Crime historian digs for DB Cooper case evidence: ‘Authorities looked in wrong area’

Eric Ulis began search near spot where skyjacker is believed to have buried wads of cash after parachuting out a half century ago

An amateur crime historian has begun a two-day search along Washington's Columbia River, close to a spot where notorious skyjacker DB Cooper is believed by some to have buried wads of cash after parachuting out of the back of a Boeing 727 half a century ago.

Eric Ulis began the dig to looking for a parachute and briefcase on Friday, working under the theory that Cooper could have buried the items close to where $6,000 of Cooper's $200,000 skyjack ransom was discovered in 1980.