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Tahoe27
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Tahoe, this guy was black. I found that same killing yesterday and posted it but deleted it,after I found out he was black

You don’t think a black guy could write fake Zodiac letters? ;) :)


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : January 28, 2014 11:24 pm
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Tahoe, this guy was black. I found that same killing yesterday and posted it but deleted it,after I found out he was black

You don’t think a black guy could write fake Zodiac letters? ;) :)

Well that’s true. If he wanted people to think he was zodiac, he didnt do a good job by killing the cop in front of witnesses

There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/
http://zodiackillersite.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Morf13ZKS

 
Posted : January 28, 2014 11:57 pm
Tahoe27
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Tahoe, this guy was black. I found that same killing yesterday and posted it but deleted it,after I found out he was black

You don’t think a black guy could write fake Zodiac letters? ;) :)

Well that’s true. If he wanted people to think he was zodiac, he didnt do a good job by killing the cop in front of witnesses

Yah…I didn’t mean to imply I thought he was Zodiac, by any means…or suggest he want people to publicly think he was. Just that what I read reminded me of the "State is in Trouble" letter…the tone, mention of "Oakland" and "San Jose".


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : January 29, 2014 12:05 am
morf13
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This is the text of an article which may or may not be related to the letter in this thread. The two events happened within the same month.

I found this article in the Saturday Dec 20 1969 edition of the Fresno Bee.

Fresno Bee
Dec 20 1969
Page 1

"Zodiac" 10 Are Marked For Murder

SAN JOSE (AP)- The Highway Patrol station here reports receiving a telephone call from a man identifying himself as "Zodiac" and threatening to kill five patrolmen and a family of five by Monday.

Sgt. Robert Rengstorif said he took the call at 10:10 p.m. Friday from a man who told dispatcher Shirley Searcy he was "the Zodiac" and wanted to speak to the man in charge.

Rengstorif quoted the man as saying:
"I am going to kill five of you officers and a family of five between now and Monday."

The patrolman said the call was not recorded and there is no way of knowing who it came from.

A killer who calls himself Zodiac first struck a year ago in Vallejo and has killed a total of five persons.

His last known communication was a month ago in two letters addressed to the San Francisco Chronicle.

I heard back from the Retired Officer that took the call in this incident,here’s what he says:

"Dear mr. Morford
I did receive a telephone call from (what I believed at that time was) the Zodiack Killer. It was busy night and I was helping in our dispatch faciliites. As the CHP is a traffic Law Enforcement agency, I forwarded the information to San Jose P.D..
I don’t recall the San Jose family that you mentioned nor do I have any additional information to provide you.
Good luck in your search.
Sincerely
R.P Rengstorff
"

There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/
http://zodiackillersite.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Morf13ZKS

 
Posted : February 13, 2014 9:09 pm
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Excellent Morf! I’m glad you were able to make contact with the officer. Even though he was tight lipped about the event it was memorable to him, that’s saying a lot considering the amount of LE duties he has undoubtedly preformed since then.

www.santarosahitchhikermurders.com

 
Posted : February 13, 2014 9:46 pm
morf13
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Excellent Morf! I’m glad you were able to make contact with the officer. Even though he was tight lipped about the event it was memorable to him, that’s saying a lot considering the amount of LE duties he has undoubtedly preformed since then.

Yeah,it really didn’t give us alot to work with,but was good to hear from him. I also reached out to the Oklahoma radio station that got a call from somebody claiming to be zodiac. I was hoping by a miracle, that they had a copy of this of this recording archived some place,but I did not hear back from them

There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/
http://zodiackillersite.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Morf13ZKS

 
Posted : February 13, 2014 9:58 pm
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Two thoughts on the call:

1) It came on Dec. 19,1969. On the same Friday 1968 – Dec.20 – LHR happened.

2) LHR happened on the last day of class before the Christmas holidays. The same is presumable for this date.

3) The threat is for the weekend, which goes to the weekend/holiday serial killer theory. A hoaxer probably would not be aware of that nuance of profiling. And one of the early Z letters had the same sort of weekend-expiration-date.All that makes me think it could very well be authentic.

 
Posted : August 22, 2015 3:05 am
defuser351
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Crypto unit refers to a "- + 6 2 + -". Says it might mean "1620" but that is not clear.

Any ideas on what " – + 6 2 + – " could mean?

I Do – First minus the two numbers 6 – 2 = 4

Next add the two numbers = 8 Gives you 48 = D H

Just like the Draft Board letter, the 4 – TEEN and the strange FBI letter!

 
Posted : September 28, 2019 6:23 am
Quicktrader
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Did anybody make a FBI request to receive this Z letter?

https://www.fbi.gov/services/informatio … bi-records

Request for ‘historic event’?

The letter was sent during Z ‘high season’.

QT

*ZODIACHRONOLOGY*

 
Posted : September 29, 2019 11:52 am
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