IT IS A RIDDLE WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY INSIDE AN ENIGMA. WINSTON CHURCHILL

ZODIAC KILLER PAGES

PERHAPS THE LAST PICTURE TAKEN OF CHERI JO, IN THE VERY LIBRARY SHE CAME FROM THAT FATEFUL NIGHT.

CHERI JO CHECKED OUT SOME BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY AT 6:00 P.M. WHEN IT CLOSED FOR THE EVENING AND THAT IS THE TIME GIVEN BY THE POLICE AS THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.     I WOULD THINK IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT HER ATTACKER WOULD MAKE SO PUBLIC A MOVE AT SUCH AN EARLY TIME OF DAY.     THE STYLE OF ZODIAC WAS LATE NIGHT AND ALMOST ALWAYS ON A FRIDAY OR WEEKEND.     DURING THE ATTACK THE KILLER PRESUMABLY LOST A WRIST WATCH....A TIMEX AVAILABLE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE MILITARY AND ULTIMATELY ALMOST DEFINITEVLY TRACED TO BRITAIN.     THE SHOE PRINT FOUND AT THE SCENE WAS MADE BY A SHOE MANUFACTURED BY FEDERAL PRISONERS FOR THE MILITARY AND WAS SOLD AT  NEARBY MARCH AIR FORCE  BASE THROUGH THE PX.     ACCORDING TO THE POLICE IN A STATEMENT MADE NEARLY 6 MONTHS AFTER THE FACT THERE WAS INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE "CONFESSION" THAT WAS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN AND THIS LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH WHEN HE CLAIMED HE HAD KILLED CHERI JO BUT IF WE EXAMINE THAT CONFESSION LETTER WE FIND NOT MUCH "UNKNOWN' INFORMATION.     THE LETTER IS REPRODUCED BELOW AND ASIDE FROM THE PULLING OF THE COIL WIRE THERE IS PRECIOUS LITTLE THAT HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OR SPECULATED ABOUT IN THE NEWSPAPERS.     MANY PAPERS HAD CLAIMED THAT THE 'DISABLING' OF THE CAR WAS THE COIL OR CONDENSER MISSING BUT EVEN A CASUAL KNOWLEDGE OF AUTO MECHANICS WOULD INDICATE THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY UNNECESSARY AND UNLIKELY.

DETECTIVES POINT TO THE TIMEX WATCH...STOPPED AT 12:23

IT IS GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ALTHOUGH THE WATCH STOPPED AT 12:24, THE MURDER OCCURRED MOST LIKELY ABOUT 10:30     ALMOST A MONTH LATER ZODIAC SENT 3 LETTERS....1 TO MR. BATES, 1 TO THE RIVERSIDE POLICE AND ONE TO THE NEWSPAPER.     EACH NOTE SAID SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME THING... 2 SAID..."BATES HAD TO DIE.THERE WILL BE MORE" AND 1 SAID..."SHE HAD TO DIE. THERE WILL BE MORE.."

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