachute training, Aerospace engineer, etc.) commented the skyjacking.  But this someone has to fit the basic physical description given by the stewardesses. 

That being said, nobody has answered the question "what reason would be given to disqualify Richard Lepsy from candidacy as the the 'one'?"

And please let us know who the "strong suspects" are.

That raises a real open ended question.

Who can we disqualify?

Kenny Christiansen, Duane Weber, Barb Dayton, LD Cooper, Mel Wilson, Sheridan Peterson, etc. -- just like Dick Lepsy, none of them can be disqualified either, because nobody can prove they were somewhere else.

That's why you can't look from that side.  If you go by process of elimination, you can't eliminate enough suspects.

You can't be a strong suspect unless something connects him (or her?) to the crime.

That's dodging the question, not answering it.   

I'm having a hard time agreeing with your point of view.  Of the suspects you mention, only D-Web and Lepsy fit the basic physical description provided by the stewardesses.  The rest can be eliminated simply by comparing them to eyewitness descriptions.  I'm not in the "wig, platform loafers, colored contacts" crowd so I think its a decent description.   

The FBI has looked at all the suspects you mentioned above (except Lepsy. Maybe? ) and said "No".  They have information we do not have.  That's a pretty good reason to eliminate a suspect.  This idea that if you look at Lepsy it opens the door to everybody is ludicrous.  It opens the door to looking at suspects who fit Cooper's basic description.  There are very few people who match.  And even fewer that are missing persons. Bald headed blue eye guys need not apply.   

My point was you are promoting his a suspect because he can't be disqualified. 

That's a ridiculous statement, Mark.  I've been clear from the beginning that I brought forth information Robert Richard Lepsy because he's a missing person who hasn't been seen since the skyjacking and fits the physical description and resembles the sketch.  It's sleuthing 101 that if Cooper did not survive the jump, then that's the type of person we should look for.  I thought it be a welcomed break from chasing blue eyed suspects that the FBI isn't interested in.  I guess I was wrong.   

People bring up the point that there's nothing connecting him to the crime, but there's nothing connecting anybody to the crime.  No twenties, no parachute, nothing.  If there is a suspect with any type of real evidence, then please share.  We would love to know.   

By the way, you still didn't answer jontaylor's question.              Nice try though.

But, if you're going to start down that path, I believe the line has to start with Vicki's dad, Mel Wilson.  He's the right age, fits the description, and was a career criminal and con man.

I'm not going get into an argument with you on this one.  You're entitled to your opinion on your suspect and I can't prove you wrong.   I just don't see anything that makes him suspect.

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Mark, I realize you have a close personal relationship with Vicki Wilson, is that not true?  Did you not travel to Washington with her and interview an eyewitness together?  I hardly think you can give an unbiased opinion on a suspect who competes with Mel Wilson.  I think you are just defending your friend, which is very noble.  I am writing this so people who study this case and read this in the future see the whole picture and understand that most people's opinions on this board are highly subjective. 

You can attack the opinion or you can attack the presenter.  When you do the second, it's usually because can't do the first.

Regardless of any personal relationships, I think my opinion is well founded.

We have two missing persons we're comparing.  One is a career criminal and con man.  One is the right age.  One disappeared only two months before the hijacking instead of two years.  Both are the right height and build. 

Other than being missing, there really is nothing else to tie either to crime.  So, I'm not saying either Mel or Lepsy is or is not Cooper.

If you're going to look at missing persons, I would definitely look at both.  But if you could only look at one, it seems logical to me that Mel Wilson is the one you'd look at first.

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Today, October 29th, is the 45th anniversary of the disappearance of Dick Lepsy.  His car was found in the Cherry Capitol Airport parking lot in Traverse City, Michigan, unlocked, keys in the ignition and half a pack of cigarettes on the dash.  He was never seen or heard from again.

Do you know what brand he smoked? Smokers will smoke anything in a pinch, but most are pretty true to their brand. The last time a store told me they didn't have my brand I stared at the clerk like he'd said it in Klingon.

Where DBC was before Portland airport is a huge question mark. Lepsy physically doesn't sound like Cooper to me, and my gut is that Cooper was in Portland before the 305 flight, mainly because it wouldn't make sense to hit two checkpoints with a "bomb" in a briefcase when you could just hit one - especially as the first checkpoint would be to board a plane without rear stairs. But it made sense to board a west coast 727 rather than an east coast one, as most of Nixon's sky marshal teams were east coast or Florida area. So an east coast Cooper would be smart to go west before pulling "the job". Even if not Lepsy, Cooper could be east coast or out of country, could be a missing person, and was certainly a real smoker. Non smokers rarely go through 8 cigs for show. He'd have coughed his brains out.

Oh, and back to the smoking - I smoke moderately, but chain-smoked when I lived in Japan and they were $2 a pack and we were partying a lot. But I do remember that when I flew (and you could still smoke on most Asian flights in the 1990s), I smoked far less, because in cabin air the smokes taste and smell stronger and dry out your throat more. Smokers still smoke, but most will not chain smoke during a flight. Eight is a fair number for an elongated but still short flight. I think Cooper was a fairly heavy smoker, but that's just an educated guess.