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A ZODIAC KILLER WITHOUT GLASSES

9/9/2017

 
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​When somebody has a suspect they believe to be the Zodiac Killer, often a side-by-side comparison using the Presidio Heights sketch is presented to bolster their argument. However, the idea that the Zodiac Killer wore black-styled 'prescription' glasses in his daily life is likely a false one. There could well be seven possible eyewitnesses to the Zodiac Killer, all of whom failed to mention any eyeglasses whatsoever. The reasoning for this comes courtesy of Deborah Perez, the woman who falsely claimed her father Guy Ward Hendrickson was the Zodiac Killer. She claimed she had the glasses worn by Paul Stine, removed from the taxicab that fateful night and the response of the police was telling. Had it been previously established that Paul Stine's glasses were found at the crime scene or at his home, then it would be immediately obvious to police she was a liar. But that was not their response.

"San Francisco police said Thursday that they were still waiting for Perez to produce a pair of glasses that she said her father took as a souvenir from a cab driver he killed. Police believe the Zodiac shot a San Francisco taxi driver named Paul Stine on Oct. 11, 1969. Reports of the crime say that Stine's glasses were missing. Once you make complaints to a police department, you are required by law to provide the evidence to a police agency, and there is no reason to believe she is not going to do that", said San Francisco Police Sgt. Lyn Tomioka. Asked whether police were taking her claims seriously, Tomioka said: "We take any new leads or any new information or evidence and look at it seriously, and then we follow up to see if there is any legitimacy to the statements".

During the press conference, Perez produced the glasses she said her father took from Paul Stine, the San Francisco taxicab driver, who was the Zodiac’s only confirmed victim in that city. But an investigation determined the glasses didn’t belong to Stine, said Kevin Jones, an inspector in the San Francisco Police Department’s Homicide Bureau. Jones handled the Zodiac case. “They’re not Paul Stine’s glasses,” Jones affirmed this month, though he added he’s still working on other leads that Perez provided him with during lengthy interviews earlier this year. Jones would not say what those leads were. Perez had hoped the glasses might yield some DNA or other evidence. Why would police contemplate the arrival or wait for them to be presented, if they had already known the glasses had never been taken? This strongly indicates -- if they had done a cursory search into the their files - that Zodiac had indeed removed Paul Stine's glasses from his person. Otherwise they would have dismissed her claim immediately. One phone call to Dave Toschi or reviewing the inventory of items recovered from the taxicab would have been a 10 minute job to discover whether the glasses were retrieved that night or not. This suggests Zodiac likely wore the glasses of Paul Stine as he exited the taxicab and was subsequently spotted by the three teenagers. He likely kept wearing them, or donned them as Donald Fouke approached also.

PictureLake Berryessa sketch derived from the three women.
The Zodiac stated in the November 9th 'Bus Bomb' letter: "I look like the description passed out only when I do my thing, the rest of the time I look entirle different. I shall not tell you what my descise consists of when I kill". He possibly looked like the description due to the glasses he secured from Paul Stine's lifeless body. Had he been aware of the three teenagers observing him from the window, then the choice of using Paul Stine's glasses to help disguise his appearance may have been a wise choice.

Michael Mageau, after the Blue Rock Springs attack, asserted that the killer had not worn glasses, and had noted that his assailant had a particularly large face, all in line with the Berryessa sketch. Bryan Hartnell stated: "And he had clip on sunglasses...it was hard to tell. You know, the sunglasses you clip on when you're wearing glasses, eyeglasses. He had those clipped on. I'm pretty sure...I don't think he had glasses, though. I just think he had these clipped onto his suit....you know, that little mask".

The three female eyewitnesses at Lake Berryessa (if Zodiac) also recollected a man devoid of glasses. On the same day, around the time of the stabbing, Dr. Rayfield and his son recalled a stocky man wandering the hillside approximately 0.8 miles from the area of Bryan Hartnell's vehicle. Dr. Rayfield continued "He wasn't nimble when he was walking. And when he turned to walk away he wasn't like a smooth, athletic person. To me he seemed a little overweight and on the clumsier side." He added "His body type matches what police said at the time-two hundred pounds or more. He was pretty big and built, but he didn't move like he was a real coordinated, smooth walking guy". Dr Rayfield and his son did not recall or mention the man wearing any glasses. This description mirrors the three women, who remembered a stocky build of 200-225 lbs. They also stated that he favored one leg over the other. The idea of a clumsy, uncoordinated man would again be reported two weeks later by Officer Donald Fouke, who observed the killer walking along Jackson Street shortly after the murder of Paul Stine. He described a man with a "lumbering gait, sort of stumbling along, like a semi-limp'. Up to the point of the Presidio Heights murder, along with the sighting of the three teenagers and Donald Fouke, not one of a possible seven eyewitness recall seeing a man wearing eyeglasses.

In two instances, it may not have been the Zodiac Killer, but we cannot know for sure. The Lake Berryessa sketch has by many, been dismissed as the same man portrayed in the Presidio Heights sketch. However, the likeness may be a lot closer than you think. If the Zodiac Killer had changed his hairstyle during the intervening two weeks, and the Presidio Heights face is slightly widened to portray a man around 200 lbs, we get the following.              

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Alex Lewis
9/15/2017 11:33:32 pm

Well it did kinda take Me by surprise when I first saw the interview in which one of the SFPD Detectives (forget which it was) stated shortly after the Fouke encounter that: "We have reason to believe that He (Zodiac) may be wearing some sort of a disguise when He kills."

He was referring specifically to the Face of Zodiac and not His clothing. I am not sure if make-up was even mentioned now but I remember thinking that the only person who could have suggested that Zodac wore some sort of facial disguise is Fouke logically because He's the only person to ever get up close and personal with Zodiac and not get shot or stabbed for His troubles.

Many say Zodiac claims are to be dismissed and not taken at face value at all, ever. For Me I will look at it like this, if it's just him saying something without any evidence or anything to support the claim I shall be skeptical. However, if He makes a statement or claim that then seems to be backed up or endorsed by official channels, even if they are not aware that they are seeming to cement something Zodiac had once claimed, then I think that needs to be looked at further and not dismissed out of hand.

So, considering the Police said they have reason to suspect He may have some sort of facial disguise, alng with Zodiac's own words and claim of:

"1 I look like the description passed out only when I do my thing, the rest of the time I look entirle different. I shall not tell you what my descise consists of when I kill."

When Two opposing things come togther in agreement on something, that something they agree upon will usually be something for which neither side has a bias for or against and is neutral on the issue. Zodiac and the Police both seem to agree on the idea that He, the Un-Sub offender, wore something on or applied to his face to change his appearance or features.

I shall try remember and find that interview...

Sully
9/16/2017 06:31:50 pm

Thought it was Capt Marty Lee who stated that. Z dyed his crewcut red & wore glasses for the Stine shooting, after girls (and Bryan) at LB described him as dark haired. His 'scary hood costume' was just insurance huh.

Lemonboy
9/17/2017 02:48:34 pm

The only plausible answer would be that they weren't his glasses he was wearing when he was questioned by Foulke..there's not many things that can be applied to change one appearance other than either makeup or glasses..maybe it was both?but in his regular life I don't beleive he wore glasses

Darthy
9/8/2018 08:59:34 am

Composite one: Hugh Gary Tomlin ( Tom) .. Composite 2: Paul Elliot. Dark curly hair.

Darthy
9/8/2018 09:11:12 am

He wore sun glasses at night because it enhanced Vision. Which also allowed him to better home in on a target. Wear sun glasses at night or during a rain and you will see.

Corey Hagler
2/25/2020 10:58:16 am

Maybe he was just farsighted?

Sully link
2/27/2020 10:55:44 am

Z shot David Faraday up close and then Betty Lou 20 feet away so whether he had military issue glasses on or not, his vision worked well at either distance. He did have problems shooting Mike Mageau, who was "a moving target" in Darlenes Corvair.


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