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"SOUGHT VICTIM 12"

8/24/2016

 
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Donna Ann Lass (25), born on November 3rd 1944 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was the youngest of eight children who spent her formative years in Beresford, attending Beresford High School and eventually graduating as a registered nurse in 1965. She worked as a private nurse prior to traveling to San Francisco and setting up residence in Balboa Street, before commencing her duties as a Staff Nurse at the Letterman General Hospital in the Presidio. However, her employment at the Letterman General Hospital was short-lived, spanning February 1970 to May 1970, before she took a job at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel and Casino on June 6th 1970. She initially moved in with a couple, Larry and Ann Lowe, before renting her own apartment at 3893 Pioneer Trail at the beginning of September. Six days later she would go missing.
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The connection of Lawrence Kane to Donna Lass, claimed by retired law enforcement officer Harvey Hines, we are familiar with. Lawrence Kane, it was claimed, lived at 217 Eddy Street at the time of the Paul Stine murder. This location is less than a quarter of a mile from the Mason and Geary intersection, the presumed pick-up point of Zodiac on October 11th 1969. Donna Lass moved to Lake Tahoe in June 1970, as did Lawrence Kane, with both ending up working at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel. However, this is not about Lawrence Kane, it is about the connection between Donna Lass and the hotly disputed Pines card mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on March 22nd 1971, the first anniversary of the Modesto abduction of Kathleen Johns.
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This card is regarded a hoax by many Zodiac investigators, particularly puzzling, because it states on the card in pasted lettering "Sought victim 12". This tally of likely only eleven victims and searching for a 12th, is totally out of sync with the rest of Zodiac's correspondence. He had already claimed 12 victims as far back as June 26th 1970 when the Button letter was mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle, along with 13 victims, ranging to 17+ victims, by the time the Los Angeles letter arrived on March 13th 1971. Then, nine days later the Pines card surfaces, searching for 12 victims. The problem we have, is that even a half-decent hoaxer, who knew only the bare minimum about the case, is unlikely to have bypassed at least five pieces of correspondence and the multitude of newspaper articles. This person would have to be the worst hoaxer this side of Lake Tahoe, unless of course, it was the killer and the "sought victim 12" had particular significance. The word 'sought' may be suggestive of a killer that had previously targeted Donna Lass at an earlier time.

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The question is, was Donna Lass targeted specifically by somebody with a grievance, or by a male who had been rejected or "brushed off" as the Confession letter might say? She did after all go missing from her place of work.
The date and content of the Pines card may indicate this very notion. If we look at the Zodiac timeline and slot this card in where it should belong, it would have to come after 11 victims and before 12. ​The 13-Symbol cipher or 'My Name is' cipher was mailed on April 20th 1970 claiming 10 victims, followed by the Button letter on June 26th 1970 claiming 12 victims. Assuming the Pines card was not a mistake by a forger and actually crafted by the Zodiac Killer, it is logical that its meaning must be referring to the time period between April 20th 1970 and June 26th 1970, before victim 12 was confirmed. A newspaper article after the disappearance of Donna Lass stated that "the site depicted on the 'Pines Card' was from an advertisement published last Sunday by several newspapers. It was an artist's rendition of houses among the trees at a Boise Cascade Company project at Incline Village, where construction has just begun on the development. While much of the Sierra area is under several feet of snow, Incline Village has only two feet on the ground. Police went to the area to determine if a search is possible". ​Chief Lauritzen added "There's no point to a search at this time. It's unlikely a victim would be uncovered before spring". So its clear that this particular postcard was not designed prior to September 6th 1970, but sometime in the March of 1971. 
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Donna Lass' date of employment by the Sahara Tahoe Hotel and Casino fell in between the dates of April 20th 1970 and June 26th 1970 - she started work on June 6th 1970. The Zodiac Killer may have been targeting Donna Lass when she announced her forthcoming plans to move to South Lake Tahoe. Was he connected to the Letterman General Hospital - the direction he may have been heading after the murder of Paul Stine on October 11th 1969? Was he rejected by Donna Lass as an undesirable suitor, or was it simply time to do his 'thing'? Donna Lass, either by necessity or the lure of a better job, prepares her move to South Lake Tahoe and the Zodiac Killer's plans are thwarted.

If the murderer of Donna Lass is the Zodiac Killer (and this is by no means certain), then there is a connection between San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe. There may also be a connection between "sought victim 12" and the time between April 20th 1970 and June 26th 1970 with respect to the Donna Lass move to Nevada on June 6th 1970, to begin her job at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel. If and when the Zodiac Killer decided to make good on his intention to abduct and murder Donna Lass, he would eventually travel to South Lake Tahoe to finalize what he began, then mail the Pines card, pasting the words "sought victim 12", possibly suggestive of a killer who had targeted the young woman several months ago when she lived in San Francisco.   

Alex Lewis link
8/24/2016 07:33:25 pm

Well I was pleasantly surprised the other day to see that A New video had been uploaded on the case in which Kane is one of only Three suspects they take seriously and do so based on the case I make for Kane at my webpage. The evidence they use against Kane in this video (link to follow) is evidence that only appears on My site so it once again reassures Me that the case I present I have done so in a way that I hope does Harvey Hines Proud. I was literally stunned to the core when I realized this new video had been up online One Month and in that time had received a staggering 3.000.000 views. Three Million!! Who said this case will go away any time soon? Zodiac as an unsolved case is more alive today than it was 20 years ago, even if not in official capacity! Link to Zodiac video on Youtube, , ,

https://youtu.be/UzIxYdWVbm0?t=16m16s

Richard
8/26/2016 12:20:33 pm

Completed the new Kane page. If you want any links extra adding let me know.

Alex Lewis
8/30/2016 07:30:49 am

Looks fine to me Rich, and you've stated something that I didn't know in the Kane Article, that being:

"The area that Dana Lull was found is only 14 miles from the location of the Cheri Jo Bates murder, an early crime forever connected to the Zodiac Killer."

Did not know it was that short a distance and never thought to check.

In regard to Kane, I get a lot of emails and questions about Him and don't get me wrong, I appreciate and answer all of them if I can but some questions are 'Out There.'

I'll give you an example. The other week I received a message and question and the person asking was asking Me, quote "Due to you being the Expert on Kane" Followed by the question: "In your opinion, could Lawrence have been able to traverse the banks on Lake Berryessa in His early Eighties and do so unaided? I shall await your answer."

Now I don't mind being the 'Go To' guy for all things Kane, I wrote the site and have researched Him extensively so I have to expect people to ask Me, but while I know much in relation to Mr Kaye, I cannot tell you what color socks He wore on Sept 27th of 69, nor do I know His favorite soft drink.

I mean I had to have a chuckle when I read that question because I was thinking "How and why does this person think I would know the answer to that?" Then I had images of Me standing at the summit of the Bank of Lake B with a stop-watch at the ready and a Zimmered up Larry at the edge with Me ordering "Now Lawrence, on the count of Three, you will go and descend this bank.....If you refuse one more time Larry I warn you, I shall kick you up the rear & you'll go rollling to the bottom. Your choice Lawrence, now Five, Four,Three..." Lol.

Alex Lewis
8/30/2016 03:02:00 pm

Rich you mention Pam Huckaby, Darlene's sister, alleged ID of Kane and I don't know, She may have spoke to Harvey and was shown a line up, but it's actually the other Sister, Linda Bowman, that said picked Kane out of a line up as She stated Dee had physically pointed Him out to Her. It's up to you mate if you don't want to add Linda's ID, but Harvey's 120 page report mentions it. Here's the details of it as I wrote it on My Kane Site. . .

"Det. Harvey Hines visited Linda Bowman, the sister of Victim Darlene Ferrin. Linda confirmed that her Sister was in fear of an older man and that she herself had seen him at Darlene’s work place after Darlene pointed him out. She said Darlene was extremely afraid of this man as she’d witnessed him kill another person. Harvey Hines placed 6 photographs in front of Linda and asked if she recognized any of the faces as being the man Darlene was afraid of. One of the photographs was of Kane. Linda studied them for a few seconds before she placed her hand on one of the photo’s, and pushed it to the side and said as she began to cry: “That’s him, that’s the man Darlene was afraid of.” The photo she picked out was of Larry Kane. To give her claim more credibility she further stated to Hines “I remember his smile, it was strange because it was only on one side of his face, it was like the one side was completely frozen.”

It is important to point out here that the photo Harvey had of KANE was a mug shot photo and Kane was not smiling in this photo so Hines recalls there is no way she could have accurately described this facial paralysis unless she had seen Kane previously and observed him smile. This is absolutely known to be how Kane smiled after the effects Brain Injury He suffered left him Partial paralysis down one side, as can clearly be seen in His drivers licence photo below:"

tm link
8/25/2019 12:27:17 pm

"The area that Dana Lull was found is only 68 miles from the location of the Cheri Jo Bates murder, an early crime forever connected to the Zodiac Killer."

The "Mountain Springs Road" where Dana's body was recovered is actually located between Essex and Goffs, CA. It's a 200 mile drive from the location of the Bates murder.

Richard
8/25/2019 03:27:17 pm

Thanks tm.

Alex Lewis
8/30/2016 07:42:32 am

I see North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has made the news today again. He has had Two of His officials executed by Machine Gun while they were asleep. Do you know the crime these officials had committed? They'd had only gone and nodded off during one the Official Meetings! Kim Jong then waited until they nodded off after the meeting to have them blasted to pieces.

GOOD! So they should be! You can't go having 40 winks in an official meeting, who do they think they are!! Forty winks during meeting = 40 bullets during night. I mean I think Kim Jong is too laid back myself, He should start executing His people if they turn up to a meeting with half a shoelace untied!
I bet His Officials love being under His Dictatorship Rule. I imagine living day to day wondering if it's your turn to be machine gunned to death because you didn't comb your hair in the correct direction must be total bliss!

David Cobb
1/15/2018 09:02:10 pm

The thought that this card was not authentic because the murder count was off. There is another possibility. The murder count is accurate, the card is from the Zodiac. The '12' on the button letter was not the murder count as one would assume, instead it was another clue to the location of the bus bomb. Zodiac was far sharper than he led us to believe.

David Cobb
1/15/2018 10:56:48 pm

The victim count in the bomb diagram letter preceding the button letter is 10. In the last line of text in the button letter the Zodiac claims to have shot a man sitting in a car, that makes 11. Directly below that is the Zodiac symbol with a -12 next to it. We certainly would assume that to be the victim count, given previous letters and the (SFPD=0) right next to it. But given that 'sought victim 12' follows, the Zodiac intended the 12 in the button letter to have a different meaning. Zodiac purposely called attention to this discrepancy by adding the line 'sought victim 12' to the pines card. IMHO Zodiac wanted the bus bomb found as evidenced by him calling out the victim count discrepancy and the 'radians' hint.


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