Talk:Richard McCoy Jr.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:56, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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Citation Needed for Hitch-Hiking Claim
I have researched this subject in conjunction with my involvement with a federal agency, and all information I have found and am familiar with states that McCoy became a suspect as a result of his claims that such a hijack could be easily accomplished. I have seen no evidence of a hitch-hiking claim prior to McCoy already having been considered a suspect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.11.15 (talk) 11:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. The paragraph in question is misleading in saying "McCoy also had described to a number of people how easy..." the FBI reference cited said he mentioned to an acquaintance a "fullproof plan" for an airplane hijacking. Said acquaintance approached the FBI...that is how McCoy became a suspect. According to the FBI page on McCoy (ref #3 on the current edit), after the acquaintance came forward, more leads developed connecting McCoy: "When shown McCoy's photograph an employee at a roadside hamburger stand said she had sold him a milkshake at about 11:30 on the night of the crime. In addition, a teenager stated that a man fitting McCoy's description paid him five dollars for a ride from the stand to a nearby town." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.151.13 (talk) 15:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Did he jump?
It is not clear in the article. It just states he asked for the parachutes and had the plane. Did he actually jump and survive? If so, any description from witnesses? If not, what was the method he got away?--MartinezMD (talk) 03:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It just states he made his escape. I would say you need to have read the DB Cooper article to understand, so yes, it's not clear. The escape method should be described/duplicated here too. CapnZapp (talk) 09:33, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

McCoy did jump, survive and escape with his ransom money just as D.B. is presumed to have done. McCoy flew a helicopter that was searching for the hijacker right after committing the the hijacking himself. He was turned in by his friends or family. Read the questions Steven Rinehart proposed to Judge Winder cited in the footnotes. Very interesting. Agent Carr with the FBI in Seattle he does not think McCoy was Cooper, but said Rinehart was the best source for info on McCoy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.169.155.73 (talk) 07:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC) UPDATE: Judge Winder retired from the federal bench with alzheimer's a year ago. I'm told he may have done an interview with Rinehart about the case that's not to be aired until he dies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.169.155.73 (talk) 08:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Death
Please either move the paragraph detailing his shooting to the "Death and afterwards" section, or rename the section into "After Death" (or "Legacy" etc).CapnZapp (talk) 09:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Moved from article
The following text was added to the article by : "Incorrect!!, he served as a Green Beret in Nam in 1964, and then was at Ft Wolters TX and Ft Rucker AL WORWAC Class 66-23, he graduated on 14 Feb 1967 and went back to Nam as a Warrant Officer and Aviator....All of this chronology is not right. I was a class mate of his...". Graham 87 15:42, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
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BYU medallion a hoax? Should be removed from the article ASAP?
Under “Lawsuits over Cooper Allegations,” the article states:

“They cited similar methods of hijacking, and a tie and Brigham Young University medallion [citation needed] with McCoy's initials on the back left on the plane by Cooper.”

This video about the D.B. Cooper case states that the BYU medallion claim seems to have no substance in fact and then goes on to state (including a most disparaging reference to Wiki) that the entire story of this alleged piece of evidence stems from a Wikipedia article (I assume they mean this one as it is not mentioned within the D. B. Cooper article) which others picked up upon and used in various internet venues (listen at 9:28 into the video for a short spell):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHSehKtDyoI

Since the article itself states: “citation needed,” it seems as if this should be eliminated unless someone can come up with some valid documentation regarding the alleged medallion's existence. Otherwise, it appears as if Wikipedia is disseminating misinformation.HistoryBuff14 (talk) 15:37, 22 August 2017 (UTC)