Jacob’s quote:
I wonder if there was an engagement notice in a local paper for Nancy and Farris that the killer could have read?

If the killer was following Farris , he would have seen them together, even on the the very night she was killed. Killing Farris would have drawn attention to one of the people he put in jail , perhaps recent? By killing Nancy ,would have been a message to Farris that he couldn’t prove. ( Farris had to have thought he could be the reason for her murder.)

It has been a thought that I have had about the Cheri Jo Bates case. Why the cruel letter to her father? Seemed like a revenge killing to me, also someone who was a Narcotics officer had the name "J. Bates"in that area, was he the intended target and not Joseph Bates?

My suspect started targeting my children to get me to stop investigating him. Revenge seems to be common among some killers.

It seems in the letters that Zodiac was very angry with the police and I have often wondered if that was his main motivation, to humiliate the police and embarrass them. it always sort of stood out to me in his letters, especially when he said things like "how do you like having your booboos rubbed in your face", or something like that.

That sounds like someone who was publicly humiliated by the police and wanted to do the same to them, or had a family member, father, brother, maybe the entire family drug through the mud publicly. The main focus of his letters were the police, not his victims, he barely mentioned his victims really.

At the time Farris Salami was working on a very high profile case. I dont want to put the details on here as it was a very brutal and disturbing triple murder, but I will put a link to the case details at the bottom of the post. At the time this was quite a famous case and appeared in a lot of the newspapers due to its nature.

2 and half weeks later we have another murder, Carol Beth Hilburn, which on the surface does not look anything like the NB murder. It is worth noting though that the murder happened in Sacramento (same as NB) where the victim was found face down (same as NB) with only her panties (same as NB) and a shoe on. She had been beaten around the head and her throat had been cut (same as NB) and she was short haired (same as NB), she also had not been sexualy molested (same as NB). One of the last places she was seen was at the Zodiac Club in Sacramento. She had also worked at Sutter Hospital (the same place where Judith Hakari worked). For anyone not well versed on the case I will start a new thread for it.

It is also worth noting that the day or her murder NB had been to visit her family in Grass Valley, it does show an interesting correlation.

(Note: His name does not appear on this but he handled the original case in 1969 and was invloved in the appeal)
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of … 24991.html

At first I thought a serial killer would dislike prosecutors more than public defenders, but Melvin Belli being a defender didn’t stop Zodiac from threatening him (with blowing up a school bus). Salamy simply being a successful lawyer could have drawn his attention to Bennallack.

Added glasses to Bennallack suspect sketch.

My suspect started targeting my children to get me to stop investigating him.

Honcho started targeting your children…..that doesn’t make your ex-husband angry enough to let you come grab the infamous LB costume out of his garage? You’d think he would want to put the Zodiac behind bars if the killer was harassing your guy’s children.

Did the police take your accusations more seriously when he started targeting your children? I mean, stalking you for 50 years, shooting a gun into your house trying to kill you, almost killing one of your friends for looking at his license plate, and your evidence that he is the Zodiac and has killed multiple women in multiple states, you’d think that would get the police’s attention. But once he started targeting your children, I’d think the police would at investigate him.

If Zodiac was responsible for Bates and Bennallack, this would be highly significant in identifying suspects: someone in/close to Riverside in 1966 and Sacramento in 1970. If Ross Sullivan is your POI then you think he started with Bates. But in 1970 Ross was in Santa Cruz, two and a half hours away from Sacramento.

As the Bates murder was so brutal there is an assumption the killer had a personal motive. Most of Zodiac’s murders were impersonal shootings, so why the brutality and home invasion angle with Bennallack? It lends credence to him having some sort of personal grudge against Farris Salamy, or Bennallack.

Another possibility is that Zodiac, after falsely taking credit for Bates, imitated the Bates killer in the Bennallack murder. But that seems a little convoluted.

Sketch of suspect drawn after neighbours reported a man prowling the area. 5,9”, 170 pounds, about 25 years old with a brown “Glen Campbell” hair cut.
The killer had used tape on his finger tips, perhaps to use knife . A few of these tape tips were found at the scene either on balcony or on the ground. A shoe print was also found at the scene.

I might be reading too much into this, but isn’t fingertip taping done in sports, particularly American football?

Also, surely there could be DNA on the recovered tape tips?

Sketch of suspect drawn after neighbours reported a man prowling the area. 5,9”, 170 pounds, about 25 years old with a brown “Glen Campbell” hair cut.
The killer had used tape on his finger tips, perhaps to use knife . A few of these tape tips were found at the scene either on balcony or on the ground. A shoe print was also found at the scene.

I might be reading too much into this, but isn’t fingertip taping done in sports, particularly American football?

Also, surely there could be DNA on the recovered tape tips?

Two points that may mean nothing:

Professional wrestlers also commonly tape their wrists and fingers/fingertips using medical/athletic tape.

The knife used in the LB attack had medical/athletic tape wrapped around the hilt to act as a slipguard.

I just realized something that was staring us in the face – a vital piece of forensic evidence.

Zodiac’s November 9 1969 letter: "As of yet I have left no fingerprints behind me contrary to what the police say in my killings I wear transparent finger tip guards. All it is is 2 coats of airplane cement coated on my finger tips—quite unnoticible & very efective".

Sketch of suspect drawn after neighbours reported a man prowling the area. 5,9”, 170 pounds, about 25 years old with a brown “Glen Campbell” hair cut.
The killer had used tape on his finger tips, perhaps to use knife . A few of these tape tips were found at the scene either on balcony or on the ground. A shoe print was also found at the scene.

I might be reading too much into this, but isn’t fingertip taping done in sports, particularly American football?

Also, surely there could be DNA on the recovered tape tips?

Two points that may mean nothing:

Professional wrestlers also commonly tape their wrists and fingers/fingertips using medical/athletic tape.

The knife used in the LB attack had medical/athletic tape wrapped around the hilt to act as a slipguard.

The forethought and technical precision reminds me a lot of EARONS.

I just realized something that was staring us in the face – a vital piece of forensic evidence.

Zodiac’s November 9 1969 letter: "As of yet I have left no fingerprints behind me contrary to what the police say in my killings I wear transparent finger tip guards. All it is is 2 coats of airplane cement coated on my finger tips—quite unnoticible & very efective".

To emphasize my point, Zodiac states he wore fingertip guards and there were fingertip guards left at the Bennallack crime scene.

Bennallack was killed just over a year after Zodiac’s Lake Berryessa attack. Bennallack was also nearly four years to the day after Bates.

Both of these anniversaries (or just the first if Bates was not Zodiac) could have driven him to again experience the gratification of stalking and stabbing a victim.

I just realized something that was staring us in the face – a vital piece of forensic evidence.

Zodiac’s November 9 1969 letter: "As of yet I have left no fingerprints behind me contrary to what the police say in my killings I wear transparent finger tip guards. All it is is 2 coats of airplane cement coated on my finger tips—quite unnoticible & very efective".

To emphasize my point, Zodiac states he wore fingertip guards and there were fingertip guards left at the Bennallack crime scene.

Not exactly. They were bloody strips of white, medical athletic tape.

I just realized something that was staring us in the face – a vital piece of forensic evidence.

Zodiac’s November 9 1969 letter: "As of yet I have left no fingerprints behind me contrary to what the police say in my killings I wear transparent finger tip guards. All it is is 2 coats of airplane cement coated on my finger tips—quite unnoticible & very efective".

To emphasize my point, Zodiac states he wore fingertip guards and there were fingertip guards left at the Bennallack crime scene.

Not exactly. They were bloody strips of white, medical athletic tape.

Using materials to mask/shield his fingers is a notable MO.

My suspect started targeting my children to get me to stop investigating him.

Honcho started targeting your children…..that doesn’t make your ex-husband angry enough to let you come grab the infamous LB costume out of his garage? You’d think he would want to put the Zodiac behind bars if the killer was harassing your guy’s children.

Did the police take your accusations more seriously when he started targeting your children? I mean, stalking you for 50 years, shooting a gun into your house trying to kill you, almost killing one of your friends for looking at his license plate, and your evidence that he is the Zodiac and has killed multiple women in multiple states, you’d think that would get the police’s attention. But once he started targeting your children, I’d think the police would at investigate him.

The ex husband that has the costume, is not the father of my five children. He did phone me a few weeks ago to let me know that he is still working on the building that caught on fire.( After I posted on this site and Toms ,that he has the boxes) It was a very large building that was completely demolished by the fire. He had a lot of debris to get rid of before pouring a 34 x 20 ft concrete pad. He has the concrete pad poured ,now he is building of the new shed. He is doing this himself with little help. That is more important to him right now , than going through a 100 boxes looking for the costume. I have offered to help him, but perhaps his wife would rather not have me there for a few days going through the boxes? I hope that he told me the truth about the boxes not being in any heat that could ruin the DNA! For 39 yrs those boxes were in a cool attic in San Leandro Ca. That was a good thing , because had they been where I live, the heat in that attic can reach close to 200 degrees in the summers that have been 120 degrees!