In 2024 I examined the "Pines" card mailed on March 22nd 1971, and the reasoning behind the inverted text of "around in the snow". Believing that this phrase, coupled with the punch hole, may have given us the directions to the disposal or burial site of Donna Lass, I flipped the postcard through 180 degrees to correct the inverted text and measured the distance (in inches) between the "Sierra Club" pasting (believed to be Clair Tappaan Lodge alongside Donner Pass Road) and the center of the punch hole. Using the same measurement scale as the Mount Diablo map of 6.4 miles to the inch, the distance was approximately 14 miles (see below). The punch hole landed at Lake Spaulding by Emigrant Gap, where the skull of Donna Lass was ultimately found on July 31st 1986 (according to the certificate of death). However, the entirety of the punch hole extended from Lake Spaulding to the Lake Valley reservoir (shown in the second image below)..
THE JAWBONE FOUND ON DECEMBER 31ST 1985 WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE PUNCH HOLE
DODGE CHALLENGER The skull of Donna Lass was discovered in 1986 near the Drum Canal crossing in Emigrant Gap, shown by the red rectangle below. Because the directions given for the skull are less than clear, the location of her partial remains have been estimated as somewhere within this red rectangle at Emigrant Gap. The "Pines" card was mailed just 9 days after the Zodiac Killer sent the "Los Angeles" letter on March 13th 1971.
This communication was mailed on the general US release date of the "Vanishing Point" movie (although it had a limited release in January), which stated "This is the Zodiac speaking Like I have allways said, I am crack proof. If the Blue Meannies are evere going to catch me, they had best get off their fat asses + do something. Because the longer they fiddle + fart around, the more slaves I will collect for my after life. I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there. The reason I'm writing to the Times is this, They don't bury me on the back pages like some of the others". The movie's trailer, released in January, carried the dialogue "They want to get him and put him away, but they'll have to catch him first". "And there goes the Challenger being chased by the Blue, Blue Meanies on wheels". It appears as though the "Los Angeles" letter was partially inspired by the film, mirroring the Zodiac Killer's continued evasion of the police.
The fact that this letter appeared to reference the movie "Vanishing Point", just 9 days prior to the "Pines" card directions to the likely burial site of Donna Lass, who vanished from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino on Sunday, September 6th 1970, I considered the possibility that there was something pertinent in the "Vanishing Point" film that also pointed to the general area where Donna Lass may have been buried (or dumped). The lead character in the film, named Kowalski, met his death in Cisco, California, despite the filming location taking place in Cisco, Utah. The location of Cisco in Placer County is only 5 miles from Camp Spaulding, and just 3 miles from the right edge of the punch hole superimposed on the map. You will notice the close proximity of the punch hole and the location of Cisco to the Lake Valley reservoir. The death of the "vanished" Donna Lass (signified by her skull and deposition site) and the death of Kowalski from the movie "Vanishing Point" can both be shown to be present in this small section of map below. - and pertinent to two communications in March 1971, only 9 days apart from one another. Of all the films the Zodiac Killer could have chosen, he selected one that had its ending just a few miles shy of Emigrant Gap. It may be nothing more than coincidence, but an interesting one nonetheless.
This communication was mailed on the general US release date of the "Vanishing Point" movie (although it had a limited release in January), which stated "This is the Zodiac speaking Like I have allways said, I am crack proof. If the Blue Meannies are evere going to catch me, they had best get off their fat asses + do something. Because the longer they fiddle + fart around, the more slaves I will collect for my after life. I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there. The reason I'm writing to the Times is this, They don't bury me on the back pages like some of the others". The movie's trailer, released in January, carried the dialogue "They want to get him and put him away, but they'll have to catch him first". "And there goes the Challenger being chased by the Blue, Blue Meanies on wheels". It appears as though the "Los Angeles" letter was partially inspired by the film, mirroring the Zodiac Killer's continued evasion of the police.
The fact that this letter appeared to reference the movie "Vanishing Point", just 9 days prior to the "Pines" card directions to the likely burial site of Donna Lass, who vanished from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino on Sunday, September 6th 1970, I considered the possibility that there was something pertinent in the "Vanishing Point" film that also pointed to the general area where Donna Lass may have been buried (or dumped). The lead character in the film, named Kowalski, met his death in Cisco, California, despite the filming location taking place in Cisco, Utah. The location of Cisco in Placer County is only 5 miles from Camp Spaulding, and just 3 miles from the right edge of the punch hole superimposed on the map. You will notice the close proximity of the punch hole and the location of Cisco to the Lake Valley reservoir. The death of the "vanished" Donna Lass (signified by her skull and deposition site) and the death of Kowalski from the movie "Vanishing Point" can both be shown to be present in this small section of map below. - and pertinent to two communications in March 1971, only 9 days apart from one another. Of all the films the Zodiac Killer could have chosen, he selected one that had its ending just a few miles shy of Emigrant Gap. It may be nothing more than coincidence, but an interesting one nonetheless.
Strangely, the main car in the movie was a white 1970 Dodge Challenger, but a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro was used for the explosive final crash scene, resulting in the death of Kowalski. Donna Lass drove a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro.
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