now 47 years later in a new memoir titled "d.b. cooperichigan author claims he knew the infamous hijacker. >> in 2000 i told walt i suspected him of being d.b. cooper. he would not say yes or no right away, but over the next eight years, walt and i had many phone calls to slowly unravel this story of the hijacking. >> reporter: carl laurin believes without a doubt that d.b. cooper was actually a man named walter reca. laurin says reca was his best friend and a former military paratroor. in his memoir, laurin said reca ultimately confessed to being d.b. cooper releasing audio recordings he made of his friend allegedly giving details about the crime. >> i tied the money on to me, took my belt from around my waist, tied it around my raincoat, put the money in there, buttoned it all the way up to my neck. >> and put the parachute on. >> yeah. >> reporter: walter reca passed away in michigan in 2014. as for the fbi's investigation, it was suspended two years ago. the fbi will not confirm whether walter reca was ever a suspect. >> fascinating.

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that it's reached an urban area. >>> we may have found out the identity of the legend aary person, d.b. coopered a plane in 1971 and parachuted out with a ran some. he was never caught or heard from again. but now a man claimed to be is h best friend says cooper is walt yreka. he confessed his crimes over to him. >> over the next eight years, walt and i had many phone calls, thousands, meetings back and forth to slowly unravel the story of the hijacking and his life afterward. >> arike died in 2014. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll take you to windsor where gayle has a special preview of prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. i'm anne-marie green. makes it twice as strong as the leading store brand. that's strength you can count on. with roomba from irobot, your family can expect clean floors everyday. two unique multi-surface brushes and power-lifting suction pick up dirt, large debris and even pet hair. so your floors are always clean. you and roomba from irobot. better together. i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. so, i sw

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