Skyjacker D.B. Cooper was a man — here's how we know

It might be just a coincidence. But every time it starts to get really hot around here, heads bake and new theories arise about the D.B. Cooper skyjacking, writes Ron Judd. By Ron Judd Seattle Times staff columnist It might be just a coincidence. But every time it starts to get really hot around here, heads bake and new theories arise about the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. The latest: In a new book, a Puyallup couple throws out the possibility that the famed hijacker may actually have been Barb Dayton, who had undergone a sex-change operation two years earlier, but dressed and acted like a man during the hijacking to fool authorities. Interesting notion, but the FBI says it has slam-dunk evidence to the contrary: It turns out the suspect used the plane restroom before parachuting out the back door. And he left the seat up. Other... [read full story]