Created on 6/29/2006
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August, 2004 |
A friend informed us that Barbara had passed away |
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September, 2004 |
Began researching Barbara's past on the internet. We thought her life story would make a good book if we could get enough information |
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Sept 11,2004 |
Found her family members' dates of birth and complete names on the 1930 Census. Found the date of Barb's death. Did not proceed with the search |
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Nov, 2005 |
Began researching Barbara's past on the internet again. Found some possible addresses for her brother Bill. Sent a letter to the most likely address |
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Nov 13,2005 |
Received a call from Bill's daughterm Sharol. Her father had died a few months before and she was now living in his house. She brought up the possibility that Barbara could have been D.B. Cooper, but there would be no way to prove or disprove it now that Barb was deceased. Sharol agreed to help us with research for the book |
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Nov 25,2005 |
Sharol put us in touch with Barbara's daughter Rena abd Sharol's sister Billie.The agreed to assist with the research also. |
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Nov 29,2005 |
Completed first chapter and sent it to Sharol for review. |
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Dec 1,2005 |
Received first email from Barbara's daughter, Rena |
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Feb, 2006 |
Ron visits Barb's family in California. They supplied him with pictures of Barb before that surgery and directly after. They also loaned us several years worth of diaries that Barbara's mother had kept, plus several letters that Barb had written home as a young man. The letters provided proof of the fantastic stories that Barb had told us. Ron missed the opportunity to interview Barb's first wife. She had been anxious to talk with him, but went into the hospital the night he arrived and could not talk. |
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Mar, 2006 |
Continued to receive more pictures from Barb's relatives. Comparisons of the pictures with the sketches in the newspaper made us more suspicious that Barb was D. B. Cooper |
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Mar25,2006 |
Sent one of the envelopes Barb had sent to her parents to see if DNA could be retrieve. Received a DNA profile back. |
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Apr, 2006 |
Received some pictures and more details of Barb's life from Sharol's mother, Sharon |
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Apr,2006 |
With Rena's permission and assistance we were able to get a copy of Barbara's medical records and psychological evaluations. |
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May, 2006 |
By the time we finished the book, we were both convinced that Barbara was D.B. Cooper |