CA CA - Lynn Connes, 20, Berkeley, 20 May 1976

[devertere]

i've been thinking about this a lot and i think maybe lynn is not the girl from berkeley.

the names on his victims list are all chronological. have a look (sorry for the terrible text annotations but i am only on my cell).

 

[Beekarina]

That's an excellent point.

Healdsburg is about an hour North of Berkeley. Could Lynn possibly have been taken & killed?

 

[Beekarina]

Ok, so actually the first two on the list could be 1977 or earlier, if chronological pattern holds.

Does Naso have a thread similar to Alcala and the Missing? If not, it seems perhaps he should.

 

[devertere]

it would be great if you could open one, i might have found another victim and feel kinda obsessed with the naso uids.

 

[dotr]

it would be great if you could open one, i might have found another victim and feel kinda obsessed with the naso uids.

CA - CA - JOSEPH NASO, once a suspect in NY Alphabet Murders, now on trial in California

 

[rolandtowen]

My God.

Is Lynn the girl in yellow????

they do look somewhat similar - same color hair, eyes...eyebrows are the same shape but maybe thin brows were very common in the 70s? I wish these photos were higher quality!

 

[rolandtowen]

i've been thinking about this a lot and i think maybe lynn is not the girl from berkeley.

the names on his victims list are all chronological. have a look (sorry for the terrible text annotations but i am only on my cell).

this is an excellent contribution, is it possible he listed some of the murders out of order? If I recall correctly, Naso wrote this diary when memories came back to him, not in the moment.
In terms of geography, I believed it would have made more sense if The Girl from Berkeley was killed while Naso was studying in SanFran in the 70s.

 

[Beekarina]

Hmmm....it seems Naso had a weird obsession with double initials.

Ly(nn) Co(nn)es

I wonder if Lynn used her full name in her ad?

 

[rolandtowen]

Hmmm....it seems Naso had a weird obsession with double initials.

Ly(nn) Co(nn)es

I wonder if Lynn used her full name in her ad?

One of the things I've wanted to do is try and find the ad that Lynn originally placed. I scoured California Digital Newspaper Collection to see if it was digitized but so far, nothing. Does anyone have a favorite newspaper database?

 

[Beekarina]

Ok. I found an article in the linked thread that mentions the list of 10 as locations where Naso dumped the bodies, and not necessarily where they were killed. Any UIDs that could be Lynn in these locations?

 

[rolandtowen]

Ok. I found an article in the linked thread that mentions the list of 10 as locations where Naso dumped the bodies, and not necessarily where they were killed. Any UIDs that could be Lynn in these locations?

I've searched through NamUs as well as the LA Coroner's website (I don't think Alameda County has its own website?) and haven't found anyone matching the description of Lynn.

 

[Beekarina]

This post is interesting: CA - CA - JOSEPH NASO, once a suspect in NY Alphabet Murders, now on trial in California #104

Edited: I'm trying to refer you to post #104. Another person has a slightly different version of the list, and mentions Lynn.

 

[rolandtowen]

This post is interesting: CA - CA - JOSEPH NASO, once a suspect in NY Alphabet Murders, now on trial in California #104

Edited: I'm trying to refer you to post #104. Another person has a slightly different version of the list, and mentions Lynn.

I found her on NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/17490?nav

As stated, very little information to go off.

 

[Beekarina]

Hmmm...

For comparison. Cropped, because his photos...just...yuck. I'm wondering if the photo of Lynn is a senior yearbook, and a few years old?

 

[rolandtowen]

Hmmm...

For comparison. Cropped, because his photos...just...yuck. I'm wondering if the photo of Lynn is a senior yearbook, and a few years old?

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I wonder if anyone has ever done a historical analysis on the clothes in Naso's photos? For example, The Girl in Yellow isn't wearing a garter belt, which could indicate a time period of 1960's or later, while the Girl in Red/Pink is wearing a garter belt - her photos could have be taken during the 50s.

 

[Lavender Moon]

Hmmm...

For comparison. Cropped, because his photos...just...yuck. I'm wondering if the photo of Lynn is a senior yearbook, and a few years old?

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It really looks like a yearbook photo to me.

 

[Beekarina]

It really looks like a yearbook photo to me.

It does, and I'm having a hard time comparing Lynn to UIDs, or photos in various creepy collections because this photo of her and the b&w one look so very different.

Her nose and everything about her facial structure looks different to me in the black and white photo, but I suspect it is the more recent of the two. Frustrating!

 

[Lavender Moon]

It does, and I'm having a hard time comparing Lynn to UIDs, or photos in various creepy collections because this photo of her and the b&w one look so very different.

Her nose and everything about her facial structure looks different to me in the black and white photo, but I suspect it is the more recent of the two. Frustrating!

Yes, frustrating! The lighting and angles differ so much. Probably the b&w is the more recent since it is the first one used in her missing info.

 

[Lavender Moon]

One of the things I've wanted to do is try and find the ad that Lynn originally placed. I scoured California Digital Newspaper Collection to see if it was digitized but so far, nothing. Does anyone have a favorite newspaper database?

Has anyone ever heard of the Berkeley Barb? I hate to think of Lynne posting an ad there; but I think it would be the kind of paper that Naso would read, looking for models.

 

[Lavender Moon]

I don't know how to link but information about the Berkeley Barb can be found on Wikipedia and also on berkeleybarb.net. On the latter website, they have digitalized info. I'm going to look through it. My data has been slowed so it may take a while.