Did anyone else notice that the year in the date of the letter has the year of 2008 written in the symbols for the those numbers.. ? Something about the letter bothers me .. along of the lines of its not a legitmate copycat or from a Zodiac killer admirer. more like its to throw off investigators..but I do find the reference to the Zodiac killer interesting. I do hope that this it not as it would appear at face value since I have family living in that area..
Look at your keyboard.
With the Caps Lock on, the numbers 008 in 2008 would be typed as ))*.
I definitely think this is personally motivated and the letter is a crude attempt to divert investigators from the truth.
Even BTK used his
own signature. Thrill killers or sexually motivated killers haven't been known to copy Zodiac, they want the glory for their own killings and make up their own signatures or symbols, something unique and important to them.
The strangest part about this death is that she had just rented the room. If she was dead as long as they say, she could have been killed on June 12 or 13. I doubt it was a crime of opportunity. Someone she knew was laying in wait for her. Ex husband, fiance', other person known to her. The only other possibility I can come up with is a hotel manager, due to the fact that her room wasn't cleaned for 4 days and no one followed up on why there was the decomp. smell coming from her room. Also, I still think the A/C may have been turned off if the smell was that bad in 3-4 days. A/C units in hotels are usually very cold.
Many things were done to the physical space she occupied. Bed moved, mirror written on, body placed in bathtub, nightstand and lamp disturbed.
I've tried to move a hotel bed to plug something into the outlet which is invariably behind the bed, and in hotels I've been in, they are extremely heavy and very difficult to budge.
One thing I wonder about- Both BTK and Zodiac, who were both sexually motivated thrill killers took something away from at least some of their victims. BTK many more than what is attributed to Zodiac. IF this was a copycat attempt, I would expect some personal item or items of hers to be missing.
