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[sailshaw]

Shytter:   You say :  "I wish they would turn the case over to the Marshals office so they can dig up all the stuff they say they don't have 
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I say:  I just called the Seattle US Marshals Office this week and they say they can not work on the DB Cooper case as it is an open FBI case and they are (forbiden) not to work on any FBI open case (period end of story).

Bob Sailshaw
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[Shutter]

Shytter:   You say :  "I wish they would turn the case over to the Marshals office so they can dig up all the stuff they say they don't have 
« Last Edit: May 11, 2016, 09:05:57 PM by Shutter »"

I say:  I just called the Seattle US Marshals Office this week and they say they can not work on the DB Cooper case as it is an open FBI case and they are (forbiden) not to work on any FBI open case (period end of story).

Bob Sailshaw
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That's a normal response sail, the Alcatraz case was still open, but they turned it over to the Marshal's office. I would like to see a similar transaction take place with the Cooper case. that would be up to the FBI, and not the Marshal's office. unless they made a formal request for the case which would be doubtful...

The FBI has put the case on a budget. basically, they are doing nothing. I believe a good option for them would be to turn it over to someone else (fresh new start), and let them take a crack at it. they could wash there hands of the whole thing.

[georger]

Shytter:   You say :  "I wish they would turn the case over to the Marshals office so they can dig up all the stuff they say they don't have 
« Last Edit: May 11, 2016, 09:05:57 PM by Shutter »"

I say:  I just called the Seattle US Marshals Office this week and they say they can not work on the DB Cooper case as it is an open FBI case and they are (forbiden) not to work on any FBI open case (period end of story).

Bob Sailshaw
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That's a normal response sail, the Alcatraz case was still open, but they turned it over to the Marshal's office. I would like to see a similar transaction take place with the Cooper case. that would be up to the FBI, and not the Marshal's office. unless they made a formal request for the case which would be doubtful...

The FBI has put the case on a budget. basically, they are doing nothing. I believe a good option for them would be to turn it over to someone else (fresh new start), and let them take a crack at it. they could wash there hands of the whole thing.

Any change in the status quo is probably going to require political action, and there isn't any incentive for that. Very likely the media will play a role in any opening if it can happen at all. 

[377]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

377

[Shutter]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

377

That's a stretch in itself. these networks want shows that sell. Atlas was having trouble pitching a Cooper program. most of the world doesn't really seem to care. it's all about the money $$$$$$$$$$

We see the same problem with books about Cooper. don't quit your day job 

[Bruce A. Smith]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

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[EVickiW]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

377

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Two Cooper related news bites. First a news blogger reported the following about Lepsy. However, the article that caught my eye revolves around the second story on his page regarding a James (Jim) Hugh Macdonald, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

In other news: Tina Mucklow's brother-in-law, Lee Dormuth, passed away January 2016.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

[Bruce A. Smith]

Thanks for the news update, E-Vick. Condolences to Tina and Jane.

[georger]

Thanks for the news update, E-Vick. Condolences to Tina and Jane.

Earth to Smith!

Try the names Germaine Tricola, Dave Fisher, and Dick Purdy in relation to a TRUE ACCOUNT of the history of the Ariel store, and go back and write another true history! Good luck. 

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There are more. 

Goodbye Mr. Tricolor, whoever you are!     It was fun.   

[Bruce A. Smith]

Outer/Inner Space to Georger

Good leads, G. Thanks.

So, Tosaw spent at least $100,000 by 1986 on his investigation? Whew!

Now we have four declared owners: Vince and Germaine Tricolor, Dave Fisher, Richard Purdy, and Dona. Now, her son, Bryan, too.

Whoa - you want a true account? Could be tough to verify. What is truth, anyway, but an opinion coupled with a lot of agreement.

[MarkBennett]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

377

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Two Cooper related news bites. First a news blogger reported the following about Lepsy. However, the article that caught my eye revolves around the second story on his page regarding a James (Jim) Hugh Macdonald, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

In other news: Tina Mucklow's brother-in-law, Lee Dormuth, passed away January 2016.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

This MacDonald guy is interesting...although, he disappeared after the hijacking and nowhere does it say anything about him being gone two weeks prior to his disappearance.

I was thinking about this guy and remembered a few years ago Tom Kaye brought up a pilot from Canada who disappeared shortly after the hijacking.   I went back and looked and it was indeed MacDonald he brought up.

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[Robert99]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

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Two Cooper related news bites. First a news blogger reported the following about Lepsy. However, the article that caught my eye revolves around the second story on his page regarding a James (Jim) Hugh Macdonald, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

In other news: Tina Mucklow's brother-in-law, Lee Dormuth, passed away January 2016.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

This MacDonald guy is interesting...although, he disappeared after the hijacking and nowhere does it say anything about him being gone two weeks prior to his disappearance.

I was thinking about this guy and remembered a few years ago Tom Kaye brought up a pilot from Canada who disappeared shortly after the hijacking.   I went back and looked and it was indeed MacDonald he brought up.

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Get yourself a map of Manitoba, Canada and take a look at what lies between Thompson and Winnipeg.  Remember that the temperature was 30 degrees Centigrade below zero (about 22 degrees Fahrenheit below zero) for the flight.

MacDonald is probably at the bottom of Lake Winnipeg or one of those smaller lakes between Thompson and Winnipeg. 

[MarkBennett]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

377

   !

Two Cooper related news bites. First a news blogger reported the following about Lepsy. However, the article that caught my eye revolves around the second story on his page regarding a James (Jim) Hugh Macdonald, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

In other news: Tina Mucklow's brother-in-law, Lee Dormuth, passed away January 2016.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

This MacDonald guy is interesting...although, he disappeared after the hijacking and nowhere does it say anything about him being gone two weeks prior to his disappearance.

I was thinking about this guy and remembered a few years ago Tom Kaye brought up a pilot from Canada who disappeared shortly after the hijacking.   I went back and looked and it was indeed MacDonald he brought up.

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Get yourself a map of Manitoba, Canada and take a look at what lies between Thompson and Winnipeg.  Remember that the temperature was 30 degrees Centigrade below zero (about 22 degrees Fahrenheit below zero) for the flight.

MacDonald is probably at the bottom of Lake Winnipeg or one of those smaller lakes between Thompson and Winnipeg.

Yep...I read the posts after Tom's, and that's exactly what you (Robert99) said after the initial post.   Not sure why the guy who wrote the blog  Vicki found (or Tom Kaye) thought they might be a suspect.  It's his whereabouts at the time of the hijacking, not two weeks after, that would seem to be relevant.

[georger]

I think media attention is the only hope for reviving FBI interest in the case.

377

   !

Two Cooper related news bites. First a news blogger reported the following about Lepsy. However, the article that caught my eye revolves around the second story on his page regarding a James (Jim) Hugh Macdonald, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

In other news: Tina Mucklow's brother-in-law, Lee Dormuth, passed away January 2016.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

This MacDonald guy is interesting...although, he disappeared after the hijacking and nowhere does it say anything about him being gone two weeks prior to his disappearance.

I was thinking about this guy and remembered a few years ago Tom Kaye brought up a pilot from Canada who disappeared shortly after the hijacking.   I went back and looked and it was indeed MacDonald he brought up.

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Get yourself a map of Manitoba, Canada and take a look at what lies between Thompson and Winnipeg.  Remember that the temperature was 30 degrees Centigrade below zero (about 22 degrees Fahrenheit below zero) for the flight.

MacDonald is probably at the bottom of Lake Winnipeg or one of those smaller lakes between Thompson and Winnipeg.

Yep...I read the posts after Tom's, and that's exactly what you (Robert99) said after the initial post.   Not sure why the guy who wrote the blog  Vicki found (or Tom Kaye) thought they might be a suspect.  It's his whereabouts at the time of the hijacking, not two weeks after, that would seem to be relevant.

Some of Tom's ideas are "hair brained". Some plain stupid and myopic. Like particles of makeup on a tie mean the wearer was a "womanizer"? Why not a womanizing sailor machinist on board a Russian submarine?  It never would occur to Tom that the makeup was on the tie because the makeup was on the guy wearing the tie, and the only woman it came from was the woman at Penny's that sold the makeup to the guy now wearing the tie ... which could have to do with camouflage and survival! now that the guy is hijacking a plane intending to parachute from a plane at night in cold wet weather? and has nothing to do with secular pronouncements about Cooper's morality and sex life?! Give us a break!! Oh well. Common sense is hard to find these daze! Its our stressful modern isolation at work!       

[Shutter]

                                                                             ARIEL UPDATE

The funding doesn't look very good for Ariel/Bryan. a total of 5 people have pitched in money. Bobby has a very weak public, and it appears the fund raising is over his head.

Funding Site #1  $85.00
Funding Site #2   $0.00

Bryan needs to regroup and find someone who can actually help him raise some money for his cause. I still think $35,000 is a lot of money to ask for.