It’s an interesting one. I keep going back and forth on whether Zodiac’s victims were random (whoever happened to be there at the time) or targeted. Or, of course, a mixture of both. DF and MM are of course the ones who lend themselves to being targeted based on all the background ‘noise’ on the case. But, like Hannibal said ‘we covet what we see. What we see every day’.

William McLaughlin vs. Cheri Jo Bates

QT

Wrong house QT, Cheri Jo’s house is the one circled in orange (on Via San Jose)

Thanks Monarch.

Wonder if the McLaughlin "Wm P" stood for ‘William Paul’? And if that was the guy married to ‘Matilde’? IF SO, then certainly this Paul and/or his son (of William and Matilde McLaughlin) had lived around the corner of CJB / in the same street as Darlene Ferrin / went to school with David Faraday. And, in that case, imo, that should be worth to investigate (further).

Bit confused about the various addresses Cridge/W Blaine/San Luis but in fact people can move from one place to another easily two or three times over a time span of e.g. 15 years. Often kids move in houses of their former grandparents ones, too.

If it was that guy:

MCLAUGHLIN, William Paul, b. 3/24/1926, d. 4/6/2011, Section 609, Site 854, US NAVY, CM3, WORLD WAR II

A little speculation:
The age would fit William Paul to be Ardis Lou’s father. Having left his father’s home he might have moved to Cridge Street, next to RCC, where the CJB incident had happened. After that, he could have gone to Vallejo (for some damn good reasons). The fact that he had continued school there might imply that his father could have been involved in covering the crime (two people searching with flashlights for the lost watch?). Some technical analysis of the building’s color compared to the Timex watch would certainly clarifiy, lead to undeniable prove (court).

If we could just find a marriage document between Wm P and Matilde..

QT

http://www.interment.net/data/us/fl/sum … cg-mcw.htm

Yes, Ardis is an interesting suspect, the main negative is that he is a convicted sex offender and so
his finger prints and DNA would be in both the FBI and the California DOJ criminal database and should
have automatically alerted investigators if he was responsible for Cheri Jo’s murder.

Of course we don’t know exactly what they have in terms of DNA from the crime scene or the quality/
clarity of the finger prints lifted from Cheri’s car or even if the greasy finger prints are related to her
murder.

The age doesn’t seem to be a total match, most witnesses have Zodiac somewhere between 30-40; Lindsey and Rebecca Robbins, Donald Fouke, even Mike Mageau has him at 26-30, David Rayfield. I think its most likely Z was born somewhere in the 30s or 20s.

Opinions may differ but I expected him to be born between 1941-1944. Fouke thought him to be older.

Mageau:
"late 20s to early 30s"

David Rayfield (lake Berryessa)
"described as about 5’10", heavy build, wearing dark trousers, a dark shirt with red in it, long sleeves".

Regarding different age from Rayfield, who you had referred to: Source?

The three women at LB described him as 28-40, varying pretty much. It is possible that Z was older but besides Foukes’ statement I see not many reasons why he must have been born earlier than in ’42.

Z age discussion here:

https://zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic. … &hilit=Age

QT

he also lived close to this poor girl
Vicki Miner, age 16, November 14, 1970 Buena Park, California

he also lived close to this poor girl
Vicki Miner, age 16, November 14, 1970 Buena Park, California

Or Rodney Alcala?

There are many freaks out there..

https://www.ocregister.com/2016/02/23/k … der-cases/

QT

he also lived close to this poor girl
Vicki Miner, age 16, November 14, 1970 Buena Park, California

Or Rodney Alcala?

There are many freaks out there..

https://www.ocregister.com/2016/02/23/k … der-cases/

QT

Hi Quick.. yes it was a busy time for nut jobs.. viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4993&p=81535&hilit=vicky+miner#p81535
Vicky Miner name was thrown up on this site a while back.
ardis seems like a good prospect if in fact he was close to all three as neighbours.. do we know Vickys exact address
cheers.

Location of his home at Kingman Ave and the location Vicky Miner was found (in green circle). Question remains if he lived there in 1970?

vickie lived at two addresses here
8233 Big Bear Cir Buena Park CA 90621
and here
Henshaw Cir, Buena Park, CA, 90621-
just not 100% sure of this.
and i had a few other places ardis lived in the area.

the way the crow flies less than a mile

and we maybe have lou in sparks next to lake tahoe. wrong timeline but.. i can not open the newspaper i am not a subscriber.

Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada on June 22, 1982 … https://www.newspapers.com › newspage
22 June 1982 — … Reno; Ardis L. McLaughlin, 1717 C St., Sparks