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Richard Grinell, Coventry, England
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"STOP LISTENING TO PHONYS"

3/19/2019

 
On July 13th 1971, the Zodiac Killer claimed his involvement in the April 11th 1971 murder of Kathy Bilek, brutality stabbed at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga. The Monticello card also inferred his involvement in the murders of Kathie Snoozy and Debra Furlong on August 3rd 1969 in San Jose. This wasn't the first time he implicated himself in the murder of these girls, and it wouldn't be the last. On April 29th 1971, Karl Francis Werner (18) was arrested for the knife slayings of all three girls, much to the surprise of many who knew him. Karl Werner, a lanky 6'2" freshman at San .lose City College, who worked six nights a week at a hamburger stand, was described by his boss as “very sincere, hard-working, quiet, of good character.” Eve Schulman, 19, a classmate who rode to the campus with Werner each day, called him “the typical boy next door.” She said Werner, a high ranking student in mathematics and physics, who has been constructing a computer as a class project, is “really smart, really neat.”  
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I believe the Zodiac Killer constantly followed the newspapers with respect to the murders he was claiming. He knew that if the police believed he was the likely murderer his reign of terror would be continue, and the newspaper coverage he so badly craved would extend his perceived legacy. The newspaper cutting on the left was authored by Paul Avery (a journalist from the San Francisco Chronicle), and somebody the Zodiac Killer followed closely at the height of his 'reign of terror'. Karl Francis Werner had just been arrested for the murders of the three young girls, and his story was covered by Paul Avery on April 30th 1971 under the title of 'San Jose Student Held in Slaying of Three Girls'. In a revised timeline, I believe the Zodiac Killer responded to this particular newspaper article, when he mailed the '148 Character' cipher to the San Francisco Chronicle, most likely in the May of 1971. 

The newspaper article stated "He was immediately advised of his rights concerning any statements he may make and legal representation to which he is entitled, the detectives said. Werner was then taken to the scenes of the crimes. Late yesterday he was undergoing questioning. The detectives would not reveal what statements, if any, he had made concerning the killings of the three girls". The Zodiac Killer would respond in his decoded letter to the San Francisco Chronicle, warning the police "Tis the Zodiac Speacking. Why can't you stop me. I can't stop killing. Stop listening t(o) phonys. If this is not on your front page in a week I will skin 3 little kids and make a suit from the skin" (coded section).  

He was effectively saying to police who were questioning Karl Werner "stop listening to this phony (impostor, fraud). I am the real killer". In view of the title of this article 'San Jose Student Held in Slaying of Three Girls', it probably isn't too surprising he threatened a further "three little kids" if they didn't print this letter and cipher on their front page. 

He also wrote on the '148 Character' cipher letter "Next time I will send a patch of skin if their is some left over". Bearing in mind the 200+ stab wounds these young girls suffered, this statement doesn't require much explanation. 

Both the Monticello card and '148 Character' cipher inferred a total of 21 victims and had not been publicly released, suggesting they were authored by the same individual.    

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art
3/20/2019 03:14:38 pm

Is this a confirmed Z communication? The handwriting does not look the same at all and the tone/wording has the feel of copy-style..., i.e. substituting 'prized' for 'dangerous', etc

Richard Grinell
3/20/2019 03:57:09 pm

How difficult is it to not only replicate earlier Zodiac communications, but to replicate the Zodiac crosshairs. It is really easy to mimic the basics of the Zodiac letters, all of which this correspondence fails to do.Attempt to copy the Zodiac letters, you are a hoaxer and not the Zodiac. Do not attempt to replicate the Zodiac letters and you are not Zodiac because of the difference. I would argue that the less the correspondence looks like Zodiac, the more likely it is Zodiac. The Zodiac Killer doesn't need to imitate Zodiac, because he is Zodiac. If you were attempting to imitate Zodiac Art, wouldn't you at least try to create his crosshairs correctly. This should tell you everything.

Richard
3/20/2019 09:04:32 pm

Also, the Monticello card was never publicly released, yet this letter mailed at approximately the same time as the Monticello card, exactly mirrored the victim count of 21. The last 'confirmed' letter mailed by Zodiac was the 'Los Angeles' letter claiming 17+ victims, until the 37 of the Exorcist letter. These two happened to state 21, indicating they were by the same person. The theme of the two letters, I believe, are addressing the three murders of Bilek, Snoozy and Furlong.

TommyT
5/23/2019 02:23:49 pm

One thing I have never seen mentioned before was the differences of writing surfaces of where he might have transcribed letters. Ever consider that Richard?? This letters appeared to have been written on an old wooden picnic table, like at LB perhaps ;-)

Richard
5/23/2019 09:15:28 pm

Yes Tommy I have considered it before, but only with respect to the Bates letters because of their haphazard scrawl - although of course we don't know for certain it's a Zodiac crime. Writing on an uneven, less than smooth surface (or different surfaces) would of course ensure an automatic disguise of the writing and explain a variation. But equally would the speed the letter composition or the care taken. The Zodiac may have composed his letters during his recreation time, such as fishing or camping etc, but proving such an assertion is effectively impossible unless he is caught and willing to reveal all.

Rubislaw 32 link
3/20/2019 04:12:34 pm

I think you have pinned a lot on the ''Karl Werner'' factor,entering the Zodiac's train of thought,Richard.

I am close to 100% all the way.

Starting,as a possible explanation for the ''7'' victims,that should have been ''5''....and moving on to the San Jose correspondence,and beyond.

Toschi and Armstrong were,reportedly,looking at the Zodiac as a possible perpetrator of Snoozy and Furlong early on,after their August 3rd murders.And,probably,the Zodiac had something to do with that,by pointing them in a false direction [?].

But,without finding him,the Zodiac,it would have been difficult to take matters further.

Move forward to April 1971,and the murder of Kathy Bilek.Within three weeks,Werner was arrested.And it became apparent that Werner had been living some of his time,in Malborough,MA,discounting him from some of the earlier serious crimes,attributed to the Zodiac.

Then,or then about,the reality that Werner and the Zodiac,were two different people.And this was ''finalised'',with Werner's conviction,in September 1971.

By that time,the Zodiac was no longer regularly corresponding.No doubt,the basket that he had put some eggs in,was laid bare.

The ''Charlatan'' Zodiac,had vacated the arena of extortion.

The Legend Continues!
3/21/2019 05:25:46 am

An obvious fake!


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