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MOUNT DIABLO AND MODESTO

1/6/2014

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The ecliptic passes through 12 constellations to form our Zodiac, used in horoscopes to predict the future. The Zodiac Killer sent us the 'Bus Bomb' letter, to which he displayed a crosshair at the foot of his correspondence, marked with five crosses and dotted sections to separate the circle into 12 equal divisions of 30 degrees. There was a possibility this was to become his compass or template to his crimes, the ones he had already placed X's next to and the remainder, as he stated at the top of the 'Bus Bomb' letter on November 9th, that would not be announced. He wrote ' up to the end of Oct I have killed 7 people. I have grown rather angry with the police for their telling lies about me. So I shall change the way the collecting of slaves. I shall no longer announce to anyone. When I committ my murders', but he was to leave us a clue. Image of the 'Bus Bomb' crosshair with X's.  
The diagram to the right shows the crosshair overlayed on the map, in which the X's approximately line up with his murders at Lake Herman Road, Blue Rock Springs, Lake Berryessa and Presidio Heights. So all we have to do now, if this was the intention of the marked crosshair, is to use the lines drawn from the center of Mount Diablo to point us in the right direction.
We know the Zodiac Killer was claiming seven murders and we know of five with a fair degree of certainty. In previous articles it had been suggested that the two remaining lines may be the unknown locations of two separate murders, unaccounted for. But another possibility exists.
The Zodiac Killer's 6th and 7th murder victims could be located through any one of the remaining 9 points marked on the crosshairs circumference, or indeed the existing ones.  
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But what we shall examine here is the statement the Zodiac wrote on the 340 Cipher and 'Dripping Pen' card, namely "This is the Zodiac speaking.  I though you would need a good laugh before you hear the bad news. You won't get the news for a while yet", implying his evil deeds were not far away. His next confirmed contact after this, was the Melvin Belli Letter claiming a search for a ninth and tenth victim and by inference No 8 has already been committed.
A 10th victim is confirmed by the arrival of the 'My Name is Cipher' on April 20th 1970. This correspondence could have read Zodiac 12 SFPD 0, if he had been successful in the murder of Kathleen Johns and her infant daughter, one month earlier on March 22nd 1970, commonly referred to as the 'Modesto Attack'. This crime may not have been the work of Zodiac, but he claimed it was, and if indeed it was, it was to be a failed murder attempt he was not about to forget.
The Zodiac Killer's three early crimes were in static locations, that is, he did not coerce or force his victims to a predetermined location. It has been suggested by some Zodiac researchers that the Paul Stine murder was chosen because of his ability to manufacture an exact grid position to fit his location point on the 'Bus Bomb' letter crosshair. The next two incidents strongly linked to the Zodiac Killer were the Modesto abduction of Kathleen Johns on March 22nd 1970, followed by the Donna Lass disappearance on September 6th 1970, with one or both employing the use of a car to abduct the victim, with the intention of possibly seeking out his predetermined grid location. But there is another reason that may link both Kathleen Johns and Donna Lass.
The Zodiac Killer could quite easily have shot Kathleen Johns through the driver side window of her vehicle, as he had done at Blue Rock Springs Park, but chose to subject his victim to what appeared an aimless drive around the countryside of Tracy, CA, after which she escaped to a nearby field. If this was a Zodiac crime,  was the Bay Area murderer possibly aiming for somewhere in the region of Antioch, CA, which falls directly on the north-east line on the map above, and conveniently on the way back to the Vallejo area, where it has been widely speculated that he resided. 
Kathleen Johns may have denied the Zodiac Killer his 11th and 12th victim this time, but was he to remind us of it exactly one year later on March 22nd 1971, when the disputed 'Pines' card landed at the door of the San Francisco Chronicle. The reason behind its design is not certain, but what was apparent, was that the largest writing on the 'Pines' card was "Sought Victim 12", a clear indication in the past tense, he had indeed sought his 12th victim, but failed. This card signifying 12 was out of sequence with the the other cards, because it came after the 'Little List' letter on July 26th 1970 claiming a victim count of 13, the '13 Hole' postcard on October 5th 1970 also claiming 13, the 'Halloween' card on October 27th 1970 inferring a 14th victim and the 'Los Angeles' letter on March 13th 1971 claiming 17+ victims.
Had the Zodiac Killer intended to send a card earlier, after the Modesto abduction, claiming his 12th victim, but because Kathleen Johns and her daughter survived he mailed the 'Button' letter on June 26th 1970 restoring his victim count of 12, but under a different scenario of "shooting a man in a parked car." The Button letter was the second time included a marked crosshair, this time centered over Mount Diablo, as if to remind us of his master plan. 
Is it possible the Zodiac Killer did not write "Sought Victim 12" on the 'Pines' card to highlight any failure, but he did it to mark the one year anniversary of the Modesto abduction, but this time a new victim had been found, that of Donna Lass, who, by association with the Lake Tahoe area, has forever been linked with this card.
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The Zodiac Killer sent the 'Pines' card 6 months after the disappearance of Donna Lass. The significant delay may have been orchestrated to tie in with the anniversary of the Modesto attack, emblematic of the fact he was unable to place Kathleen Johns on the north east grid line (shown above) as intended on the 'Bus Bomb' map, so he found a replacement on the exact same grid line, that of Donna Lass at South Lake Tahoe and inextricably linked them both by the number 12 and March 22nd.
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Rick A. Roberts
2/19/2014 08:06:20 am

I have been looking at many of the Zodiac Killer letters and codes. I believe that I have solved the coded letter of April 20, 1970 to the San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper. In this letter, the Zodiac killer uses a letter/symbol code that reads; MY NAME IS_ . The cipher decodes to; "TENDONLONHONRNTH LON". or "TEN DON LON HON RATH". The name DON HONRATH appears. I have posted several other deciphered Zodiac Killer messages on other sites. Thank you,
RICK A. ROBERTS

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Rick A. Roberts
2/19/2014 08:11:05 am

I made a typographical error. It should read; The cipher decodes to; "TENDONLONHONRNTH" or "TEN DON LON HON RATH". Truly,
Rick A. Roberts

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Richard
2/19/2014 12:30:11 pm

Send a link so I can read the theory or the http address

Emma
12/13/2016 04:02:39 am

Sure isnt very far from Lake Tahoe Frank Sinatra CalnevaLodge.
Sam Giancana Skinny Paul Amato George Jacobs BuddyRich.
Jacobs said Sinatra kick marilyn out told bodyguard throw her out
.Phyllis McGuire boyfriend Giancana whom rumored slept marilyn .
This weekend July 27-30 the last weekend of marilyn monroe life.
Marilyn Monroe claim to told someone Joe Dimaggio stalk her.
But Marilyn went to DiMaggio for money buy house & furnishing it.
Frank Sinatra lost his gambling lience Sam Giancana at CalNevaLodge
Accardo top chief Chicago start from days Al Capone.
The case try theorize is that Karpis knew mafia men all over .
Supposedly Bruce Davis in Lake Tahoe about same time Ms Lass?
Bruce Davis was mechanic for manson familySpahn/BarkerRanch.
Bruce Davis met Charles Manson about september 1967.
Charles Manson didnt leave San Francisco til November 1967.
Charles Manson got a bus which was refurbished fixed by Davis.
Bruce Davis was close to sue Atkins during the time with Manson.
Sue Atkins came to San Francisco 1966-7 during time met Manson.
So theory is Bruce Davis lived with Manson at his place SanFrancisco.
All have to do is read online websites to learn the facts for yourself.
Charles Manson at Terminal Island mid 1950s &1966-1967.
Charles Manson released March 21,1967 allowed live San Francisco.
Charles Manson residences: 616 Page St & 636 Cole Street.
Charles Manson chance meeting fellow prisoner Alvin Karpis'
Alvin Karpis wrote in his book ,a kitchen job that got Karpis a beautiful boy-lover
(""China Doll""), all the home-brew he could drink, plus steaks and hams; and teaching
young Charles Manson how to play the guitar he felt sorry for him . All in all, as Karpis says,
""empty, futile experience....Karpis gave Manson contacts out of prison.
Charles Manson life behind bars he was associated with mobsters & mafia.
Alvin Karpis was at Alcatraz he knew Whitey Bulgar and Anglin/Morris .
Alvin Karpis in Alcatraz aug 1936 to apr 1962 sent Mcneil &Terminal Island.
Alvin Karpis wrap sheet his life allowed him to be acquainted other mob guys.
Sure Seems like Charles Maddox Manson learn his ways from prisoners .
Charles Manson pimp his Followers manipulated them do sick nasty bad criminal things.
Connect DOTS may come up with connection of all of them lead to answer?

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