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Crket, because roughly 3% of the money was found we know for certain that Cooper lost the other 97%? There are some statisticians who would argue that Ckret is absolutely correct. The same ones who work for plaintiff's attorneys seeking to convince juries that smoke alarms cause cancer, AgHg dental fillings cause Lupus and MS, and that overheated Teflon cookware causes every disease known to man. Hmm. Being that 0 percent of Cooper's body has been found, would some statisticians argue that we know that Cooper got away?

Not necessarily, and, no, I don't think a person looking for any possible sign of a clue is going to read "too little" into something. But opinions vary. Well, I wouldn't know about that. But in any case, I'm afraid you missed my point. My apologies for not making myself clear. As for Ckret, he didn't use the word "prove" but he said we"know" ... and in such context, it wouldn't appear to me that there's much difference in regards to his confidence and certainty on the issue. It would seem simple enough. But I guess it shows that people can disagree on simple things ... like apparently the definition and usefulness of of the word "giddy," for instance. :)

I understand that. I'm not contradicting her account by saying that the guy probably didn't show a certain amount of joyous emotion upon seeing the money. What I'm saying is that I think it's potentially easy and tempting for someone who wasn't there and who is looking for any sign of a possible clue to read too much into her description.

Because, according to Ralph (as he has said elsewhere), 48 was the median age estimated by eyewitnesses who claimed to have seen Cooper. The estimates ranged from early 40s to mid-50s, but 48 was the median. Thanks. Are you theorizing, or did you talk to Ralph? I saw a TV interview in which he said it. I think it is - or at least used to be - up on youtube.

How do we know this?

IMO, there's too much second-hand interpretation involved for any real clue to come of that one. I don't think we can even begin to eliminate or incriminate any suspect, regardless of background, because of it. Aside from the natural problems of having to go off of Tina's account (as is the case for so much of this), what's "giddy" or "child-like" to one person - let alone Tina - might be something different to someone else. It could mean smiling, laughing, dancing - lots of different things or combos. In any case, generally being happy at getting the money strikes me as a natural reaction for just about anyone (or any criminal, to be more specific) who's going to such ridiculous lengths to obtain it.

Because, according to Ralph (as he has said elsewhere), 48 was the median age estimated by eyewitnesses who claimed to have seen Cooper. The estimates ranged from early 40s to mid-50s, but 48 was the median.