This is info on Ross Sullivans family´, and I am 100 % sure it is the correct family:

His father was Harold R Sullivan born 1913 died Aug 30 1968.

His grand father and grandmother was Daniel L Sullivan and Rose Sullivan (Nee Laubscer)

The rest you can find in the news-clips above and in the aunts obit.

NOTE that in Ross´s father Harols R Sullivan´s obit it says that he had FOUR sons !!! so we still need to find out who the fouth son is?

This is Ross Sullivan´s aunt:

U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
about Rosemary Tulloch
Name: Rosemary Tulloch
Gender: Female
Age at Death: 82
Residence: Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Birth: 2 Aug 1924
Birth Place: Milford, USA
Date of Death: 30 Jun 2007
Source Location: Mohawk Valley, USA
Spouse: Jimmie Lou
Children: Vincent Terry Tulloch and Cecile Page (Romer) Tulloch
Parents: Daniel Isadore
[Rose Matilda Laubscher Sullivan]
Brothers and Sisters: Daniel Sullivan of Milford; Eleanor (Sullivan) Blaut of New York; Grace (Sullivan) Flaherty; Harold Sullivan
Full Obituary: Obituary for Rosemary TullochRosemary C. (Sullivan) Tulloch, age 82, died on Saturday, June 30, 2007, at Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gloucester, MA. She was born in her home, in Milford, on August 2, 1924, to the late Daniel Isadore and Rose Matilda (Laubscher) Sullivan. She spent her formative years in the Milford school system and graduated from Milford High School in 1942. She married her loving husband, of 64 years, Vincent M. Tulloch on August 9, 1942. Primarily a homemaker, her greatest joy was in raising her two children Vincent Terry Tulloch and Cecile Page (Romer) Tulloch. She worked for the First National Bank of New Haven on Broad Street in Milford in the early 60’s and as an office manager for a construction company in Maryland in the late 80’s. While in High School, she worked at a local landmark in Walnut Beach, Primrose’s Drug Store. In middle life, she discovered she had a talent for art and produced several drawings and paintings. Mrs. Tulloch is survived by her devoted son Vincent T. Tulloch and his wife Jimmie Lou and their son Seann Neal Merritt Tulloch all of Essex, MA, her sister Eleanor (Sullivan) Blaut of New York and brother Daniel Sullivan of Milford, granddaughters Cynthia (Romer) Castaldo of Darien and Sherri (Romer) Pulie of Easton, her nephews Jon Sullivan of California, Thomas Flaherty of Milford and Daniel Sullivan of Florida, her nieces Kathy (Sullivan) Kuchtma and Kelly Sullivan of Milford, Prudence (Stubbs) Perrelli of Milford, Elizabeth (Stubbs) Paige of Florida, Candice (Stubbs) Reardon of Waterbury and Pennolope (Stubbs) Virgulto of Milford. Beside her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her daughter Page (Tulloch) Romer, grandson Ian Mathew Daniel Tulloch, brother Harold Sullivan, sister Grace (Sullivan) Flaherty and nephews Walter Blaut, Ross Sullivan and Timothy Sullivan. Calling hours are Monday, July 2, 2007, from 4 to 7pm at the Smith Funeral Home, 135 Broad St, Milford. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 3rd at 10am at the funeral home. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Donations may be made in her name to the Alzheimer’s Assoc, 2911 Dixwell Ave, Suite #104, Hamden CT 06518.

Interesting that Ross’ dad was a reverend and died in NY after the family moved to California. According to the obit he had worked as an account executive for EIGHT YEARS prior to his death. Meaning he moved back to NY around 1960, or shortly after his wife’s death (September of 1959). He seems to give up his pastoral duties after the death. If you do a google search you’ll see that his residence in NYC (40 Bedford St.) was a dump.

Foreigner, I applaud your work as you well know, but I am a bit skeptcial that this is the right Family, as I found a HAROLD M. SULLIVAN & HARRIET SULLIVAN in Rochester,NY in the early 1940’s…UNLESS, they somehow put the wrong middle initial in the phonebook. PLUS, from everything that was relayed, there were only two brothers of Ross,John & Tim,3 sons,not 4. Then again, I may be wrong. However, if you are right, and the Father was a Pastor, that could explain wh the Sons went to live with the Family of Cheri’s Priest,maybe he arranged it for his Son to live there

If Ross’s Father was indeed a Man of God, that would be interesting as it relates to the ‘Confession’ letter. One of the phrases from it was "like a lamb to the slaughter". In the Bible,Isaiah 53:7, it includes the same phrase

I know we have the correct Ross Sullivan, but I found this weird abnomally-

Class of 1965, Riverside-Ramona HS-student listing for ROSS SULLIVAN
http://www.allhighschools.com/alumni-se … an/3567859

Just a theory of mine, but I think that the following Twitter account/post, may belong to a friend or Family member of Ross’s Brother , Tim.

If you google, "Ross SUllivan" "Zodiac Killer", here’s a hit-
"Zodiac Killer was a California psychopath named Ross Sullivan who died in 1977"

This was posted on 2/13/14, in response to DAN NOYES,and MKZODIAC(Ricardo). Noyes is the reporter that was supposed to run a story in which a man confessed to being zodiac.

The Twitter post came from,’NotreDameFan27′, whose name is, PUIM. Puim even has a avatar that looks like Zodiac in general. If you google a bit further, you will see that ‘NotreDameFan27’ is connected to, a business in Alberta,Canada, called, PUIM PHOTOGRAPHY. Isnt this the area that Ross’s Brother and Sister in law moved to? The person states that Ross was Zodiac, as if it is common knowledge.

I think we should look into how the mother died. I always found it suspicious too. Originally I thought it possible that Ross had killed her or somehow was involved. But the fact that the father gave up being a pastor and moved back to NY after she died is weird. The fact that Ross and his brothers didn’t live with the father, even though at least two were still of minor age, is even weirder.

Could the father have had something to do with the death of the mother?

(Morf: see your messages)

I think we should look into how the mother died. I always found it suspicious too. Originally I thought it possible that Ross had killed her or somehow was involved. But the fact that the father gave up being a pastor and moved back to NY after she died is weird. The fact that Ross and his brothers didn’t live with the father, even though at least two were still of minor age, is even weirder.

Could the father have had something to do with the death of the mother?

(Morf: see your messages)

We can always get her Death certificate, and it will likely list cause of death

I’m wondering why the letter from the librarian is not dated.

Also agree it seems most strange that Mr. Sullivan would leave his sons alone in California while they were still minors and move back to New York, especially since he was apparently a priest in the Episcopalian faith (which is very akin to Catholicism).

Would there be any way to investigate if there was a life insurance policy on Mrs. Sullivan?

Would there be any way to verify claims of mental illness re. Ross? The story he told about escaping from the local mental hospital sounds a little far-fetched imo and could have been used by him as an attention-getting device, especially if he felt rejected by his peers.

Foreigner, I applaud your work as you well know, but I am a bit skeptcial that this is the right Family, as I found a HAROLD M. SULLIVAN & HARRIET SULLIVAN in Rochester,NY in the early 1940’s…UNLESS, they somehow put the wrong middle initial in the phonebook. PLUS, from everything that was relayed, there were only two brothers of Ross,John & Tim,3 sons,not 4. Then again, I may be wrong. However, if you are right, and the Father was a Pastor, that could explain wh the Sons went to live with the Family of Cheri’s Priest,maybe he arranged it for his Son to live there

Hi Morf

I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the right family of Ross Sullivan from Glendale/Glendale HS, who was
born 1941 and died in santa Cruz 1977, the RMS on the death certificate you posted on this forum.

If you read all the info I provided, in depth, you will understand that.
As you probably know I´m pretty experienced in this particular kind of research, and I do have a LOT more info
on this family resreach in my files to back it up however it would be WAY to much to post and TOO komplikated to
explain as well, but I would never
say that I am 100% sure if I´m not. I have checked and checked and dubble checked everything many times.

The only way it could be wrong is if the Ross Sullivan, described by the RCC librarian, is not the same Ross Sullivan
as on the death certificate you have posted on the forum.

The FOUR SONS issue, Well Ross and Timothy are safe but I´m not sure who the last two are yet.
The only thing I´m sure of is that one of them is named Jon Sullivan in Ross´s aunts obit.
But I´m working on it.
The two may be:

Jonathan G Sullivan, DOB: 25 Mar 1944, 69 years old, live in Berkeley
and
John Dennis Sullivan, DOB: 8 Dec 1939, 74 years old, have addresses all over northern California

BUT I´m NOT sure about thise two yet, but IF they are Ross´s brothers then we have:

John Dennis Sullivan DOB: 8 Dec 1939

Ross M Sullivan DOB: 28 Jul 1941

Jonathan G Sullivan, DOB: 25 Mar 1944

Timothy Sullivan DOB: ca 1946 (according to his marriage record w Bonnie L Bartlett, I have still not found his full DOB or his DOD)

Yes TF.

Jon (Jonathan G.) Sullivan also attended Glendale High School in 1961 (photo provided previously) and is the same Jon I posted about living in Berkeley. There is info there about him having attended school in Southern Cal and elsewhere.

I think some confusion came with the death certificate showing "John", when his name is actually "Jon"

Hopefully Jon will reply shortly and we will have some answers.

Yes TF.

Jon (Jonathan G.) Sullivan also attended Glendale High School in 1961 (photo provided previously) and is the same Jon I posted about living in Berkeley. There is info there about him having attended school in Southern Cal and elsewhere.

I think some confusion came with the death certificate showing "John", when his name is actually "Jon"

Hopefully Jon will reply shortly and we will have some answers.

Right Tahoe but add to that, that the Jon (Jonathan G.) Sullivan I have provided is related to a John Dennis Sullivan 74 years old, whom I belive might be the 4th brother, the oldest that would be, and possibly the "John Sullivan" who found Ross dead. But as i posted I am NOT 100% sure about it, but it seem to fit pretty well.
And FYI this John Dennis Sullivan is NOT born in california, at least I have found no birthrecord that fit his DOB, so that point to that he probaly was born out of state like the rest of the brothers.

SULLIVAN, JONATHAN G
Available BERKELEY, CA

Possible Relatives:

SULLIVAN, JOHN DENNIS (Age 74)
SULLIVAN, AMANDA J (Age 40)
SULLIVAN, JOHN D (Age 74)
SULLIVAN, NANCY LYN (Age 67)

Nancy Lyn Sullivan is the wife of John Dennis Sullivan.

Yes TF.

Jon (Jonathan G.) Sullivan also attended Glendale High School in 1961 (photo provided previously) and is the same Jon I posted about living in Berkeley. There is info there about him having attended school in Southern Cal and elsewhere.

I think some confusion came with the death certificate showing "John", when his name is actually "Jon"

Hopefully Jon will reply shortly and we will have some answers.

If you look at the face of the Jonathan G. Sullivan from Berkeley you can tell it’s the same as the Jonathon G. Sullivan in the 1961 Glendale pic. He’s obviously older, but the face is the same.

That would be weird. Two John’s? Not out of the realm of possibility I suppose. I know "Jon" moved to Berkeley in 1976 and Ross was found by "John" in 1977. Let’s hope we get some answers to some of these questions.

That would be weird. Two John’s? Not out of the realm of possibility I suppose. I know "Jon" moved to Berkeley in 1976 and Ross was found by "John" in 1977. Let’s hope we get some answers to some of these questions.

It’s possible that the John Dennis is a cousin as Harold had brothers according to the obit.