Okay,lets hope this one stays here

Morf13 wrote:

I got Manalli’s military records back. No smoking guns. He was not trained in ciphers or cryptologyor bombs,in fact it states "no formal service schools attended". He IS a sharpshooter! "sharpshooter Badge w rifle bar". No records of any court martials. In 1960, he was with the 814thQM Co(Mechanical & metal repair). No indications of mental pr physical health,which is no surprise since that is classified info,as is whether or not he has prints on file which I hoped there may be,but I dont know for sure.

Tank mechanic with more than just a passing skill with firearms. Seems to line up pretty well with Zodiac.

Tank mechanic with more than just a passing skill with firearms. Seems to line up pretty well with Zodiac.

One of many reasons to like Fred as a suspect

I will be extremely disappointed if it transpires that Zodiac’s name was ‘Fred’. What an anti-climax to this case that would be. "Fred then walked down Cherry and onto Jackson, where ‘Fred’ was encountered by two police officers but ‘Fred’ dashed off into the Presidio." No No No No NO! I am not having it! Lol.

I will be extremely disappointed if it transpires that Zodiac’s name was ‘Fred’. What an anti-climax to this case that would be. "Fred then walked down Cherry and onto Jackson, where ‘Fred’ was encountered by two police officers but ‘Fred’ dashed off into the Presidio." No No No No NO! I am not having it! Lol.

He was just a ‘guy’, whatever his name was. He was nothing special. He gutlessly killed some defensless people while they were not able to defend themselves, and he hid behind letters anonymously. Like I said, he was just a ‘guy’. Nothing special, he put his pants on one leg at a time like we do. He got some lucky breaks,and did everything he could to get caught. So whether he was FRED,ALLEN,JIM,NEAL,or whatever, he was a smalltime spoke on the wheel. Probably didnt get laid alot, and nobody noticed when he died and/or left town.

WC – I think you’re hoping for "Zarloff" …..with a "Z".