Richard McCoy, Jr.

Male, Deceased Person

1942 – 1974

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Who was Richard McCoy, Jr.?

Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. was an American aircraft hijacker. McCoy hijacked a United Airlines passenger jet for ransom in 1972. Due to a similar modus operandi, law enforcement officials named McCoy as a suspect for the still-unidentified "D. B. Cooper," who committed his unsolved crime four months before McCoy.

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Born
Dec 7, 1942
Kinston
Religion
  • Mormonism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Brigham Young University
Died
Nov 10, 1974
Virginia Beach

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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