Cove City, Craven County — The mystery of D.B. Cooper, the
infamous hijacker who vanished with $200,000 after leaping
from a plane in 1971, may be closer to being solved.

The FBI is examining a parachute rigging discovered in a barn
in Craven County, which could potentially identify Cooper.

The case, the FBI’s only unsolved air piracy incident, has
intrigued the nation for over 50 years. Recent findings
suggest that Cooper might have had ties to Eastern North
Carolina, specifically pointing to a man named Richard
Floyd McCoy Jr.

This development is part of the ongoing investigation known
as the "Cooper Vortex," as authorities and enthusiasts alike
continue to delve into the mystery of D.B. Cooper’s true identity.
(by Brian North & Ciara Blosser)

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a corn
field in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, who had been a hotly
pursued fugitive for four years, used his last breath to deny
his involvement in the infamous Kansas City Massacre, in
which four officers were shot to death at a train station. He
died shortly thereafter.

Charles Arthur Floyd
(February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934)

F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover,declared Floyd to be "public
enemy number one."

         
    
    
    
   
J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of
Investigation (now the FBI) on May 10, 1924. By the end of the
year he was officially promoted to director. This began his 48-
year tenure in power, during which time he personally shaped
American criminal justice in the 20th century.

On this day in 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
instituted the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list  in an
effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. The
creation of the program arose out of a wire service news
story in 1949 about the “toughest guys” the FBI wanted
to capture. The story drew so much public attention that
the “Ten Most Wanted” list was given the okay by J. Edgar
Hoover the following year. 

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)

President Roosevelt (left) with his Cabinet.

On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
was born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte (below) 
orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report to
Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of Justice.

One year later, the Office of the Chief Examiner was renamed
the Bureau of Investigation, and in 1935 it became the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.

  
Charles Joseph Bonaparte 
(June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921)

Stanley Wellington Finch
(July 20, 1872 – 22 November 1951)

The Bureau’s first home, the Department of Justice building
at 1435 K Street in N.W. Washington, D.C.