Post by Mitchell on Apr 29, 2017 9:42:14 GMT
You attempt to know my position and make my argument for me. Who are these people you reference? I have never come across anyone that held the view you propose outside of what has been the reported opinion of the local Riverside investigators.
I don't speak for anyone but myself. I doubt the Riverside connection because there is no proof it exists. The desk-top poem is trivial junk that has nothing to with anything. The handwritten letters are different. Z never typed a letter like The Confession. Regarding the MO, Z never attempted ruse by disabling a car. He always came prepared. He gave himself every advantage. Unsuspecting kids in a car blinded by flashlight in a remote location. Unsuspecting couple in an isolated location held at bay with gun and tied with pre-cut cord prior to being stabbed. Seated behind unsuspecting cab driver armed with gun.
Fighting a woman in a parking lot armed only with a pocket knife is a far cry from the planned attacks orchestrated by Zodiac.
This doesn't mean that Zodiac couldn't be involved in some way. There is simply a lack of conclusive evidence suggesting his involvement. If an investigation into a suspect were to organically lead to Riverside, that's one thing, starting in Riverside with so many question marks regarding the linkage is another thing all together. It erects hurdles where there need be none.
So, in my opinion, including Bates as a victim hurts the case more than it helps. However, if one were to look at Bates murder as a stand alone event and develops a suspect free of any Zodiac related bias, that would be worthwhile and could potentially lead somewhere.
We now know this was complete and utter nonsense because DNA testing has broken their myth. Cherri Jo Bates deserved better than that mess up investigation. To be honest the Bate's family should just walk straight into the Sheriff's office and take their badges. They focused on the wrong person and still today have it wrong, despite science telling them they are wrong. Explain that?
The Zodiac is a textbook example of MO changes and evolution of MO/signature. So trying to corner him into a certain behaviour, especially at the start of his crimes, isn't going to work. In fact your own descriptions demonstrate that as such. Zodiac shot and stabbed. As for never typing, the Bate's family received handwritten notes like - Bates had to die, there will be more. As for not doing anything to people' automobiles - you have Kathleen Johns, who pointed out the man who drove her around was the same as the man in the Stine composite. Her car had been tampered with.
As for rejecting the desk poem... I can understand why you want to do that, because if anyone asks the simple question - 'Okay, who was writing creepy poems in the library at this time, the answer is ... Ross Sullivan.
The murder of Bates and the attack at Berryessa had nothing in common. Bates was engaged in a physical confrontation wherein a pocket knife or some other short bladed implement was used. Berryessa features isolated victims, a costume, a gun, a long sheathed blade similar to a bayonet, pre-cut clothesline, etc... Beyond that, no one knows but Zodiac himself where he started. It you want to say he killed Bates you better provide some proof. The burden is yours.
I referenced the handwritten letters.
There isn't any proof Johns was targeted by Zodiac. Her story doesn't even make sense.
You don't know who all was writing what at RCC. Ridiculous.
No offense, but are you a young person. Just curious based on your username.
