Recent content by bdsjr

I have looked at the image you posted here many times, and researched it heavily like a lot of Zodiac investigators. I am convinced of at least two things: It was from the Zodiac and it is an abstract of Groucho Marx with the keys being the eyeglasses and eyes, the penlight is the cigar, and...

I think the watch is important but for a different reason. That inexpensive Timex watch model number was tracked down as one sold in military PX's, said to be overseas. It had paint spatter on the face. From a pure Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes point of view, it tells us this guy was...

That's very interesting. I also believe he had a big bag of tricks. Probably had his head buried in the detective magazine smut from that era. I think this guy was playing all of this out in his mind when he was a teenage boy, over and over until one day, it was time to turn fantasy into reality.

Timeline is the most critical thing in considering a suspect in this case. Establishing who was in the area of the known crimes on or about the dates of their occurrence is where the real homework is done. What do we really know about these recently named suspect's timelines? I am not sold...

The Zodiac killer was one guy, I believe. I've looked at all official reports, multiple times. He was 5'8' to 6'0", stocky build, and was 30 or younger: this was directly from the two victims who saw and/or heard him from just a couple of feet away. The reports of 40's in a single incident...

A couple of observations: Since it was found after the murder, there is really no way to ever confirm if it was before or after. If there was a statement from a staff member who could 100% confirm it did not exist until a specific date, that would good information. If we were looking at a...

Cab driving in those days was a very hazardous profession. I've searched "cabbie shot" or similar on Newspapers.com. Way too much crime involving those poor guys. There was a guy back then (late 60's) that decided not to be a victim. He killed several bad guys who tried to rob him but SF...

We'll probably never know why he chose Stine. It could have been as easy as it was the first available cab he saw so he waved him down, the plan already in place.

At the very least, his fingerprints should be compared to the Zodiac case latents. Fingerprint technology has improved so dramatically, especially last decade with the FBI's NGI system. Around 2013, the FBI was contacting state investigations bureaus to resubmit all cold case latents because...

A change in MO does not always make sense and you are right, if he hadn't proven it or claimed it, no connection would have been made, just another robbery and shooting of a poor cab driver by some recently paroled-born to lose-ne'er do well. I'm of the opinion that the Stine murder is a...

First off, your description of him hiding in plain site is exactly what I think is very possible. I will even go so far as to say that he may have been hiding in plain site on the east side of Vallejo somewhere in the triangle between Blue Rock Springs, Lake Herman Rd. and the Tuolumne/Springs...

That's one creepy dude. Although I have no way for knowing for sure, I really suspect that the Zodiac killer was someone who evaded arrest throughout his entire life, and that is one of the biggest reasons he was never identified. According to FBI files, there is an excellent chance that the...

I think this all started as a little boy who was abused psychologically and possibly physically by a caretaker. Emotional needs that a child has we’re not being met. Then at school, he felt different from others, such as an outsider might feel. Rejection and indifference towards him were...

Donna's good friend and former roommate Carol Anne Emrich went to Vallejo High School with your guy. She was in the Class of 1962. Same class as Arthur Dean Ferrin. Remember your podcast with Joanne Goettsche? She said Donna went to Vallejo with Carol to visit Carol's parents, who lived 1500...

Good questions! Here is what I think below. It's only my opinion and worth what you pay for it but I've been living in Vallejo and Napa California in the years 1968 and 1969 for 13 months straight now. I have been sleeping, eating, and breathing everything Zodiac including on Newspapers.com...