Back from the dead

The FBI is investigating an old cloth bag found in a field in Washington state. Apparently, two kids found a parachute buried in the field south of Seattle. While no DNA proof has yet been found (they had some from the tie he wore when he hijacked the plane originally), the proximity and the age of the material seem to link it to DB Cooper, who may have gotten away with most of the $200,000 ransom (then a large amount of money for this sort of thing).
If Cooper didn't live, who buried the chutes? If he did, where is he now and where's the money? (They've never reported seeing the bills come back through the banking industry, and you'd think he'd've spent some of it since 1971...)

Rico says he loves a good mystery, and this is one of the best...