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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
The leading theory is he was a CIA operative, because jumping from the rear stairs like that was something they did in the field.
And the leading theory was he survived, because there was a copycat crime, which worked until the guy was caught on the ground, with the cash.
It just gets crazier the deeper you go.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
The weather was terrible for a jump. Nobody who had training would have tried it.
He almost certainly died in the jump.
He also made an offhand comment about the airline, and that suggests a revenge motive.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 days ago
If he died in the jump they would have eventually found a body. At the very least he survived long enough to vacate the area.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Some of those areas are really remote. He could have easily died, and his body was then torn apart and scattered by scavengers before anyone could find it.
People frequently get lost in remote areas, die, and never have their bodies found. All that has to happen is that the animals get to the body before search parties do.
Or he could have simply landed in a stream or river, and his body was devoured by fish as it tumbled its way into the sea.
There are plenty of ways for nature to destroy a corpse.
PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world 3 days ago
checks username, nods in agreement with their authority on the topic
rhombus@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
He was asked why that airline and he specifically said it wasn’t to do with the airline, just that that particular flight suited his needs. He did say “it’s just because I have a grudge”, but he didn’t say what it was.
I also agree he died, mostly because they never found the money in circulation. None of the serial numbers they gave him were ever identified. So it seems he either never spent a cent of it, or he didn’t survive the jump.