In recent days some excellent progress has been made in an often sterile investigation, with ever more avenues hitting blind alleys and dead ends. On the 2nd June 2016 after repeated attempts, Alex Lewis [Welsh Chappie] was able to secure the release of a previously redacted FBI document under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The document was relevant to the brutal murder of Paul Stine at Presidio Heights on October 11th 1969. There were two sightings of the Zodiac Killer that night by [1] The three teenagers who observed Zodiac in and around the taxicab from a residence across the street and [2] Donald Fouke and Eric Zelms, two patrolmen traveling westwards on Jackson Street. From these a description and composite sketch of the killer was generated. But a third sighting lay buried in the FBI Zodiac files, and it is this document that has created a further opening.
The document effectively reads 'Xenophon Lusby Anthony, WMA, DOB 28th February 1931, Resides at 3218 Jackson Street, San Francisco. For Info Ident Division, San Francisco Police Department advised; 8 year old witness in murder of cab driver identified Anthony as possible subject in this matter.'
Of course this doesn't mean the identified man is the Zodiac Killer, all we know is that the 8 year old witness named this subject. The Zodiac Killer exited the taxicab, headed north up Cherry Street and turned eastwards along Jackson Street.
3218 Jackson Street is situated five and a half blocks from the corner of Jackson and Cherry Street, between Walnut Street and Presidio Avenue, approximately 12 minutes walking time from the crime scene. The next task is to examine the wording on the document. Does 'witness in murder of cab driver' mean that the witness was close to the murder scene in progress, or simply a witness relating to the murder of Paul Stine. It depends how you interpret the phraseology. The closer the 8 year old witness was to the corner of Washington and Cherry Street and the taxicab itself, the more relevant this information becomes. A sighting of a man walking somewhere on Jackson Street around the relevant time period may be important, but an identification near to the crime scene, particularly around 9.58-10.00 pm that night is far more substantial.
The logical place to start to investigate this further, was the residence closest and directly overlooking the taxicab crime scene, that of 3898 Washington Street. Had the 8 year old observed the crime from here, then the child was likely only a matter of 20-30 feet away, adding credence to the sighting. This can be achieved by crossing residence records with ancestry, to find out if an 8 year old child was resident at this address on October 11th 1969. This was suggested to Dave Oranchak of Zodiackillerciphers.com, who then took the baton and did an excellent internet investigation to unearth some very interesting details.
Of course this doesn't mean the identified man is the Zodiac Killer, all we know is that the 8 year old witness named this subject. The Zodiac Killer exited the taxicab, headed north up Cherry Street and turned eastwards along Jackson Street.
3218 Jackson Street is situated five and a half blocks from the corner of Jackson and Cherry Street, between Walnut Street and Presidio Avenue, approximately 12 minutes walking time from the crime scene. The next task is to examine the wording on the document. Does 'witness in murder of cab driver' mean that the witness was close to the murder scene in progress, or simply a witness relating to the murder of Paul Stine. It depends how you interpret the phraseology. The closer the 8 year old witness was to the corner of Washington and Cherry Street and the taxicab itself, the more relevant this information becomes. A sighting of a man walking somewhere on Jackson Street around the relevant time period may be important, but an identification near to the crime scene, particularly around 9.58-10.00 pm that night is far more substantial.
The logical place to start to investigate this further, was the residence closest and directly overlooking the taxicab crime scene, that of 3898 Washington Street. Had the 8 year old observed the crime from here, then the child was likely only a matter of 20-30 feet away, adding credence to the sighting. This can be achieved by crossing residence records with ancestry, to find out if an 8 year old child was resident at this address on October 11th 1969. This was suggested to Dave Oranchak of Zodiackillerciphers.com, who then took the baton and did an excellent internet investigation to unearth some very interesting details.
3898 Washington Street. Click photograph to enter Google Maps. The occupant of 3898 Washington Street had four children, the question being, were any of these children 8 years of age on October 11th 1969. There was one, shown here, born on August 4th 1961, aged 8 years and 2 months at the time of the Paul Stine murder. But was he looking out of his window on that fateful night, or indeed, was he the 8 year old mentioned in the FBI document. This has yet to be determined, but nevertheless provides a tantalizing prospect.
Neither of these named subjects can be concretely linked to the Zodiac Killer, only in that Xenophon Lusby Anthony was named in the unredacted FBI document.
What we do know however, is that the 8 year old child was mentioned as a witness in the murder of Paul Stine and had to be reasonably close to the subject to confidently identify him at 10.00 pm at night. But what the subject was doing and where he was, is totally dependent on the address of the 8 year old, or whether the identification was correct.
Thanks to Alex Lewis and Dave Oranchak.
To further discuss this subject visit;
http://www.zodiacciphers.com/welsh-chappie---zodiac-news/eight-year-old-witness-identified-name-release
http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3080
Neither of these named subjects can be concretely linked to the Zodiac Killer, only in that Xenophon Lusby Anthony was named in the unredacted FBI document.
What we do know however, is that the 8 year old child was mentioned as a witness in the murder of Paul Stine and had to be reasonably close to the subject to confidently identify him at 10.00 pm at night. But what the subject was doing and where he was, is totally dependent on the address of the 8 year old, or whether the identification was correct.
Thanks to Alex Lewis and Dave Oranchak.
To further discuss this subject visit;
http://www.zodiacciphers.com/welsh-chappie---zodiac-news/eight-year-old-witness-identified-name-release
http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3080
