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THE "-- + 6 2 + --" SAN JOSE CODE

12/17/2018

 
THE 340 CIPHER WAS CRACKED ON DECEMBER 3RD 2020 BY DAVE ORANCHAK, SAM BLAKE AND JARL VAN EYCKE, SO THIS EARLIER ARTICLE SHOULD BE VIEWED IN RESPECT TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
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Thirteen days after the Zodiac Killer mailed the 'Dripping Pen' card and 340 cipher on November 8th 1969, another letter and code purporting to be from the Bay Area murderer was mailed to the San Jose Police Department on November 21st 1969, possibly containing a threat on a "widow" in the San Jose area. Both mailings have so much in common, along with the December 7th and 16th 1969 Fairfield letters, which also contained rudimentary codes. The Zodiac Killer wrote the chronological months of his murders at the foot of the 'Dripping Pen' card: "Des, July, Aug, Sept, Oct = 7". Bearing in mind that all but August were accounted for, it is now clear the card was inferring the murders of two young girls, Deborah Gaye Furlong (14) and Kathy Ann Snoozy (15), who were found savagely stabbed on August 3rd 1969 in the Bay Area of San Jose. It is therefore no surprise that his next communication should be focused on San Jose just two weeks later. Below is part of the FBI file revealing some of its contents.

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Placing "November=8" could be viewed as an extension to his "Des, July, Aug, Sept, Oct = 7", indicating he was claiming another murder in November. He also began the communication with familiar words: "There's no doubt I will do my Thing". As the communication was mailed to the San Jose Police Department, we would now have three victims in San Jose to which he was laying claim to. The short code (shown above) was -- + 6 2 + --, containing two dashes either side, two pluses, and the numbers 6 and 2. Both Fairfield letters contained rudimentary codes pertaining to the 340 cipher, as though he was giving us a clue to its design. This may also have been the case when he mailed the Halloween card on October 27th 1970, intersecting the words Paradice and Slaves in a cross formation and writing "sorry no cipher" in similar fashion on the envelope. In fact, the December 16th 1969 Fairfield letter contained a design similar to the Halloween card. The 340 cipher can be shown to accommodate the words Paradice and Slaves, bisecting the cipher horizontally and vertically across its mid-section. This opened up the possibility that the San Jose code was somehow connected to this design. Both Fairfield letters harked back to the 340 cipher, so why not the San Jose code also.  
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The symbols contained in the San Jose code exactly mirror the order shown on the horizontal mid-section of the 340 cipher. The 10th line is where some believe the cipher could be divided, along with the possibility of the word Slaves residing. Not only do the dashes and pluses line up exactly with the San Jose code using the mid-section of the 340 cipher, but the numbers 6 and 2 would slot nicely in between. If we used basic number play, and converted 6 to F and 2 to B, both these letters can be found together on the 10th line also. All six characters from the San Jose code present on the Slaves line of the 340 cipher. 

This may very well be coincidence, but with "There's no doubt I will do my Thing", "November=8" and this correspondence immediately following the 'Dripping Pen' card and 340 cipher, one could argue the Zodiac Killer was dropping us hints to the mechanics of his "crackproof" cipher. Something he would again do with the arrival of both Fairfield letters in December.

The Zodiac Killer could wait only one month after the Button letter, to give us further clues regarding the bomb he claimed to have buried, when he wrote "P.S. The Mt. Diablo code concerns Radians + # inches along the radians". Why should the San Jose and Fairfield letters be any different?   

Richard
12/17/2018 02:48:13 am

Ties in with your FBI or FBY Rubislaw (on 10th line).

Rubislaw 32 link
12/17/2018 03:31:33 am

Thanks for the ''nod'',Richard.Yes,I can't be shifted,on the ''OIFBIO'' solve of that tiny cryptogram....that Zodiac so wanted to be solved,in order to give the FBI,a ''welcoming'' initiation to ''his party''.

'' Eggman - 1,Eggmen - 0 ''.

Courtesy of Mr.Lennon,who was clearly,quite shocked [...with a wry smile...],at fellow musician,Eric Burdon's antics,with eggs and naked women.

Hence,''I am the Walrus'' was born,and all those similarly suited gentlemen of the FBI,came into play.

Glass Onion :

''Here's another clue for you all - the Walrus was Paul''

.....and for John,''I am the Eggman - ''they'' are the Eggmen.''

Rubislaw 32 link
12/17/2018 09:06:43 am

To focus,specifically,on a known assessment of elements to the San Jose letter,the FBI state,themselves :

''....can be neither proved nor disproved analytically.''

and :

''Such interpretation would be based on inference drawn from the date of the postmark and not from cryptanalytic examination.''

So,effectively,no endorsement of any description.

We are on our own,though not that much to examine [?].

When we see ''November = 8'',how are we ''not'' to interpret it,then,any other way,than ''November equates to the number 8'' [?].

And,given ''we'' now have a bit more hindsight,than the FBI had then,it is palpably obvious that Zodiac is claiming 8 murder victims,up to and including,the month of November [1969].

And further,if we examine Zodiac's postscript claim,in the Dripping Pen Card,we see :

Des,July,Aug,Sept,Oct = 7

''Desecration,July,Aug,Sept,Oct, equals 7 victims''

''Damage inflicted for the four months stated,equates to the number 7''

So :

As of November 8th 1969,Zodiac is claiming 7 murder victims.

And :

As of November 21st 1969,Zodiac is claiming 8 murder victims.

Now :

There are reasonably solid grounds for believing that Zodiac had not actually murdered a further person,between November 8th and November 21st......but,it is important that we ''interpret'' specifically,what Zodiac intended to convey.

And,not be put off,by the odd additional and speculative comment,made by the FBI.

[.....'' = '' could represent the number '' 2 ''......what ? !.....]

Rubislaw 32 link
12/17/2018 09:36:15 am

So,setting aside FBI ''finicky'' considerations....and,as you have,in part,alluded to,Richard....Zodiac has clearly got the number 8,starting with the San Jose letter [November = 8]....and carried on,in probability,with the 8 drops of blood [Bleeding Knife]....on his mind [?].

And,with the Belli letter,comes an admission,by inference,that the 8th victim has been achieved.

And further,a selection of an ''8 - Ball'' symbol,for the ''My name is ---'' cipher,could well be,for ''commemorative'' purposes.

''That'' he would not forget [?].

The 8th victim was one that he need not have acquired - but did anyway.

And,as much as he whined and moaned to Melvin Belli...he could not deny the truth,to himself....

He was now,just a sexual and sadistic deviant.

Richard
12/17/2018 11:01:05 am

In a way, he hadn't officially claimed number 8. As you allude the three 8's circled on the April 20th 1970 letter could represent victims 8,9 and 10, which he grouped together. One victim in November or December, and possibly Hood & Garcia in February (or two victims between December 20th 1969 and April 20th 1970. He may in all likelihood have murdered nobody, but was laying claim to specific victims. I personally don't believe he murdered anyone, he has already been found out lying about August, negating the idea all his claimed victims cases are unresolved. We know he was responsible for 5 victims by the end of October-that's it. If he can lie about victim number 4 and 5, which effectively Snoozy and Furlong would have been, he can certainly lie about his so-called victim 8,9 and 10. Victim 8 would really have been victim 6, if we could definitively link him to a particular murder, but unfortunately we cannot. There are possibilities, but that is all.

Rubislaw 32 link
12/17/2018 11:39:25 am

Indeed,Richard....there is a part of me,that thinks that ''No.8'' was a ''phantom'' one,just messing with Zodiac's head [?].

If we accept the San Jose letter,the two forecast cards,and the two Fairfield letters.....this represents a lot of ''hopping about'' for the Zodiac,in the four weeks leading up to the Belli letter....both in a motor car,and in the actual compositions,as tools of extortion.

One way of looking at it is,that Zodiac was,figuratively,running away from ''introspection''.....staying active,and purposeful,in an effort to deny the reality of change,in himself.....the actual attraction to killing,as a ritual.....as opposed to the killing,as part of his terror ''campaign''.

Going back to the Dripping Card,of Nov.8th,he is claiming ''7'',and yet,officially,the number should be ''5''.

What of the ''2'' discrepancy [?].

Personally,I suspect Zodiac,of Domingos/Edwards.

But,I know you remain unconvinced [?].

A bit of leeway then,for debate and discussion .

Richard
12/17/2018 12:06:35 pm

His chronological timeline was Des, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, so it's fairly certain he was beginning with Lake Herman Road. It should have read Des, July, Aug, Sept, Oct=5. Whether he committed the Domingos & Edwards murders or Cheri Jo Bates, it is fairly certain they weren't committed under the Zodiac umbrella. He didn't even use the pseudonym Zodiac in his July 31st 1969 letters, plus he never mentioned June in his chronological timeline. I once considered CJB's murder could have been the second victim in October in the timeline. That has now been put to rest for me anyway, because Snoozy and Furlong made it 7 for him. Had he incorporated CJB in the chronological timeline, then it should have already been 8 by the end of October, which it wasn't. I don't buy the Domingos & Edwards murders as Zodiac, even outside of the Zodiac umbrella. For me, Des = 2, July =1, Aug =2 (Snoozy & Furlong), Sept = 1 and October =1, to total 7.

The main problem for me is Domingos & Edwards were dragged 60 feet or more from where they were killed and stacked on top of one another. This requires a lot of effort and Zodiac never really moved any of his victims (only Paul Stine across the seat). Setting, or attempting to set fire to the shack would only have drawn unnecessary attention, unless you are trying to destroy evidence within the shack. There were boxes of ammunition found with a lot number. I cannot see Zodiac dragging boxes of ammunition with him, when he only needs one gun to kill his victims. We would have to assume Zodiac was already in the shack with his stash of ammo when Domingos & Edwards arrived and just happened to have bindings with him at the time. Then wasted valuable time dragging both bodies in excess of 120 feet uphill to the shack. Then exposing the woman's breasts and wasting more time attempting to burn the shack. To me, it appears like two assailants of relative inexperience, and criminals attempting to destroy evidence, of which Zodiac claimed he never left. I understand the parallels to Lake Berryessa, but for me the crime seems to have been committed by more than one person. So, unless it was a youthful and inexperienced Zodiac working in tandem with others, I don't really consider it too seriously. But respect people who believe the contrary.

Rubislaw 32 link
12/17/2018 12:30:13 pm

Yes,I've seen the ''two perpetrators'' put forward,by a few,including you,on the Domingos/Edwards murders.....and indeed,that interpretation does has its merits.

I can ''see'' a younger,fitter,and even stronger ''Zodiac'',but not with any overwhelming conviction.

There is the ''angle'' on Darlene Ferrin,also.If Zodiac did know Darlene,prior to ''Vallejo''....then when ?

If,like me,one believes that it was,when Darlene went on a hitchhiking ''walkabout'' in southern California,in 1965....then further possibilities emerge.

Yes,I certainly see what you mean about Snoozy/Furlong accounting for a ''7'' faked by Zodiac,that was actually a ''5''.For,of course,Karl Werner killed the two girls.

What we could do,is ask ourselves,whether David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen,really did represent Zodiac's initiation,to manslaughter [?].

I suspect not,but can't possibly know for sure.

Toots
12/17/2018 06:49:42 pm

'62 could be the year he graduated high school

Toots
12/17/2018 07:06:46 pm

On Dec 26, 1620, the Most Prolific Female Serial Killer in History, Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory's crimes and serial murders are uncovered. A countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. She has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history. Together with four collaborators, she was accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls between 1585 and 1610.

Toots
12/17/2018 08:12:53 pm

Something else interesting about the most prolific female serial killer, Countess Bathory, "The Blood Countess", she was born into Hungarian nobility in a land one could call a Paradise of Slaves. The peasants/serfs/slaves were owned by the nobility. Bathory committed over 650 murders.

Rubislaw 32 link
12/17/2018 09:21:57 pm

Just to add a ''little spice'',and naturally I am branching,into the speculative.

This notion that Zodiac may have known Darlene,''pre-Vallejo'' :

Even if we bought into the ''1965'' angle,that doesn't mean ''extra victims''.Darlene seems to have been capable of bending the truth,as much as Zodiac.

But,it is possible [..accepting ''1965''...] that Zodiac decided to take Darlene to a place,and demonstrate,to her,''how he did one before''.

''Curiosity'',I would suggest,is a little bit awoken,with the ''Badlands'' letter.Zodiac started to become philosophical about ''Kit and Holly'',in particular.

Could that couple have resonated with the Zodiac,just a ''smidgen'' [?].


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