Part 49, page 338
Document date 1 June 1989
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 p. 338 (DB Cooper-20481), News clipping, dated 1 Jun 1989 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-49/pages/338
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[Is] killer suspect infamous D.B. Cooper?
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Associated Press SEATTLE — An FBI agent who investigated the D.B. Cooper skyjacking said Friday there are a number of similarities between Cooper and a man recently arrested in an 18-year-old New Jersey multiple murder case. Ralph Himmelsbach, who retired in 1980, said Friday that he believes "Cooper" died when he parachuted from a Boeing 727 over southwest Washington in 1971 with $200,000 in ransom. But Himmelsbach, who led the Cooper investigation, still believes John E. List should be investigated. "I would say he's a major suspect or, at least, I would consider him a major suspect," Himmelsbach said. As a fugitive after the killings of five members of his family, List was considered a suspect in the skyjacking from the beginning, Himmelsbach said. Descriptions of List and Cooper are similar. Both are accused of bizarre crimes, and a fugitive from a mass murder has nothing to lose, Himmelsbach said.
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Two 1971 drawings (left and center) are believed to show mystery man D.B Cooper, the first American skyjacker. At right is murder suspect John E. List. The FBI is checking into similarities between the two men.
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A man police said is List was arrested June 1 in Richmond, Va., after the television show "America's Most Wanted" ran a program on the "ballroom murders" in November 1971. List's wife, his 87-year-old mother and his three children were shot to death in their Westfield, N.J., mansion.
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The man, who goes by the name Robert P. Clark and was described by friends as a quiet, church-going accountant, was extradited to New Jersey on Thursday and in jail. Although the man known as Clark denies he is List, authorities said fingerprints and a scar prove Clark and List are the same man.
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Authorities said List fled to Colorado and then Virginia and had built a new life. FBI spokesman John Eyer in Seattle said Thursday that List was being investigated in the skyjacking, but said it was routine. David Baugh, List's lawyer in Richmond before he was returned to New Jersey, compared the alleged connection to reported sightings of Elvis Presley.
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DB Cooper-20481