Mention the name Zodiac and you get a picture in your mind just like the picture at left. A hooded man, brandishing a gun, killing couples in parked cars. Maybe even codes and ciphers come to mind.
But there is far more to the Zodiac Killer. It’s the most famous UNSOLVED murder case of all time, and his identity is STILL UNKNOWN!
The Zodiac Killer case is even above the ranks of other famous cases like that of Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Son of Sam, and the Boston Strangler. If you follow this case, whoever he (or they) were, he represents nothing but evil. Definitely a sick and twisted individual that should have never been born. Not only did he kill, but he sent taunting letters and cards and cryptograms to the news media, long after he supposedly stopped killing. Really sick! But did he really stop?
The Zodiac started his murderous campaign on December 20, 1968. Did he end his killing on October 11, 1969 like some believe? From the known victims – yes – but more victims are suspected as Zodiac murders.
The Zodiac Killer has 7 known victims, 5 of which he murdered and 2 survived. But there are other suspected victims of the Zodiac – 3 that were killed and 1 possible survivor. And a very good case that another victim (murdered) may be added to the list. Are there more?
There have been hundreds if not thousands of suspects. Below is the list of the most credible and well known suspects associated with the Zodiac case:
Guy Ward Hendrickson – In April 2009, Deborah Perez, the step-daughter of Hendrickson, held a press conference claiming her step-father was the Zodiac killer. She made lots of claims. She even had a pair of sunglasses purported to belong to Paul Stine, the cab driver that was killed. She also claimed that she was with her step-father on occasions during his killings, wrote 3 of the letters, and stamped the envelopes. Oh, and she claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of JFK. She failed a polygraph miserably and the glasses don’t match Stine’s. (See photo at left) He died in 1983. That ends that!
Bruce Davis – Bruce Davis (see photo to right) was a former Manson family member who is now in prison in California for murder. Although he was in the San Francisco area in the 1960’s, he has been ruled out as a Zodiac suspect, due to analysis of his handwriting and the fact he had very long hair at the time of the crimes. I also don’t think he ever wore glasses(?) He’s not the Zodiac killer.
Arthur Leigh Allen – Allen (photo left) has been the main suspect for a long time now. And hasn’t been ruled out yet, officially. He was the only one that had a search warrant served on him. But his fingerprints didn’t match the Zodiac and his DNA didn’t match either. So that rules him out for me. Two letters from November 1966 were found to be typed on a Royal model typewriter, that Allen had in possession, which made him a suspect at the time. He supposedly spoke of liking to “Hunt People” cause they were intelligent. He was an elementary school teacher and child molester – go figure. He is suspected of the murder of Cheri Jo Bates on October 30, 1966 at the Riverside City College, who was stabbed to death. Not the same MO as the Zodiac. But some do link this murder to the Zodiac murders. He was also given a Zodiac watch for XMAS from his mother that had the Zodiac sign on it. He was 35 years old at the time of the crimes. He died in 1992.
Rick Marshall - He was born in Texas in 1928, which would make him 40 yrs old at the time of the Zodiac crimes. (photo to right) He did live in the area of the Cheri Jo Bates murder in 1966. He also lived in a basement in San Francisco only a few miles from the Zodiac’s crime scene in San Francisco. He worked as a projectionist for a silent movie theater in San Francisco. That’s about all we know about him. He does resemble the wanted poster somewhat, except for the hair. But not enough is known about him to say he could be the Zodiac. And since no one can tie him to the Zodiac crime scenes or letters, I would rule him out until further evidence is found.
Richard Gaikowski – Born in 1936, and was a medic in the US Army. He does resemble the wanted poster. He would have been 33 years old at the time. He was an editor of ‘The Good Times’ newspaper in San Francisco. Some investigators claim that they find his name in one of the Zodiac ciphers. Victim Darlene Ferrin married and moved to Albany, NY- in which Gaikowski followed her. Her husband was employed by rival newspaper ’Albany Times-Union’ while Gaikowski worked for the ‘Albany Knickerbocker News’. Even Paul Stine’s sister stated that she saw Gaikowski at the funeral. But I don’t see any evidence that he had the knowledge of writing codes or code breaking. He was a writer, but a code breaker? Although some circumstantial evidence points to Gaikowski, his background doesn’t seem to work for me. Was he clever or smart enough to plan all the ciphers, letters, and taunting? He lived in the area and that’s about it. I rule him out. He died in 2004.
Lawrence Kane – At the time, he was 45 yrs old in 1969, 5’9’ and 160 pounds. Darlene Ferrin’s sister, Pam, claims that Kane followed Darlene for months prior to her murder. And survivor Kathleen Johns also identified him as her abductor. He does resemble the wanted poster somewhat, but did he wear glasses? He was also arrested in August 1968, 4 months before the Zodiac started. He is still living. What is lacking about Kane as the Zodiac, is that he had massive brain damage from an auto accident in 1962. He was diagnosed as “losing the ability to control self gratification”. I find no evidence that one with such brain damage could in fact plan the murders, the ciphers, the letters, the cards and intricate clues. Did he have the background in code breaking? None that I found. With his brain injury, I doubt he could have done the years of planning and executing the murders and get away with it and not leave a clue to his identity, due to his “not being able to control himself”. I rule him out as well.
Jack Tarrance – In 2000, Dennis Kaufman (Jack’s step-son) claimed that his step-father was the Zodiac killer. The Zodiac case was marked “inactive” in April 2004. It was reopened in March 2007, but not because of Jack Tarrance. DNA test have since been analyzed and the results were inconclusive. Dennis is still claiming the handwriting matches due to one person saying that Jack Tarrance’s writing is that of the Zodiac.
Dennis claims to have found the “costume” consisting of a hood and cape like shirt that had a large Zodiac symbol on it among the possessions of his step-father as well as a weapon. It was turned over to the FBI for DNA testing. Dennis also claims that his step-father “confessed” to him and he taped the confession. Dennis has been using the media for attention since 2000, trying to get anyone to bite on his story. Maybe Jack Tarrance did confess to him, but there has been NO evidence whatsoever linking Jack Tarrance to the Zodiac crimes. Jack Tarrance’s name only resembles the infamous “Jack Torrance” from the movie “The Shining”. This is why many still spell his name Jack Torrance instead of Tarrance. I rule him out as well.
Gareth Penn – Gareth Penn (photo right)is a freelance writer, was in the Army as a surveyor, and author of “Times 17” about the Zodiac killer published in April 1987. In his book, he accuses Michael O’Hare of being the Zodiac Killer. Penn has gone so far as nearly destroying O’Hare’s life in the process. Investigators actually never thought that O’Hare was the Zodiac, but instead actually turned to the author, Penn, as a suspect. Gareth Penn is a serious suspect. He is a member of MENSA, is highly intelligent, knows codes and code breaking, and actually is very arrogant. He sees himself “smarter” than everyone else. Remember, the Zodiac was angry that his cipher was solved very quickly. The Zodiac then unleashed a series of taunting cards, letters, and ciphers. He was angry that people were so stupid that they couldn’t crack his clues. Gareth Penn was also described as the same way. He was the first person that described the “radian theory” as the way the Zodiac picked his victims and places to do his crimes.
Unsatisfied that his work had gone unsolved and that he didn’t get the limelight he craved, Gareth turned to MENSA to publish works regarding the Zodiac as a way to “help” qualified people get the idea of how the Zodiac thought. Then maybe someone smart enough (from MENSA) could crack the clues he left in his letters and cards.
The Zodiac did indeed leave lots of clues to his identity. He didn’t just do the ciphers. He wrote cards, letters, cryptograms, and sent pieces of torn clothing to the news media, police, and one lawyer.
The famous 408 cipher (photo to right) was solved in only 8 days. (they call it 408 cipher because 17 lines across times 24 lines down and 17 x 24 = 408) It was sent on July 31, 1969 and cracked on August 8, 1969. It reads like a psychopath wrote it, which fits the Zodiac killer. All his ciphers were 17 characters across, hence the name of Penn’s book ‘Times 17’.
The taunting letters and cards started on July 31, 1969. And the last one was possibly April 24, 1978. The 3 cryptic ciphers were sent to three newspapers, and were demanded to be published or he would kill more people. There are a few of the later letters that are debated as to being authentic works from the Zodiac or just from a copycat.
On November 9, 1969, the 340 cipher was received, and it is still UNSOLVED. (see photo to right) The Zodiac killer was silent for 3 years after the dripping pen card (seen at bottom). Then he started again with “The Exorcist” letter postmarked January 29, 1974.
On March 3, 2007, there was a new Xmas card found, postmarked in 1990, that is believed to be from the Zodiac. Authentication of this new card may not be published yet. I couldn’t find anything stating such.
The Zodiac left clues in his cards and letters about his identity which have baffled investigators ever since. The Zodiac was one sick puppy, whomever he was. Some believe that according to some eyewitness descriptions, there may have been more than one person that did the killings and/or abductions. So there may have been a team of Zodiac killers. But this hasn’t been confirmed nor officially denied.
The Zodiac case may have already been solved. I have read and re-read the 68 page document that actually spells out the solutions to the ciphers, the letters, the cards, in a very easy to understand way. The link is at the bottom under sources. It is very compelling indeed. Even I can follow the logic behind the solutions.
It was written by Christopher Farmer, of the OPORD Analytical, a premiere intelligence company. Anyone who is interested in learning the identity of the Zodiac Killer can read this and be blown away.
The analysis points directly to Gareth Penn as the Zodiac Killer. Some of it is a little over my head, but still easy enough to get the main conclusions of each solution and come to the same conclusion yourself.
The Zodiac killer case will be solved, if it hasn’t already been from the above. I encourage interested people to read it and come to your own conclusion. It is very well done and easy to follow.
And remember, investigators also have a very strong interest in Gareth Penn as the Zodiac killer. So there is something to this, maybe much more.
I assume that one day an official announcement will be made regarding Gareth Penn and the Zodiac case. Or could we all be wrong?
Sources:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/nation/2009/04/zodiac-killers-name-guy-ward-hendrickson
http://zodiackillertruth.com/hendrickson.htm
http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com/suspects.htm
http://www.opordanalytical.com/articles1/zodiac-340.htm (possible 340 cipher solution)
http://www.opordanalytical.com/ (best case for proving the identity of zodiac killer–68 pages long in pdf)
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Hi my name is Asia and i am a year nine and i am doind the Zodiac killer for an assessment in english. I was wondering if anybody could give me websites, documents, ANY websites abou the radian theory and any good info about the zodiac. PLEASE if you can help me email me at asiaropo@gmail.com. Thanks!
The handwriting of Jack Tarrance matches the Zodiac writing.
Wouldn’t it be AWESOME! to be the one to solve the Zodiac killer case? Imagine what it’d be lke to find-out that one of your parents, your best friend, your next door neighbor that you know really well, or your sibling was the Zodiac killer. I’d love to be the one to solve the Zodiac killer case, I want to go visit all the Zodiac killer murder sites and go to all the places that all the people whom were both attacked and killed by the Zodiac killer frequented. I challange the Zodiac killer to come visit me so that I can sit down, eat and drink stuff with him and “pick his brain” so that I can see the actual Zodiac killer in person, find-out all about him, and know who the Zodiac killer is. What a thrill that woul be! Please rush to editor! of the San Fran Chronicle., Brice Kilian Wohlford, ph#: (316) 207-6749. Please call me any time night or day. Zodiac killer, turn yourself in!
Having read Zodiac Unmasked I found the book fascinating and have lost interest since to be honest. I find the case disturbing first and foremost in the utter lack of coherence between the various PDs. Simple.If they had not had such bristling egos and a lot of laziness thrown in they would have shared info a whole lot better, never mind the lack of forensic sciance. PS It was Arthur
I think its Arthur Allen, what I will never understand is the zodiac was so very clearly an intelligent person. He wiped down the cab after killing Stine, and never left any evidence. Why would anyone be stupid enough to think he licked his own envelopes on those letters? The killings coincide with Allen’s locations and stopped briefly while he was out of commission.
The biggest problem with this case is that desire of the cops to not connect certain crimes to it, no serial killer stops until they get caught.
I agree with Arthur Leigh Allen, there’s just to much circumstantial evidence to be a coincidence. the gloves and navy boot size’s, living in two or three different locations to hide any evidence. Diving and fishing at lake berryessa, being in riverside the time of Cheri Jo Bates murder, volunteering to tell police about the bloodied knives in his car, his watch, spelling in words like the Zodiac would spell christmass,(Even though he was ruled ouy of hand writing) Most dangerous game, his mother living by Darlene Ferrin etc. I personally believe it is Allen, he was a teacher and intelligent enough, navy back ground in the family, and like you said, if the Zodiac was clever enough to wear gloves to the stine murder, he wouldn’t dumb enough to leave finger prints. It could be print from any one, a murder victim’s finger he took with him to mess with the police, who knows.
I really hope one day this case is solved, whether its Arthur Leigh Allen or not. But I think to much time, to many suspects, and circumstantial evidence linking anyone and everyone to this case, makes it to overwelming to solve.
Rudy Ramos I think the identity of zodiac is almost that of the chaffey college proffesor in Rancho cucomonga, CA because there almost identical in general compared to any of the Id. I think zodiac lives at north on town and east on baseline and north at the light and the right hand side of aquaduct there was a green pinto at my house and that vehicles is there, and I was given a note at 628 verde vista pomona, Ca 91767 sly which means the heads are swapped among the gods as a christian my whole life somthing god fear inspring wrong. It states that one can live and one can’t live the double of Rudy Ramos/ Pink Panther can’t live, but the first part of heads swapped states just for that I don’t want you to have the gifts untill you see ain’t. I am best friends with Jeff Shipley when asked by Arnold Swartzanigar not zodiac or that address, but I was suppose to have the gifts from the Donald Trump Show 5 years ago, but the whole world across the street will not give Rudy Ramos any of the gifts from the Donald Trump show, so I can’t pay for CA or help pay for the country because great means the people pay for it, but its not my fault, and Finally zoidac will agree we all die in nuclear war with IRAQ if you verify. I will not say for certain unless confirmed by zodiac on t.v thank you/ someguy
I seriously think, having read the (both) books, and seen the movie, that there is a guy called Arthur who basically did it. It is an old case, a nasty case, but the thing that got me about Leigh Allen was the reported sigtings at Berryessa AND the sighting by Mike Mageau.. And the police bunglings..
This allied to the fact that Allen was hyper intelligent and probably MPD.. He had all he reasons to hate the police, having been a reject from pretty much everything due to his limp and battling his weight.. and he had all the time and brains in the world to figure out ways of evading capture that were way ahead of his time.. The lie detector test he took was decided following analysis by a second party to be ‘inconclusive’ rather than the clear pass that was given at the time, and besides don’t you think Allen was already pretty well versed in this (lying)? Also drugged up people with MPS (multiple personality disorder) are able to change into somebody they are not pretty much.. Whilst in Atascadero there were no zodiac letters, and following his death nobody got any more heavy brething hang up calls.. Also the thing that got me most about Leigh was the reports from TWO SEPERATE acquaintances (as well as his Brother and Sister in law backing it up) that he WAS dangerous and did talk about doing things very similar to how Zode did them.. and smart ways of getting away with it. He also used Zode catchphrases and similar mispellings, as well as having a bomb in his basement in the same recipe as a Zode letter, wearing the same shoes, having the same birthday, and living exceptionally near all the victims, and knowing Vallejo inside out.. I would be inclined to agree with Robert G.. there’s your guy..
I enjoyed reading what you had to say about many of the suspects and agree with vast majority of your conclusions. However, I don’t see anything that would serve as a credible case against Gareth Penn other than the fact that he was intelligent, interested in the Zodiac case, and had an aptitude for solving ciphers. However, I suppose once a suspect is named a profile becomes superfluous; we will know via DNA tests. I also agree that the zodiac case will be solved someday.
Regards,
Frank
I’ve enjoyed reading what everyone has to say about the Zodiac Killer. Whoever he was, his personality reminds me of my 6th grade teacher in 1972 (N.C.) but he looks nothing like the sketch. Also, I’ve noticed a lot of people who think their relatives were the Zodiac Killer. I feel bad for them. The opinion that there was more than one, I’ve thought that too. And I’ve wondered if he had a brain tumor or brain injury. Anyone think that it might be some conspiracy or special ops? It’s strange the way life is. One of us may have passed right by him in the grocery store or the gas station. The Zodiac movie I saw gives the vibe of the odd-guy type suspect and the t.v. gives the vibe of the military-type suspect. George Hodel is interesting because most people don’t think of a genius doctor. I wonder if our interest, the public’s verocious appetite for Zodiac Killer news, has hurt the investigation into the killings. Each of those suspects seems like a good suspect. In a way its like the JFK assassination. The net has been thrown out so far that it has covered so many people. So many of the theories about who was involved in the JFK assassination sounds so logical. Maybe he hasn’t been caught because we are all way off base. Maybe it only seems like he was someone who needed attention. Maybe he was someone that everybody thought was a great guy who certainly commanded admiration and respect. What if his codes are just bogus? Like each one of us could try to decifer them and come up with something different. Maybe he is like that officer in the Canadian Air Force that flew Queen Elizabeth around. He turned out to be a serial killer. What if he was someone who confessed already but he was in a hospital and no one believed him? There just are too many what-ifs. And talk about life not being fair. It isn’t fair that he’s gotten away with it and it isn’t fair that we don’t know who he is. But if you can judge from past behavior, Dr. George Hodel certainly is a good candidate.
Also, I’ve been doing a lot of research into the “My name is” cipher. It’s beautiful and obviously crafted by someone with experience with codes. A name is not scrambled into the letters and symbols (e.g. Kane is not written in it) and it can be solved (e.g. is it not a substitution cypher). How do I know?
There is a pattern to how the characters are written.
A E N(ZODIAC)(“MAGIC EIGHT”)K(“MAGIC EIGHT”)M(“MAGIC EIGHT”)(ARIES?)N A M
You get:
A A – 2
E – 1
N N – 2
ZODIAC – 1
MAGIC EIGHT, MAGIC EIGHT, MAGIC EIGHT – 3
M M – 2
ARIES? – 1
In order of repetition:
MAGIC EIGHT – 3
N – 2
A – 2
M – 2
E – 1
K – 1
ARIES – 1
The fact that it spells out “NAME” cannot be a coincidence, but the oddity of the three “magic eights” is making me wonder what the significance of that character is.
It could be me over-analyzing the cyipher, yes, but what are the chances of stumbling upon such a discovery? Whatever the truth is behind it, it is well encrypted. Very well. I’m fantastic with codes and ciphers and the like and still this one escapes me.
But if I know one thing about Z, he told us how to solve it.
Somewhere. Somehow. Hidden in a typo in a letter or in a misplaced word.
But he told us.
And that’s why this case is so hypnotizing.
All suspects have their reasons to be on the list.
Guy Ward Hendrickson is nothing more than a regular person. Probably a bad father from the mental state of his daughter who, obviously, wishes to have fame at any costs. But an idiot’s suspect, nevertheless.
Bruce Davis? Really? He seemed to be busy murdering a few people in Illinois in 1971 and 1972. Probably not the suspect we’re looking for. Plus, the Zodiac wanted attention. If Davis was Z, he would have sent in letters to the police departments of other cities he murdered in.
Arthur Leigh Allen was an unintelligent pedophile.
Rick Marshall doesn’t make sense in correlation to the Bates murder. I know the Zodiac killed Bates. Call it a hunch, but I can assure you that only Z would have “a ball” killing someone.
Richard Gaikowski is a real possibility. Has no connection to the Bates murder, but is far more likely than any of the previous suspects. Even still, I doubt his intelligence but I wouldn’t be too surprised if he was the Zodiac.
Lawrence Kane is another possibility, but slightly less so than Gaikowski. He was impaired, had no connection to the Bates murder, and his intelligence is another question entirely. The only evidence of him being related to the case is the fact that Pam Huckaby claimed he was following Darlene a few months before she was murdered. I believe Kane to be nothing more than a mentally-impaired man.
Jack Tarrance is another Guy Ward Hendrickson and should be regarded as a joke.
Gareth Penn is the best suspect for the case, in my opinion. Intelligent, arrogant, and oddly obsessed with the case. Produced breakthroughs in profiling the criminal, and could easily steer the police and the public away from the obvious fact that he was the Zodiac. Background in both the military and cryptography. Familiar with the area. Etc., etc. He also was a master of Germanic languages in which (forgive me but I have forgotten the letter) Z did use the (Swedish, was it?) word for “kill”. There is other evidence but I need to go.
In late April 1989 I was living in Ft. Ord, CA. I recieved a phone call threatening me and my children. My husband was away at an Army School. I called the police and they sent me to the Army hospital and they sent me to Natividad in Salinas. Even with medication the calls didn’t stop. I started writing letters and sending them out. They were mailed as soon as I wrote them. Even 20 years later I would drive to the post office late at night to make sure they got in the mail. I once tried to think of ways to get the Zodiac Killer to talk, but I was more interested in the Kennedy assassinations. Also, one of my in-laws was said to have done something terrible to me. Looking back, my ex’s uncle was making trips to Hong Kong and my in-laws were newly rich by leasing their land to a Japanese company. One of the aunts had it in for me. I have nightmares and flashbacks. I thought I had formed an opinion about who the Zodiac Killer was and I reluctantly bought Steve Hodel’s book “Most Evil.” There was something very strange about it. I could take a highlighter to every clue to his identity because I had written it in letters for 20 years. And I recognized the picture of the man who told me “Pretty good for an 82 year old man.” See if you think a psychic could have come up with this. Oh, yes, the recorded voice sounds familiar. I wrote things like I was the Gold girl, a child prodigy, he wanted to be a doctor, he saw us in the yard and said we were Indians, he planned on living a long long time, he was educated, talented, played the piano, spoke Latin, traveled the world, and I thought he was the Devil in the Rolling Stones song “Sympathy for the Devil,” two Chinese men were following me, I know you’ll betray me and he used a word; vicisious and I said “I had an old Jewish boyfriend who used that word” and he replied “What are you, a psychic?” I just didn’t know the name. I even made visits to the FBI. And all these years I have been asking myself: What are doing?! I just knew that I felt it was very important that the FBI knew that some man had called and threatened me and my children. And they really needed to find out who it was. And excuse me if I am not the picture of mental health now. My life took a dive. But since I looked in the book last week, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. He said that he found me back then because he had friends at the phone company. I’m using my name because I’ve spent too much time being afraid already.
Another ‘concidence’ regarding Lawrence Kane. We know that every one that spoke to Zodiac, be it via telephone or in person, all described him as speaking in a monotone (Via telephone Nancy Slover & David Slaight heard Zodiac, and Bryan Hartnell in person) Hartnell elaborated on Zodiac distinct voice by saying it had a cadence to it (Cadence: A distinctive slow or rhythm). Lawrence Kane was involved in a serious car crash in 1962, in whih he suffered a severe brain injury. A common symptom of brain damage is Apraxia of Speech disorder (AOS). “Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a disorder of the brain that effects the speech pattern and a persons ability to string words together. AOS can be caused by any type of brain damage affecting the speech controls in the brain. Brain damage can occur as a result of stroke, head injury, tumor, or a progressive illness affecting brain functioning. Treatment for AOS. Speech Therapy. The speech therapist will usually help the person to slow the rate of their speech. This is to help them speak sounds easily in words and to pronounce them as accurately as possible. This may result in the speech sounding ‘robotic’, as if one is speaking in a monotone. Two symptoms of Apraxia of Speech Disorder are, 1) Incorrect inflections or stresses on certain sounds or words. 2) Excessive use of nonverbal forms of communication”. In 1965, Kane’s psychological evaluation concluded he was ‘Losing the ability to control self gratification’. When Zodiac wrote to Melvin Belli asking ‘Please help me’, he stated that he was afraid that he may ‘Lose all control again and take his ninth and tenth victom’.
In my opinion its fairly clear who Z was based on evidence, albeit circumstancial. Don Fouke, who saw Z on Jackson St, was asked to look at Kane’s photo and said ‘I’ve seen hundreds of photo’s over the last 20 years, and of all of them, this man is the closest to what i remember’. Kane has a military background in Radio and studied basic military code. Kane’s name seems to appear in the ‘My name is’ Cipher. Kane resided at Eddy Street, 2 1/2 blocks from where Stine was shot. Donna Lass moved from SF to Lake Tahoe in May/June 1970. Lawrence Kane also moved from SF to Lake Tahoe in 1970 and took a job in real estate, his office being in the same building and just down the hall, from Donna Lass nurse work station. Employees confirmed that Kane and Lass knew each other. Lass went missing in Sept 1970 in Lake Tahoe. Zodiac sent a post card claiming his 12th victim on South Lake Tahoe. So Kane leaves SF, the Z killings stop. Kane moves to South Lake Tahoe, and Donna Lass dissapears. Zodiac then surfaces in South Lake Tahoe. Donna Lass, before moving to Lake Tahoe worked in Presidio Heights where Stine was shot. I acknowledge this is simply my opinion based on the reasons given above (And many other reason that i have not stated here). I cannot proove Kane is/was the Zodiac, but am quite content in my own mind, that he was.
Nice page. I disagree with the idea that Farmer has cracked the case, or cracked anything other than too many nuts against his forehead. His analysis is QUITE inane.
He names Gareth Penn as the Zodiac, using logic like:
– Penn wrote an article called “Where Were You?”
– If you take only the non-repeating letters from that title, you get “HYOU”.
– “HYOU” is pronounced “linguistically” (he means phonetically) as “HU”.
– Then he writes, “HU is the acronym for the nation-state of Hungary. This is a very important clue…”
– “‘Hungary’ = HUNGRY. This location… is where ‘hungry knights’ ate their meals, or perhaps eyed some of the killer’s victims.”
Pure rigmarole. What I’ve outlined above is from Farmer — I’m not throwing mud here. It really is that absurd: Where Were You? = HYOU = HU = Hungary = Hungry. One could argue on behalf of any theory, or its opposite, in such a fashion. It’s not just absurd, it’s absurdist.
tidewater – everyone is entitled to their opinion. And yes, some of the analysis is really out there. Some makes sense. One has to remember that we are dealing with a mind of a sick human being. And a sick and psychotic person can have all kinds of fantasies or halluciantions or dreams with all of the above mixed together with reality. The news every night shows us just how twisted and perverted people’s minds can get when thinking up ways to kill people. The Zodiac was one of these sick twisted perverted people. His mind could have been so twisted that the absurd nature as you call it, could indeed been very real to him. And he could have come up with all kinds of stupid and absurd clues to leave behind for us to figure out. So is it possible that this absurdness could be correct? Absolutely. Likely? Probably not. But we’ve been wrong before many times when it comes to sick perverted serial killers and their thinking. Just my opinion.
They were a ring of some of the above suspects.. not sure which, but they all knew each other. This is such a complex case, stretching over years. They wanted to play games, make a name for themselves. They had no respect for human life, pure disdain for it, they went for couples as they may even have been 50 year old virgins, welled up with frustration, clearly, one planned, one murdered, one wrote, they all met, they all had one thing in common: massive intelligence, war disturbed and sociopathic, inadequate personalities, and a pure, twisted hatred of society. They met in secret, plotted, and their ‘skills’ combined perfectly to outwit everybody. The cipher points to one that didn’t kill perhaps, just helped? Why is their not more DNA evidence? Is it because the cases are too old?
Try looking out the box and you will have a better odea in the Zodiac murders. I put in 20 plus years of research on this type of murders. To say that you know who the Zodiac Killer is. Is like saying you know who the muderer is. Make no mistake there is more than one Zodiac Killer.
You might see this as being a secret society(Network). They depend on your disbelief. They exist. I found 5 Zodiac Murder cases that went un-noticed. Who would believe that the Atlanta Child Murders was done by a Zodiac Killer this I can prove beyond a doubt. Also the Occk Murders
also known as the Oakland County Child Killings. The Marin Trailside Murders and the Henryville
Murders. You can see some of my research on facebook. Just put in ben.harbor.1@facebook.com
You will be able to see how Wayne Williams used a Zodiac Chart to murder all his Victims. And
how he used the Zodiac Sign Virgo in his murder spree. You can also see the secret message that
Wayne Williams was able to relay in his interview with Soledad O’Brien. And look at the Holloween
card that was sent. If you have a train eye you can see the hidden message there. It tells you their birthdates. 4 in all. So there were 4 Zodiac Killers in the San Francisco Bay Area. You
have to REMEMBER THE BEST TRICK EVER PLAYED WAS BY THE DEVIL TO MAKE YOU THINK HE DID NOT EXIST.
There is secret society out there. Sounds crazy I know. Keep thinking this. They need you think
this way. How many Zodiac Killers are out there? This I do not know. But make no mistake they are out there. When it comes to tracking these Zodiac Killers I have no problem. To me if a murder happen last week, one month ago, 1 year ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, or 40 years ago.
To me it is like it happen today. I just follow the trail. You have to understand these sick people are some what you might say perfect. They keep the same pattern. You just have to develope
a certain mindset. When you think like them it is easy to follow their every move. Again If you
have doubts about about what I am saying. I ask that you go to facebook and see my research and
you be the judge. I will ask any-one to prove me wrong you will not be able to do this. All you will be able to say that this is just some coincidence(s). How many times will you keep saying this. I ask that you replace the word coincidence with the word facts or event. No-one should be
afraid to seek the truth. My-self I have relentless pursuit for the truth even if it is a paradox. Remember look outside the box and take everything as a whole. These people work together as team(whole).
Until anyone can prove any conclusive evidence to anyone or group of suspects, than it is all circumstantial evidence and coincidence. Otherwise the case would of been solved. I do believe influential and dedicated persons like yourself keep this case alive and kicking, and will hopefully bring even more evidence to light, and even solve this horrible case one day. But again I believe to much time, and evidence has been lost, with so many people implicating many suspects with vast amounts of circumstantial evidence, its will just become an on-going guessing case. I really hope this case gets solved, and 100% facts and evidence is proven, But I feel it will never be solved. Just opinions of suspects.
The Bates case is solved, that is as far as the police are concerned, they do not have enough information to proceed to trial according to the prosecutor. Apparently this person is not the Zodiac since it would be relatively easy to take all of the evidence and build a case for the murders. Since that has not happened we can be pretty certain that he is not zodiac. What amazes me is that Riverside does not want to proceed with an arrest because they are afraid of a non conviction. Well, the case has been cold for so long I think that it is only right to attempt to bring someone to trial, at least everyone will then know the suspects identity. Who knows, facts about other crimes might come to light, people may come forward with information, even if they cannot convict him for the Bates crime it might be possible to tie him into another crime.
I always got the feeling that more than one person was involved. Every time I see evidence it always seems like more than one “personality”.
Cheri Jo Bates was killed in Riverside in October ,1966. I have heard the Zodiac was connected, then I heard it was ruled out, is it possible he was the killer? The Detective in Riverside working the BAtes case claims he knows who killer her, but can’t prove it. What do you think. The Bates case needs to be solved.
Being the son of a Vallejo California police officer and a Vallejo police cadet, I worked with the Vallejo I.D. tech that worked on the case. As the case is still open in Vallejo, John was always rather tightlipped. Many other officers were willing to express their opinions to me. To a man, they proposed that the father of the accused killer of Jeremy Stoner was the killer. “Dude” Melton is now dead, and so far, only anecdotal evidence has connected him to the crime. Could Shawn have been trying to replicate his father’s crimes?
(Shawn’s willingness to aid police to find Jeremy’s killer led to his arrest) After 2 trials that ended in mistrials, the DA decided not to press charges once more.
What about Dr. George Hill Hodel…very compelling case laid out in the book “Most Evil”??
looks like penn is the culprit 2 smart 4 his own good and his radian theory may actually display criminal knowledge
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The Kaufman theory about Tarrance is over-the-top. The interesting thing about Kaufman is that any time anyone asks a concrete question or attempts to refute his evidence, you MIGHT get an angry tirade response if you’re lucky, but otherwise you get ignored. Kaufman has attempted to exploit this for profit (a since-disappeared, no-longer-mentioned book as well as a documentary that he’s released 2 editions of with several uncited sources and plenty of copyright infringement.) Kaufman has claimed there to be a DNA match as far back as 2000. Several people have attempted to verify this and none of them have been successful. Dennis believes that people are out to discredit him because “nobody wants this solved.” Sure, I want it solved. I like the Gaikowski theory best, but its admittedly seemed to run mostly dry recently and I’m not sure if it will lead to a conclusion at this point. But Tarrance? As a suspect he’s not worth the print, and Kaufman’s not worth the time.
Richard Gakoski or Jack tarrance. I beleave jack looks closer to the scetch. But the witness shows it to be Richard.
I’d say Jack the Ripper is rather more famous….
You are right of course. Jack the Ripper is far more famous than the Zodiac Killer. But, in my opinion, BOTH are quite famous, since both are still unsolved. And the Zodiac Killer is a little more recent than Jack the Ripper. So it isn’t out of the realm of possbility that this one can be solved – for the public to know about, not just us who watch the case and have our own ideas about the identity.
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Hi, My belief is RICHARD JOSEPH GAIKOSKI is the ZODIAC KILLER. There is evidence. In a crime scene, they found a pair of glasses. Another thing is: Where did the sketch come from? Answer is a witness. On july 4th of 1969 the witness named Nancy got a call from him. There was another call for a talk show. Nancy identified the voice as Richard’s. In conclusion,the sketch that they did looks like Richard.
I think I have my facts straight.. I’m only 16 so pardon me if I’m not clear on my theory.
Your theory isn’t out of whack at all. I too believe that Richard Gaikoski is at least involved in the Zodiac killings. He was identified by Nancy. And he seems like the most likely suspect as a co-killer, due to some investigators suspecting that there were two men repsonsible for the Zodiac killings. Gaikoski needs to be looked at alot closer. I think this case could be solved if they keep digging, like looking at the glasses and timelines and so forth. Maybe a fresh pair of eyes could shed light on something missed or not thought of. Thanks for the comment.
If you look at Richard Gaikowski’s background even briefly it would certainly suggest him as a prime suspect. He was a writer/journalist for a living in that area. He was in the army and there’s even an audio clip of him talking about zodiacs codes and likening them to when he was in the army when they sent coded messages to the enemy that didn’t mean anything in hopes that the enemy would be occupied trying to figure them out. He was involved in anti police/pro violence movements. He was involuntarily committed to hospital and diagnosed with a mental illness. He was identified as having attended a victims funeral (Paul Stine) according to the victims sister. And of course he looks a lot like the composite sketch and according to a police operator who spoke to Zodiac he sounds just like him too. So quite a lot to go off there, someone needs to dig deeper.
DBC – I agree that Richard Gaikowski is a possible viable suspect, among others as well. Several really good suspects are possible for beng the infamous Zodiac. I wish this case could be solved. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the subject.
I am really into horoscopes as well as numerology stuff. I’d test virtually anything when it feels right. This Catalog of Human Population web page August 2 however wants 3k for every horoscope! I am hestitant to put out this type of money. . Just what do you think about their particular theory that folks born on the same day are the same? I was born on August 1 leap year and my best friend as well. I was shocked to view their video about us.
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