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THE FORGING OF A KILLER

11/4/2012

 
It was to become a long and tortuous road from boyhood to manhood for Donald Lee Bujok, born in Roundup, Montana on July 6th 1936, for a child that never grew familiar with the concept of fair play from the outset. Due to circumstances beyond his control, the future that lay ahead of him even he probably never dared to comprehend, as he wiled away his time near the banks of the Musselshell River - and in a state synonymous with mountain peaks, the fall awaiting the young Bujok was about to become dramatic to say the least. Donald Lee Bujok was afflicted early on in his life with a pronounced speech impediment, and with schoolchildren not always understanding or compassionate to such problems, it resulted in persistent bullying that only served to marginalize him on his first tentative steps into adulthood. An isolation and rejection that would eventually manifest itself in the most brutal way.
PictureUndersheriff Otto S. Fossen (65)
With his court appointed attorney, John D Gillan standing beside him, Bujok, now 21 years of age, received a murder in the first degree life sentence from District Judge C. B. Elwell for the unprovoked and senseless slaying of Undersheriff Otto S. Fossen (65), gunned down by five bullets to the neck and chest as he was beaten to the draw near Joplin, Northern Montana on October 5th 1957 at 9:30 am, when he stopped a hitchhiker over an abandoned car. After the murder, Bujok then attempted his bid for freedom in Fossen's car - after which, an intensive yet brief manhunt ensued, before the suspect was finally cornered by a group of law officers hiding in a restroom north of Chester. With no possible escape from his pursuers and heavily outgunned, Donald Lee Bujok's days of freedom were about to come to an end.

Donald Lee Bujok, a former army veteran and railroad worker, uttered the words "Guilty your honor", before being led away to serve his time in Old Montana State Prison - that became forever etched in the public psyche for the infamous Jerry's Riot that took place on 16th April 1959.

Deep inside the Montana walls of correction, it appeared that Donald Lee Bujok was learning little of value, becoming a disciplinary problem, while surrounded by hardened criminals of an even less forgiving nature than the schoolchildren that preceded them. But it was the writings of another prisoner, Edward Wayne Edwards, which suggested that the man who started life ridiculed on an almost daily basis, was starting to forge his own manifesto of evil. Edward Wayne Edwards would later reveal in his book Metamorphosis of a Criminal that "An inmate who particularly stood out in my mind was the man who killed a deputy sheriff. When the posse found him hiding out in an outhouse, he told them "You can't convict me because I swallowed the evidence." He had swallowed the bullets. This demented individual showed an overwhelmingly interest in science fiction and Egyptian literature. He believed that anyone he killed would be his slave in the next life. He was generally disliked and distrusted by the other inmates. I personally felt that he was one of the most deranged and potentially dangerous persons in the prison. You never knew when he was going to erupt. ​Unfortunately, this inmate idolized me, for the simple reason that I had earned the respect of the population- something, deep down, he desperately wanted to do. He had an uncanny knack for making your skin crawl. Today, when I think about all the different types I met in that excuse for a penitentiary, this man remains my most uncomfortable memory".

Donald Lee Bujok served only eleven years of a life sentence, before being released from Old Montana Prison on December 17th 1968. Three days later, the Zodiac Killer announced his arrival to the world as the lonely turnout on Lake Herman Road would testify to, one dark night in Northern California. Kevin Robert Brooks believes that the young man taunted as a child, hardened in the walls of confinement and further isolated from the clutches of reality, had now embarked on a mission of evil from which there was no turning back, with his collection of slaves for the afterlife now underway.

PictureDonald Lee Bujok. Picture courtesy of Kevin Robert Brooks.
David Van Nuys, co-author of the book This is the Zodiac Speaking, parallels the timeline of the Zodiac with ever increasing thrill and risk, that manifests itself in many serial killers. With the use of a .22 handgun in the Lake Herman Road murders, to a 9mm Luger in the Blue Rock Springs attack, followed by the costume driven close-quarter attack at Lake Berryessa and finally the murder of Paul Stine in the built-up area of Presidio Heights, it was evident that the Zodiac Killer was becoming more daring.

However, the day the killer shuffled away from the crime scene at Washington and Cherry, may have been indicative of a man whose failing health was to finally curtail his brief but deadly reign of terror. Since that day, the Zodiac Killer bombarded the newspapers with a multitude of letters, ciphers and postcards in order to keep his legacy alive, and possibly inherent of a man that yearned the attention he so clearly lacked during his formative years. But is that life that of Donald Lee Bujok?.

Fingerprinting has since ruled out Donald Lee Bujok to those held on file, after samples sent to the investigatory bodies by Kevin Robert Brooks apparently failed to provide a match - as it has done so for many previous suspects before him. It appears that DNA could be the final hope for this 20th century crime in becoming a 21st century resolution. But the wait continues.

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Newspaper article courtesy of Kevin Robert Brooks
Harry Horton
12/18/2012 02:30:45 pm

How did he get out of prison in 11 years? He had a life sentence and you say he had many disciplinary actions against him and he spent time in "the hole"? Also, how did a man get to California in less than 3 days after spending 11 years in prison? Doesn't that seem improbable?

Kevin Robert Brooks
12/19/2012 01:50:52 pm

The tongue is such a powerful part of the human anatomy. It is so potent, in fact, that the Bible declares that the tongue has the power of life and death (Proverbs 18:21).

Doesn't seem possible? You better read up on your serial killers Carey! Many travel great distances for a kill; Ted Bundy for one. What you don't know is this man was severely ill and we have the answers that I will not share at this time. But I will tell you, he had family in California very close to Vallejo. I will tell you he wrote over 30 letters to his home town newspapers and we have some of his personal letters. I will tell you that he spoke with the unusual speech pattern Bryan Hartnell witnessed. He walked with a shuffling lope; as Patrolman Donald Fouke described. He was also very good with a gun, was in Deer Lodge Prison, never married, ex-military and he had killed before. This man had the saddest life I have ever been witness to. Think again when you pick on Dennis Kaufman or Mr. Horan or anyone else as the damage you all inflict might really hurt someone. Do you not get that? Grow up! And yes we know why he was let out in 11 years. Yes, he did spend time in the hole for his role in the 1959 riot known as 'Jerry's Riot' . A book written by my friend Kevin Giles is simply awesome! Inmates were tortured in Deer Lodge Prison. Donald LeeBujok gave to the world what he received. Your post shows just how little you really know about the human condition.

Kevin Robert Brooks

Kevin Robert Brooks

Charles Pruett link
7/24/2020 07:47:37 pm

Kevin is correct here in regards to persons traveling great distances to kill. The old "rules" here are commonly misquoted and wrongfully adhered to.
Israel Keyes, occasionally referred to as the “Alaskan Serial Killer,” meticulously planned his killings well in advance, once using a murder kit he prepared two years ahead of time, planting the kit where he could get to it once he arrived at his chosen kill location. Keyes killed in several states, intentionally to avoid police detection. Once, after taking a plane, Keyes drove 1,000 miles from Chicago to Vermont to commit (Currier) murders. He admired Ted Bundy. Keyes had no particular victim “type.”

Rich
12/19/2012 01:48:53 am

Answer 1.He was released.May'be the latter half of his sentence his behaviour improved,probably being confined in the hole worked.
Answer 2.He drove.After all money is no object if you steal a car,which he had previously done.
Answer 3.Improbable does not equal impossible.At a distance of 1100 miles this can be achieved in two days hard driving.
Footnote:I remain impartial,but you did ask,so I replied.

Harry Horton
12/19/2012 02:19:17 pm

Quoting the bible now? Really? When have I ever picked on DK? I just asked questions here. You are the one name calling and telling me to grow up. No better answer than the "we have the answers I will not share with you". Your book, if it ever comes out will be doubted by most. It seems you do not have the concrete evidence most people are looking for to close this mystery out. Sorry you do not like questions and feel the need to be nasty, you obviously think you are an authority on the Z mystery and that is just sad. So when is your book coming out? Who is the publisher? Where are all those producers for tv shows you claimed were contacting you? Is this going to be a self published book? Seems like if it was solving the case some publisher would have scooped it up? You said we would have a book by the end of 2012? Where is it?

Kevin Robert Brooks
12/21/2012 12:35:17 pm

It will be there for you Carey and I will even sign it for you with a smiley face! It will not self published as my co-author already has a publishing house. Very hard to sell this to many Carey; as so many have made fools of TV Stations with stories that go nowhere. I had to get with ex-LE Officials who had some clout as I am just a teacher and a musician.

Harry Horton
1/12/2013 03:14:13 pm

But you claimed that producers were contacting you? What happened to that? Did your nephew get on your computer again? Why not tell the publishing house if it is already being published? Why not share partners names? Keep digging that hole Kevin, it will just get deeper.

Carol B
2/18/2013 06:15:06 am

Wow, how we argue! Just a question or two on Bujok:

1) Is he still alive and, if so, is he incarcerated?
2) If Bujok were to be our man, this means that we are ruling out the murder of Cheri-Jo, which I thought The Zodiac had confessed to.

No picking faults or trying to debunk you here, just genuine curiosity.

Carol B
2/18/2013 08:25:38 am

Scratch that, it seems he died in 1993 in or nr his birth town. Sorry to run over old ground.

Richard
2/19/2013 02:52:59 am

I believe a lot of the Zodiac correspondence should be taken with a heavy dose of salt. The Zodiac was an egotist and killer, not one to be trusted at 400 paces and he contradicted himself many times.


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