FBI stops investigating 1971 skyjacking case

The FBI said it is no longer investigating the enduring mystery of the skyjacker known as DB Cooper, nearly 45 years after he vanished out the back of a Boeing 727 into a freezing Northwest rain wearing a business suit, a parachute and a pack with $200,000 in cash.

Calling the investigation one of the longest and most exhaustive in the agency’s history, the FBI Seattle field office said it was time to focus on other cases.

The agency said it will preserve evidence from the case at its Washington DC headquarters, but it doesn’t want further tips unless people find parachutes or Cooper’s money.