Bombshell DNA breakthrough from hijacker DB Cooper’s tie exposed in 53-year mystery

A GIANT leap forward has been made in the hunt to unmask DB Cooper after an independent investigator probing his infamous unsolved skyjacking has obtained the crook's DNA.

The identity of DB Cooper has continued to perplex investigators for the last 53 years.

The bomb-wielding thief hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on Thanksgiving Eve 1971 and parachuted out of the plane at 10,000 feet with $200,000 strapped to his waist, never to be seen again.

Cooper made the daring jump with all his possessions, leaving only a black JCPenny clip-on tie behind in his seat.

The tie has long been seen as the most important clue to help finally unlock the mystery.

And Eric Ulis, who has been investigating Cooper for the last 13 years, exclusively revealed to The U.S. Sun on Monday that the criminal's days of anonymity are now numbered.

Last week, Ulis met with Tom Kaye, a scientist who tested DB Cooper's tie in 2009 and 2011 with a special device that captures particulates in a filter.

The initial reason for Kaye's tests was to analyze the accessory for traces of certain metals, chemicals, and pollen.

However, the device is also capable of capturing DNA - a realization recently made by Ulis and Kaye.

Kaye's filter - which has been hermetically sealed for the last 13 years - possesses Cooper's DNA with "100% certainty", the pair say.

They now plan to share the filter with a state-of-the-art lab to conduct metagenomic DNA analysis, an advanced kind of analysis that enables scientists to separate individual strands of DNA.

Once all of the DNA strands from the tie are separated, Kaye and Ulis will begin building a genetic profile of Cooper to compare with outstanding suspects, such as Vince Petersen.

The pair will also be able to use the DNA for forensic genealogy, allowing them to build out a family tree for Cooper and work backward to identify him.

"People thought I was kidding when I said things are moving so fast that we could solve this by the end of the year, but I wasn't," laughed Ulis, stressing the significance of the DNA development.

"Metagenomic DNA is the holy grail where this is concerned because it can separate individually all of the DNA profiles on the tie, even for something like a dog. So If DB Cooper had a dog, we'd be able to find that on there.

"It's critically important because [...] let's say you have a dozen different DNA profiles on that tie from everyone who has come into contact with it over the years, including various FBI agents and Cooper himself.

"We will be able to separate all of those strands individually, and - while we won't know which one is Cooper's - we will be able to gradually narrow them down.

"If DB Cooper had any kids, for example, those children would likely be on the tie as well. So if any of the dozen or so profiles on the tie are related, that will mostly likely be Cooper's."

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