Robert Rackstraw loved adventure. He also embraced danger and confrontation. For a time, the FBI suspected him of being the legendary skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper.
Rackstraw died Tuesday in San Diego of natural causes. He was 75. He is survived by his wife Dorothy and “several children and grandchildren,” the San Diego Union-Tribune reports…
He was acquitted in 1978 of murdering his stepfather. Soon after the acquittal, facing other charges, he faked his death and disappeared. He ultimately would be found and convicted of grand theft and passing bad checks. He spent almost two years in prison…
Along with his exploits in California, Rackstraw also spent time in Oregon – beyond the possibility that he purchased a plane ticket at Portland International Airport on Nov. 24, 1971, under the name Dan Cooper. Read more…
