Was doing a bit of searching around and could not find this particular article on the site, but please correct me if it has been brought up before.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/65961933/
The article has to be paid for to actually view it, but you can read the content in the scroll window below it. Here is the excerpt I am wondering about….
Old homicide case goes to Riverside DA New leads in longest active probe yield suspect in slashing The homicide had once been linked to California’s Zodiac killer, but Jones said investigators now doubt the two are connected. He would not name the suspect and would reveal few other details. "We feel very, very concerned about the safety of our witnesses and their families," Jones said.
Jones said a break in the case came last November when a witness contacted police with information that opened up new areas of investigation. Since then, more witnesses have told police the ‘suspect has admitted to them that he killed Bates, an 18-year-old former cheerleader at Riverside’s Ramona High School, on Halloween Eve, Oct. 30, (Please see Case, A-5)
"It’s been a sore spot with us that that case was never solved because of the brutality of it," Jones said. "It’s just one that’s been stuck in our craw for years." A taunting note, supposedly sent by the killer, heightened public interest in the case when it was received about a month after the killing. "She was young and beautiful," it read. "But now she is battered and dead. She is not the first and she will not be the last. … It was just a warning. Beware. I am stalking your girls now."
Police said at the time they believed the note was genuine because it contained previously un-released details of the case.
Now, however, Jones will not comment on whether the note was actually written by the killer.
So does anyone know who this was that they supposedly were eyeing as the suspect that many years later?
Doesn’t ring any bells with me. Interesting though…thanks for sharing.
I also find it interesting that it states "Now, however" Jones says he will not comment on whether the note was actually written by the killer. That makes it sound as if they don’t believe it was. Why not just state what has been believed all along if that is the case, ya know?
“…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
Yeah…just an odd statement to have been made in the paper there in 1982 then I can’t find anything else on it.
The complete article:
Thanks to both of you!
I am gathering they are talking about the guy they thought who did it all along. I considered Ross for a second, but I don’t think they are referring to him.
“…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
Thanks to both of you!
I am gathering they are talking about the guy they thought who did it all along. I considered Ross for a second, but I don’t think they are referring to him.
Well they did say the suspect was heavy set with a beard. Isn’t there a thread on here that talks about Ross having a beard, and he was pretty heavy set. But if he was the suspect and they could account for his whereabouts on 2 of the Zodiac killings then wouldn’t that rule him out as Zodiac? At least they say they can rile their suspect out for 2 of them….whether or not the suspect was Ross is anyone’s guess, but the description seems to fit.
Yes, thanks to both who supplied the article!!!
Interesting that the article says the desk poem was found in January of 1968. I thought it had been found much closer to the time of the murder.
Yes, thanks to both who supplied the article!!!
Interesting that the article says the desk poem was found in January of 1968. I thought it had been found much closer to the time of the murder.
It was discovered in December, 1966, that’s an error in this article
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Thanks to both of you!
I am gathering they are talking about the guy they thought who did it all along. I considered Ross for a second, but I don’t think they are referring to him.
Well they did say the suspect was heavy set with a beard. Isn’t there a thread on here that talks about Ross having a beard, and he was pretty heavy set. But if he was the suspect and they could account for his whereabouts on 2 of the Zodiac killings then wouldn’t that rule him out as Zodiac? At least they say they can rile their suspect out for 2 of them….whether or not the suspect was Ross is anyone’s guess, but the description seems to fit.
The Suspect they are referring to is not Ross, it’s ‘Bob Barnett'(not his real name). He’s the same Guy they have been locked in on for decades despite DNA not matching him.
The mystery guy with a beard is certainly interesting. We have known about him for years, if only we could find him. He was heavyset, and Z quite possibly was too, so maybe pre-Zodiac, he sported a beard?? I don’t know if Ross ever sported a beard or not,all we have are his late 1950’s high school yearbook pics, and he was clean shaven
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If the article is from 1982 and they said "we know where this man is," then it couldn’t be Ross.
A few minutes ago on a toilet not very far, far away….
I don’t remember exactly, but wasn’t it that they were initially hot on BB, and then like years later a prison informant said that he knew about the murder, or was involved in it and that was when they pretty much came out and said that they were certain it was him. Would this be what the article is talking about? It sounds like about the right timing to me.
If the article is from 1982 and they said "we know where this man is," then it couldn’t be Ross.
As I said, it’s not Ross. The Suspect is a fellow Graduate of Cheri’s from Ramona HS, and he lived abroad for quite some time, so that’s likely how they know where he was.
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