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Russ Thompson
Russ Thompson
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RE: SF Chronicle Aug 3, 1978 April 1978 Letter Fake

Another thought: if Toschi were to cook up evidence, he would want to manufacture evidence that pointed to a specific suspect. Toschi is Homicide and …

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RE: SF Chronicle Aug 3, 1978 April 1978 Letter Fake

Good point. Attempting to lure Zodiac out of hiding could have been a motive. I just do not see Toschi having that sort of criminal mentality. He …

4 years ago
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RE: SF Chronicle Aug 3, 1978 April 1978 Letter Fake

Correct. At the time it did indeed appear authentic. Withdraw “so obvious” and submit “so careless”.

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RE: SF Chronicle Aug 3, 1978 April 1978 Letter Fake

Toschi, a hardened city murder detective who had seen all the kinds of evidence in the world, would be the last person to submit hoax material that wa…

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RE: SF Chronicle Aug 3, 1978 April 1978 Letter Fake

The Toschi “fan letters” were pretty innocuous. I think Toschi never thought a moment that sending self-promoting fan mail was a bad thing. Toschi enj…

4 years ago
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RE: New book, “Shooting Zodiac” by Robert Graysmith

Zodiac as a movie was quite entertaining. Fincher has a real gift for visuals and drawing one into scenes. That the film did not actually tackle the…

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RE: Episode 12 “1978 to 2001” of “Zodiac Speaking”

Zodiac still had a portion of Paul Stine’s bloody shirt, and Stine’s cab keys. If Zodiac wanted to show irrefutably that a communication were his, he …

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RE: Bates had to die letters confirmed to be a hoax

Perhaps the RPD are using the tactic of “teasing the line” a bit. If they think someone local still has information to provide, a PR tactic like this …

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RE: Bates had to die letters confirmed to be a hoax

A corollary point: when the Green River Killer was at his frenzied height in Seattle, the Green River Task Force developed and seriously considered th…

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RE: Bates had to die letters confirmed to be a hoax

It is possible to have multiple actors, but is it likely in this case? We know at least one person must be responsible, but any more than that we must…

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RE: Bates had to die letters confirmed to be a hoax

Turns out the Zodiac did NOT write the CJB murder letters. Turns out it was some other guy name Zodiac.

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RE: Bates had to die letters confirmed to be a hoax

Stepping back a bit, which makes more sense? Zodiac read about the CJB crime and was inspired to become a serial killer, adopting the trappings of…

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RE: Given that RPD/FBI used DNA to track the anonymous letter sender, what do you think this implies for the Z DNA search?

My speculation is that the putative Zodiac DNA is degraded to the point that working backward from it becomes next to impossible. Finding a suspect to…

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RE: Looking for guests to speak about Zodiac suspects on my show

@monsterhunter Aside, on your podcast covering the Lake Herman Road crimes (#169?, #172?), the narrator states that Zodiac reached through the drive…

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