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2009-08-05: |
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2009-08-12) |
| Carl
Rosaia asks: |
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Leona Roberts was found nude and the only thing she had was
a ring on her ring finger. |
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David Faraday was found clenching a ring in his hand. |
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The two were noted as dying on Dec 21, one in 1968 one in
1969. |
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A misprint in the Chronicle says Faraday died on Dec 21,
1969 while it was written in Nov 69. |
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The stamp on the Halloween Card has an Apollo 8 stamp on it. |
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The ring finger is also known as the Apollo finger. |
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The Apollo 8
mission was in full swing on Dec 21st.
[Apollo 8 was launched
on December 21, 1968] |
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Why do you suppose two things? |
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First: |
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Why out of all the dates that Zodiac had for killing or
sending letters did he choose the date Dec 21 twice? |
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All the letters containing stamps on them are all consistent
using president stamps except the single Apollo 8 stamp.
Why do you feel Z chose the Apollo 8 stamp for this Letter /
card? |
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Carl, |
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In my view, Zodiac wrote one
letter posted 12/20/69 to Melvin Belli. This could indicate
Zodiac was harking back to his 12/20/68 attack at Lake Herman
Road. Zodiac, at Lake Berryessa on 9/27/69, left on the victim's
car door in felt tip pen, "12/20/68", indicating he was
claiming credit for those murders. I don't find any other
letters dated 12/20/ of any year. |
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Of interest to me is that two
females, Nancy Warren and Clyda Delaney, were viciously
murdered in Northern California on 10/13/68 and Zodiac sent
a letter posted on 10/13/69, a year to the day of the crime
there. It has been thought by some authorities that a
member(s) of Manson's group may have been involved. Some of
them were in the area of the murders at that time and Manson
was very angry with the authorities there for arresting some
of his people, etc. |
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So you can see there are
different views. |
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The Pines card was sent on
3/22/71, the one-year anniversary of the Kathleen Johns
attack. |
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Leona Roberts, the female
you refer to with the "ring," disappeared 12/10/69 and Zodiac
– as I believe – had mailed a torn page from an astrology
magazine with a paste up message (as given in our book) on
that same day. Ms. Roberts body was found 12/28/69 and that
is the Date of Death given on her Certificate of Death and
other reports posted elsewhere on this site. She is not
officially considered a Zodiac victim. |
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So we have only one one-year-to-the-day
anniversary letter date. Possibly two for those who accept
the Kathleen Johns attack as being made by Zodiac. |
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Taking Zodiac's sometimes
to-the-day anniversary dates into consideration, the Halloween Card
was postmarked 10/27/70. This harks back to 10/27/69 when
Bruce Davis was released from jail. (Manson, Davis and
others were arrested at Barker Ranch in Death Valley at 6:30
PM on 10/12/69.) Go back thirteen months to 9/27/69 and that
was the date of the Zodiac attack at Lake Berryessa |
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On 7/27/69 the Manson
people killed Gary Hinman. They also murdered Jerome
"Shorty" Shea during a full moon on 8/27/69. |
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So, as an FYI only, we have
the dates of: 7/27/69, 8/27/69, 9/27/69 10/27/69 and
10/27/70. |
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Actually, the Apollo stamp as
found on the 10/27/70 Zodiac card was used on the 10/5/70 “bloody
cross” card, too. (Bruce Davis was born 10/5, FYI.) I don't
see an Apollo or ring finger connection, but there could
possibly be a connection to the "In the beginning God..." on
the stamp. Zodiac was certainly not a firm believer or
promoter of God as seen in his letters and as we view his
crimes, etc.! For him to select a stamp like this it would
certainly have to
focus
on that Biblical verse. Since I believe there was a Charles
Manson connection to Zodiac, I see this as referring to
Manson who told his people he was "God" come “to earth for
the last time.” |
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We all have various
speculations about this difficult complex case because it is
unsolved.
But we all have that freedom, which is good.
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HD |
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| Posted
2009-09-03: |
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Anonymous asks: |
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The
latest "Story" by Debra Perez, AKA JFK's illegitimate
daughter, AKA helped her step dad the Zodiac she
says,,,,,,,,,,,, has said she knows that her step dad, Guy
Hendrickson, knew Manson and all the hippies he hung
with,,,,,, have you EVER heard of this GUY? |
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Has she ever contacted you? |
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Thank you! |
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Ms. Perez seems sincere. I think that she is deriving her
information from "recovered" childhood memories - a very
controversial subject in psychiatry. Her counselor, though a
dedicated professional, seems to have assisted this process
and may even be convinced to some degree she did experience
the events of her past as they supposedly relate to her
father being the Zodiac killer! |
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We had
been in contact by emails from time to time, but not
recently. She and I did agree that it would be forensics
that would determine the validity of her claims and not her
memory of past events. That would be the cart before the
horse! |
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I have
no real proof her father had anything to do with Manson at
any time. Ms. Perez can't supply any evidence either, except
for childhood memories. Even if her father did know Manson
and some associates this does not make him the Zodiac! |
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Again, I
think this whole scenario was brought about by her
counseling with recovered memories experiences coupled with
her own research into many of the suspects and theories
about Zodiac, including historical events, etc. This is from
what I found about her connection to Zodiac research. |
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She may
have been hypnotized (her counselor does practice clinical
hypnosis) during some of her counseling sessions, hence a
hybrid of information. |
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This is
my theory of the supposed Perez connection to Zodiac.
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HD |
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| Posted
2009-09-08: |
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Jack Paddock asks: |
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I read that David Berkowitz
["Son of Sam"
Serial killer]
had ties to Manson. (Was) his satanic group part of
Manson's? |
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Over the years, whenever I
have run across this theory, I have never found any solid
information to prove or verify any part of it. |
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Remember, for any killer writing to the police or newspapers
after
Zodiac's missive series, this can be a copycat or mimic
approach by
also
writing public letters to get over their agenda, etc. In
other words, they were inspired by Zodiac's killing/letter
writing MO. |
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We find the BTK serial killer mentioning Zodiac in one of
his letters so he knew about Zodiac's letters and criminal
career and this, no doubt, inspired him to write public
oriented letters, etc.
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HD |
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| Posted
2010-02-23: |
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2010-03-05) |
| Carl
Rosaia replies: |
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I found your answer interesting. I believe you stated that
Leona was not OFFICIALLY a Zodiac victim. This is definitely
interesting to me because it is definitely a false premise.
Back in the 1970s there was a task force set up for the
Zodiac Killer and the first victim they linked to the Zodiac
was Leona . . . |
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. . . It is appropriate to mention that the military had WEE
[Western Equine Encephalitis]
and EEE
[Eastern Equine Encephalitis]
weaponized for military use in 1969. And coincidently Nixon
banned the use of said weapons in Dec. 1969.
Who had access and knowledge
of this sort of weapon? |
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Its also mentionable that WEE and EEE are carried by
mosquitoes and in November, but mostly in late October,
mosquitoes go into a hibernation. No cases of WEE or EEE
were reported to Centers of Disease Control. Friends and
family members always questioned how it was that she was
abducted and then died of an unknown virus that authorities
attribute to a mosquito bite . . . |
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. . .
Answer this for me: |
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT A PERSON WOULD GET KIDNAPPED AND NOT
GET KILLED BY A CONVENTIONAL WEAPON, AND END UP DYING FROM A
MOSQUITO BITE ONLY 10 DAYS LATER . . . |
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. . .
First off in Nov 1969 just one month prior to the Leona
kidnapping Zodiac threatened the Bay Area with an Ammonium
Nitrate Fertilizer Bomb, very similar to the more recent
works of the late Timothy McVey. These threats needed to be
looked at from the perspective of a military weapons expert
to verify that they were actually crude but could be
constructed using easily purchased materials. |
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ONE MONTH not a very long span of time. |
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Zodiac wrote: "If you think I am going to take on a school
bus like I said you should have holes in your head." .
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I have already dealt with
Leona.
[See above.]
She is a possible Zodiac victim, that's all I can say after
researching her case. As found in our book, I was the first
to point to the "Want Zodiac" paste up that was sent to the
Sacramento Bee newspaper, and how the envelope postmark date lined up
with Leona's disappearance. |
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found at a lagoon or a body of water. So there is a "water
connection" for those so inclined. Manson himself - as per
his close friend Paul Watkins - told some in the Family they
had to do certain things near a body of water and where
roads intersected. He used Revelation, chapter 10 to
indicate why. Remember, he felt he was the returned Christ
(and the Devil all in one person! FYI.) |
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that is mentioned (and that was supposedly found in Leona)
could be obtained by horse owners to counteract mosquito
bites imperiling a horse’s health. At the Spahn Ranch where
Manson lived there were numerous mosquitoes that people
would complain about, and of course lots of horses. They
needed vet attention from time to time and they needed
county approval for having so many horses, etc. Manson or
Bruce Davis could certainly have obtained that virus
vaccine. If something was illegal they could still get it!
FYI |
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Zodiac describes was found in many anti-detection and
paramilitary type books sold in the 1960s - 70s time period.
They could, as Zodiac said, be obtained on the “open
market.”
We know Zodiac
threatened to "blow
people up," but never did. Patricia Krenwinkel said that, "Bruce
Davis was always saying he was going to
blow
somebody up" but she
thought "it was all talk."
There was a bomb maker that on occasion was a Manson
associate. Danny DeCarlo knew bomb making, too. He was an
expert on firearms.
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Posted
2010-05-01: |
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Anonymous asks: |
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I recently read that Dr.
George Hodel, the potential Black Dahlia killer, ran a
public health clinic at the "First Street Clinic" in Los
Angeles. I also read that members of the Manson
family received VD shots at this clinic. Is it not possible
that Hodel had befriended the "Family" there? The famous
Zodiac police sketch, to me, matches George Hodel and not
Bruce Davis. However, Dr. Hodel kept Davis in mind when he
planned the Zodiac murders. For examples, using slang
expressions in the Zodiac letters, known to be used by Bruce
Davis. (W)hat do you think? |
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This is well known and it's
even mentioned in books about Manson and I do know that some
in the Family went to a clinic in San Francisco because of
VD. I am uncertain if any of them went to a clinic in Los
Angeles for this same purpose. In the books The Family
as well as My Life With Charles Manson going to a
clinic for VD is mentioned. I would refer you to these two
books. |
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I do not in any way believe
that Dr. George Hodel was the Zodiac or was involved in any
way. I favor Davis as being very close to the Zodiac
composite. I had an anatomical artist that had worked for
IBM compare transparencies she made of Davis and the Zodiac
composite and it was her opinion they
matched
as to basic bone structure, etc. She was quite surprised. |
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I lean towards Davis being involved in the
Zodiac scenario as found in Dave Peterson's forward to my
book. No one knows who the Zodiac was as to proving it with
sound forensic evidence that would stand up in court. It is
an unsolved case. |
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See my book as well as the
Zodiac Vortex website
[See
the Related Site Links page.]
and see how Davis "morphs"
into the Zodiac composite. There are other Zodiac suspects
to compare there, too. This site has some interesting
indentation frames of some Zodiac missives.
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HD |
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Posted
2010-05-14: |
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Jeff Butler asks: |
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There was a
ring found on Leona Roberts with the initials JAS. One of
Manson's family members went by the name Joseph Andrew
Shumacker. Has this ever been looked in to? |
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I believe
the Manson Family was involved along with a bigger player
who had a lot to gain. |
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I believe
the 340 cipher was made up of many ciphers and is a
manifesto of who killed the victims and the names of the
killers. I believe the Zodiac was never acting alone. |
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Good sharp
eye! But, it was found to be the initials of a friend of
Leona’s who gave her the ring. It had been cleared up and
published in the newspapers.
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HD
[Click
here and see
the third newspaper article on the Leona Roberts page.] |
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Posted
2010-07-07: |
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Powell asks: |
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Is there
any DNA work being currently done (Cold case wise) to keep
Bruce Davis behind bars? |
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To my
knowledge, no, there is no testing currently being done.
Dave Peterson, the former police reporter for the Vallejo
Times-Herald newspaper who had researched the Zodiac
case since the first attack in 1968, had some connection in
the FBI. I don't know how close they were, but Dave told me
he had some degree of influence. He requested I send him
some letters from Bruce Davis that I had to have them
checked for DNA and then have the profile run for any
possible matches that could come up. |
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After
some time Dave’s friend, or connection, told him he was
returning the letters because it was
“stopped
at the top.” (Or "blocked from the top'' or words to that
effect.) He, or this employee of the FBI, did all he could
to get the letters checked for DNA - but was thwarted. Dave
was up-set as was I. We both thought we finally had someone
who would help us. It took several weeks - possibly one
month or more - before Dave could get my letters back from
the FBI. |
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For
having Bruce Davis' record being checked at Criminal
Identification and Investigation (CII) in Sacramento and how
it, too, failed please see Charles Davis' report or message.
[Click
here.] We finally
heard from Charlie after years of trying to locate him to
confirm my story about my previous contact with him and his
former partner when they had a detective agency near where I
worked at the time. Actually, he contacted us when he
found our book on the Internet! |
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Another failed attempt was by a lady who was involved in
security and who knew a former detective, then retired in
Sacramento or its environs, who knew people at CII, etc. He
even told her he will “get the information” on Bruce Davis.
After a short time he called this lady and told her in so
many words he could "not" obtain any records as they had "Davis
buried deep."
She said those were his very words, "buried deep"!
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HD |
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