Haha, wow I just noticed the shades. Those are the exact style.

But ya, he has tons of hurdles. However, if we were absolutely certain that Cooper had died, then I would almost be willing to bet money it was him on the physical similarities alone. Reason being, surely if DB died he would have been missed by someone and I've searched all of the online missing person's databases and Lepsy and just a tiny handful of others are the only ones that even remotely could be DB. Of course, it could be that he died and no one ever field a missing person's report. But of all the missing persons and all the named suspects, Lepsy is physically the eeriest.

Haha, wow I just noticed the shades. Those are the exact style.

But ya, he has tons of hurdles. However, if we were absolutely certain that Cooper had died, then I would almost be willing to bet money it was him on the physical similarities alone. Reason being, surely if DB died he would have been missed by someone and I've searched all of the online missing person's databases and Lepsy and just a tiny handful of others are the only ones that even remotely could be DB. Of course, it could be that he died and no one ever field a missing person's report. But of all the missing persons and all the named suspects, Lepsy is physically the eeriest.

OMC, approximately how many people, who could conceivably be Cooper, are in those missing person databases that you mention?

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OMC, approximately how many people, who could conceivably be Cooper, are in those missing person databases that you mention?

I posted the only ones I've come across in the Suspects thread yesterday. Check it out if you haven't already. Besides Lepsy and Wilson, there are only two others that are the appropriate age, height/weight, and with dark hair. So we're only looking at four people that are actually in the database (and I was using parameters of 1963-1973).

It is highly probable that Cooper had a military background or as a mercenary type.  Consequently, he would probably never be entered into a missing database.  Who knows, maybe Cooper has already been identified by an organization that doesn't share information with the FBI.

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OMC, approximately how many people, who could conceivably be Cooper, are in those missing person databases that you mention?

I posted the only ones I've come across in the Suspects thread yesterday. Check it out if you haven't already. Besides Lepsy and Wilson, there are only two others that are the appropriate age, height/weight, and with dark hair. So we're only looking at four people that are actually in the database (and I was using parameters of 1963-1973).

It is highly probable that Cooper had a military background or as a mercenary type.  Consequently, he would probably never be entered into a missing database.  Who knows, maybe Cooper has already been identified by an organization that doesn't share information with the FBI.

This is one main reason I think he lived, especially after looking at the limited missing candidates. I mean, even military types had families that would care that they were missing and to believe that he was some merc or special ops guy or Manchurian candidate is just a little too black helicopter for me. Since I don't believe in the black ops angle and I don't think any of the missing would have had the adequate knowledge that DB possessed about the 727, I believe that DB is someone we've never heard of who survived.

I agree with you that Cooper is/was someone we've never heard of.

I somewhat doubt it given how the agencies have historically cooperated. Hell, they didn't even cooperate with each other on matters of upmost national security in recent years. This was still J. Edgar's FBI back then so you know they kept everything close to the vest.

I'm wondering how crooked his front teeth were? the missing person file claims he had two crooked teeth. Tina sat right next to Cooper for a longtime, but never mentioned anything out of the ordinary with his teeth.

NMI, is there any pics showing this, all of them have his mouth closed?

I have not been able to contact Lepsy's daughter, Lisa, and ask her about his teeth.  She's the one that supplied the information on the missing persons websites.  She was only 12 when her father disappeared.  I will ask her about his teeth next time I talk to her.

Here is a link to an interesting story from my neck of the woods.  This 35 year old cold case was solved using Facebook and social media, of all things!  Many cold cases are being resolved by amateur sleuths via social media and the internet.  It's just a matter of time before this trend spills over into the Cooper case and a new generation of fresh eyes will take a crack at it.
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Below is the last known photograph of Dick Lepsy, taken in August of 1969 at his little sister's wedding, just two months before he vanished.  He was 33 years old at the time of this photo.  He would have been 35 at the time of the skyjacking.  I compared the image with the Cooper suspect sketches.   

I was going through some old notes and came across the photo below.  It was shared with me by Glen Catt, who knew Dick Lepsy personally.  It's not a great image, but it's something I haven't posted before.  The photo is of Glen's Market employees taken in 1966.