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Code Key mailed 8/10/69 to Vallejo PD

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doranchak
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LOL, I had assumed nin was joking. :oops:

http://zodiackillerciphers.com

 
Posted : June 20, 2015 2:16 pm
Norse
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Oh dear…

Well, that is embarrassing. Sort of goes to illustrate my point, though…

Unless…

 
Posted : June 20, 2015 6:52 pm
traveller1st
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LOL, I had assumed nin was joking. :oops:

That crossed my mind as well. Hence the either or pill scenario. I haven’t asked for confirmation but I didn’t think nin would make the statement and then leave it unclarified. Not knowing the way our minds work.

Oh dear…

Well, that is embarrassing. Sort of goes to illustrate my point, though…

Unless…

It does and the comment you made earlier regarding the FBI or ‘someone’ having made it was technically true.


I don’t know Chief, he’s very smart or very dumb.

 
Posted : June 20, 2015 8:01 pm
 Soze
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Did anyone learn who the officer was that received this code key?

Also, in the document doranchak presented it lists the hardens and the FBI as being two ssources for solving the 408. Why do you think they didn’t mention there was three given the code key letter?

Soze

 
Posted : December 22, 2015 11:58 pm
doranchak
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Did anyone learn who the officer was that received this code key?

It was addressed to Vallejo PD Sergeant John Lynch.

http://zodiackillerciphers.com

 
Posted : December 23, 2015 12:04 am
 Soze
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Thank you

 
Posted : December 23, 2015 12:46 am
Tahoe27
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Did anyone learn who the officer was that received this code key?

It was addressed to Vallejo PD Sergeant John Lynch.

I can’t remember why this is coming to mind, but for some reason I thought it was addressed to Sgt. Roy Conway.


…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 : December 23, 2015 1:06 am
Tahoe27
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Did anyone learn who the officer was that received this code key?

It was addressed to Vallejo PD Sergeant John Lynch.

I can’t remember why this is coming to mind, but for some reason I thought it was addressed to Sgt. Roy Conway.

Edit: I might be getting this mixed up with another communique. I do remember something being addressed to Conway…


…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 : December 23, 2015 1:17 am
doranchak
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I tried to double check the source for it being Sgt Lynch, but failed to locate it.

http://zodiackillerciphers.com

 
Posted : December 23, 2015 1:17 am
 Soze
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I would like to know what Conway is associated with if you don’t mind sharing.

Soze

 
Posted : December 23, 2015 1:19 am
doranchak
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Best I could come up with for Conway was a quote from him about the inauthenticity of a 1987 letter:

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtop … 749#p16749

http://zodiackillerciphers.com

 
Posted : December 23, 2015 1:23 am
Tahoe27
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Pretty sure something was mailed to Conway. Maybe the Fairfield letter? I commented on it a long time ago at the zk.com mb.


…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 : December 23, 2015 2:01 am
Jarlve
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In the FBI files, the page with the actual code key is Q18. And I found the following, which seems to indicate that the FBI knew this letter was sent by a school teacher. Probably none other than Donald Harden. I scoured briefly through this thread and hope that I am not posting double information.

Q16-Q18 Not involved, letter from anony. (school teacher) cracking cryptogram

AZdecrypt

 
Posted : April 28, 2018 10:35 pm
Zamantha
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In the FBI files, the page with the actual code key is Q18. And I found the following, which seems to indicate that the FBI knew this letter was sent by a school teacher. Probably none other than Donald Harden. I scoured briefly through this thread and hope that I am not posting double information.

Q16-Q18 Not involved, letter from anony. (school teacher) cracking cryptogram

Thanks for sharing. Thoughts?
Interesting…
Zam*

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Posted : May 1, 2018 3:29 am
Jarlve
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Thanks for sharing. Thoughts?

My thoughts are that the Hardens mailed this code key before it appeared in the news.

AZdecrypt

 
Posted : May 1, 2018 11:04 am
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