Suspect Number One
The Man Who Was Not D. B. Cooper 🗃 The topic of Suspect Number One has come up again in the Vortex. I've been interested in this character, and the FBI's investigation into him, for a while now, especially since a large number of documents on him were released in August 2024. Joseph H. Johnston was one of the FBI's earliest leads, and was rigorously investigated before being eliminated. Eliminated Suspect #1 had the perfect alibi . 🪂 Key points of interest that have drawn the attention of the FBI and amateur sleuths to Johnston include: he was a career criminal who had committed armed robbery; he was said to have recently taken parachuting lessons; he was familiar with Portland vicinity and had recently moved there; he was an unlicensed pilot; he had shown an interest in hijackings; and he had allegedly recently got aerial maps of Portland and Seattle! 🥃 However, Suspect Number One had an unbreakable alibi, having been in jail at the time of D. B. Cooper's skyjacking...