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morf13 · 2016-03-07T00:23:06Z

Occam's Razor, It states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. Applying that to Ross(and the Z case in general): 1) Somebody that killed Paul Stine, and walked away from the cab(Zodiac) was witnessed by multiple people,and a resulting sketch was made 2)Letters & a desktop poem linked Zodiac to Riverside, and in particular, to the RCC Library as stated by a highly respected Document examiner in charge of the Zodiac case writing. These Riverside letters & writings closely follow habits, words, etc used by Zodiac. Adding 1 & 2 above, seems to make Ross Sullivan the most likely Z suspect. How likely is it that a dead ringer for that sketch right down to the hairline(not somebody that has a general likeness of the sketch)can be linked to the RCC Library as Ross was, and is not the Zodiac? How many other people matched that sketch exactly, were in the RCC Library,and then later on, wound up in the SF Bay area? That would have to be a very small list of People. Short of a verified link to the immediate area of Vallejo, and being generally taller then most descriptions of Zodiac, Ross fits the bill in many ways. We know he wrote a paper about how to write using different handwriting styles,something we know Z did. His timeline matches well with Zodiac's activities, and when he was incapacitated for good in 1974 due to his illness, the Zodiac's letters stopped. How likely is it that there really is a better Suspect that can be connected to the RCC Library? After all these decades, there is NO OTHER SUSPECT that we can place there in that Library. Everybody has tried to connect their Suspect to the RCC Library, and nobody has been able to. Occam's Razor, if applied when using Suspects like Mr X, Gaikowski, Allen, etc against Ross, would certainly choose Ross over any other Suspect. We make ZERO Assumptions on points 1 & 2 above, he looks identical to the Z sketch, and he was in the RCC Library....that can not be argued. We await that one special witness to come forward with details or information about Ross connecting him to Vallejo,Napa, or SF during 1968-1974 as opposed to only a Santa Cruz link. Until we get that smoking gun, Ross remains an enigma of a Suspect with so much potential, but not enough verifiable info to go any further

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I do think this case is a big "connect the dots" one. Anyone actually connect the dots above to see what it really is?

I did like JRoberson and think he made some valid points, but some folks do get rubbed the wrong way by some people. I know I do.

“…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