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THE MISSING DARRON GLASS

5/12/2020

 
PictureDarron Glass
Darron Glass (10) was last seen at approximately 4:00 pm on September 14th 1980, having left the house at 2289 Memorial Drive SE, Atlanta, Georgia, where he lived with his foster mother Fannie Mae Smith. Shortly after Darron had left the house she received an emergency phone call from a person claiming to be Darron, who abruptly hung up before she could speak. Young Darron Glass has never been seen or heard from again. His case was considered part of the Atlanta child murders, in which Wayne Bertram Williams was attributed responsibility for 18 child victims. He was additionally found guilty for the murder of two adult victims, Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater. 

On March 2nd 1981, a business reply envelope postmarked Cleveland, OH, was mailed with the message "Please stop forced bussing or I will kill 3 more black boys in Atlanta in March". It is believed that the author was also responsible for the letter mailed six days later.

The Zodiac Killer, or somebody claiming to be the Zodiac Killer, would mail a communication on March 8th 1981 to the television station WXIA-TV "11 Alive" at 1611 West Peachtree Street, 30308, insinuating it was he that was killing all these "little people". The author stated:

Hello its me. Haven't you people figured out who is killing these little people yet. I'll give you a hint, I used to be in San Francisco. I used to stalk women, but I like to kill children now. At all my victims bodies I have left certain clues, but I guess it's too much for you Rebels to handle. So I guess I'll have to tell you. I'll (to) kill children because they are so easy to "pick off: Buy the way, if you still have letters from the other murders, I am not writing in the same hand writing. 

On March 18th 1981, a letter addressed to the "Editor of the Washington Post" was received (but postmarked February 17th from Prince George's County, Maryland), claiming to have information on the Atlanta killings, and requested that the editor place an advertisement in the newspaper stating "Daniel Please Call Home", after which, the writer would initiate further contact with the editor of the Washington Post. Three communications in close succession that may be from the same author, or quite possibly the Zodiac Killer. The message "Daniel Please Call Home" appears to be an appeal for a male to make contact. If the named person in the communication is a missing person, then the request is either an innocent appeal, or a sinister taunting. If the author claimed to have information on the Atlanta killings, yet didn't initiate later contact with the editor of the Washington Post, one could assume malintent.

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Darron Glass is the only child listed in the victims of Wayne Williams whose remains have never been found - so is effectively still missing. The newspaper clipping on the right is from the Indianapolis Star on November 29th 1980, stating: Darron Glass, one of four missing black children who have been the subject of widespread searches here, may have tried to contact his foster family recently, police said Friday. "We are investigating someone calling the foster parents and hanging up", said Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown. 

Bearing in mind the suspicious phone calls regarding Darron Glass and the headline in the newspaper of "Child may have tried to call home", it puts a new light on the trinity of potential Zodiac communications above - particularly the last one. The March 18th 1981 letter to the "Editor of the Washington Post" requested an advertisement be placed in the newspaper, stating "Daniel Please Call Home". Because the author of this letter mentioned the Atlanta killings, it is my contention the message should have read "Darron Please Call Home". 

If the person who contacted the Washington Post by letter was just a helpful citizen, did he accidentally get the name incorrect, using "Daniel" instead of "Darron". Or was this person responsible for the other two letters on March 2nd and March 8th, thereby giving a sinister and mischievous element to the March 18th 1981 appeal.

When we consider that the author of the March 18th 1981 letter claimed he had information pertinent to the Atlanta murders, and place this alongside Darron Glass, the missing boy from Atlanta, it isn't too difficult to reach the conclusion of a message that should have read "Darron Please Call Home". When you add in the newspaper headline on the right and the sinister phone calls, then a whole new line of investigation opens up in the case of the missing Darron Glass.  

Shawn
5/12/2020 10:25:21 am

I think when Zodiac talked about picking off the kiddies as they come bouncing off the bus as some type of sniper attack.

His M.O. never seem to be personal except for maybe LB.

To me, I cannot see Zodiac evolution devolve to killing children and disposing of body. Zodiac only mentions of killing children came in the Stine letter where he left with a bang including Stine shirt. He threw everything into that murder and following letters as the shirt made him very legit with plenty of respect from police who started following school busses.

Writing a letter with a threat or taking credit is another thing.

Richard
5/12/2020 11:01:24 am

But was Zodiac anywhere near Atlanta in 1981, or do we have another mischievous individual mailing hoax letters?

Rubislaw 32 link
5/12/2020 12:15:05 pm

I suspect that the March 1981 Atlanta letter , follows on from the May 1978 letter , in this respect Richard :

That the Zodiac has elected , initially at least , to write letters over a slightly rough surface , to give the handwriting a '' jarring '' quality .

Then , may have written over the handwriting again , to make it look clearer . Or , the FBI may have performed the second procedure , themselves , for the purposes of quality copies .

Rubislaw 32 link
5/12/2020 05:25:01 pm

In the Zodiac's letter , dated October 14th 1969 , he talked about '' ...pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out .''

Then we are confronted with this Atlanta March 8th 1981 letter with , perhaps , a reminder of what the Zodiac had in mind : '' ...kill children because they are so easy to pick off...''

Moving forward to 1981 , the associations with Atlanta , known as '' The Black capital of America '' , seem all too in evidence ( ? ) .

The repetition is there , in correspondences , with '' pick off '' , but in 1981 the Zodiac assigns the word '' children '' as if more respectful of the subject matter .

But , does he really ?

One is tempted to think that the Zodiac actually has the offensive noun '' Piccaninny '' in mind , meaning a small black child .

Scott Norton
5/12/2020 03:45:30 pm

"He had threatened to run away before his disappearance and had done so in the past." One wonders if he is a legitimate Williams victim or a victim period. Very interesting line of inquiry.

YourSecretPal
7/9/2020 12:39:22 am

Don't forget "The Ghost Killer Poem" also alluded to the Zodiac having ties to The Atlanta Child Murders, and knowledge of some of the cases...


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