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Richard Grinell
Richard Grinell
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Topics: 16 / Replies: 701
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Re: The Costume

His statement that it was stitched on could simply be a guess. . Where did Hartnell say it was stitched on? The police report stated that the assai…

5 years ago
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Re: The Costume

We could effectively take every eyewitness statement and apply the same argument of the guessing game. What we know of Hartnell is that he was a very …

5 years ago
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Re: Is the Zodiac persona misdirection to create an alibi?

I certainly think he was familiar and probably worked in San Francisco, as he mailed virtually every letter from there. My only problem with San Franc…

5 years ago
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Re: Hidden writing

On the top of page 3 and possibly page 2 it looks as though the FBI label is covering additional writing ? Has this been addressed before ? My guess,…

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Re: His first use of the term “Blue meannie” is April 20 197

In the My Name Is letter he writes “blue meannie” to refer to the police for the first time. I have seen people mention the Vanishing Point movie trai…

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Re: Belli letter – was he on meds? Interned for eight months

There are many reasons why handwriting can alter from letter to letter. The speed the letter is written, the time of day, the angle of the writing sur…

5 years ago
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Re: ammo super x brand?

Michael Bates worked for the Sears Department Store. In 1938 Sears would relocate to Seventh and Main Street, Riverside.

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Re: Was this a planned cab car theft gone wrong by the Zodia

Every person he picked up could choose to travel in any direction, so choosing a "murder spot" and immediately travelling in the wrong direc…

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Re: ammo super x brand?

One interesting note someone mentioned, don’t know if this was known?

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Re: Why take the wallet?

According to the October 12th 1969 newspaper article the taxicab meter and engine were still running. Maybe he took the wallet to secure ID to mail in…

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Re: Proofs the shirt was ripped on the night of the attack?

You would be talking of touch DNA, known to provide erroneous results because of its nature of how its transferred, not to mention how the shirt piece…

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Re: Proofs the shirt was ripped on the night of the attack?

I suspect it was stored in the jurisdiction of the crime, unless requested or deemed appropriate to send to another department, as in the Debut of Zod…

5 years ago
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Re: Proofs the shirt was ripped on the night of the attack?

If you believe the Graysmith account, the missing shirt piece was noticed on the 14th October. But this still wouldn’t be proof anyone other than Zodi…

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