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paradox
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Just a strange little bit of info about Donna Lass from Vallejo. She was one of only 59 friends of Ralph Spinelli on FB.

Z is the master of distraction.

 
Posted : April 28, 2017 6:45 pm
paradox
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Actually her FB profile says the graduated from Vallejo Senior High in 59, the same year as Ralph Spinelli so I guess it is not surprising they knew each other. Though I could not find her on the VHS 59 website. Mind you I don’t know her maiden name.

http://classreport.org/usa/ca/vallejo/vhs/1959/

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Posted : April 28, 2017 7:47 pm
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Actually her FB profile says the graduated from Vallejo Senior High in 59, the same year as Ralph Spinelli so I guess it is not surprising they knew each other. Though I could not find her on the VHS 59 website. Mind you I don’t know her maiden name.

http://classreport.org/usa/ca/vallejo/vhs/1959/

Strange coincidences out there…

I tried contacting her a while back. No replies. Of course it had nothing to do with THE Donna Lass–wantied to talk with her about R.S.


…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 : April 28, 2017 7:58 pm
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Yeah, I still think it’s a little odd that Donna Lass who went missing, shared a name with a woman living in Vallejo that happened to be married to a family member of her cousin

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Posted : April 29, 2017 4:50 am
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I put in a request for Donna to contact me, she did graduate from Vallejo High and went to Solano community collage.She is related to a female who worked at Mare Island, who was also a nurse in Fairfield.I found that pretty interesting. Some of the relatives live as far away as Texas.

There are other" Donna Ann Lass’s" out there , one age 69 lives in NY. , for those of you who are interested in the NY connections.

 
Posted : April 29, 2017 8:04 pm
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There is a photo of Wayne Francis Lass available at ancestry

There is a photo of Wayne Francis Lass DOB: 27 Jul 1936 DOD: 14 JUN 1999
(The WFL who was married to the Vallejo Donna Lass) available at ancestry.

I am not sure how to transfere the photo from Ancestry to this forum.

So someone else, please go to Ancestry :

Klick on: search
Chose: All collection
Chose the space: Keyword

And in there type in:
"Wayne Lass in Hawaii"

And I know it is the right Wayne Francis Lass because it is one of his grandchildren who posted it.
Same grandchild have a photo on her facebook of the Vallejo Donna Lass, who is her grandmother.

Of possible interest:
Vallejo Donna Lea Lass sister Shirley died in Vallejo in 1976 only 38 years old.

Donna Lea Lass had a sister, Shirley A Winters nee Shirley Ann Young, DOB:11 Sep 1938
Shirley died 26 Jun 1976 in Vallejo only 38 years old !!!
I have not been able to find her cause of death, anyone know?

Shirley divorced her husband Donald W Winters March 1975

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : May 18, 2021 6:56 pm
 Soze
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Posted : May 28, 2021 2:21 am
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Thank you Soze for posting that photo for me :)

So that photo is of Wayne Francis Lass DOB: 27 Jul 1936, DOD: 14 JUN 1999
The Wayne Francis Lass who was married to the Donna Lass who lived in Vallejo.

It has been stated here in thread that this Wayne Francis Lass was related to the
other Donna Lass who disappeared from Stateline, Nevada on September 6th 1970.

As I understand it Wayne Francis Lass and the disappeard Donna Lass
was both from Sioux Falls South Dakota and had the same great grandfather.

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : May 28, 2021 2:50 am
morf13
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Thank you Soze for posting that photo for me :)

So that photo is of Wayne Francis Lass DOB: 27 Jul 1936, DOD: 14 JUN 1999
The Wayne Francis Lass who was married to the Donna Lass who lived in Vallejo.

It has been stated here in thread that this Wayne Francis Lass was related to the
other Donna Lass who disappeared from Stateline, Nevada on September 6th 1970.

As I understand it Wayne Francis Lass and the disappeard Donna Lass
was both from Sioux Falls South Dakota and had the same great grandfather.

That is correct. I do not know if the guy in the photo is Wayne Lass from Vallejo or not

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 : May 28, 2021 4:19 am
Seagull
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Thank you Soze for posting that photo for me :)

So that photo is of Wayne Francis Lass DOB: 27 Jul 1936, DOD: 14 JUN 1999
The Wayne Francis Lass who was married to the Donna Lass who lived in Vallejo.

It has been stated here in thread that this Wayne Francis Lass was related to the
other Donna Lass who disappeared from Stateline, Nevada on September 6th 1970.

As I understand it Wayne Francis Lass and the disappeard Donna Lass
was both from Sioux Falls South Dakota and had the same great grandfather.

That is correct. I do not know if the guy in the photo is Wayne Lass from Vallejo or not

It is, Morf. It’s posted on his family tree at Ancestry by, presumably, a family member.

www.santarosahitchhikermurders.com

 
Posted : May 28, 2021 4:55 am
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Three of the most popular last names in South Dakota include Gaikowski, Lass and Lesnar.

(Lass is pronounced "loss" FYI)

 
Posted : May 28, 2021 6:10 am
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Thank you Soze for posting that photo for me :)

So that photo is of Wayne Francis Lass DOB: 27 Jul 1936, DOD: 14 JUN 1999
The Wayne Francis Lass who was married to the Donna Lass who lived in Vallejo.

It has been stated here in thread that this Wayne Francis Lass was related to the
other Donna Lass who disappeared from Stateline, Nevada on September 6th 1970.

As I understand it Wayne Francis Lass and the disappeard Donna Lass
was both from Sioux Falls South Dakota and had the same great grandfather.

That is correct. I do not know if the guy in the photo is Wayne Lass from Vallejo or not

If you read my May 18 post you would know it is the right Vallejo Wayne Francis Lass, the WFL who married the Vallejo Donna Lass :

"And I know it is the right Wayne Francis Lass because it is one of his grandchildren who posted it.
Same grandchild have a photo on her facebook of the Vallejo Donna Lass, who is her grandmother
"

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : May 28, 2021 12:14 pm
morf13
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There is a photo of Wayne Francis Lass available at ancestry

There is a photo of Wayne Francis Lass DOB: 27 Jul 1936 DOD: 14 JUN 1999
(The WFL who was married to the Vallejo Donna Lass) available at ancestry.

I am not sure how to transfere the photo from Ancestry to this forum.

So someone else, please go to Ancestry :

Klick on: search
Chose: All collection
Chose the space: Keyword

And in there type in:
"Wayne Lass in Hawaii"

And I know it is the right Wayne Francis Lass because it is one of his grandchildren who posted it.
Same grandchild have a photo on her facebook of the Vallejo Donna Lass, who is her grandmother.

Of possible interest:
Vallejo Donna Lea Lass sister Shirley died in Vallejo in 1976 only 38 years old.

Donna Lea Lass had a sister, Shirley A Winters nee Shirley Ann Young, DOB:11 Sep 1938
Shirley died 26 Jun 1976 in Vallejo only 38 years old !!!
I have not been able to find her cause of death, anyone know?

Shirley divorced her husband Donald W Winters March 1975

Foreigner, was it you or Seagull or someone reliable that discovered this info? I knew about Wayne Lass, but did not know about her sister. What are the chances that a woman who goes missing in another part of CA or even in NV, has multiple family members in Vallejo- the town where Zodiac appears to operate out of, and then low and behold he connects himself to her case?

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 : May 28, 2021 5:15 pm
morf13
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RE: Lass sister in Vallejo, Shirley A. Winters, she was married to Donald W. Winters, they lived for many years at the same Vallejo address from the 1950’s to the 1970’s at 212 Grapewood ave.
They lost a child in 1959

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 : May 28, 2021 5:32 pm
morf13
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If anyone is interested here is Donna’s mom’s obituary. It does NOT mention her missing Daughter Donna, or dead daughter Shirley

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 : May 28, 2021 6:28 pm
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