I was told the key was not shape specific and so a screwdriver would do. This isn’t a case of just a latch release as you described. I know because I researched this with vintage Beetle enthusiasts before. You are saying all car engine covers could easily be opened by latch alone. That’s not what vintage car owners have been telling me. They needed a key.

I was told the key was not shape specific and so a screwdriver would do. This isn’t a case of just a latch release as you described. I know because I researched this with vintage Beetle enthusiasts before. You are saying all car engine covers could easily be opened by latch alone. That’s not what vintage car owners have been telling me. They needed a key.

Still, doesn’t matter. Your premise is Zodiac chose people who drove VW cars because the engine bay was easier to access, your words…

So I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest he targets these makes because it’s easy to get access to the distributor cap and disconnect them?

If anything requiring a key made them harder to access. Just accept you’re wrong and move on.

Cat,

Just give up. We’ve given this guy at least a half a dozen reasons why he’s wrong about the VWs, but he’s convinced he’s right. Let him go on his wild goose chase alone.

I was told the key was not shape specific and so a screwdriver would do. This isn’t a case of just a latch release as you described. I know because I researched this with vintage Beetle enthusiasts before. You are saying all car engine covers could easily be opened by latch alone. That’s not what vintage car owners have been telling me. They needed a key.

Still, doesn’t matter. Your premise is Zodiac chose people who drove VW cars because the engine bay was easier to access, your words…

So I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest he targets these makes because it’s easy to get access to the distributor cap and disconnect them?

If anything requiring a key made them harder to access. Just accept you’re wrong and move on.

You don’t know the hood key needed to be nothing more than flat like a screwdriver head for these cars and that is the fault with this maker.

Cat,

Just give up. We’ve given this guy at least a half a dozen reasons why he’s wrong about the VWs, but he’s convinced he’s right. Let him go on his wild goose chase alone.

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Still waiting for your reference. I gave mine.

There is a big difference between claiming you are giving reasons and actually referencing what they are.

Looks like a few of you think they are co-equal easy access to hoods in older vehicles like this. It isn’t. The fault with this manufacturer is with the key doesn’t need ridges or teeth to open the lock. It can be done with a screwdriver head. This is not the same with all older vintage cars. It was a problem with this manufacturer.

Simple as that. Not complex. Just something someone with enough experience between different brands and models would find out.

I think he was of German descent and loved this poormans porsch, probably owns a few porsches now but no Volkswagens.

I think he was of German descent and loved this poormans porsch, probably owns a few porsches now but no Volkswagens.

If you have ever driven in one of these low profile cars like the 914 porsche there intense at high speeds! Definitly someone who loves fear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oUBphRM4_8

Looks like a few of you think they are co-equal easy access to hoods in older vehicles like this. It isn’t. The fault with this manufacturer is with the key doesn’t need ridges or teeth to open the lock. It can be done with a screwdriver head. This is not the same with all older vintage cars. It was a problem with this manufacturer.

Simple as that. Not complex. Just something someone with enough experience between different brands and models would find out.

What you can’t get through your thick head is 99% of cars on the road at that time needed no key to open the engine bay and access the distributor. So therefore your premise that he chose VW’s because it was easier to access the engine bay and the distributor is just silly.

Cat,

Just give up. We’ve given this guy at least a half a dozen reasons why he’s wrong about the VWs, but he’s convinced he’s right. Let him go on his wild goose chase alone.

Oh, I know all about this asshole. There was a very long thread over at TV’s forum he started about his crackpot theory and POI. This jerk accused me, Tom and several others of conspiring to steal his work by posing as a retired detective. He can’t explain how we would have known about it until he posted it on line.

He then said the person who stole it started posting about it before he did so he had to get it out there. OK, fine, so I’ve asked him numerous times to show where someone posted about this before he did. It would be easy, simply link to where they did. But he can’t, because it’s all a lie.

Here’s the relevant link. With 90 seconds of googling you can find the original:

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Let me bold face it for you:

”That night, I was in a small two-seater and “parking” was not in the picture. I had just gone through the gears and pulled into the private road area and turned the car around with the front pointing to and a few feet from the main road. The engine was running and the lights were on. I had never driven a car that had toggle switches on the dashboard. As my former girlfriend was explaining to me what each one controlled, I noticed a car coming down the road from the direction of Benicia.”

So, again, he states he was sitting in his car playing with the dashboard toggle switches. He did not have the hood up, and was not working on the engine or motor. So, your premise that he preyed on stranded motorist is flawed.

Nevertheless, I am sure that you will find some way to dismiss the facts based on a “gut feeling” in order to fit your narrative.

Frankly, I’m done with this and I am done with you. You have no interest in seriously researching the case, you already have your narrative based on patternicity and hunches. You just want others to sign on to it, and when they don’t you just dismiss them and move on.

Word of advice: find some humility and maybe try accepting that you’re wrong and move on.

This guy is hilarious. He’s sending me threatening messages about how he’s going to report me to LE. He seems to think I’m in the Navy and we are harassing him because his POI was in the Navy decades ago. LOL. BD, you so crazy.

I have the screenshot where you described me with broken legs being bloodied and crawling away in one of your harassment posts.

The fact is there is zero evidence I have attacked anyone. You never came up with any. All you have is some notepad text by some user you claim is me to a link that doesn’t exist.

You have no justification for personally attacking and abusing people in the way you have been in serial killer research forums.

My old username was batmanplaying metal on the EARONS sub. I often spoke with Winters and Morf even if they don’t remember. Never had a problem with anyone.

I have not gone on any of your threads. I have stayed out of your POI research and everyone else’s for that matter. The hate that has gone on for decades in the community is a massive reason why the Zodiac got away with it.

It’s a simple thing not to attack people personally but only address the topic yet for some reason that is beyond asking with some people who just want to attack people in serial killer forums of all places.

I have the screenshot where you described me with broken legs being bloodied and crawling away in one of your harassment posts.

The fact is there is zero evidence I have attacked anyone. You never came up with any. All you have is some notepad text by some user you claim is me to a link that doesn’t exist.

You have no justification for personally attacking and abusing people in the way you have been in serial killer research forums.

My old username was batmanplaying metal on the EARONS sub. I often spoke with Winters and Morf even if they don’t remember. Never had a problem with anyone.

I have not gone on any of your threads. I have stayed out of your POI research and everyone else’s for that matter. The hate that has gone on for decades in the community is a massive reason why the Zodiac got away with it.

It’s a simple thing not to attack people personally but only address the topic yet for some reason that is beyond asking with some people who just want to attack people in serial killer forums of all places.

LOL, please post the link to me and this broken leg thing. I have no threads, I have no POI. You’re certifiably crazy.

I have the screenshot where you described me with broken legs being bloodied and crawling away in one of your harassment posts.

The fact is there is zero evidence I have attacked anyone. You never came up with any. All you have is some notepad text by some user you claim is me to a link that doesn’t exist.

You have no justification for personally attacking and abusing people in the way you have been in serial killer research forums.

My old username was batmanplaying metal on the EARONS sub. I often spoke with Winters and Morf even if they don’t remember. Never had a problem with anyone.

I have not gone on any of your threads. I have stayed out of your POI research and everyone else’s for that matter. The hate that has gone on for decades in the community is a massive reason why the Zodiac got away with it.

It’s a simple thing not to attack people personally but only address the topic yet for some reason that is beyond asking with some people who just want to attack people in serial killer forums of all places.

LOL, please post the link to me and this broken leg thing. I have no threads, I have no POI. You’re certifiably crazy.

I am not jumping to your beat. I am just waiting for the mod to deal with the trolling and delete whatever here. Attacked on zk.com, reddit and now here again by yourself.

Attacked on zk.com, reddit and now here again by yourself.

You can call it attacked or whatever you want, I’ve gone after you for lying that I posed as LE to steal your work. I hadn’t said a damn word to you in two months and you are the one who started with the BS story about stealing your work, like anyone would know about it in order to steal it before you posted it on line. That alone is proof you are a liar and insane.

If you want to shut me up post proof I stole your work. Post proof I could have somehow known about it before you posted it yourself. Show proof of where you said I posted about it before you did. Go ahead, I’ll wait.