NONE DO THE JOB FOR ME.
THEY ARE EITHER TOO DUMB OR TOO SMART.
TOO TALL OR TOO SHORT OR JUST TOO FAR OUT OF THE LOOP TO GENUINELY CONSIDER.
THERE ARE HOWEVER CERTAIN 'QUIRKS' ABOUT THE ZODIAC CASE THAT ARE TROUBLING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING....EVEN TO THIS DAY.
THEY FALL INTO 4 CATAGORIES.
1. WHO THE HELL WAS HE?
EASY QUESTION BUT I FEAR WE WILL NOT LIKELY KNOW IN THE NEAR FUTURE UNLESS SOME NEPHEW OPENS GRANDAD'S LOCKED CHEST IN THE ATTIC AND DISCOVERS THE MISSING SECTION OF PAUL STINE'S BLOODY SHIRT OR SOMETHING EQUALLY INCRIMINATING......I WONDER WHAT HE DID WITH THE GUNS HE USED....HMMMMMMMM..
2. THE CIPHERS THAT REMAIN UNSOLVED. ARE THEY GENUINE OR ARE THEY JUST A JUMBLE OF LETTERS AND SYMBOLS DESIGNED TO INFURIATE US AND NOT TO BE SOLVABLE?
I, PERSONALLY THINK THAT THEY ARE GENUINE BUT THAT IN AND OF THEMSELVES THEY WILL NOT LEAD US TO ZODIAC BUT TO ANOTHER SET OF CLUES AND SO ON.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE WILL EVER CLAIM THE CROWN OF NOTORIETY FOR HIMSELF...BY WORD OR LETTER.
HE IS, AFTER ALL, ESSENTIALLY A COWARD.
3. THE PAUL STINE MURDER IS A DEFINITE CONUNDRUM.
ON THE ONE HAND IT SEEMS TO BE COMPLETLY ILLOGICAL AND ABSOLUTELY NOT WITHIN THE 'RISKABILITY ZONE' THE ZODIAC ASSIGNS AND DESIGNS FOR HIMSELF YET IT IS UNDENIABLY THE WORK OF ZODIAC SO THERE MUST BE AN EXPLANATION.
I HAVE OUTLINED, IN SOME DEPTH IN THE UPCOMING SECTIONS, WHAT I FEEL IS THE MOST LOGICAL ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
AS SHERLOCK HOLMES SAID...."ONCE YOU ELIMINATE THE IMPOSSIBLE, WHATEVER REMAINS, NO MATTER HOW IMPROBABLE, MUST BE THE TRUTH"
I THINK THE ANSWER IS NOT TO LOOK FOR WHO THE ZODIAC COULD BE BUT RATHER TO LOOK FOR WHO HE COULD NOT BE.
I STILL FEEL THAT THE MILITARY ...AT THE TIME...COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE CHECKED ON THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF PERSONNEL OUT OF THE PRESIDO.
FIRST IT WAS A MAN SO WOMEN PERSONNEL CAN BE ELIMINATED.
SECONDLY HE WAS WHITE SO OTHER RACIAL GROUPS COULD BE ELIMINATED.
THIRDLY HE WAS 5' 8" -5' 10" SO A LARGE GROUP COULD BE ELIMINATED.
FOURTHLY HE WAS OVERWEIGHT...
FIFTHLY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM THE BASE AT CERTAIN DAYS AND NIGHTS.
LASTLY HE WOULD NOT LIKELY HAVE CLOSE FAMILY TIES OR CLOSE FRIENDS...ETC...ETC...
IF THIS HAD BEEN DONE AT THE TIME I BELIEVE THEY COULD HAVE IDENTIFIED HIM.
IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THEY DID DO THIS AND HE WAS IDENTIFIED OR CLOSE ENOUGH TO SCARE HIM OFF HENCE THE HALT IN THE KILLINGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PAUL STINE .
4. THE RADIAN MENTION.
ZODIAC MENTIONED PLANTING A BOMB ON ONE OCCASION AND WHEN THE POLICE DIDN'T PICK UP ON IT FAST ENOUGH HE SENT ANOTHER LETTER USING THE WORD "RADIAN" TO HELP THEM OUT..
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE RADIANS HE MENTIONED ARE THE "KEY" TO HIS CIPHER AND THE HEART OF HIS REASONING.
