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World Famous Cooper expert pronounces plain black Cooper tie and banded Lepsy tie as 'not a bad match', per photo with his notes below, he says. Yepper! 
     

Lepsy would have been 35 years old in 71. the guy is trying to match a photo of Lepsy beside the Cooper sketch. he was 26 in that comparison. since they change the descriptions of Cooper over there. I guess he would be considered a serious suspect....perhaps
it's a good way to try and get attention to the public about his disappearance?

The World Famous Cooper expert apparently didn't notice that the tie clip, in the Lepsy picture with his wife, is not a match for the Cooper tie clip.  The tie shown in the Lepsy picture appears to be a normal knotted tie and not a clip-on.  Actually, I think the clip-on tie knot would be wider and "looser" than for a knotted tie. 

And where did Lepsy get all his information on the 727 aft stairs?

Hi guys,
I came across the above comments which were made when I was banned from the site and would like to address them.  First is the description of Cooper's age.  Remember, the main source of the estimation of Coopers age is the opinions of a 22 year old woman and a 23 year old woman.  A middle aged man described the Cooper suspect as in his thirties. 

The estimation of someones age is a subjective thing, at best.  One example that comes to mind for me is many people mistake my older brother as my younger brother.  He weighs about a hundred pounds less than me, is very fit, and has a whole head of thick hair (unlike me, who got genetically screwed  ).  My brother is seven years older than I am.  People age differently.  Most people's age can be reasonably estimated, but there are a few outliers out there who appear older, or younger, than they really are.

Another example that pops in my head concerns a conversation I had last year with my then 23 year old daughter.  She was telling me and my wife about a "creepy old guy" at the bar that was hitting on her and trying to buy her a drink.
 "How old was this creepy old guy?" I asked. 
"29" she responded.
Women in their early twenties aren't always the best people to ask to estimate age, but they're pretty good at details like hair, teeth, eye color, etc.

When I look at the last known photo of Dick Lepsy (below), I don't see your typical 33 year old.  He looks more like he's 43 to me.  Years of smoking, stress, sun exposure and drinking are also factors which could prematurely age someone.  And then there's mannerisms.  Dick Lepsy managed a large grocery store at age 30.  That's quite an accomplishment.  He would have had to carry himself with confidence and an air of authority to gain respect from his employees, many who were older than him.  To those who knew him, he probably did seem much older than he was.

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Hi guys,
I came across the above comments which were made when I was banned from the site and would like to address them.  First is the description of Cooper's age.  Remember, the main source of the estimation of Coopers age is the opinions of a 22 year old woman and a 23 year old woman.  A middle aged man described the Cooper suspect as in his thirties. 

The estimation of someones age is a subjective thing, at best.  One example that comes to mind for me is many people mistake my older brother as my younger brother.  He weighs about a hundred pounds less than me, is very fit, and has a whole head of thick hair (unlike me, who got genetically screwed  ).  My brother is seven years older than I am.  People age differently.  Most people's age can be reasonably estimated, but there are a few outliers out there who appear older, or younger, than they really are.

Another example that pops in my head concerns a conversation I had last year with my then 23 year old daughter.  She was telling me and my wife about a "creepy old guy" at the bar that was hitting on her and trying to buy her a drink.
 "How old was this creepy old guy?" I asked. 
"29" she responded.
Women in their early twenties aren't always the best people to ask to estimate age, but they're pretty good at details like hair, teeth, eye color, etc.

When I look at the last known photo of Dick Lepsy (below), I don't see your typical 33 year old.  He looks more like he's 43 to me.  Years of smoking, stress, sun exposure and drinking are also factors which could prematurely age someone.  And then there's mannerisms.  Dick Lepsy managed a large grocery store at age 30.  That's quite an accomplishment.  He would have had to carry himself with confidence and an air of authority to gain respect from his employees, many who were older than him.  To those who knew him, he probably did seem much older than he was.

I'd agree that perceptions of ages vary as we get older.  When I was in my twenties I could correctly identify someone as being in their twenties, thirties, forties or fifties.  However, I'd think the fifty something looked "old".  Now that I'm in my early 50s, I can still pick people out and put them in the right decade.  But, the big difference now is fifty-somethings don't look old to me anymore and twenty somethings look like kids.

One of the common things people with a favored suspect do is try to massage the description to fit their suspect.  And, I don't mean just you.  Others have changed eye color, height and skin color differences for their suspect to match.  I don't think that's necessary.  Bill Mitchell reported that he didn't think the drawing really matched the suspect.  I think of evidence as strands of  a rope -- the more you have, the stronger your case is.  A non-exact match with the drawing isn't a deal breaker if there is other evidence supporting your case.  The problem with Lepsy, as I see it, is other than being gone, I don't see what else there is supporting his case.  We don't know of any major criminal history (the theft of $2000 is a crime, but nothing on the scale of a hijacking/air piracy). We need more strands!  This is a discussion forum, so we look forward to hearing what else you might have found.

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In the photo below are the notes from the crew during the hijacking. I'm still having trouble with a 23 year old not being able to spot someone just 10 years older than herself and concluding his age at first to be in his 50's. In my opinion bringing Cooper's age down to 30 years old would unlock even more false suspects to surface. I believe a passenger put Cooper in that range, but the FBI is going by the people who had contact with him. the passengers didn't have a reason to remember him so different views come into play.

I'm interested in Lepsy's background to see if anything pops up for a possible link......

Let's UP the anti! This post will get little coverage but here goes -

Crket said to all potential suspect venders: (1) place him on the airplane, (2) produce a Cooper twenty in the hands of the suspect, (c) provide something crucial, tangible, and provable that links the suspect to the DB Cooper case. Any actual Cooper suspect would pass this litmus test.

We could add finger prints and a matching partial dna profile to the list.