Over at Ricardo’s site http://www.mk-zodiac.com he has posted some new information, and combined old information together in one spot, about the possible Zodiac communication Celebrity Cypher of September 25, 1990. See http://www.mk-zodiac.com/Decipheringthe … ypher.html . This was first noted by Doranchak here, however, I want to make some observations about different aspects of this possible Zodiac communication.
Ricardo gives a very good, balanced and fair summation of the various proposed solutions to the cipher on the card.
Ricardo reports that Rubislaw32 has found the front image on the Celebrity Cypher postcard sent in by the Zodiac (or a hoaxer). Except for retired police officer Lyndon Lafferty, this has not been seen by Zodiac researchers until now.
The image had been described by Lyndon Lafferty as "driftwood" on a beach. While not inaccurate, I might describe it more accurately (?) as the branch of a tree on a beach. What do others think?
The image depicts a sandy beach and the postcard itself is called "SANDY BEACHES". As Ricardo notes, this is potentially of interest as a suspect in the June 4, 1963 possible Zodiac murders of Domingos and Edwards called himself "Sandy". That case involved the murder of a male – female couple by a lake by binding them, shooting them and then attempting to set the shack they were placed in on fire. This case has been suggested as a possible early Zodiac crime for many reasons.
The ammo used was Winchester .22 Super X and IIRC from a gun with six lands and grooves right hand twist, the same as in the Zodiac murders at Lake Herman Road in northern California on 12/20/68 (and also the same as in the ZODIUS murders of the Robisons on 6/25/68 in Michigan, 5 years and 21 days after the Santa Barbara murders, which like the SB murders also involved stacking bodies and attempting to disfigure bodies by heat). The MO of binding and attacking a couple by a body of water matched the Zodiac crime of 9/27/69 at Lake Berryessa, but although the Zodiac had a gun during that crime, he did the attack with a knife. The SB murderer killed with a gun, but had a knife, as he cut open Linda Edwards bathing suit top, exposing her. (A female victim was also exposed in the Zodius murders in Michigan).
The Celebrity Cypher card was mailed just two days short of the 21st anniversarry of that Lake Berryessa Zodiac crime. It was mailed 27 years and 21 days after the Domingos – Edwards Santa Barbara murders. It was mailed exactly 22 years and 3 months after the Zodius murders of the Robisons on 6/25/68. And the Celebrity Cypher card, postmarked Oakland 9/25/90, was mailed exactly 4 months after the 5/25/90 Oakland car bombing of activist Judi Bari. (Her group had dismissed the Unabomber as "crazy", Z suspect Ted Kaczynski had accused her of "emasculating" the environmental movement and the same rare type of ball trigger used to bomb her was found in TK’s cabin).
Several Zodiac case researchers have mentioned that the motto written by Zodiac on the Halloween Card of "By Knife, By Gun, By Rope, By Fire" could apply to the 6/4/63 Santa Barbara beach murders.
To read more about "Sandy" see the excellent info and informed speculation gathered by Ricardo here: http://www.mk-zodiac.com/sandy2.html . And for info on the possible involvement of "Sandy" in a murder that happened just 30 miles away from and two days before the Domingos – Edwards murder, go here: http://www.mk-zodiac.com/sandy1.html
Did the murder suspect known as "Sandy" send the Celebrity Cypher "Sandy Beaches" card as a clue that he was responsible for the beach murders of Domingos and Edwards? Was the "driftwood" on the front of the card a clue to the "driftwood" shack the bodies were placed in prior to the attempted burning?
Ricardo discusses several theories on who "Sandy" could be. One theory mentioned, that has both pluses and minuses, is convicted killer and Zodiac suspect Ted Kaczynski. Ricardo notes, as I have, coincidence or otherwise, all the letters in the names used by two (or one?) killer(s), Sandy and The Zodiac, can be found in the letters in the name Theodore Kaczynski:
THEODORE KACZYNSKI and SANDY
THEODORE KACZYNSKI and THE ZODIAC.
A very young Ted Kaczynski does look similar to the "Sandy" suspect sketch. And they appear to have owned the same shirt.
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"The image had been described by Lyndon Lafferty as ‘driftwood’ on a beach.
While not inaccurate, I might describe it more accurately (?) as the branch of
a tree on a beach. What do others think?"
Having regard to the size of the beachgoers visible close to the breaking waves,
it’s likely this scene is of actual living wind-blasted tree(s?) located up at the first
sand-rise back up from the beach shoreline. (In the absence of anything to the
contrary, I don’t think the specific location itself is necessarily of any significance
to the sender, other than as a general picture evoking a California beach theme.)
Buyerninety I think you could be right. Looking at the image closer and more carefully, it does appear to be a tree that is still rooted in the ground, albeit heavily swept and damaged by wind and/or wave. So it might be more accurately described as a tree.
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There’s also the Tahoe connection for Sandy Beach’s.
Great Report by Ricardo!
https://www.tahoepublicbeaches.org/beaches/sandy-beach/
Sandy Beach
SANDY BEACH
6870 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe Vista, CA 96148
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There’s also the Tahoe connection for Sandy Beach’s.
Great Report by Ricardo!
https://www.tahoepublicbeaches.org/beaches/sandy-beach/
Sandy Beach
SANDY BEACH
6870 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe Vista, CA 96148Zam*
Yes, a great job by Rubislaw32 in finding the front of the card and a great job by Ricardo in researching and reporting all the information on the card, the cipher, the June 4, 1963 murder of Domingos and Edwards and the possible connection of the suspect known as "Sandy" to all these events.
I tend to think the use of the "Sandy Beaches" card was probably meant (if it meant anything) as a clue to murders by a body of water (6/4/63 and/or 9/27/69) and/or a teasing reference to the fact that "Sandy" was a suspect in the beach murders of Domingo and Edwards 6/4/63.
But following your suggestion, I looked up the location of Sandy Beach, Tahoe Vista, California. It is a real place. One interesting thing, as you hint at, is that Sandy Beach, Tahoe Vista, CA is just 6.8 miles, just over 10 minutes away, from Incline Village, Nevada. Zodiac used the advertising for Incline Village to create his "Peek Through The Pines" card, and I have always suspected that if Zodiac did abduct, murder and bury Donna Lass, the Pines card is a clue to where her body is buried at or near Incline Village.
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I am pretty sure I found where that beach is located and it is called "Carmel Beach" in Monterey County. I knew when I saw those plants ,they are all over Monterrey and Carmel, I have spent many weekends there.
I knew that those bushes had to be trees by now and they are in the newer picture of that area. I will forward the picture to Zamantha so she can show you. The cliffs that are off to the right are a absolute match to the one Ricardo is showing, I will be going down that way in a couple of weeks.
Check your email Zam I just sent you the picture.
I sent one of the pictures to Morf in case Zam is away from her computer.
If you think that the name of the beach is" Sandy Beach" then there is one in Monterey Co.
Sandy Beach (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos, California, Monterey County)
But the card said Sandy "beaches" in California. The only one that matches the picture on the card is Carmel Beach.Those bushes and trees are native to Monterey Co. I don’t remember seeing any like those in Lake Tahoe?
Yep, Sandy’s a veritable Cali-for-ni-a tour guide.
That’s Carmel Beach alright, looking out towards Pescadero Point.
https://goo.gl/maps/oFJLUaTgk6bdRMGB8
Yep, Sandy’s a veritable Cali-for-ni-a tour guide.
That’s Carmel Beach alright, looking out towards Pescadero Point.
https://goo.gl/maps/oFJLUaTgk6bdRMGB8
100% Carmel Beach
Thanks buyerninety and Cragle for confirming it is Carmel Beach and the link to the a picture of it. The picture that I sent to Morf and Zamantha shows the bushes have become short trees now.
I found the picture on Face book under California Beaches.com (You will need to scroll way down to see it) I tried to copy and paste it to show all of you , but that didn’t work. Hopefully Zam or Morf will show the picture I sent. I like that one because it shows the two bushes that are trees now, with the long point on the right that is a perfect match to the card.
I had an advantage finding it because I have spent many years going to the different beaches in Calif. I knew it had to be Monterey or Carmel, the white sand and those bushes are a dead giveaway.
Posting this for Sandy
It’s the Beach in Carmel, CA that she spoke of.
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PS:
Thinking about those trees. They are known as Monterey Cypress, as why grow along the Carmel, Monterey Coast.
You can google the trees to see what they look like.
Cupressus macrocarpa, commonly known as Monterey cypress, is a species of cypress native to the Central Coast of California. The native range of the species during modern times is confined to two small relict populations, at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and at Point Lobos near Carmel, California. Wikipedia
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Thanks Sandy. Very good work by Sandy, Buyerninety, Cragle and Zamantha, following up and furthering the work by Rubislaw32 and Ricardo. This comparison image of the front of the Celebrity Cypher Sandy Beaches Card and Carmel Beach, created by Cragle, shows the match very well.
The way I look at it, whoever sent the card likely falls into one of the following three categories.
1. Sent by a hoaxer, someone who has never committed a murder, and sent the card in for his own unknown reasons.
2. Sent by the man who killed Domingos and Edwards, probably the suspect known as "Sandy", but who did not go on to become the Zodiac.
3. Sent in by the Zodiac, with the 9/25/90 card meant as a taunting reference to the murders of Domingos – Edwards, the 9/27/90 Lake Berryessa attack on Hartnell and Shepard and/or other crimes, who may or may not have been the suspect known as "Sandy".
The image on the card:
1. Could be meant as a clue to the Domingos – Edwards murders, by the image of a beach and the card being labeled as "Sandy Beaches", being a reference to the beach murders of the two and probably to the suspect known as "Sandy", and the tree/wood image a reference to the wood shack the two were placed in.
2. In addition to that and/or in the alternative, the "Sandy Beaches" reference could be a clue to the beach of the same name in Tahoe Vista, just minutes away from Incline Village, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, the place hinted at by Zodiac as the final resting place of the missing Donna Lass.
3. In addition to those and/or in the alternative, as the image on the card is actually of Carmel beach, CA, it is meant as a clue to that location, perhaps the scene of an unsolved murder, a significant event or the locale of a suspect. Does anyone know of any unsolved murder, unusual event or suspect who is from that area, or nearby that area?
Of course the ultimate meaning of the card would be much clearer if we could deduce the correct solve of the cipher given on the back of the card. Nonetheless, we now know more than we did before.
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I did have a quick look yesterday. Around this time there was an attack on a couple (the male died and the female survived), the culprit then shot themselves. The only reason that I mention it is as the newspaper states it is the first murder in Carmel in over 10 years.
Also at this time on the edge of the point above the two trees the large house on the current image was being constructed.
Perhaps they were a big golf fan 
