Lindy Sue Biechler - NON-Zodiac Crimes

RE: Lindy Sue Biechler

Quicktrader — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:37:55 +0000

@jamesmsv So it is. It also shows that a Z connection to Lancaster / Pennsylvania is getting more unlikely. Z might very well have been only active in California.

Another case - Anna Kane - from Pennsylvania (interestingly a 'concerned citizen' letter writer was involved - a Z copycat..):

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"It found that the DNA sample from the saliva of the person, who licked the envelope containing the letter addressed to the newspaper, matched with what was found on Kane’s clothing"

RE: Lindy Sue Biechler

jamesmsv — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:45:58 +0000

Wonderful news! This has been one of those crimes that keeps me up at night wondering about it.

At 68 years old today (so d.o.b circa 1954), the suspect's age probably excludes him now as a zodiac suspect, and even more surely as the suspect in any pre-1969 potential Zodiac activity.

RE: Lindy Sue Biechler

Quicktrader — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:54:35 +0000

SOLVED!

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-arrested-1975-murder-genetic-genealogist-turns-approach/story?id=87061566

RE: Lindy Sue Biechler

chriscrozzz — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:25:13 +0000

It seems like a hoax letter. The killer, high on amphetamines, who develops broad insights about his moral culpability for the crimes only when he is using speed, falls asleep. Then a friend, who is aware of the crimes, and would be an accessory after the fact, decides to secretly finish the letter, providing vague clues on how to possibly find the killer, but not give any actual identifying information, and then mail it without the killer seeing it—again, like the killer, urging the publication of the letter as the only way that all can be revealed when the writer could just as easily reveal everything, right then, in the postscript. . . .

RE: Lindy Sue Biechler

Quicktrader — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:59:44 +0000

According to the handwriting, I'd say Z wasn't the killer of Lindy Sue Biechler.

RE: Lindy Sue Biechler

traveller1st — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:59:29 +0000

Full Press Conference. Really informative on how they narrowed in on the suspect with the DNA obtained and even that had to be narrowed even further using genealogy then the old "get a coffee cup from the trash".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkZukV2kkdY

Re: Lindy Sue Biechler

joku — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:45:15 +0000

Here's also a bigger image of the copy of the letter. From https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/arrest-in-mirack-murder-lifts-hopes-of-resolution-for-lindy/article_0282fd58-812d-11e8-ab35-7b3096d6b70e.html. In my opinion there's some interesting similarity in the words "she" and "see" to "sla" in the SLA letter.

Re: Lindy Sue Biechler

joku — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:48:05 +0000

Just listened the episode about Lindy Biechler on Morf's Murder in My Family podcast (great podcast by the way) with an interview of Lindy's brother. It was extremely intriguing. Somehow totally missed this case here on the board! The letter sent by someone claiming to be the killer gave me intense Zodiac vibes, pretty much more than any other writing/communication in any other case that could be related to Z. The letter includes the same and very similar expressions Zodiac used in his writings - being capable, calling LE a pig, please print on the front page etc. Stylistically it comes off a bit reminiscent of the Bates letter. I wonder how much exactly of the Zodiac stuff had been published by 1975 and if it would have been possible to someone create a copycat type of message based on that. It would also be interesting to compare this letter and known Zodiac writings with an analysis software in order to see how close they actually are. Not sure what to think of "Janice Crum". It could be just a random name the writer pulled from a phone directory. I doubt the writer would intentionally use the name of someone who is very familiar with him and could possibly identify him to the police. I looked on Newspapers.com if there's anything about Janice Crum; nearest to Lancaster Country was a 1955 article about a Janice Crum from Harrisburg with a parakeet. However, there was also an article from 1967 about a theatre group with a member of the same name, though quite a ways away near Pittsburgh (I thought this was pretty interesting considering that there do not seem to have been all that many Janice Crums in Pennsylvania at the time and considering that Zodiac possibly had some familiarity with theatre). Then from California there was also a Janice Crockett graduating in 1960 from John Swett HS in Crockett, across the bridge from Vallejo. Let's look at the John Swett yearbook from '60, maybe we'll find Zodiac there

Re: Lindy Sue Biechler

Bayarea60s — Wed, 17 May 2017 19:23:21 +0000

Didn't read anything about this Janice Crum, but I found a Janice Crum, who grew up in Hershey Pa. went to Hershey HS, etc....Her last name today is Ewing. So she goes by Janice Crum-Ewing. Her age appears to be about right. BayArea60s

Re: Lindy Sue Biechler

DoctorS — Mon, 15 May 2017 16:19:28 +0000

Reading the killer's letter, I think the "Janice Crum" angle was an attempt to convince the reader of mental illness. The writer was attempting to portray a split personality, be it schizophrenia or disassociative personality disorder. The whole "turned me on" thing reeks of a stalker watching her from the outside, as does the vague "relationship" in the letter with no evidence to substantiate the claim. The author uses her full name, very impersonal. Wonder what her family and friends called her. The sex offender killed while trying to escape prison was a rapist, he consummated the act not like this killer. My guess is LSB's killer may have even been impotent. The content of the letter reminds me of Zodiac. He writes to the Chief of Police, demands publication, misspells words, and even asks for help. And the taunts to LE as well. Mentions headaches like the caller to Dunbar Show, although likely a hoax in the Zodiac case. I am certainly not a handwriting analyst, but it does not match to my very untrained eye. As for the murder itself, there was no sexual molestation, consistent with all Zodiac crimes. On the other hand, Zodiac never broke into a victim's house. The murder weapon was taken from the scene. Now I know MO can evolve as a killer become more sophisticated. As for Janice Crum, I think she's a red herring. Remember the college student who wrote to the paper after Cheri Jo Bates was killed? We tend to think Zodiac may have found her envelope in the trash and used her name to send in a letter? My guess is this is similar. The killer pulled her name out of hat or had some passing acquaintance with her. Nothing that could connect Janice Crum to him. Makes sense...if he wants the letter published or even merely sending it to the police, he had to know the police would be check in on Janice Crums in the area. Maybe he had stalked her first.