Editing D. B. Cooper (section)

==={{anchor|Lynn Doyle Cooper}}Lynn Cooper===
Lynn Doyle "L. D." Cooper (1931–1999), a leather worker and [[Korean War]] veteran, was proposed as a suspect in July 2011 by his niece, Marla Cooper.<ref>Provano, Joel (August 3, 2011): Woman claims D.B. Cooper was her uncle. [https://www.ajc.com/news/national/woman-claims-legendary-skyjacker-cooper-was-her-uncle/4vsnEI8YuD9thrw9sMZUJM/ AJC.com] Retrieved August 3, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = The 40-year mystery of America's greatest skyjacking | newspaper = Daily Telegraph | first = Alex | last = Hannaford | date = July 30, 2011 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8667855/The-40-year-mystery-of-Americas-greatest-skyjacking.html | access-date = July 30, 2011 | location = London | archive-date = July 30, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110730230022/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8667855/The-40-year-mystery-of-Americas-greatest-skyjacking.html | url-status = live }}</ref> As an eight-year-old, she recalled Cooper and another uncle planning something "very mischievous", involving the use of "expensive walkie-talkies", at her grandmother's house in [[Sisters, Oregon]], {{convert|150|mi}} southeast of Portland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/01/138889690/fbi-says-it-has-a-new-suspect-in-d-b-cooper-skyjacking |title=FBI Says It Has 'A New Suspect' In D.B. Cooper Skyjacking Case: The Two-Way : NPR |first=Howard |last=Berkes |work=NPR |year=2011 |access-date=August 1, 2011 |archive-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802022140/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/01/138889690/fbi-says-it-has-a-new-suspect-in-d-b-cooper-skyjacking |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day Flight 305 was hijacked; and though the uncles ostensibly were turkey hunting, L. D. Cooper came home wearing a bloody shirt—the result, he said, of an auto accident.<ref name="CNN2011-08-01" /> Later, Marla claimed, her parents came to believe that L. D. was the hijacker. She also recalled that her uncle, who died in 1999, was obsessed with the Canadian comic book hero Dan Cooper and "had one of his comic books thumbtacked to his wall"—although he was not a skydiver or paratrooper.<ref>Thomas, P and Cloherty, J (August 3, 2011): "D.B. Cooper Exclusive: Did Niece Provide Key Evidence?" [https://abcnews.go.com/US/db-cooper-exclusive-niece-provide-key-evidence/story?id=14219052 ABCNews.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527093447/https://abcnews.go.com/US/db-cooper-exclusive-niece-provide-key-evidence/story?id=14219052 |date=May 27, 2020 }} Retrieved August 3, 2011.</ref>

In August 2011, [[New York (magazine)|''New York'']] magazine published an alternative witness sketch, reportedly based on a description by Flight 305 eyewitness Robert Gregory, depicting horn-rimmed sunglasses, a "russet"-colored suit jacket with wide lapels, and [[marcelled]] hair. The article observed that L. D. Cooper had wavy hair that looked marcelled (as did Duane Weber, see below).<ref>{{cite web | title = DNA test negative for D.B. Cooper suspect; a new sketch emerges | last = Gray | first = Geoffrey | url = https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/08/dna_test_negative_db_cooper_su.html | work = New York Magazine | date = August 9, 2011 | access-date = December 31, 2012 | archive-date = December 17, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224301/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/08/dna_test_negative_db_cooper_su.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The FBI announced that no fingerprints had been found on a guitar strap made by L. D. Cooper.<ref>{{cite news|last=McNerthney|first=Casey|title=No fingerprints found on item in D.B. Cooper case|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/No-fingerprints-found-on-item-in-D-B-Cooper-case-1684566.php|access-date=August 2, 2011|newspaper=[[seattlepi.com]]|date=August 1, 2011|archive-date=December 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227172544/http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/No-fingerprints-found-on-item-in-D-B-Cooper-case-1684566.php|url-status=live}}</ref> One week later, they added that his DNA did not match the partial DNA profile obtained from the hijacker's tie, but acknowledged that there is no certainty that the hijacker was the source of the organic material obtained from the tie.<ref name=NotMatch/>