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 pa