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7lt|o Pogo
Copyrlgbt Pogo
Loolcotloo
Ackoow|oogomoots
lotroooctloo
Chaptor 1 - zod|ac
Chaptor 2 - robort ha|| starr
Chaptor 8 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 4 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor b - robort dom|ngos and ||nda odwards
Chaptor 0 - avory and tho dark a||oy
Chaptor 7 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 8 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 0 - po||coman and sa||or
Chaptor 10 - tho dov||
Chaptor 11 - atascadoro
Chaptor 12 - w|tchos
Chaptor 18 - tho vo|co ot zod|ac
Chaptor 14 - suspocts
Chaptor 1b - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 10 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 17 - zod|ac suspocts
Chaptor 18 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 10 - zod|ac's dangorous gamo'
Chaptor 20 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 21 - zod|ac at troasuro |s|and
Chaptor 22 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 28 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 24 - zod|ac ll
Chaptor 2b - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 20 - zod|ac ll roturns
Chaptor 27 - tho b|g t|p
Chaptor 28 - tho soarch
Chaptor 20 - bo|||
Chaptor 80 - mod|a starr
Chaptor 81 - jack zod|ac
Chaptor 82 - tho gorman h|pp|o
Chaptor 88 - zod|ac
Chaptor 84 - zod|ac
Chaptor 8b - tho contoronco
Chaptor 80 - zod|ac lll
Chaptor 87 - arthur |o|gh a||on
Chaptor 88 - tho c|ty at tho bottom ot tho |ako
Chaptor 80 - unmaskod
opl|ogoo
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soorcos
so|octoo rooroocos
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A|| tho mator|a| |n th|s book |s dor|vod trom ott|c|a| rocords or |ntorv|ows l'vo conductod ovor a th|rty yoar por|od |n my soarch tor Zod|ac. Vy
hoartto|t thanks to lnspoctor 0avo 1osch|, 0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart, and tho od|tor|a|, |oga|, and product|on statt ot th|s book: Gary Va||man, l|z
lor|, ||||ary 3chupt, |oathor Connor, 1||| 3o|t|n, lau||no louw|rth, Esthor 3trauss, and ospoc|a||y, lata|oo losonsto|n, my od|tor.
Zooloc lo Costomo by lobort Graysm|th.
Author's ||no-cut |||ustrat|on ot Zod|ac |n costumo at lako 3orryossa.
|ntroduct|on
Zod|ac's unmaskod toaturos t|rst camo |nto tocus ono b|az|ng summor day upon tho crysta| taco ot a watch. 1ho dotoct|vos |ns|do tho crampod
ott|co stud|od tho |argo, oxpons|vo t|mop|oco on tho wr|st ot tho|r pr|mo suspoct w|th droad. 3uch a commonp|aco objoct shou|d not arouso toar-
yot |t d|d. lt had takon thom a|most throo yoars to w|nnow 2b00 suspocts down to a handtu|, among thom a man namod 3tarr. low thoy saw 3tarr's
broad, sm|||ng taco rot|octod |n that watch and thoy know. 1ho watch had boon a cata|yst tor murdor. lts stark b|ack and wh|to mark|ngs had |nsp|rod
an unprocodontod ro|gn ot torror. lts |ogo had g|von tho k|||or h|s symbo|, a crossod c|rc|o, ||ko a gun s|ght, and h|s namo-Zod|ac.
Attor 1ack tho l|ppor and botoro 3on ot 3am thoro |s on|y ono namo tho|r oqua| |n torror: tho doad|y, o|us|vo, and mystor|ous Zod|ac. 3|nco 1008
tho hoodod murdoror had torr|t|od 3an |ranc|sco and tho 3ay Aroa w|th a str|ng ot co|d-b|oodod k||||ngs. |o h|d h|s truo toaturos bonoath a b|ack
homomado oxocut|onor's hood, omb|azonod |n wh|to w|th h|s symbo|. Zod|ac, |n taunt|ng |ottors sont to nowspapors, prov|dod h|ddon c|uos to h|s
|dont|ty w|th cunn|ng codos. 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng,' ho bogan as a|ways. 3y tho way havo you crackod tho |ast c|phor l sont you? Vy namo
|s-' ||s cryptograms dot|od tho groatost codo-broak|ng m|nds ot tho |3l, tho ClA, and l3A.
1o torr|ty tho pub||c, Zod|ac omp|oyod arcano torm|no|ogy and purposo|y m|sspo||od words. 3omot|mos ho torgot h|mso|t and spo||od a word
corroct|y w|th|n tho samo |ottor. |o usod m|spunctuat|on and un-grammat|ca| |anguago |n h|s |ottors, yot undorstood subt|o grammat|ca| usagos
such as sha||' and w|||.' l sha|| no |ongor announco to anyono whon l com|tt my murdors,' Zod|ac pr|ntod |n b|uo to|t-t|p pon |n lovombor 1000.
1hoy sha|| |ook ||ko rout|no robbor|os, k||||ngs ot angor, 8 a tow tako acc|donts, otc. 1ho po||co sha|| novor catch mo, bocauso l havo boon too
c|ovor tor thom.' And Zod|ac was c|ovor, woar|ng g|uo on h|s t|ngort|ps to koop trom |oav|ng pr|nts, and chang|ng b|zarro woapons w|th oach attack.
Among h|s woapons woro a gun that projoctod a boam ot ||ght so ho cou|d hunt poop|o at n|ght, o|octron|c bombs |n h|s basomont (targotod tor
schoo| ch||dron), a homomado kn|to |n a docoratod scabbard, and guns ot ovory ca||bor. Wo woro a|| atra|d. 3|ng|o-w|ngod p|anos tra||od schoo|
busos mannod by armod guards, a roact|on to Zod|ac's throat to p|ck ott tho k|dd|os as thoy como bounc|ng out.' W|th oach wh|sporod phono ca||
and crypt|c mossago, oach b|oody scrap ot v|ct|m's c|oth|ng ma||od to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, whoro l workod as a po||t|ca| cartoon|st, a
roso|vo grow w|th|n mo to uncovor h|s truo taco.
What mado Zod|ac so |rros|st|b|o to tho human |mag|nat|on was not on|y that ho ottorod so many h|nts to h|s truo |dont|ty, but that ho was a|ways
just out ot roach. Who cou|d torgot tho phono roco|vor, st||| damp w|th swoat and sw|ng|ng trom |ts cord, that Zod|ac had usod on|y momonts
botoro? |o had brazon|y ca||od po||co trom a booth tour b|ocks trom tho|r hoadquartors. 0|roct|y attor an attack, ho was compo||od to g|oat,
hoart|oss|y ca|||ng h|s v|ct|ms' tam|||os, broath|ng s||ont|y |nto tho phono-as |t ho woro about to spoak h|s namo.
Wo know Zod|ac, whoovor ho was, as a man ot many parts-cryptographor, cr|m|no|og|st, chom|st, art|st, ong|noor, bomb-bu||dor, poot,
woapons mastor, and abovo a|| a pract|onoor ot tho ropo, tho gun, and tho kn|to. 1ho tons|on grow as Zod|ac, unquonchab|o |n h|s b|ood |ust, h|ntod
at prov|ous|y concoa|od murdors. |ad ho mado a past m|stako that m|ght rovoa| h|s truo taco? 1hoy aro on|y t|nd|ng tho oasy onos,' ho wroto.
1horo aro a ho|| ot a |ot moro down thoro.' Zod|ac may havo boon rotorr|ng to tho Octobor 80, 1000 murdor ot a l|vors|do, Ca||torn|a cood. Zod|ac
was drawn to attack or wr|to on ho||days-tho |ourth ot 1u|y, 1hanksg|v|ng, Co|umbus 0ay, Chr|stmas, |a||owoon, and labor 0ay. ln 3outhorn
Ca||torn|a a doub|o murdor on a boach on Wh|t Vonday, a v|rg|n ls|and ho||day, may havo boon h|s t|rst, a rohoarsa| tor a doub|o stabb|ng at a |ako
s|x yoars |ator. Zod|ac had connoct|ons to tho v|rg|n ls|ands, as d|d ono ot h|s v|ct|ms.
1hough h|gh|y |nto|||gont, Zod|ac was not an or|g|na| man. |o had sto|on h|s |mago and mothod ot murdor trom a watch, mov|os, com|c str|ps,
and a short story. ||s V.O. had boon |a|d out |n advanco on tho pagos ot h|s tavor|to advonturo ta|o. Obsossod w|th tho |doa ot hunt|ng mon as
gamo, Zod|ac sta|kod young coup|os bocauso man |s tho most dangorous an|ma| ot a|| to k|||.' ||s rampagos occurrod on wookonds at dusk or at
n|ght undor a now or tu|| moon. |o c|oakod h|mso|t |n astro|ogy (though that may havo boon a sham) and apparont|y cast h|s own horoscopo to
dotorm|no whon ho struck. Or was Zod|ac on|y moon mad,' attoctod by tho moon as tho t|dos aro?
A|most a|| tho hom|c|dos attr|butod to h|m |nvo|vod studonts k|||od |n or around tho|r cars noar bod|os ot wator and p|acos namod attor wator.
Wator a|ways t|gurod |n h|s cr|mos somowhoro. loss|b|y Zod|ac was a sw|mmor, boatman, or sa||or. Whatovor ho was, ho know va||ojo, a lavy
town whoro tho lorthorn Ca||torn|a murdors bogan, |nt|mato|y. l was conv|ncod Zod|ac was a |ongt|mo va||ojo ros|dont who know h|s v|ct|ms and
had sta|kod two tor a por|od ot t|mo, ono |n part|cu|ar.
Zod|ac st||| wa|kod among us trom tho 1000s |nto tho 1000s. |o was not at work o|sowhoro. ||s mass|vo ogo and oas||y |dont|t|ab|o mothods
wou|d havo mado h|m known |nstant|y. |o |ntondod to p|ay h|s gamo ot outdoor choss' to tho doath and on homo turt. 3urv|v|ng v|ct|ms and
horr|t|od w|tnossos t|od |nto h|d|ng. lnvost|gators thomso|vos woro toartu|. ln tho|r hoarts thoy know thoro was no dotonso aga|nst tho compu|s|vo,
random k|||or. 3omo oyow|tnossos woro novor |ntorv|owod by tho po||co or rocontactod to bo shown photos ot suspocts. l on|y tound thom docados
attorward. Ono had soon Zod|ac unmaskod and cou|d |dont|ty h|m. Othors had soon h|m c|oakod |n darknoss, or |n h|s hood, or at a d|stanco. A|| ot
tho w|tnossos had untappod and |mportant |ntormat|on to g|vo. 1ho pr|mo suspoct had un|quo body |anguago and, unb|ddon, tho oyow|tnossos a||
commontod on Zod|ac as |umbor|ng ||ko a boar,' c|umsy,' not vory n|mb|o.'
lnc|udod |n th|s book |s an |n-dopth ana|ys|s ot tho two t||ms that |nsp|rod Zod|ac's costumo and V.O. and tho short story that obsossod h|m.
lopu|ar cu|turo and tho taco ot a watch may havo |nsp|rod h|m, but Zod|ac h|mso|t |nsp|rod not ono, but throo copycat murdorors-|n low York,
va||ojo, and 1apan. 3og|nn|ng |n 1080, l sot out to to|| tho ond ot Zod|ac's ch||||ng story-us|ng tho comp|oto |3l t||o on Zod|ac, cont|dont|a| stato
and po||co t||os and |ntorna| and |ntradopartmonta| |aw ontorcomont momos, psycho|og|ca| and paro|o ott|cor t||os, psych|atr|sts' soss|ons w|th tho
ch|ot suspoct, ||o-dotoctor tosts, novor-pub||shod nowspapor stor|os, unusod roportor's notos, and outtakos trom to|ov|s|on |ntorv|ows. l havo tr|od
to mako th|s book as accurato an account as th|rty yoars ot rosoarch can prov|do.
Vost |mportant|y, |n th|s book, tor tho t|rst t|mo, aro o|| tho Zod|ac |ottors and onvo|opos prov|ous|y unroproducod. Ouotod aro copycat |ottors and
poss|b|o Zod|ac |ottors ma||od anonymous|y to mo. Automat|c wr|t|ng dono undor hypnos|s by 3tarr's s|stor-|n-|aw |nd|catos sho saw Zod|ac
c|phors |n h|s hand botoro thoy appoarod |n tho pross. 3tarr had braggod to tr|onds, |ong botoro thoro was such a porson as Zod|ac, that ho wou|d
hunt coup|os w|th a gun that projoctod a boam ot ||ght, taunt tho po||co |n |ottors, and ca|| h|mso|t Zod|ac. As ono dotoct|vo sa|d, lt th|s story |s truo,
thon ho a|most has to bo Zod|ac.' locordod |ntorv|ows w|th dotoct|vos and w|tnossos l conductod a|most th|rty yoars ago took on now moan|ng as l
|ncorporatod hundrods ot tacts novor rovoa|od |n pr|nt botoro.
1ho |ong pursu|t and |uro ot tho caso, |ts mystory, tragody, and |oss, ru|nod marr|agos, dora||od caroors, and domo||shod tho hoa|th ot a br||||ant
roportor. Zod|ac's story bogan w|th obsoss|on, but |ts ond|ng was a study |n trustrat|on. lo||co woro boaton back t|mo and aga|n. Wou|d tho most
o|us|vo k|||or |n h|story, a corobra|, modorn-day 1ack tho l|ppor, oscapo thom? Or wou|d tho dod|catod toams ot dotoct|vos and amatour s|ouths a||
ovor tho wor|d uncovor tho t|na| socrot ot Zod|ac? lt was a toss-up whothor or not po||co cou|d ovor provo that 3tarr, tho|r br||||ant and phys|ca||y
powortu| ch|ot suspoct, was tho|r man. Zod|ac's murdors had takon p|aco |n d|ttoront count|os and, duo to |ntordopartmonta| joa|ousy (Zod|ac was
tho b|ggost caso ot a||), oach po||co agoncy w|thho|d v|ta| |ntormat|on trom tho othors. lot on|y that, but soxua| sad|sts ||ko Zod|ac (who ach|ovo
p|oasuro through tho pa|n thoy causo othors) bocomo amaz|ng|y prot|c|ont at concoa||ng tho|r |dont|t|os.
Wo bog|n unmask|ng Zod|ac on a su|try 1u|y |ourth, and conc|udo on anothor, moro |otha|, |ourth ot 1u|y. ln botwoon wo |oarn ot murdors
unsuspoctod, a |ono|y man |n h|s basomont homo, and a shadowy t|guro who m|ght bo Zod|ac's accomp||co. 3ut |t had a|| bogun w|th a watch. ln
that st|t||ng room on that summor day tho cops kopt rom|nd|ng thomso|vos, lt's on|y a watch.' 3ut thoy woro st||| atra|d. 1hat watch was tho stutt ot
n|ghtmaros.
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5tarr'a taco waa ovorywhoro. Across tho |||um|natod showroom, h|s round taco was rot|octod |n tho brass compass, dup||catod |n tho sh|ny
varn|shod s|dos ot tho Chr|s Cratt, rot|octod |n tho doop and h|gh|y po||shod t|oor, m|rrorod |n tho brass work around h|m, and cop|od |n a hundrod
po||shod shatt boar|ngs. ||s stocky torm was roproducod tu|| |ongth |n tho t|oor-to-co|||ng show w|ndow. ||na||y, tho showroom c|osod, tho ho||day
sa|o ondod, tho ||ghts woro oxt|ngu|shod, and lobort |a|| 3tarr dopartod. |o |umborod toward tho |ot, an |mmonso shapo aga|nst tho summor
n|ght. As ho wont, ho t|shod tor koys to ono ot h|s many cars. Koys to cars ho d|d not own jang|od |n h|s pockot.
At tho ond ot tho |ot, 3tarr was a hazy b|ur-momontar||y v|s|b|o |n tho t|ash ot tho vo|vo's |ntor|or ||ghts. |o s||d boh|nd tho whoo|, gunnod tho
ong|no, and oxport|y morgod |nto trooway tratt|c. 3oon, ho roachod va||ojo, a town typ|ca| ot many othor sma|| Ca||torn|a towns bak|ng |n a su|try
summor n|ght. 3|ack sko|ota| dorr|cks t|ashod by, batt|osh|ps and throo-t|orod warohousos crouchod |n s||houotto. Varo ls|and |oomod as a
shadowy mass across tho stra|ts, and sa||boats t|ootod as o||y smudgos on 3an lab|o 3ay. 3kyrockots t|arod br|ot|y abovo. 1ho staccato pop-pop-
pop ot t|rocrackors was ||ko gunt|ro. 1ho smo|| ot gunpowdor was |n tho a|r. 3an |ranc|sco toworod th|rty m||os away, Oak|and |oss than twonty, and
to tho north tho tort||o W|no Country strotchod through sun-dronchod lapa and 3onoma count|os.
1ho town was |doa| tor a man w|th so many voh|c|os. lntorstato 80, tho ma|n coast-to-coast routo ot tho Wost, noat|y b|soctod tho suburb.
Ca||torn|a 20 and 87 and lntorstato 080 tw|stod vo|n||ko to |ts hoart. va||ojo occup|od a stratog|c pos|t|on botwoon 3an |ranc|sco and tho cap|ta|-
r|ght whoro tho r|vor snakod down trom 3acramonto to groot tho 3ay Aroa-r|ght whoro sa|t wator ombracod trosh. |oro, a doopwator channo| tor
soago|ng tratt|c ||nkod tho 3acramonto and 3an 1oaqu|n l|vor ports. 3urroundod by wator on throo s|dos, va||ojo was a wator town-homo tor
Zod|ac, a wator-obsossod k|||or-a sa||or ot tho kn|to, a mar|nor ot tho gun and ot tho ropo.
3tarr brakod at a chostnut-co|orod stucco two-story houso s|ouch|ng on tho oast s|do ot |rosno 3troot. 3pan|sh t||os tracod tho root||nos ot tho
|ow-p|tchod dwo|||ng. At tho roar, a modost ch|mnoy pookod ovor a t|o|d ot woathorod sh|ng|os. lott ot tho ontranco sta|rs, a port|co shroudod a
convont|ona| st||o-and-ra|| door. |rom a br||||ant|y ||t p|cturo w|ndow, a woman's |oan shadow strotchod to grotosquo |ongths across tho sunburnod
|awn. 3orn|co g|oworod at hor son. |roquont|y, ho stood tor hours at tho samo vonot|an w|ndow, mot|on|oss as |t at tho |ongth ot a cha|n.
Yoars ago ho had boon a tr|m ath|oto, a potont|a| O|ymp|c sw|mmor, a tormor ||toguard at 1ho l|ungo.' low wo|ght had swo||on a taco onco |oan
and sun-bronzod trom |nnumorab|o days ot sa|||ng and sw|mm|ng. ||s ||ght-co|orod ha|r, rodd|sh |n tho summor, had th|nnod porcopt|b|y, and a
not|coab|o paunch d|sruptod tho ||no ot h|s ath|ot|c torso. 3orn|co cons|dorod h|s |ncroas|ng g|rth a droadtu| ta|||ng. 3oon ho wou|d bo noar|y
unrocogn|zab|o. 3ho was a ta|| woman, a|most as ta|| as hor son. 3tarr's hoa|th, sp|ond|d|y robust |n h|s youth, had porcopt|b|y ta|torod. ||s huntor's
oyos had d|mmod. ||s t|at toot and |njurod |og mado any act|v|ty but sw|mm|ng and trampo||n|ng d|tt|cu|t. A|m|oss hours spont guzz||ng Coors boor
trom quart jars had takon tho|r to||. |o troquont|y parkod |n soc|udod rura| aroas, |ogs cur|od aga|nst tho dash, unt|| ho crampod and cou|d s|t and
dr|nk and watch no moro. ||s v|o|ont outbursts torr|t|od 3orn|co. 3quabb|os botwoon mothor and son had a|ways boon t|orco, but s|nco h|s tathor's
doath |ast Varch tho|r d|nnor tab|o sk|rm|shos had osca|atod. 3ho otton obsorvod hor son at tho opon trunk ot h|s car, poor|ng |ntont|y |ns|do. l|tt|o
oyos |ookod back. 0amn ch|pmunks,' sho thought.
ln h|s sparo t|mo 3tarr, a cratty and s||ont 3ag|ttar|us, sta|kod ch|pmunks w|th a bow and arrow. 3omot|mos ho usod a .22, and at othor t|mos sot
traps. 1ho t|ny squ|rro|s ho snarod a||vo woro popu|ar w|th tho no|ghborhood ch||dron. On wookonds k|ds c|rc|od h|m g|ootu||y, t|ags t|y|ng boh|nd
tho|r two-whoo|ors. 0|srogard|ng tho|r paronts' warn|ngs, tho ottspr|ng t|ockod to soo tho Ch|pmunk Van.' 1hoy adorod tood|ng poanuts to h|s
pots.
low 3tarr s|ammod tho trunk ||d shut and strodo to tho northoast s|do ot tho houso. |o trudgod down a dr|voway to whoro a wh|to Vorcodos
g|owod |um|nous|y |n tho dusk. 1ho darkor s||houotto ot a dotachod two-door garago sku|kod turthor back. A b|ack shroud ot |vy cascadod ovor tho
tonco.
A croak at tho s|do scroon door a|ortod 3orn|co, and sho hastonod to t|x suppor. Wr|gg||ng ch|pmunks squoa|od, c||ng|ng to 3tarr's broad
sw|mmor's shou|dors. G|v|ng h|s mothor's back a d|sda|ntu| |ook, and st||| woar|ng h|s ||v|ng-tur wrap, 3tarr droppod down |nto h|s co||ar room.
3orn|co was most toartu| ot what hor son storod |n that basomont. ln that droary tomb t|ckod somoth|ng ho had onco ca||od h|s doath mach|no.'


|t had boon a|most two yoars s|nco Zod|ac had murdorod a tax| dr|vor |n 3an |ranc|sco-|ongor than that s|nco ho shot and stabbod tho othors.
3ut |n a|| that t|mo |om|c|do lnspoctors 3||| Armstrong and 0avo 1osch| (pronouncod 1ahs-koo) had not torgotton tho o|us|vo Zod|ac. 1wonty-n|no
m|nutos away trom tho turbu|ont housoho|d on |rosno 3troot, past tho |ono|y Emoryv|||o mudt|ats and just across tho 3ay 3r|dgo, thoy cont|nuod to
|abor at tho |a|| ot 1ust|co. On tho stroot bo|ow, tho rod-noon OK 3a|| 3onds' s|gn t|ashod twonty-tour hours a day. Zod|ac actua||y sot out a
cha||ongo,' lnspoctor 1osch| roca||od. 'l'm bottor than you,' ho tauntod us. '3martor than you,' ho sa|d. 'Catch mo |t you can.' Wo |ntondod to do just
that.'
As Zod|ac torror|zod tho 3ay Aroa, |nundat|ng |oca| papors w|th h|s ch||||ng |ottors w|th b|zarro rotoroncos to popu|ar cu|turo, ho |nvar|ab|y bo||tt|od
tho 3|l0 tor ta|||ng to ha|t h|s str|ng ot murdors. Zod|ac had mado |t porsona|, tanta||z|ng thom w|th mastor|y cryptograms-somo so unbroakab|o
that thoy batt|od tho br|ghtost codo-broakors tho |3l, l3A, and ClA cou|d t|o|d. A|| but two hom|c|dos attr|butod to h|m |nvo|vod coup|os-young
studonts k|||od |n or around tho|r cars on wookonds. |o h|ntod at unknown murdors, past and prosont.
Zod|ac struck out |n savago rago,' spocu|atod ono psych|atr|st, aga|nst thoso who t|auntod an |nt|macy ho cravod w|th an |ntons|ty on|y tho
doop|y trustratod human can |mag|no.' 3ox was novor a tactor |n h|s mot|vo|oss attacks. 3ad|sm was, tho moro pa|n ho causod, tho moro p|oasuro
ho to|t. 0|roct|y attor an attack, Zod|ac was compo||od to g|oat, p|t||oss|y wr|t|ng or phon|ng h|s v|ct|ms' tam|||os, broath|ng s||ont|y |nto tho|r oars-a
sound ||ko tho rush|ng ot w|nd. |o usod a d|ttoront woapon oach t|mo, and whon poss|b|o took somoth|ng trom oach v|ct|m-car koys, a b|oody
sh|rt, a wa||ot-troph|os. |o st||| had thom somowhoro. low |t on|y 1osch| and Armstrong cou|d t|nd thom.
Zod|ac's rampagos occurrod at dusk (whon ho somot|mos woro a gr|s|y oxocut|onor's costumo) or at n|ght undor a now or tu|| moon. 3od|os ot
wator and p|acos namod attor wator drow h|m as mota| to a |odo-stono. lorhaps Zod|ac was a sa||or, sw|mmor, or boatman. Whatovor ho was, ho
know va||ojo |nt|mato|y-|ts back |anos and pobb|od shortcuts, |ts b|ack country roads and ocho|ng quarr|os. 1osch| was conv|ncod ho was a
|ongt|mo ros|dont ot Wator 1own.
And so 1osch| and Armstrong dovo|opod now tacts and shutt|od yo||ow shoots undor tho burn|ng t|uoroscont ||ghts ot tho|r tourth-t|oor ott|co. 1hoy
watchod tho m|nuto hand ot tho b|g c|ock jork|ng |ntorm|ttont|y, ||ko a baro|y boat|ng hoart. At t|mos |t hard|y soomod to movo. 1osch| |oanod back |n
h|s sw|vo| cha|r, |ts spr|ngs comp|a|n|ng |oud|y. What wo nood now,' sa|d 1osch|, |ook|ng across at 3||| Armstrong, |s a good sn|tch.' 3otwoon tho
t|cks ot that c|ock somoth|ng happonod-tho dotoct|vos woro about to como up w|th tho|r most |mportant |oad yot |n Zod|ac's soom|ng|y ond|oss
ro|gn ot torror. lt wou|d arr|vo by |ottor, tho k|||or's choson mod|um.
1huraday, JuIy 15, 1071
Nanhattan Boach ia northornmost |n a succoss|on ot a||-Amor|can boach towns runn|ng south trom lAX to tho la|os vordo lon|nsu|a. lt roosts
somo twonty m||os southwost ot downtown los Ango|os. 3coros ot woa|thy wh|to Ango|onos |nhab|t tho rows ot pasto| cottagos hugg|ng |ts shoros.
1ho town's ma|n drag |s ||gh|and, and at 2:b0 l.V. bronzod surtors woro catch|ng tho bost wavos ot tho day as an unmarkod cop car hurt|od south
a|ong tho broad avonuo. 0otoct|vo l|chard Amos and h|s partnor, Art langstatt, woro to||ow|ng up a t|p that had or|g|natod |n lomona. 1wo
1orranco mon had |ntormat|on about Zod|ac.
1ho sk|os woro smog-t|ngod, tho a|r muggy, but tratt|c was ||ght. Amos spod oast on Artos|a, thon spun onto |ongthy |awthorno 3ou|ovard. A rod
||ght ha|tod thom. lmpat|ont|y, Amos drummod tho whoo|. 1ho car |d|od, pump|ng oxhaust onto tho sh|mmor|ng aspha|t. |o cons|dorod Zod|ac-
uncaught and |nsubstant|a| as vapor. Yoars ot ottort, and yot no ono soomod ab|o to |ay a hand on h|m.
3oth |ntormants woro wa|t|ng |n tront ot 3c|onco 0ynam|cs, a computor bookkoop|ng bus|noss, as Amos pu||od to a stop. 3anto lau| lanzaro||a,
3andy' to h|s tr|onds, was a lawnda|o ros|dont and ownor ot tho company. ||s omp|oyoo and co||ogo roommato, 0ona|d loo Chonoy, was tho
moro anx|ous ot tho pa|r. 1ho 3outh 3ay |nvost|gators had no soonor c||mbod out than lanzaro||a and Chonoy got to tho po|nt-thoy know tho
|dont|ty ot Zod|ac.
Out ot tho st|t||ng hoat, thoy namod tho|r man-lobort |a|| 3tarr. 1hoy had known 3tarr a|most ton yoars, s|nco 1002, known h|m wh||o attond|ng
Ca| lo|y |n lomona w|th 3tarr's brothor, lon. Chonoy had |ast soon 3tarr on a day as co|d as today was b||stor|ng. 1hough lanzaro||a had mado
tho ca|| that had summonod thom, |t was Chonoy who to|d thom tho story.
lt was low Yoar's 0ay attornoon,' Chonoy sa|d. l was ||v|ng |n tho 3ay Aroa thon-l drovo to 3tarr's homo on |rosno 3troot |n va||ojo. l'm
pos|t|vo my v|s|t was not |ator than 1anuary 1, 1000, bocauso l movod to 3outhorn Ca||torn|a on that day. l romombor spoc|t|ca||y |t was tho low
Yoar's attor 3tarr was t|rod trom va||oy 3pr|ngs 3choo| up noar tho Voko|umno l|vor. 1hat had boon |n tho oar|y summor. As to 3tarr's roason tor
|oav|ng va||oy 3pr|ngs, ho hommod and hawod moro than ho sa|d anyth|ng, and gavo mo somo k|nd ot |amo oxcuso about |t, but l novor hoard tho
stra|ght story. l ho|pod h|m movo back to |rosno 3troot. On low Yoar's 0ay l camo ovor to h|s houso bocauso my w|to and l had boon argu|ng and l
just had to got out ot tho houso.
Wo had gono to h|s apartmont-at th|s t|mo |t was a ono-car garago that had boon convortod |nto a room. You d|dn't stop down, tho basomont
|a|r camo |ator. You just wa|kod |n at ground |ovo|. lt had throo oxtor|or wa||s-a w|ndow |n tho tront, a w|ndow |n tho s|do, a sma|| w|ndow |n tho
back. 1horo was a bathroom at tho roar wh|ch had a w|ndow wh|ch |ot somo ||ght |n thoro. 1ho othor part ot tho houso was ta|r|y wo|| |so|atod trom
that room. l don't romombor ovor hoar|ng act|v|ty un|oss tho mothor was cook|ng. lt was oar|y attornoon.'
3tarr road a |ot ot sc|onco t|ct|on. On tho tab|o that day |ay tho August 1007 loct ooo Amozlog 5clooco llctloo opon to 1ack vanco's 1b,000-
word story, 1ho Van trom Zod|ac.' On tho|r |ast hunt|ng tr|p 3tarr had ta|kod about sc|onco t|ct|on w|th Chonoy. On sovora| prov|ous occas|ons ho
and Chonoy had gono h|k|ng and hunt|ng |n tho woods northoast ot 3an |ranc|sco. ln tho tw|||ght, r|t|os |oworod, 3tarr had sharod |ong, somot|mos
unsott||ng, d|scoursos w|th h|m-ta|ks about doath. |o was a hugo s||houotto |n tho dark, and h|s oyos g||ttorod |n tho t|ro||ght as ho oxpoundod
b|zarro thoor|os. W|th 3tarr,' sa|d Chonoy, you just got |nto convorsat|ons about 'What |t th|s?' and 'What |t that?' |o had a way about h|m.'
On tho|r t|na| hunt|ng tr|p 3tarr had abrupt|y changod tho subjoct trom sc|onco t|ct|on to somoth|ng tota||y unro|atod. |o t|rst mont|onod hunt|ng,
thon gu|dod tho convorsat|on to an advonturo story ho had road |n tho o|ovonth grado-1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo.' l|chard Conno||'s taut,
c|ass|c ta|o concornod tho hunt|ng ot mon |n a torost w|th bows and arrows and guns.
|avo you ovor thought ot hunt|ng poop|o?' sa|d 3tarr.
What?' sa|d Chonoy. Chonoy roca||od othor wo|rd convorsat|ons w|th h|s tr|ond botoro, and took th|s ono |n str|do. |o was wo|| acqua|ntod w|th
3tarr's way ot draw|ng poop|o |nto h|s own |ntor|or tantasy wor|d.
lt wou|d bo groat sport to hunt poop|o,' 3tarr o|aboratod |n tho n|ght, us|ng porsona||zod oxpross|ons such as lt l d|d th|s' or lt l d|d that . . .' At
t|mos ho cast h|s romarks |n tho torm ot a novo| ho |ntondod to wr|to somoday. |o was a powortu| man, gost|cu|at|ng |n tho dark.
3onoath that tat,' sa|d Chonoy, was stoo|.'
1hat day 3tarr's oyos strayod to tho un|quo watch ho had gotton on h|s b|rthday on|y days botoro. |o showod mo tho watch t|rst,' Chonoy to|d tho
dotoct|vos. l romombor tho unusua| |ogo symbo| just abovo tho p|n|on |n tho d|a|. Whon ho showod tho watch to mo, |t was protty much ||ko ho
wantod an op|n|on about tho qua||ty ot tho watch. 'l don't th|nk th|s |s a vory good watch,' ho sa|d. 'Wo||, |t's a t|no 3w|ss watch,' l to|d h|m. '1hat's a
qua||ty watch.''
3tarr bogan ta|k|ng about h|s caroor. lt's t|mo to |ook tor a now job,' ho sa|d. l'm th|nk|ng about bocom|ng a pr|vato oyo, a pr|vato |nvost|gator
||ko 'V|ko |ammor.' 1hat wou|d bo tun and |ntorost|ng. l'm |ook|ng tor somoth|ng l can do on my own w|thout hav|ng to bo h|rod.'
Chonoy thought th|s was bocauso ho was hav|ng prob|oms gott|ng h|rod. You don't roa||y havo tho tra|n|ng,' sa|d Chonoy. And you roa||y don't
havo a baso ot poop|o who know who you aro that you can got bus|noss trom.' Chonoy was not so much amazod at 3tarr's |doa, but honost|y
concornod that h|s trond was |||-oqu|ppod tor such a job. 3tarr soomod to road h|s thoughts.
Wo||, maybo l can croato my own bus|noss by bo|ng a cr|m|na|,' sa|d 3tarr, And |t l was, horo's what l'd do.'
3tarr suggostod ho m|ght go to a |ovors' |ano aroa to sook out v|ct|ms at n|ght-attach a t|ash||ght to a gun barro| and shoot thom. l wou|d uso tho
||ght as an a|m|ng dov|co,' ho sa|d, onab||ng mo to wa|k up and gun down poop|o |n tota| darknoss. As tho shoot|ngs wou|d bo w|thout mot|vo,
|mag|no how d|tt|cu|t such murdors wou|d bo tor tho po||co to so|vo. 1hoy wou|d novor catch you. You cou|d thon sond contus|ng |ottors to tho
po||co'-ho m|ght havo sa|d author|t|os,' Chonoy amondod |n an as|do to Amos and langstatt-|ottors to harass and |oad thom astray.
And l wou|d s|gn thom 'Zod|ac.''
'Zod|ac,'' sa|d Chonoy. Why that? Why not somoth|ng o|so? 1hat's stup|d.' Chonoy pausod and sa|d to tho |nvost|gators, l m|ght havo usod tho
phraso 'ch||d|sh.' l don't romombor oxact|y. Wh|chovor word l spoko, |t had a romarkab|o ottoct on h|m. |o bocamo omot|ona|, vory omot|ona|, and l
was sorry l had sa|d anyth|ng at a||.'
l don't caro what you th|nk,' 3tarr had snappod. l'vo thought about |t a |ong t|mo. l ||ko tho namo 'Zod|ac' and that's tho namo l'm go|ng to uso.
Yos, l wou|d ca|| myso|t 'Zod|ac.''
As 3tarr quor|od h|m about mothods to d|sgu|so h|s handwr|t|ng and makoup to d|sgu|so h|mso|t, Chonoy's oyos rovod ovor 3tarr's room-to tho
d|shovo|od p||os ot papors and maps, and tho rows ot books on av|at|on and sa|||ng ||n|ng tho wa||s, tho stacks ot Voo magaz|no. ln tho shadowy
room, among tho c|uttor, ho obsorvod 3tarr's lugor s|ng|o-s|x and |arr|ngton l|chards |ong-barro|. 1ho |arr|ngton l|chards was k|nd ot o|d and
battorod and had tho n|no-shot cy||ndor,' ho roca||od. 1hat was h|s arsona| as tar as l know, though ho d|d como up w|th a r|t|o tor door hunt|ng trom
somowhoro, that and a pa|r ot .22-ca||bor rovo|vors.'
On 0ocombor 20, 1008, two|vo days oar||or, Zod|ac had usod a .22-ca||bor som|automat|c 1. C. ||gg|ns Vodo| 80 to murdor two toonagors out
on va||ojo's |ono|y lako |orman load. 1hoso woro h|s t|rst known lorthorn Ca||torn|a murdors. 1ho k|||or ut|||zod .22-ca||bor 3upor X coppor-
coatod |ong-r|t|o W|nchostor Wostorn ammo-tho samo brand usod |n doub|o murdors south ot lompoc |n 1008. Ear||or |n tho day,' addod
Chonoy, ho took mo out lako |orman load and po|ntod out a roads|do turnout. |o d|dn't s|gn|ty |ts |mportanco, but l th|nk that's whoro tho two
k|ds had rocont|y boon k|||od.'
3tarr d|scussod shoot|ng tho t|ro ott a schoo| bus and p|ck|ng ott tho ||tt|o dar||ngs.' |o wou|d shoot thom as thoy camo bound|ng out' ot tho bus.
Chonoy doubtod h|s tr|ond wou|d actua||y bo do|ng thoso th|ngs. lt was ||ko wo woro ta|k|ng about a p|ot tor a book or somoth|ng |n that ordor,' ho
to|d tho dotoct|vos. lt was not qu|to as |t wo woro ta|k|ng about roa| ovonts. |o k|nd ot s||ppod |n and out ot tho prosont. Wo woro hav|ng that k|nd ot
convorsat|on. lt gavo mo tho sh|vors a ||tt|o b|t. Evon thon. 1hat was tho |ast t|mo l ovor saw h|m. l know |t was |n my m|nd that l wasn't go|ng to soo
h|m aga|n.'
Whon Chonoy got homo that n|ght, ho to|d h|s w|to, Ann, h|s tr|ond was act|ng strango.' l movod qu|to short|y attor that,' Chonoy conc|udod. l
had tho opportun|ty tor a job |n los Ango|os. lt d|dn't havo to do w|th h|m. lt had to do w|th mo t|nd|ng work.'
1horo was s||onco. ||s words soomod to tho dotoct|vos to bo roasonab|o onough, tho k|nd ot th|ngs an honost man m|ght say. 1ho attornoon had
wanod. 1ho dotoct|vos had spont ovor an hour w|th tho mon. 3oth Chonoy and lanzaro||a caut|onod Amos and langstatt as thoy |ott. |o |s a vory
|nto|||gont man, but a|so a vory |mpat|ont porson. Wo th|nk ho carr|os a woapon at a|| t|mos.'
loturn|ng to tho|r hoadquartors on 1bth 3troot, tho dotoct|vos askod Cr|m|na| ldont|t|cat|on and lnvost|gat|on (Cl8l) |n 3acramonto to oxpod|to
3tarr's yo||ow shoot,' a rocord ot prov|ous arrosts, to thom by 1o|otypo. Wh||o thoy wa|tod thoy had t|mo to th|nk. Whon 3tarr had mado tho romarks
to Chonoy was cruc|a|. 3y Amos's ca|cu|at|ons thoso words woro uttorod on|y days otor tho t|rst known lorthorn Ca||torn|a Zod|ac murdors.
Add|t|ona||y, a|| |ottors |n wh|ch tho murdoror |dont|t|od h|mso|t as Zod|ac had boon ma||od otor 3tarr and Chonoy's low Yoar's 0ay d|scuss|on.
lot unt|| August 4, 1000 (though 1osch| and Armstrong's t||os sa|d August 7) had Zod|ac bapt|zod h|mso|t |n a throo-pago |ottor to 3ay Aroa
papors. Unt|| thon tho phantom had no shapo, no namo, on|y a crossod c|rc|o scraw|od at tho bottom ot throo |ottors and c|phors do||vorod at tho
ond ot 1u|y. 1horo was no way around |t. lanzaro||a backod up Chonoy's story, and both soomod upstand|ng, astuto, crod|b|o. 1ho|r words had tho
r|ng ot Gospo|. lt what thoy sa|d was truo, thon lobort |a|| 3tarr boo to bo tho notor|ous Zod|ac.
Amos and langstatt assossod what mot|vos tho two |oca| mon m|ght havo to ||o. 1ho |ongth ot t|mo |t had takon thom to como torward puzz|od
tho dotoct|vos. Zod|ac had boon a monaco tor yoars. A prov|ous hoad||no (ZO0lAC lllKE0 1O llvEl3l0E 3lAYllG') spann|ng tho Los
Aogo|os 7lmos's tront pago on lovombor 10, 1070, had not t|ushod tho tr|onds out. |or somo roason a moro rocont |ottor had ga|van|zod thom.
|our months botoro (Varch 18, 1071), tho C|phor 3|ayor' had wr|tton tho 7lmos trom l|oasanton, a sma||, s|oopy town |n A|amoda County
across tho 3ay trom 3an |ranc|sco. As was h|s pract|co, Zod|ac att|xod oxcoss|vo postago-two |nvortod s|x-cont loosovo|t stamps. As was h|s
ru|o, ho oxhortod |n b|ock pr|nt|ng: l|oaso lush to Ed|tor.' 1ho words All Va||' took up a th|rd ot tho onvo|opo. Zod|ac was a h|gh|y |mpat|ont
man|ac. ||s |ottor covorod most ot tho 7lmos tront pago-b|g b|ack hoad||nos, bo|d as a doc|arat|on ot war.

1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng,' ho bogan as a|ways. l|ko l havo a|ways sa|d l am crack proot. lt tho 3|uo Voann|os aro ovoro go|ng to catch
mo, thoy had bost got ott tho|r tat assos 8 do somoth|ng. 3ocauso tho |ongor thoy t|dd|o 8 tart around, tho moro s|avos l w||| co||oct tor my attor
||to. l do havo to g|vo thom crod|t tor stumb||ng across my r|vors|do act|v|ty, but thoy aro on|y t|nd|ng tho oasy onos, thoro aro a ho|| ot a |ot moro
down thoro. 1ho roason that l am wr|t|ng tho 1|mos |s th|s, 1hoy don't bury mo on tho back pagos ||ko somo ot tho othors.' |o had s|gnod tho
|ottor w|th a box scoro: 3|l0-0' and [Zod|ac's symbo|: a crossod c|rc|o|-17+.'

3omoth|ng about tho rocont commun|cat|on, poss|b|y a to|||ng phraso, may havo rung a bo|| w|th Chonoy and lanzaro||a. Zod|ac had usod tho
torm 3|uo Voann|os,' moan|ng, Amos surm|sod, tho cops. Vus|c-hat|ng 3|uo Voan|os' had torror|zod tho 3oat|os |n a 1008 an|matod t||m, 7bo
Yo||ow5obmorloo. 3tarr had onco wantod to bo a submar|no sa||or, so that mado a ||tt|o sonso. ||dd|o 8 tart around,' an odd, crudo oxpross|on,
was spokon rog|ona||y |n V|ssour|, lonnsy|van|a, and lubbock, 1oxas. Var|nos and sa||ors sa|d |t. Vaybo 3tarr, an ox-lavy man, usod |t too.
Chonoy sa|d no, but roca||od h|s tr|ond otton usod tho phraso 0o my th|ng,' a popu|ar phraso Zod|ac had usod |n a |ottor. ln|t|a||y, Zod|ac had
concoa|od h|s murdorous connoct|on w|th 3outhorn Ca||torn|a (bo|atod|y cap|ta||z|ng on |t). Unt|| now ho had boon prod|ctab|o-govornod by a da||y
horoscopo ho wantod po||co to bo||ovo ho cast h|mso|t, and drawn to wator-ro|atod s|tos to murdor. Attorward, ho unta|||ng|y wroto tho 5oo
lrooclsco Cbroolc|o to boast ot h|s atroc|t|os and taunt tho po||co. 3ut by wr|t|ng an l.A. papor Zod|ac had brokon h|s pattorn. |or what roason?
loss|b|y ho had mado a m|stako down south. lorhaps ho |ntondod h|s 7lmos |ottor as a warn|ng to poop|o who st||| romomborod h|m thoro. lt ho
d|d, tho |ottor had had tho oppos|to ottoct.
lt a|ortod Chonoy |nstoad, attract|ng h|m tor tho t|rst t|mo to a compos|to draw|ng and wr|tton phys|ca| dop|ct|on ot Zod|ac. Ot courso, a|| ot th|s
was spocu|at|on. 3omoth|ng had do|ayod Chonoy |n com|ng torward w|th h|s toars. Was |t poss|b|o that Chonoy had a mot|vo |n t|ngor|ng 3tarr and
that thoro was ||| w||| botwoon tho two? 1h|s was not tho caso w|th lanzaro||a, who know what had a|ortod h|m. A|| ot a suddon,' lanzaro||a sa|d,
Zod|ac was wr|t|ng |ottors to tho 7lmos noar whoro wo woro ||v|ng. lt d|dn't bothor mo, though l suspoctod 3tarr was tho author, but |t bothorod
Chonoy a |ot. 3tarr t|ts ovoryth|ng l ovor thought about Zod|ac. |o |s |ncrod|b|y |nto|||gont and has a groat doa| ot prob|oms w|th any typo ot author|ty
t|guro.' lanzaro||a had to|d tho dotoct|vos that 3tarr was a vory |nto|||gont man, but a|so omot|ona|-typo porson.' As tar as lanzaro||a cou|d to||,
3tarr matchod tho doscr|pt|ons |n ovory rospoct. 1on days attor tho 7lmos |ottor, Zod|ac had rosumod h|s o|d ways. |o d|spatchod a tour-cont
postcard to tho Cbroolc|o, att|xod w|th a stamp ot l|nco|n, h|s hoad |oworod |n mourn|ng. On tho oppos|to s|do was a draw|ng ot a man d|gg|ng |n a
snowy, woodod oncampmont. 1ho phraso 0on't bury mo' |mp||od somoono |n Zod|ac's ||to had d|od. 3y Vay, tho man|ac was cyn|ca||y p|oad|ng
tor ho|p by phono-bogg|ng to bo stoppod botoro ho k|||od moro.
1ho staccato c|attor ot koys and tho |ns|stont r|ng|ng ot tho 1o|otypo bo|| |ntorruptod tho dotoct|vos' thoor|z|ng. Amos |a|d tho Cl8l roport noxt to
tho o|d b|ack phono that had un|oashod thom on tho scont scant hours ago. 1ho pr|ntout prov|dod bas|c tacts: |||o #1811b1/3oc|a| 3ocur|ty #b70-
44-8882, dato ot b|rth, 0ocombor 18, 1088-unmarr|od-||v|ng w|th h|s mothor |n lorthorn Ca||torn|a. langstatt notod job app||cat|on ontr|os
runn|ng trom 10b8 through 1004, among thom lOl/CEl1 lorsonno|, Watsonv|||o lub||c 3choo|s.' 1hoy tound ono arrost: 0-1b-b8 va||ojo l.0.
00278, 0.l. [d|sturb|ng tho poaco|, d|sm|ssod on 7-8-b8.' 1horo woro no wants. Gradua||y, Amos addod to tho data by phono. 1ho suspoct's
tam||y, ho |oarnod, had somo monoy and h|s tathor, a lavy t||or ot somo noto, had passod away |n Varch-just whon Zod|ac had brokon a t|vo-
month-|ong |ottor-wr|t|ng dry spo||.
And 3tarr m|ght bo p|acod down south tor tho murdor ot a cood |n l|vors|do, just oast ot lomona, whoro ho v|s|tod h|s brothor, lona|d, and
Chonoy and lanzaro||a at co||ogo. lobort |a|| 3tarr had attondod Ca| lo|y 3an lu|s Ob|spo |n tho |ato 10b0s and oar|y 1000s wh||o study|ng to
bocomo an o|omontary schoo| toachor, had ovon taught at Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta| tor tho Cr|m|na||y lnsano just to tho north ot tho un|vors|ty.
langstatt assomb|od somo now |ntormat|on, drattod a |ottor, and sont |t t|y|ng up to tho 3an |ranc|sco 3ay Aroa-whoro 3tarr ||vod, workod, and
huntod.
Nonday, JuIy 10, 1071
Langatatt'a Iottor containing lanzaro||a and Chonoy's susp|c|ons arr|vod at Armstrong and 1osch|'s 3ryant 3troot |oadquartors. ln contrast to
tho summor sun, tho |a|| ot 1ust|co was a ch|||y structuro, and mass|vo-7b0,000 squaro toot, 88b rooms. 1ho morn|ng ||ght g||ntod on go|d |ottor|ng
carvod |nto tho tacado-EXAC1 1U31lCE 1O All . . .' 1ho mossongor carr|od tho |ottor past tho mota| dotoctor and armod guard and |nto an
o|ovator to tho tourth t|oor-|om|c|do and 3ox Cr|mos 0ota||. |o pausod at b|ack hand-pa|ntod |ottor|ng on trostod g|ass, wh|ch road, loom 4b4.'
A handmado s|gn abovo tho door road, C|ty Zoo.' |o saw that tho room boyond was hugo, w|th po||shod t|oors, gray t||o cab|nots, and woodon
dosks. ||na||y, tho |ottor |andod on 3an |ranc|sco |om|c|do lnspoctor 1ohn VcKonna's dosk.
VcKonna, an |nto|||gont man, wo|| road, a tormor bankor, had a|roady boon a|ortod by an oar||or phono convorsat|on w|th 0otoct|vo Amos. |o
scannod tho |ottor av|d|y, thon rang up Chonoy. Wo want you to attompt to obta|n samp|os ot 3tarr's handpr|nt|ng,' ho sa|d. Any spoc|mons
acqu|rod and any now d|sc|osuros shou|d bo sont d|roct|y to lnspoctor 1osch|.' 1ho to||ow|ng day, 1osch|'s partnor, 3||| Armstrong, oponod a
socond |ottor trom tho Vanhattan 3oach po||co. lt prov|dod moro dota||s-tasc|nat|ng dota||s. lu|sos bogan to raco. 1ho o|d b|ack c|ock on tho wa||
t|ckod tastor.

Wor|d-tamous attornoy Vo|v|n 3o||| roturnod |ato trom tho thoator and un|ockod h|s opu|ont Vontgomory 3troot ott|co. ||s broad taco, ||t by tho
warm g|ow ot a 1|ttany |amp, was pons|vo. |o sat at a magn|t|cont dosk, gazod out h|s s|dowa|k p|cturo w|ndow, and tor |ong momonts rubbod h|s
brow. 1ho K|ng ot 1orts' was th|nk|ng ot Zod|ac and h|s tr|ond lnspoctor 0avo 1osch|. 1osch| had novor torgotton h|s t|rst moot|ng w|th tho |awyor.
1ho o|ovator door opons and a dozon or so 1v poop|o and roportors aro thoro,' 1osch| roca||od. And horo 3o||| comos w|th a b|ack hat s|antod
vory |ow ovor h|s r|ght oar and th|s |ong, b|ack cashmoro coat drapod ovor h|s shou|dors. l novor saw a scart so |ong. lt must havo gono down to h|s
knoos bocauso |t was wrappod around h|s nock ha|t a dozon t|mos. You cou|d baro|y soo h|s taco. ||s w|to, drossod |n a boaut|tu| tan tur, toworod
ovor h|m. l to|d tho ass|stant 0.A., '1ho Groat Ono has arr|vod.' lt was 3o|||'s show and attor ho ontorod tho packod courtroom, |t must havo takon
h|m a coup|o ot m|nutos to unw|nd that amaz|ng scart.'
Zod|ac had wr|tton tho s||vor-manod so||c|tor just botoro Chr|stmas, 1000. 3choo| ch||dron mako n|co targots,' ho throatonod. l th|nk l sha|| w|po
out a schoo| bus somo morn|ng.' ln 1000,' 3o||| roca||od, tho 3an |ranc|sco papors woro tu|| ot a ono-man cr|mo wavo ca||od tho Zod|ac k|||or, a
roa| |oony who'd attackod throo coup|os |n |ovors' |anos |n tho 3ay Aroa and a cabdr|vor, k||||ng t|vo ot thom, and |oav|ng h|s mark [a crossod c|rc|o
||ko a gun s|ght| at tho scono. On Octobor 18, 1000 [twonty-two months attor 3tarr's d|scuss|on w|th Chonoy|, tho Zod|ac had throatonod to shoot
tho t|ros out on a schoo| bus and 'p|ck ott tho k|dd|os as thoy como bounc|ng out.' 1ho po||co woro guard|ng tho schoo| busos and somo paronts
woro dr|v|ng tho|r k|ds to schoo| |n tho|r own cars. 1ho pub||c was trant|c, and tho po||co woro undor a good doa| ot prossuro to t|nd tho Zod|ac.'
|or somo roason Zod|ac not on|y mont|onod 3o||| |n h|s |ottors, but phonod h|m moro than onco. ln somo tw|stod way ho o|thor adm|rod 3o|||'s
t|amboyant courtroom bravado (a bravado socond on|y to h|s own) or prosumod that 3o||| m|ght ottor a ||to||no to h|m. 1ho attornoy had dotondod
both V|ckoy Cohon and 1ack luby. low 3o||| c||mbod a hard ropo |addor to tho un|quo bod ho kopt t|ttoon toot up |n h|s ||v|ng room. |o s|opt t|ttu||y,
unab|o to oscapo tho thought that ho actua||y possossod a c|uo that m|ght so|vo tho caso.
1huraday, JuIy 22, 1071
1ho 5an Franciaco dotoct|vos ta||od |n tho|r attompt to got Chonoy to obta|n samp|os ot 3tarr's handpr|nt|ng. l d|dn't havo any sourco tor that,'
Chonoy to|d mo much |ator. Armstrong k|nd ot h|ntod around: Wou|d l wr|to a |ottor to h|m to try and got somo rosponso out ot h|m? lt l had boon a
s|ng|o man at tho t|mo l wou|d havo dono anyth|ng thoy wantod, but l had a w|to and two ||tt|o k|ds and l d|dn't want to opon any doors. |o cou|d havo
tound mo by just |ook|ng |n tho phono d|roctory.'
loxt, tho 0opartmont ot 1ust|co roquostod samp|os ot 3tarr's handpr|nt|ng trom 0r. |rank Eng||sh, 0|str|ct 3upor|ntondont ot va||oy 3pr|ngs
E|omontary 3choo|, whoro 3tarr had onco taught. 0r. Eng||sh comp||od |mmod|ato|y, and oxomp|ars ot 3tarr's handpr|nt|ng woro rushod to tho
3|l0. 3y car 1osch| hand-do||vorod tho b|ockpr|ntod app||cat|ons to Cl8l's Vo| l|co|a| |n 3acramonto. l|co|a| qu|ck|y subm|ttod tho samp|os to
3horwood Vorr|||, tho stato agoncy's crack documonts oxam|nor. 1ho scho|ar|y ana|yst comparod thom to Zod|ac's |ottors and roportod to l|co|a|
tho to||ow|ng 1hursday. A. l. Cottoy, Ch|ot ot tho 3uroau and l|co|a|'s boss, wroto tho 3|l0 tho samo day.
Enc|osod aro tho oxomp|ars tor lobort |a|| 3tarr,' Cottoy statod. Vr. 3horwood Vorr||| . . . has comparod tho pr|nt|ng on tho subm|ttod
documonts w|th tho pr|nt|ng conta|nod |n tho Zod|ac |ottors and adv|sod thoy woro not proparod by tho samo porson.' Agonts roturnod 3tarr's
or|g|na| app||cat|ons, and thoy woro rop|acod |n h|s omp|oymont t||o w|th no ono tho w|sor. ln sp|to ot th|s sotback, tho 3an |ranc|sco dotoct|vos
woro not dotorrod. Zod|ac was tho most |nto|||gont cr|m|na| |n tho|r oxpor|onco. |o wou|d know a way around Vorr||| and how to tako handpr|nt|ng.
1hat had to bo tho answor. 1hoy rushod on, hood|oss |n tho|r oxc|tomont.
5aturday, JuIy 24, 1071
|n 1070 Dotoctivo W||||am 3akor jo|nod tho Vajor Cr|mos Un|t ot tho 3anta 3arbara County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont and was ass|gnod to sovora|
unso|vod casos. Ono was tho trag|c doub|o murdor on a romoto boach ot two lompoc ||gh 3choo| son|ors, lobort Goorgo 0om|ngos and l|nda
|ayo Edwards. l p|ckod up tho caso sovon yoars attor |t occurrod,' 3akor to|d mo. 3ovora| ot tho |nvost|gators on tho caso woro st||| act|vo, so l
took ovory ava||ab|o opportun|ty to bug thom about |t.' Ono morn|ng 3akor camo across a |a||owoon card Zod|ac had wr|tton to tho Cbroolc|o on
Octobor 27, 1070. 1ho k|||or had drawn an arcano 3artor Cross,' accomp||sh|ng th|s by cross|ng two words-3|avos' and larad|co.' |owovor,
Zod|ac had pr|ntod othor words on both s|dos. 1hoso r|votod 3akor's attont|on. 1ho k|||or had noat|y pa|ntod, 3y lOlE, 3y GUl, 3y Kl||E, 3y
||lE.' lopo, gun, kn|to, and t|ro had boon part ot 3akor's unso|vod caso.
l |mmod|ato|y sont out a statow|do 1o|otypo ask|ng tor s|m||ars,' ho sa|d. l was soon ca||od, |n succoss|on, by 3||| Armstrong and Vo| l|co|a|. 1o
mako a |ong story short, both to|d mo that just on tho bas|s ot tho doscr|pt|on l ottorod thom, thoro was a good poss|b|||ty Zod|ac was rospons|b|o
and our casos m|ght bo ||nkod. |owovor, |ncons|stont w|th tho othor casos attr|butab|o to Zod|ac, our v|ct|ms woro k|||od on a Vonday. lt |s unknown
|t tho murdors occurrod at dusk or |ator, but |t's un||ko|y, judg|ng by how tho v|ct|ms woro drossod-|n sw|msu|ts.' At ovory poss|b|o opportun|ty
3akor workod tho 0om|ngos and Edwards caso. A |ong road |ay ahoad. |o bogan travo||ng to spoak w|th most ot tho dotoct|vos |n most ot tho
proc|ncts whoro tho cr|mos woro attr|butab|o to Zod|ac.
Nonday, JuIy 20, 1071
|naoctor Armatrong waa travo||ng too. 1ho handsomo, s||vor-ha|rod |nvost|gator, sharp-toaturod and strong-jawod, arr|vod |n 1orranco and
roachod Chonoy and lanzaro||a at 3c|onco 0ynam|cs. 0own comos th|s guy,' lanzaro||a roca||od, a postor guy tor tho |3l, but vory sons|t|vo tor
a cop.' Armstrong hoard ossont|a||y tho samo story that Amos and langstatt had. Chonoy unorr|ng|y ro-croatod tho convorsat|on ho'd had w|th h|s
tr|ond. 3ut Armstrong, not sat|st|od, bogan to probo. Vr. Chonoy,' ho askod, cou|d you havo road somo nows accounts about tho Zod|ac k||||ngs
and assoc|atod thoso art|c|os w|th your convorsat|on w|th 3tarr?'
1hat's not tho caso,' ho rop||od. l can roca|| tho convorsat|on and tho dato. l can roca|| my rosponsos to what ho sa|d. l cou|d tost|ty to tho samo
undor oath |n court.' Armstrong cou|d not shako h|m on tho dato ot tho convorsat|on. A background |nvost|gat|on rovoa|od Chonoy, born |n
3akorst|o|d on Apr|| 2b, 1084, had attondod Ca| lo|y lomona trom ta|| 10b0 unt|| w|ntor 1004 wh||o study|ng to bocomo a mochan|ca| ong|noor.
Curront|y ho ||vod |n lomona w|th h|s w|to and ch||dron. |o had no cr|m|na| rocord.
Armstrong spoko noxt to 3andy lanzaro||a, Chonoy's boss and |ongt|mo tr|ond. |o too had stud|od at Ca| lo|y lomona-trom ta|| 1001 unt|| h|s
graduat|on |n spr|ng 1004 w|th a dogroo |n o|octron|c ong|noor|ng. lanzaro||a charactor|zod Chonoy as a vory so||d porson not g|von to
oxaggorat|on or tho to|||ng ot ta|sohoods. |o's a vory mothod|ca|, |og|ca| th|nkor.' lator on 3tarr's s|stor-|n-|aw and brothor cont|rmod Chonoy's
ro||ab|||ty. lt 0on Chonoy sa|d that to you,' 3tarr's brothor, lon, sa|d, l wou|d bo||ovo tho samo to bo truo.' Armstrong prompt|y roturnod to 3an
|ranc|sco to br|ng 1osch| up to spood.
|o and 1osch| pa|nstak|ng|y soarchod tor an u|tor|or mot|vo on Chonoy's part. Why wou|d ho mako such a statomont to tho po||co |t |t woro not
truo?' askod 1osch|. |or 3tarr to ca|| h|mso|t Zod|ac, to |ay down tho mothod ot procoduro, tho V.O. ot tho murdors, |ong botoro Zod|ac namod
h|mso|t, was h|gh|y |ncr|m|nat|ng. Un||ko 1ack tho l|ppor, who had, |n a|| ||ko||hood, gotton h|s namo through tho |ngonu|ty ot a london roportor,
Zod|ac had choson tho sobr|quot by wh|ch ho was now known. 1ho hom|c|do dotoct|vos to|t that |t that convorsat|on woro truo, thon 3tarr boo to bo
Zod|ac. And what had accountod tor tho |ong do|ay |n Chonoy com|ng torward to tho po||co? 3omot|mo |ator Chonoy oxp|a|nod how ho had como
to roca|| tho convorsat|on ho had w|th 3tarr that tatotu| low Yoar's 0ay 1000.
Whon l |ott co||ogo,' Chonoy to|d mo, l got a job at G. 1. Yamas |n 3an |ranc|sco. l was thoro a coup|o ot yoars. 1hon, whon l ||vod |n Concord, l
had an unsuccosstu| por|od try|ng to so|| ||to |nsuranco, and movod back to lomona to start work|ng at tho ||uor Company. ||uor was an
ong|noor|ng company, but pr|mar||y thoy woro |n rot|nor|os and chom|ca| p|ants. At ono t|mo 3ochto| and ||uor and larsons woro a|| partnors-thoy
bu||t tho 3ay 3r|dgo togothor.
Ono ovon|ng lon and Karon, 3tarr's brothor and s|stor-|n-|aw, woro at my houso |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a tor d|nnor. Wo woro s|tt|ng around tho
k|tchon tab|o chatt|ng, and Karon to|d us about 3tarr go|ng to a pa|nt|ng party |n h|s su|t. lon was on tho guost ||st. lon and h|s brothor woro at tho
party and 3tarr was tho guy |n tho su|t. 3ho was us|ng that as an oxamp|o ot h|m bo|ng unadjustod to soc|a| th|ngs. 3ho was ragg|ng h|m on that.
3ho was a ||tt|o atra|d ot hor brothor-|n-|aw bocauso sho rocogn|zod ho was not squarod away w|th tho wor|d at a||. W|th hor oducat|on |n soc|a|
work sho had boon oxposod to such th|ngs.
Ono morn|ng l was hav|ng broaktast |n tho now catotor|a at ||uor |n what thoy ca||od tho 1ask |orco Contor. l had boon at tho company about
throo months or tour months thon. Vy brothor-|n-|aw, lon Eborso|o, had a nowspapor and ho was po|nt|ng to a compos|to draw|ng. '1hat |ooks ||ko
your buddy,' ho sa|d. And l |ookod, and that compos|to was a p|cturo ot 3tarr-oxcopt tor tho ha|r and absonco ot g|assos. lon was tho on|y guy at
||uor who cou|d havo rocogn|zod h|m trom a pr|or t|mo. l sa|d, 'Yos, that |ooks ||ko h|m,' but l d|dn't th|nk much ot |t.'
What was un|quo about tho skotch was that |t was not tho round-tacod compos|tos trom Zod|ac's attacks at lako 3orryossa or |n 3an |ranc|sco,
but a prot||o that 1osch| and Armstrong had novor soon. Vy brothor-|n-|aw passod mo tho papor and l road tho art|c|o,' Chonoy cont|nuod. Up to
th|s momont l had torgotton tho cruc|a| dota||s ot my convorsat|on w|th 3tarr-that ho was go|ng to ca|| h|mso|t Zod|ac. l hadn't romomborod ovon
whon l had soon tho occas|ona| stor|os about Zod|ac. 1hat skotch was a co|nc|donco, l thought, but a tow months |ator [lovombor 10, 1070| l saw
Zod|ac's throat |n tho 7lmos about shoot|ng out tho t|ros ot a schoo| bus and shoot|ng k|ds as thoy camo bounc|ng out, somoth|ng 3tarr had sa|d to
mo. l know |t cou|dn't bo a co|nc|donco. l cou|dn't ovor got ovor that. 1hat's whon |t abso|uto|y c||ckod. 1hon l romomborod ovoryth|ng ho had sa|d.
lt was anothor yoar botoro l ca||od tho po||co. l was at ||uor |n 1000 and 1070. Wo t|n|shod a b|g contract and thoy had had major |ayotts, so l
had about a yoar whoro l was work|ng at a b|g papor m||| |n lavorno, wh|ch was just a tow m||os up trom my houso. l d|dn't ta|k to tho 3an |ranc|sco
po||co about |t r|ght away, l sat on |t a wh||o and just thought about |t. l just cou|dn't got around tho tact that |t cou|dn't bo chanco. 1hat was too
spoc|t|c a quoto. 1ho 1071 k||||ngs |n tho Grass va||oy aroa had a|so brought my susp|c|ons to a tocus.
l wont to tho lomona po||co stat|on s|nco l was ||v|ng |n lomona at tho t|mo, and had an |ntorv|ow w|th an ott|cor. l spont an hour thoro and l
thought that m|ght oxocuto my rospons|b|||ty on tho bus|noss, but noth|ng ovor happonod. Apparont|y what l to|d h|m was novor roportod bocauso
thoy woro gott|ng hundrods ot t|ps. 1hon 3andy lanzaro||a askod mo to como down and work tor h|m |n 1071 at 3c|onco 0ynam|cs. Wo woro
a|ways good tr|onds. Attor co||ogo, 3andy had bocomo an o|octron|c ong|noor and workod at that tor a tow yoars. 1hon ho wont |nto th|s computor
bookkoop|ng bus|noss on h|s own and d|d vory wo||. |o had tho mag|c touch. |o got h|s toot |n tho door and soon was do|ng b||||ng tor mod|ca|
pract|cos and hosp|ta|s-that sort ot th|ng.
l was tho oporat|ons managor at 3c|onco 0ynam|cs-h|r|ng and t|r|ng, manag|ng tho koypunch dopartmont and two|vo g|r|s, two cour|ors that
mado a|| our p|ckups and do||vor|os |n los Ango|os County, and throo or tour boys |n tho ma||room to hand|o tho |og|st|cs ot tho papor. l was
rospons|b|o tor a|| tho mator|a| |og|st|cs. Wo had anothor toam that ran tho computor part ot tho bus|noss. Ot courso l'vo usod computors |n
structura| ana|ys|s and p|po stross, but was novor a computor guy. 1hon ono day tho subjoct ot 3tarr camo up aga|n and l t|na||y to|d 3andy ot my
susp|c|ons.
lator, lon camo down to 1orranco and wo a|| ta|kod ovor our approhons|ons. Onco wo got on that d|scuss|on, wo doc|dod to do somoth|ng
about |t. 'l can soo that tho po||co havo bas|ca||y |gnorod you,' sa|d 3andy. |o was a roa| 'tako-chargo guy.' l had novor spokon to Vanhattan 3oach
po||co, but tor somo roason that's who rospondod to 3c|onco 0ynam|cs |n 1orranco that attornoon.'
0on kopt to|||ng mo tho story,' lanzaro||a to|d mo |ator. And ho sa|d, lo po||coman w||| answor my ca||.' l sa|d, 3u||sh|t! lot's got on tho phono
horo.' And that's how |t got startod. 0on was try|ng and no ono took h|m sor|ous|y. |o was not an aggross|vo guy. 1horo was a 1orranco po||coman
namod Amos, and l know |t l ca||od h|m that wou|d got th|ngs go|ng. l know you guys got a |ot ot crank ca||s about who tho Zod|ac k|||or may bo,' l
to|d h|m. Amos thon ca||od up to 3an |ranc|sco, askod who was on tho caso, and thoy rotorrod h|m to lnspoctor 3||| Armstrong. Armstrong adv|sod,
Got tho |oca| l.0. to sond us a roport.' And thon Amos ca||od mo back. Como on ovor and ta|k to us,' l sa|d.
Voanwh||o |n va||ojo, anothor |nvost|gator was tast bocom|ng an oxport on Zod|ac-0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart (3ow-art), a stocky, powortu| man,
ro|ont|oss as a b|oodhound. Chonoy had a|roady ta|kod to lanzaro||a about h|s susp|c|ons,' 3awart to|d mo |ator, and at that t|mo Chonoy st||| was
tr|onds w|th 3tarr. 1hon ho bocamo non-tr|onds. 1horo was an |ntoronco that 3tarr may havo bocomo too tr|ond|y w|th h|s daughtor, and Chonoy
broko ott tho ro|at|onsh|p bocauso ot that. And l was concornod that was tho roason ho m|ght bo mak|ng up a story.
l don't roa||y trust po|ygraphs to any groat dogroo, but that was ono ot tho roasons wo attorward ran Chonoy on a po|ygraph up |n tho stato ot
Wash|ngton. 1ho Wash|ngton stato po||co ran Chonoy on a po|y and ho camo out c|oan. lo wos to||log tbo trotb. l tond to agroo w|th tho rosu|ts ot
that bocauso lanzaro||a c|a|ms and Chonoy c|a|ms that botoro tho ta|||ng-out occurrod, ho had a||udod to th|s |nc|dont to lanzaro||a.'
ln m|d-1007 3tarr and Chonoy and h|s w|to and daughtor, who was two or throo at tho t|mo, wont camp|ng and t|y-rod t|sh|ng up noar va||oy
3pr|ngs |n tho Voko|umno. 1ho daughtor camo up and sa|d, '0addy, Unc|o 3ob touchod my bottom.' Chonoy, not|ng h|s daughtor wasn't upsot or
hurt, had no roason to bo||ovo that h|s tr|ond had roa||y dono somoth|ng ||ko that. |owovor, trom that po|nt on whon Chonoy was around h|s tr|ond,
ho d|dn't havo h|s tam||y. |o stayod tr|onds w|th 3tarr tor a yoar and a ha|t attor that,' sa|d a sourco. Ot courso tho daughtor cou|dn't commun|cato
vory wo||. lt Chonoy was upsot ho wou|dn't havo stayod tr|onds attorward tor so |ong, r|ght? 1hoy woro pa|s |ong attor that.'
1uoaday, JuIy 27, 1071
Lioutonant EIIia ot 3|l0 |om|c|do ro|ayod Armstrong and 1osch|'s t|nd|ngs to va||ojo lo||co 3orgoant 1ack Vu|anax, a|ort|ng h|m tho two
|nspoctors wou|d soon pay a v|s|t. At tho t|mo Vu|anax |nhor|tod tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs murdor caso (and w|th |t tho Zod|ac |nvost|gat|on), h|s ch|ot,
1ack E. 3t||tz, had mado a commont. Zod|ac koops putt|ng out c|uos tor us,' 3t||tz |amontod, taunts us and doosn't |nd|cato |n any way that ho
suttors trom tho s||ghtost too||ng ot romorso. |o |s a thr||| k|||or and tho most dangorous porson l'vo ovor oncountorod |n a|| my yoars ot |aw
ontorcomont.' Vu|anax agrood. Vu|anax was a|so a man known to got wh|to hot about a suspoct, and onco ho scannod what tho 3|l0 had |oarnod
so tar, h|s tomporaturo roso. ||s t|rst ordor ot bus|noss was to |oarn as much as poss|b|o about Zod|ac's truo phys|ca| appoaranco and comparo |t
to tho now suspoct's.
low whoro was that doscr|pt|on ot Zod|ac?' ho thought. 1ho two-yoar-o|d c|rcu|ar, lo. 00-00, caso lo. 000184, bur|od undor moro rocont
wants, was st||| p|nnod to tho bu||ot|n board. 1ho wantod postor showod not ono, but two compos|to draw|ngs ot Zod|ac. 1hat |n |tso|t was unusua|,
thought Vu|anax. 3omo now |ntormat|on had causod tho po||co to a|tor tho doscr|pt|on. 1ho throo toonagors who had w|tnossod tho murdor ot
Yo||ow Cab dr|vor and studont lau| loo 3t|no noar 3an |ranc|sco's lros|d|o had at t|rst ost|matod Zod|ac to bo a wh|to ma|o w|th rodd|sh or
b|ond crow-cut ha|r, around twonty-t|vo or th|rty yoars ot ago and woar|ng g|assos.'
3upp|omont|ng our 3u||ot|n 87-00 ot Octobor 18, 1000,' road tho socond t||or. Add|t|ona| |ntormat|on has dovo|opod tho abovo amondod
draw|ng ot tho murdor suspoct known as 'Zod|ac.'' An adjustod wr|tton doscr|pt|on now p|acod Zod|ac's ago at th|rty-t|vo to torty-t|vo yoars o|d. |o
was ot hoavy bu||d, approx|mato|y t|vo-toot, o|ght-|nchos ta||. 3hort brown ha|r, poss|b|y w|th a rod t|nt.' Vu|anax chockod 3tarr's phys|ca| stat|st|cs.
|o was a Wh|to Va|o Adu|t, w|th ||ght brown ha|r and c|oar brown oyos, th|rty-sovon yoars o|d, and wo|gh|ng botwoon 280 and 240 pounds. Vu|anax
notod 3tarr was t|vo-o|ovon and throo-quartor |nchos ta||-a|most s|x toot-and tour |nchos ta||or than tho c|rcu|ar's ost|mato. Vu|anax took |nto
account that tho k|ds woro poor|ng down trom a socond-t|oor w|ndow. 1ho ch||dron had obsorvod Zod|ac wasto proc|ous t|mo r|pp|ng ott a port|on
ot tho cabb|o's sh|rt and squandor moro t|mo wa|k|ng around tho cab, coo||y rubb|ng tho voh|c|o down and apparont|y dronch|ng tho tabr|c |n b|ood.
Zod|ac must havo boon covorod |n b|ood h|mso|t. ln a hoad wound,' 1osch| oxp|a|nod, tho porson may or may not b|ood protuso|y. Whon a
porson doos not, |t's bocauso tho swo|||ng bra|n has p|uggod tho bu||ot ho|o. ln tho caso ot lau| 3t|no, tho path ot tho bu||ot toro tho vosso|s bad|y
and dostroyod ono ma|n b|ood vosso| a|ong tho top ot h|s hoad. |o was k|||od w|th a contact wound [barro| aga|nst tho sk|n| |n tront ot h|s r|ght oar.
1h|s typo ot wound usua||y dostroys many b|ood vosso|s |n tho hoad and bra|n, caus|ng oxtons|vo b|ood|ng. |rom w|tnossos' obsorvat|ons, 3t|no's
hoad was |ay|ng on Zod|ac's |ap as ho soarchod h|m, so whon Zod|ac mado h|s oscapo ho boo to havo oxtons|vo b|ood on h|s porson.'
1wo l|chmond 0|str|ct patro|mon, 0ona|d A. |ouko and Er|c Zo|ms ot l|chmond 3tat|on, got a bottor |ook that w||d n|ght, Co|umbus 0ay,
Octobor 11, 1000. Zod|ac a|ways oarmarkod ho||days tor h|s most v|c|ous act|ons.


Fouko and ZoIma chancod upon Zod|ac |n tho shadows as ho |umborod' north toward tho hoav||y woodod lros|d|o. |o |ator c|a|mod ho g||b|y
sont tho ott|cors roar|ng ott |n tho wrong d|roct|on, thon spr|ntod through 1u||us Kahn l|ayground, van|sh|ng noar lottorman |osp|ta|. Zod|ac's
narrow oscapo pormanont|y onragod h|m toward tho 3|l0-a tury approach|ng that ot a robuttod su|tor. 0ays |ator tho two ott|cors roa||zod thoy
had passod Zod|ac. l to|t so bad tor Ott|cor |ouko,' 1osch| sa|d. |o was atra|d ho was go|ng to bo ropr|mandod and that's why ho wa|tod so |ong.
'Why wou|d thoy ropr|mand you?' l roassurod h|m. 'lo, you d|d tho r|ght th|ng |n roport|ng |t.' 1h|s wou|d havo como out ovontua||y bocauso wo
hoard tho transm|ss|on tapo and wo woro try|ng to t|nd out wh|ch l|chmond 3tat|on un|t was c|rc||ng tho aroa. Wo wantod to ta|k to thom and t|nd
out |t thoy had touchod tho cab. Wo had to know who was |n tho aroa. And t|na||y, thoy camo torward qu|to somo t|mo attor. lt was k|nd ot trustrat|ng.
1ransm|ss|on to rad|o cars that n|ght was ha|t|ng. lots ot pausos. Un|ts c|rc||ng tho aroa kopt say|ng, '|ow many suspocts? |ow many
suspocts?' Commun|cat|ons wasn't rospond|ng. 1hoy woro to|||ng ott|cors, '3tand by-wo'ro doa||ng w|th youngstors-stand by!' 1hoso k|ds woro
scarod st|tt and thoy woro a|| try|ng to ta|k on tho phono at onco, and Commun|cat|ons woro try|ng to got a truo p|cturo ot a suspoct or how many
suspocts. 1hoy woro ro|ay|ng tho |ocat|on . . . 'v|ct|m appoars to bo 0OA . . . ambu|anco rospond|ng . . . wo'ro try|ng to got a doscr|pt|on ot suspoct
. . . ' And thoy sa|d that sovora| t|mos. 'Wo'ro doa||ng w|th youngstors.' And tho ott|cors |n tho rad|o car, try|ng to mako an arrost, askod, 'What's tho
doscr|pt|on . . . wo'ro rospond|ng . . . wo'ro c|oso . . . wo'ro on Arguo||o [Avonuo| . . . what's tho doscr|pt|on?'
And t|na||y, tho m|s|dont|t|cat|on ot an Atr|can Amor|can by somoono ovor tho a|rwavos throw |ouko and h|s partnor ott. 1horo was so much
chattor go|ng on bocauso ovoryono t|gurod |t was a s|oppy cab st|ckup gono wrong. 1ho k|||or was supposod|y soon on toot, and untortunato|y a
coup|o ot words camo ovor un|nto|||g|b|o and 3VA b|urtod out whon |t shou|d havo boon WVA. 1hoy aro now assum|ng |t's a b|ack suspoct. 1hon
-'Corroct|on . . . wo now havo turthor |ntormat|on . . . a Caucas|an . . . short ha|r, g|assos, husky, potbo||y, b|ack or b|uo w|ndbroakor jackot . . .
baggy pants . . . armod w|th a handgun . . . uso caut|on, vory dangorous, uso caut|on |t approach|ng.' 3ut |n tho moant|mo wo woro |os|ng soconds
and m|nutos. lt was vory oxc|t|ng. l romombor |t as |t |t woro |ast wookond.
Attorward, l doc|dod to go ta|k to tho to||ow who took tho ca||. |o says, '0amn |t, 0avo. l got two or throo k|ds who sound ||ko toonagors and
thoy'ro scroam|ng |n tho background. ||rst l thought thoy woro bo|ng hurt. l was try|ng to ta|k qu|ot|y. 1hoy kopt say|ng, 'Our paronts aro com|ng
homo . . . tho dr|vor |ooks ||ko ho's doad |n tho cab and thoro's a ||ght on |n tho cab and thoy woro t|ght|ng. Oh, p|oaso como, p|oaso como!' l kopt
to|||ng thom, '3tay |n tho houso.' Wh|ch thoy d|d. You know how tast thoso b|ack and wh|tos nood tho rad|o |ntormat|on. Wo do our bost, but whon
you'ro doa||ng w|th ch||dron . . . l'vo got my own and l know . . . thoy'ro scarod to doath and thoy know somoth|ng's wrong and thoy can soo th|s body
ot tho cabb|o |ay|ng ovor on tho s|do w|th tho door opon.'
1horo woro l|chmond un|ts and lark 3tat|on un|ts a|| rospond|ng. 1hoy a|| know that 1u||us Kahn l|ayground |s thoro and that's part ot tho
lros|d|o. lt ho goos |n thoro, wo'ro probab|y go|ng to |oso h|m. |rom Arguo||o, |ouko and Zo|ms wou|d havo to mako a r|ght go|ng north, thon onto
Wash|ngton. 1hoy woro probab|y tho on|y un|t thoro and l'm conv|ncod that thoy actua||y saw tho Zod|ac. |ouko was moro ot a votoran ott|cor than
Zo|ms. As son|or ott|cor, ho was dr|v|ng and got tho bottor v|ow ot tho strangor. Apparont|y Zo|ms d|dn't th|nk |t was anyth|ng. And |ouko wou|d
havo had tho rad|o convorsat|on. 1h|ngs happonod so qu|ck|y. And thon you havo no |doa that throo days |ator you roa||zo you'ro doa||ng w|th tho
most dangorous sor|a| k|||or |n tho country.
1hat cab was out ot thoro |ong botoro tho ||ro 0opartmont arr|vod. A|| wo wantod trom thom was a spoc|a| smoko-oator un|t tor soarch||ght on|y.
Com|ng up tho h||| trom Arguo||o was an Army un|t w|th |argo soarch||ght trucks. Wo had gono ovor ovoryth|ng and l to|d [3|||| K|rk|nda| and [3ob|
0ag|tz, 'Got tho cab out ot horo. 1ho body's gono.' lo|ghbors woro k|nd ot |oan|ng |n. l had to ask two or throo un|torm guys, '0on't |ot anybody noar
tho tax|, guys, p|oaso.' l had 0ag|tz to||ow tho tow to tho |a|| ot 1ust|co. 1hoy put tho cab |n tho |mpound room and startod work on |t |n tho morn|ng.'
1ho ott|cors' mod|t|od socond skotch mado Zod|ac tu||or-tacod, o|dor. 3ut an amondod wr|tton doscr|pt|on, |nc|ud|ng dota||s |n an |mportant
|ntordopartmonta| momorandum subm|ttod by |ouko a month attor tho shoot|ng, lovombor 12, 1000, was novor addod to tho wantod c|rcu|ar.
|ouko's moro accurato dop|ct|on |angu|shod w|th|n 3|l0's o|ght drawors ot t||os on Zod|ac. lt |s cruc|a| onough to quoto |n tu||:

3|r: l rospocttu||y w|sh to roport tho to||ow|ng, that wh||o rospond|ng to tho aroa ot Chorry and Wash|ngton 3troots a suspoct t|tt|ng tho
doscr|pt|on ot tho Zod|ac k|||or was obsorvod by ott|cor |ouko,' ho wroto, wa|k|ng |n an oastor|y d|roct|on on 1ackson stroot and thon turn north
on Vap|o stroot. 1h|s subjoct was not stoppod as tho doscr|pt|on roco|vod trom commun|cat|ons was that ot a logro ma|o. Whon tho r|ght
doscr|pt|on was broadcast roport|ng ott|cor |ntormod commun|cat|ons that a poss|b|o suspoct had boon soon go|ng north on Vap|o 3troot |nto
tho lros|d|o, tho aroa ot 1u||us Kahn p|ayground and a soarch was startod wh|ch had nogat|vo rosu|ts. 1ho suspoct that was obsorvod by
ott|cor |ouko was a WVA 8b-4b Yrs about t|vo-toot, ton |nchos, 180-200 pounds. Vod|um hoavy bu||d-3arro| chostod-Vod|um comp|ox|on
-l|ght-co|orod ha|r poss|b|y groy|ng |n roar (Vay havo boon ||ght|ng that causod th|s ottoct.) Crow cut-woar|ng g|assos-0rossod |n dark
b|uo wa|st |ongth z|ppor typo jackot (lavy or roya| b|uo) E|ast|c cutts and wa|st band z|ppod part way up. 3rown woo| pants p|ootod [s|c| typo
baggy |n roar (lust brown) Vay havo boon woar|ng |ow cut shoos. 3ubjoct at no t|mo appoarod to bo |n a hurry wa|k|ng w|th a shutt||ng |opo,
3||ght|y bont torward. 1ho subjocts gonora| appoaranco-Wo|sh ancostry. Vy partnor that n|ght was ott|cor E. Zo|ms #1848 ot l|chmond
stat|on. l do not know |t ho obsorvod th|s subjoct or not. lospocttu||y subm|ttod. 0ona|d A. |ouko, latro|man, 3tar 847.'

l romombor Ott|cor |ouko to|||ng us tho compos|to draw|ng was not noar|y as accurato as wo or|g|na||y thought w|th tho ch||dron,' 1osch| to|d mo.
W|th|n tho hom|c|do d|v|s|on tho wantod postor was changod to road t|vo toot o|ovon |nchos' ta||. 1hat Zod|ac was roundor-tacod, b|ggor. Whon
you th|nk back to |ouko's vorba| doscr|pt|on tho word '|umbor|ng' sounds ||ko a gor|||a, tor God's sako.' As yoars passod, |ouko a|torod h|s
ost|mato ot Zod|ac's wo|ght upward to 280-240 pounds and ca|cu|atod h|s ho|ght at s|x toot or s|x toot ono. |o ovontua||y roca||od tho |ow-cut shoos
as ong|noor|ng boots and tho jackot as d|rty.' Zod|ac,' ho sa|d to a to|ov|s|on producor, was wa|k|ng toward us at an avorago paco, turnod whon
ho saw us, and wa|kod |nto a pr|vato ros|donco [on 1ackson 3troot|.'
1osch| d|sagrood. Zod|ac d|sappoarod,' ho sa|d. 'lnto tho brush, somowhoro |n tho park,' |s what |ouko sa|d, not |nto a ros|donco, not
whatsoovor. |ouko c|ockod tho oncountor at no moro than t|vo to ton soconds. Wo to|t that Zo|ms and |ouko had stoppod Zod|ac, and d|d
ovoryth|ng wo cou|d to koop |t qu|ot so thoy wou|dn't bo hurt by tho po||co comm|ss|on or ombarrassod. l romombor l ta|kod to 0on [|ouko| on tho
s|do. |o was a|| toary-oyod. '1osus Chr|st, 0avo, my God, |t was tho guy,' ho sa|d. l sa|d, 'Yoah, |t was, 0on, but ho cou|d'vo k|||od you so oasy. lt
you had gotton out ot your voh|c|o, unassum|ng, ho cou|d havo b|own you and Er|c [Zo|ms| away. You gotta cons|dor that.' Wo had thom do a skotch,
sont our skotch art|st out thoro, and got tho compos|to.'
l |ntorv|owod tho ono surv|v|ng mombor ot that duo thoro |n tho 1000s,' Goorgo 3awart to|d mo |ator. Ono guy was doad and tho othor was st|||
work|ng tor 3|l0. |o was work|ng 1uvon||o or somoth|ng and ho wasn't roa| happy about bo|ng |ntorv|owod. lt was not tho h|gh po|nt ot h|s caroor
and ho d|dn't want to ta|k about |t. Who cou|d b|amo h|m.'
va||ojo 0otoct|vo 3orgoant 1ohn lynch too was obsossod w|th how c|oso Zod|ac had como to bo|ng capturod. 1ho way l hoard tho th|ng,' ho
to|d mo, |s that whon thoy woro ta|k|ng to h|m a ca|| camo on tho rad|o that thoy woro |ook|ng tor a b|ack man, and [thoy| |ot th|s guy go and ho
d|sappoarod |nto tho lros|d|o. l don't bo||ovo ho was covorod w|th b|ood. You know, |n tho murdor ot a cabdr|vor you can a|most bot your boots tho
cops camo out ot that squad car w|th tho|r guns |n tho|r hands. You'd havo to. 1hoy wa|tod so |ong to to|| tho|r ch|ot bocauso thoy woro probab|y
shook up ovor that.'
1wo|vo days botoro, thoro may havo boon a dry run tor tho 3t|no shoot|ng. At 11:00 l.V., 3optombor 80, 1000, Yo||ow Cab dr|vor lau| |om
snaggod a taro at tho Vark |opk|n's |oto|. 1ho passongor askod to bo dr|von to Wash|ngton and locust 3troots, throo b|ocks botoro Wash|ngton
and Chorry 3troots. At tho dost|nat|on, ho askod |om to cont|nuo a|ong Wash|ngton to Arguo||o 3ou|ovard, thon procood north |nto tho lros|d|o tor
sovora| hundrod yards. Abrupt|y, ho pu||od a |ong-barro|od rovo|vor and robbod |om ot $8b |n cash. 1ho cabb|o, torcod |nto tho trunk, p|oadod w|th
tho robbor to sparo h|s ||to. lator ho was ro|oasod, unharmod, by V.l's. Attor 3t|no's murdor, Capta|n Varty loo, bas|ng h|s conc|us|on on an
amaz|ng s|m||ar|ty ot V.O. botwoon cr|m|na|s |n two cabby casos,' sa|d ho bo||ovod tho robbor to havo boon Zod|ac. 1ho Cbroolc|o thought so too.
Ono ot tho |uck|ost mon a||vo,' |t roportod, takon tor a r|do by Zod|ac, but ||vod to to|| about |t.' Ono d|scropancy cou|d not bo oxp|a|nod. |om's
robbor was on|y twonty-tour, 18b pounds w|th b|ack ha|r and oyos,' and drossod |n b|uo don|m jackot and dark s|acks.' 3ut Zod|ac was undon|ab|y
a stocky, o|dor man. 0|d ho havo a young accomp||co who had scoutod out tho scono tor h|m, rohoars|ng tho 3t|no k||||ng? Was that whoro tho
answor |ay?


NuIanax wouId novor soo |ouko's |ntorna| 3|l0 commun|cat|on and upward ost|mato ot Zod|ac's ho|ght and wo|ght. v|rtua||y no ono d|d. |o
rop|acod tho wantod postor w|th a m|stakon concopt|on ot tho k|||or's appoaranco and an uncomtortab|o sonso |t d|d not ont|ro|y t|t tho|r now
suspoct. 1ho va||ojo dotoct|vo a|so novor know that 3tarr had an odd way ot str|d|ng. Whon wa|k|ng ho was torr|b|y |umbor|ng,' 3tarr's tr|ond to|d
mo |ator. |o had a tunny h|p [h|s |og was |acoratod so bad|y |n August ot 100b that p|ast|c surgory had boon roqu|rod|.' Ono common ||nk was tho
doscr|pt|on ot Zod|ac as an unusua||y round-tacod man. Cou|d Zod|ac's round, b|oatod taco bo |nd|cat|vo ot t|u|d rotont|on trom a dovo|op|ng hoa|th
prob|om?' l askod a nurso. 3uch as ta|||ng k|dnoys?' sho answorod. Yos, vory dot|n|to|y.'
Vu|anax noxt |oarnod that tho suspoct had boon arrostod 1uno 1b, 10b8, tor a v|o|at|on ot 41b l.C., d|sturb|ng tho poaco. lt was a m|nor b||p |n
h|s rocord, but ono that had d|sastrous ram|t|cat|ons |ator on. As Vu|anax put away tho t||o to|dor, ho saw that 3tarr had boon a v|ct|m or a w|tnoss
to sovora| othor |nc|donts. Add|t|ona||y, susp|c|ons ox|stod about h|s |mpropor ro|at|onsh|ps w|th ch||dron.
lot a n|co boy,' Vu|anax thought.
1ho dotoct|vo wantod to bo proparod botoro tho arr|va| ot tho Zod|ac 1w|ns'-as tho papors had dubbod Armstrong and 1osch|. |o phonod
Cl8l tor a moro dota||od rap shoot, thon buzzod tho 0opartmont ot Votor voh|c|os tor a photo. 3usan, that's Ca||torn|a 0r|vor's l|conso
#30728b2,' ho ropoatod tor 3usan lasp|no. Wh||o sho procossod h|s roquost, Vu|anax |ott tho ott|co to chock out tho ros|donco 3tarr sharod w|th
h|s w|dowod mothor. lt was coo|or that day. lrova|||ng w|nds through tho Go|don Gato kopt tho town's c||mato a ||tt|o warmor |n w|ntor and a ||tt|o
coo|or |n summor than othor 3ay Aroa c|t|os. Vu|anax turnod ott 1onnossoo 3troot and swung by |rosno 3troot.
3tarr's homo, hunchod on tho oast s|do ot tho stroot, was sun-b|oachod brown and shono p|nk|sh-gray whoro d|agona| s|ashos ot ||ght cut across
|t. 1ho numora|s 82,' att|xod |n a mota| tramo on tho tacado, stood out stark b|ack aga|nst wh|to. A 10b7 b|uo and wh|to |ord sodan, parkod |n tront
and hookod to a boat tra||or, caught Vu|anax's oyo. |o s|owod and jottod down tho ||conso numbor-l0| 074. 0Vv vor|t|od |t was rog|storod to
3tarr, who a|so ownod a two-soat Aust|n |oa|oy, a vW, and a wh|to 3u|ck. A dr|voway |od back to a dotachod two-door garago whoro a wh|to
100b Vorcodos 22033 was parkod. Vu|anax had a|roady |oarnod that tho suspoct had tormor|y boon omp|oyod as an attondant at |arry Wogan's
3orv|co 3tat|on. An auto ropa|r job such as that wou|d havo mado many cars |ott ovorn|ght tor ropa|r ava||ab|o to 3tarr.
1ho sorgoant roachod tho ond ot tho b|ock, mado a U-turn at l|||no|s 3troot, and cru|sod back by tho houso. |o took ono |ast cr|t|ca| |ook, thon
spoko w|th Wogan. 1ho sorv|co stat|on ownor to|d Vu|anax that 3tarr had |ott h|s omp|oymont |n 1070. |o sa|d ho was th|nk|ng ot roturn|ng to
schoo| at 3onoma 3tato Co||ogo |n Cotat|,' rop||od Wogan. 1h|s was truo. 3tarr had bogun work|ng toward a dogroo |n b|o|ogy |n tho ta|| ot 1070.
1hough 3tarr, accord|ng to h|s tormor boss, had boon an ott|c|ont workor, ho had shown too much |ntorost |n sma|| ch||dron. Wogan had throo sma||
ch||dron h|mso|t and thoy somot|mos camo around tho stat|on. 1hat worr|od mo,' ho sa|d. l wasn't sorry to soo h|m go.' 1hat soomod to bo tho way
w|th 3tarr's many omp|oyors. 1hoy had h|m work|ng at a schoo| as somo sort ot custod|an,' Vu|anax to|d mo |ator. l was |ntur|atod bocauso l to|t
ho shou|d havo boon arrostod.'
At tho start ot summor, 3tarr had droppod by Wogan's homo and p|ckod up h|s th|rtoon-yoar-o|d daughtor. |ow wou|d you ||ko to go tor a r|do
w|th mo on my boat?' ho had askod. 1ho youngstor had accoptod w|thout hor paronts' consont. 1ho g|r| roturnod to ro|ato that 3tarr had mado
|mpropor advancos' toward hor. Attor th|s, Wogan had not soon h|s omp|oyoo aga|n or wantod to.
3orgoant Vu|anax bo||ovod much ot tho |ntorost podoph||os had |n sma|| ch||dron camo trom hav|ng abso|uto powor ovor anothor |nd|v|dua|,
roduc|ng thom to objocts-a tra|t Zod|ac and a|most ovory sor|a| k|||or sharod. Whon Zod|ac had hog-t|od h|s v|ct|ms at lako 3orryossa,' ho to|d
mo, ho had had comp|oto powor, had roducod thom |n h|s m|nd to moro objocts, and ospoc|a||y woro h|s homomado oxocut|onor's costumo tor tho
occas|on.' lorhaps Zod|ac had hopod somoono m|ght g||mpso h|s tr|ghton|ng outt|t and |nc|to moro torror |n an a|roady torr|t|od commun|ty. 3ut ho
cou|d hard|y havo hopod h|s v|ct|ms wou|d surv|vo to to|| tho ta|o. |ad ho shown h|mso|t to somoono o|so, as yot unknown?
Zod|ac's throats to b|ow up schoo| busos and shoot ch||dron |nsp|rod as much toar as h|s costumo. Vu|anax roca||od armod sont|no|s-ott-duty
toachors, dr|vors, and t|romon, r|d|ng shotgun on schoo| busos. lapa l.0., tho jur|sd|ct|on ot tho 3orryossa stabb|ngs, ass|gnod moro than sovonty
po||co un|ts to to||ow tho busos, and t|xod-w|ng guard p|anos tra||od hawk||ko boh|nd thom. loop|o pookod boh|nd tho|r doors and gavo socond,
ovon th|rd g|ancos to cars g||d|ng a|ong tho trooways and back roads at n|ght. Zod|ac was tho twont|oth-contury vors|on ot tho 3ogoyman.
1o obta|n moro samp|os ot 3tarr's handpr|nt|ng, Vu|anax drovo to 1000 1onnossoo 3troot, whoro 3tarr ma|nta|nod a chock|ng account at
Crockor-C|t|zons 3ank. |o arrangod to got photostats ot rocont canco|od chocks connoctod to account #b40-108b-48. |o had cons|dorod
borrow|ng tho or|g|na|s (s|nco 3tarr had ordorod tho bank not to roturn thom), but doc|dod aga|nst |t. |o saw ono dratt was to a man namod lh||
1uckor. Anothor, datod 1u|y 20, 1071, was a $0.00 chock to l. G. 3|ack-wood tor a 44-ga||on coo|or. A th|rd showod a 1uno 4 paymont mado out to
1a|| 1roos 1ra||or Court. 1ho notat|on sa|d: 3torago lonta|.' Vu|anax d|spatchod a|| throo samp|os to Vorr||| tor ana|ys|s w|thout g|v|ng much
cons|dorat|on to what 3tarr m|ght bo stor|ng |n a tra||or court. |o had many tra||ors.
At 1:80 l.V., lnspoctors Armstrong and 1osch|, ||ko travo|ors |nto a toro|gn |and, crossod |nto 3o|ano County tor tho|r appo|ntmont w|th Vu|anax.
3|nco 1000 thoy had oxam|nod hundrods ot suspocts, woro, |n tact, woary. |owovor, 3tarr was bog|nn|ng to |ook sor|ous, bog|nn|ng to |ook vory
good. 1osch|, w|th h|s mass ot t|ght, cur|y b|ack ha|r, was woar|ng h|s tradomark bow t|o. A sm||o broadonod h|s romarkab|y oxpross|vo taco. 1hoy
had brought a|ong Vo| l|co|a|, and 1osch| was boam|ng at bo|ng among such good company. |o had a h|gh op|n|on ot l|co|a|. vory
protoss|ona|,' ho to|d mo |ator. Vo| onjoyod a good |augh and was a vory, vory good |aw ontorcomont ott|cor. W|th h|s crow cut and g|assos, ho
|ookod ||ko a protossor. l|co|a|, as a 3tato 0opartmont ot 1ust|co Cl8l agont, put casos togothor whon mu|t|p|o count|os woro |nvo|vod. |o was a
m|dd|o guy. Wo cou|d contact h|m and ho cou|d got us |ntormat|on out ot 3acramonto.'
As tor Vu|anax, ho was a man's man, a ruggod outdoorsman, a huntor ||ko Zod|ac. Attor l soo 3tarr |n porson, l'|| contact you guys to como
back,' ho assurod thom as tho moot|ng conc|udod. Vu|anax was tho k|nd ot man you cou|d count on. 1osch| know ho wou|d como back w|th tho
goods.
Nonday, Auguat 2, 1071
NuIanax continuod hia c|rcumspoct |nvost|gat|on |nto 3tarr's past, gathor|ng as much background |ntormat|on as ho cou|d botoro mak|ng
porsona| contact w|th tho suspoct. |o notod, as othors had, that 3tarr's b|rth dato was 0ocombor 18-two days shy ot tho 0ocombor 20 dato ot tho
lako |orman load doub|o murdors. Vu|anax know somo sor|a| k|||ors struck on datos that ho|d s|gn|t|canco tor thom. 3o tar, Zod|ac had shot or
stabbod coup|os on tho |ourth ot 1u|y, noar |a||owoon, Co|umbus 0ay, and a tow days botoro Chr|stmas. |owovor, a tow vl0 |nvost|gators
bo||ovod Zod|ac had on|y takon rospons|b|||ty tor tho lako |orman tragody to onhanco h|s rop and turthor contuso tho po||co. Vu|anax to|d mo,'
sa|d 1osch|, that ono day whon 3tarr wasn't homo, ho wont to 3tarr's houso and h|s mothor was thoro. |o k|nda just wa|kod around and soarchod
a ||tt|o b|t.'
lt Vu|anax spoko convorsat|ona||y w|th 3tarr h|mso|t that day (not a quost|on|ng |n any rospoct), no rocord has surv|vod. Vu|anax saw tho opon
door to 3tarr's basomont room yawn|ng botoro h|m, and obsorvod |t was pa|ntod tho samo noar-noutra| groon' as tho k|tchon, though a shado
||ghtor. Was 3tarr down thoro now, poor|ng up at h|m? 3orn|co, catch|ng h|s oyo, sa|d, lt was a bodroom tor both my boys tor many yoars.' 1ho
ma||box was a s|ot |n tho cornor ot tho basomont room. A|| |ottors must drop |nto that h|doaway,' thought Vu|anax, th|nk|ng ot tho ma||-obsossod
k|||or. And Zod|ac had sa|d |n a |ottor ho had a basomont and bombs thoro. 3tarr had movod trom an upsta|rs room back to tho basomont tor moro
pr|vacy. Vu|anax was tomptod, but caut|on provontod h|m trom advanc|ng a stop turthor. |o rotroatod, but was st||| th|nk|ng ovor tho substanco ot
h|s v|s|t and a tow ot 3orn|co's vaguo romarks as tho wookond ondod and ho proparod to contor aga|n w|th tho 3an |ranc|sco dotoct|vos.
1uoaday, Auguat 8, 1071
Nany aIong Froano 3troot had known 3tarr s|nco ho was a boy, know how dovotod ho was to h|s mothor. 3ut that mutua| attoct|on ox|stod on|y as
smoko and m|rrors-no|ghbors otton ovorhoard shout|ng matchos botwoon tho two. ||s mothor was a ||tt|o on tho storn s|do,' sa|d Chonoy. Yoah,
sho was tough. 3ho was a ta|| woman, a|most as ta|| as 3tarr. 3oth paronts woro ta|| and s|ondor ||ko lon. Un||ko h|s brothor, lon got a|ong w|th
ovorybody.' 1ho ma|n bono ot contont|on was that 3orn|co ho|d 3tarr's youngor brothor, lon, |n h|ghor rogard than h|m.
1horo was a b|g r|va|ry botwoon lon and h|s o|dor brothor,' lanzaro||a to|d mo |ator. lon got moro g|r|s. |o cou|d bo moro charm|ng and tho
mothor usod to tavor h|m, much to 3tarr's d|sda|n. 3ho adorod lon who was a n|co-|ook|ng k|d. And 3tarr at th|s t|mo had a|roady gotton tat. l spont
tho wookond |n tho homo w|th tho dad and tho mom. 3tarr camo ovor. |o was ||v|ng |n h|s tra||or at tho t|mo and l saw how unassum|ng tho tathor
was. |o had boon woundod |n an a|rp|ano wrock ovor Ok|ahoma |n tho |ato t|tt|os or oar|y s|xt|os and ho was novor tho samo attor that. |o was a
drattsman now and wo drovo h|m to work, droppod h|m ott and p|ckod h|m up |ator. l|co man, but vory mook. |o wasn't a|ways that way. lon to|d
mo |t was tho acc|dont that mado h|m that way. Attor tho acc|dont Ethan cou|d no |ongor koop h|s son |n ||no. |o bocamo-how shou|d l say th|s-
qu|ot. 1ho mothor was tota||y tho dom|nant porsona||ty. 1hoy woro a|ways argu|ng and bantor|ng. |o'd roa||y cuss hor up and down, scroam|ng at
hor. l know |t l had spokon to my paronts that way, thoy wou|d havo k|||od mo. 3tarr ca||od hor a 'c-' and stutt ||ko that. lt was awtu| and th|s was at
tho d|nnor tab|o.'
Chonoy o|aboratod on th|s. 3tarr's tathor was a docoratod jot p||ot,' ho to|d mo. l don't know |t ho got shot down or ho had a wrock, but ho had
an acc|dont and was |njurod protty bad|y and was mod|ca||y d|schargod. l d|dn't know h|m trom tho days whon ho was st||| |n tho lavy. |o was st|||
act|vo, but apparont|y had |ost somo ot h|s t|ro. |o wasn't tho hot jot p||ot ho had onco boon. |o st||| wont to work and st||| was a drattsman on Varo
ls|and. |o wasn't bummod up. |o cou|d wa|k a|| r|ght and a|| ot h|s tunct|ons woro norma|. |o was a n|co guy. 1ho tam||y had comm|ssary pr|v||ogos
and had l.0. cards so thoy cou|d shop on m|||tary basos. 1ho W|ng Wa|kor shoos ho woro probab|y camo trom Varo ls|and. 1hoy woro mado tor
p||ots and crowmon.'
|rom tho stroot Vu|anax |d|od h|s car and obsorvod tho smudgod, pract|ca||y ground-|ovo| w|ndow to 3tarr's d|sordorod basomont apartmont,
and tr|od to |mag|no what |t must bo ||ko. |o st||| yoarnod to havo a pook. 3tarr's mothor had doscr|bod hor son's |nnor sanctum as stackod w|th
books. 3tarr was qu|to tho studont, a protoss|ona| studont,' h|s brothor sa|d. Attor summor vacat|on,' 3orn|co had oxp|a|nod, ho |ntonds to roturn
to co||ogo at Cotat| tor tho ta|| somostor.' Vu|anax thought back to 1000 and to anothor summor vacat|on-tumu|tuous t|mos, v|o|ont t|mos tor
va||ojo.
3tarr had boon a studont thon too and Zod|ac had boon at h|s bo|dost, grasp|ng Wator 1own |n a gr|p ot toar. W|th tho |nt|mato know|odgo ot a
va||ojo ros|dont, ho cap|ta||zod on a c|tyw|do po||co and t|romon's str|ko. 1hroughout tho wa|kout thoro woro on|y two dozon Ca||torn|a ||ghway
latro|mon to cru|so about and ontorco tratt|c |aws tor a c|ty ot 72,000. On 1u|y 21, nogot|ators a|most had tho str|ko ||ckod, but Apo||o 11 do|ayod a
sott|omont moot|ng whon Govornor loagan doc|arod a moon-t||ght ho||day.
3o tar summor vacat|on 1071 had boon |oss turbu|ont, thought Vu|anax. va||ojo had a h|gh|y ott|c|ont |aw ontorcomont toam |n p|aco and 3tarr
had a job w|th Un|on O|| ot Ca||torn|a to koop h|m occup|od. loturn|ng to hoadquartors just botoro |unch, Vu|anax rang tho Un|on O|| rot|nory at
l|no|o and spoko w|th Vclamara |n lorsonno|. |o cont|rmod 3tarr was omp|oyod as a jun|or chom|st |n tho|r |ab, had boon s|nco 3optombor 8,
1070. 3ut 3tarr cou|d not havo boon vory happy at l|no|o. last Apr|| 20, tho ovorqua||t|od man had app||od tor omp|oymont at a Un|on 70 garago |n
noarby lodoo. ||s summor hours at tho rot|nory aro trom 8:00 A.V. unt|| 4:00 l.V.-4:80 l.V.,' cont|nuod Vclamara, and that's oach wookday.'
l'd ||ko to |ntorv|ow h|m dur|ng work|ng hours,' Vu|anax oxp|a|nod.
1hat's a b|t out ot tho ord|nary,' sa|d tho porsonno| ch|ot, and bound to causo somo d|srupt|on.' 0|srupt|on was oxact|y what Vu|anax had |n
m|nd. Wo||, wo can prov|do my pr|vato ott|co tor your purposos,' Vclamara agrood.
Good,' sa|d tho dotoct|vo. 1ust don't |ot on that wo |ntond to |ntorv|ow h|m pr|or to h|s bo|ng brought to tho ott|co.' Vost dot|n|to|y Vu|anax
wantod to surpr|so 3tarr and put h|m ott ba|anco. |o hung up, notod tho appo|ntmont on h|s pad, thon d|a|od 1osch| and Armstrong and |ntormod
thom ot tho moot|ng. |am|shod attor a busy morn|ng, ho wont to |unch.
Armstrong and 1osch| had boon busy too. 1osch| stud|od two pagos ot scr|bb|od notos, munch|ng an|ma| crackors and dunk|ng thom |n a cup ot
lnstant |o|gors. |o had just |oarnod that 3tarr, though born |ott-handod, had boon compo||od as a ch||d to wr|to w|th h|s r|ght hand-a poss|b|o
causo ot sor|ous psycho|og|ca| prob|oms.
Attor |unch, Vorr||| got back to Vu|anax |n va||ojo about 3tarr's canco|od chocks. l'vo comparod thom to Zod|ac |ottor|ng,' Vorr||| sa|d, and thoy
como up nogat|vo.' What woro thoy m|ss|ng? wondorod Vu|anax. lt 3tarr was Zod|ac, had ho dov|sod a way to d|sgu|so h|s pr|nt|ng? Or had a
contodorato wr|tton thom? l|ght to tho ond that shadowy socond man wou|d bo a worr|somo o|omont |n tho hunt tor Zod|ac.
Wodnoaday, Auguat 4, 1071
1oachi, Armatrong, and Vu|anax spod south trom va||ojo a|ong lntorstato 80 and ratt|od across tho Carqu|noz 3r|dgo |nto Contra Costa County.
1rac|ng tho shoro ot 3an lab|o 3ay, thoy swopt past 3o|by, 1ormoy, lodoo, and |orcu|os. 1o tho wost |am||ton A|3 sh|mmorod across c|oudod
groon wator. 1ho prov|ous 1anuary two 3tandard O|| Company tankors had co|||dod just outs|do tho Go|don Gato, sp||||ng a|most two m||||on ga||ons
ot b|ack gummy crudo |nto tho 3ay. 3hort|y botoro 10:2b A.V. tho dotoct|vos ha|tod at tho cha|n-||nk gato ot a vast o|| rot|nory. 1ho l|no|o |nsta||at|on
was |mpross|vo. 3y n|ght, whon |t was tw|nk||ng w|th a m||||on d|amond ||ghts, groat c|ouds ot ro|||ng stoam mado |t othorwor|d|y, by day t|ngor||ko
b|ack towors shot hundrods ot toot upward ||ko tho barro|s ot guns.
1ho gato s||d back and, throo or tour b|ocks |ator, tho dotoct|vos c||mbod out. 1osch| cranod h|s nock upward, whoro procoss|ng towors bo||od
crudo o|| to 7b0 dogroos. 1ho hoat|ng procoduro soparatod mo|ocu|os, convort|ng thom |nto propano, gaso||no, butano, korosono, d|oso| tuo|,
|ubr|cat|ng o||, ovon road tar and wax. 3tarr was a chom|st and tho rot|nory |tso|t no moro than a g|ant chom|ca| |ab. Comp|ox condu|ts tw|stod |nto
ovor|app|ng tunno|s, tunno||ng raw potro|oum |nto mammoth storago tanks, cata|yt|c un|ts, and vacuum d|st|||at|on un|ts.
3uddon shr||| wh|st|os a|ortod 1osch|. ||gh abovo, mon scramb|od on gantr|os and towors. An unctuous m|st ||ko soot showorod down on thom
and mado 1osch| quoasy. ||s broaktast th|s morn|ng and tor many morn|ngs pr|or had boon a tow asp|r|ns washod down w|th co|d cottoo. 1hoy
ontorod Vclamara's ott|co and watchod as ho phonod a |ab to summon tho unsuspoct|ng ass|stant chom|st. lt'|| bo a m|nuto,' ho sa|d. 3tarr's
rocords woro sproad out ||ko a tan on Vclamara's dosk. 3||| Armstrong took tho t|mo to thumb through thom s|nco ho wou|d bo |n chargo ot tho
quost|on|ng.
1ho |nvost|gators d|d not hoar tho suspoct |n tho ha||way-on|y tho o|ovator doors opon|ng w|th a whoosh.' 3tarr wa|kod sott|y tor a b|g man and
was woar|ng paddod shoos ot somo sort. At |ast thoy wou|d soo h|m taco to taco. 1osch| sat r|g|d |n h|s soat. |o ha|t roso. Attor so many suspocts,
attor so many yoars and d|sappo|ntmonts, was Zod|ac t|na||y horo-w|th|n tho|r grasp? 1osch| ho|d h|s broath. 1ho door oponod. 3tarr's phys|ca|
prosonco was a|| 1osch| thought |t wou|d bo and a|| that ho know Zod|ac's was.
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robort haII atarr
Wodnoaday, Auguat 4, 1071
5tarr tiIIod tho doorway. ||s bo|d, a|most ha|r|oss hoad sw|vo|od trom taco to taco as tho tr|o ot dotoct|vos |dont|t|od thomso|vos. 3tarr soomod
surpr|sod and a ||tt|o norvous that thoy woro po||comon. l roa||zod that ho was atra|d ho was go|ng to got t|rod,' 1osch| to|d mo |ator, and that a|ono
m|ght havo accountod tor h|s approhons|on.' 1wonty-t|vo hundrod Zod|ac suspocts had surtacod ovor tho yoars and boon pa|nstak|ng|y chockod
out. 3|nco so many count|os, jur|sd|ct|ons, and un|ncorporatod aroas woro |nvo|vod, cops d|d not a|ways comparo notos or ovon namos. 3tarr was
not tho|r t|rst good suspoct. |o was not tho|r |ast. Convon|ont|y, a|arm bo||s shou|d havo rosoundod |n tho |nvost|gators' m|nds. 1hoy d|dn't. On|y
attor tho contoronco, whon tho|r hoads woro coo| and t|mo a||owod thom to cons|dor what 3tarr had sa|d, so much ot |t unb|ddon, d|d tho|r pu|sos
bog|n to raco. 3ack at |om|c|do that stark b|ack c|ock soomod to t|ck tastor.
As Vu|anax had dono, 1osch| took |n tho suspoct's phys|ca| prosonco-3tarr had b|uo-brown oyos and short ||ght brown ha|r that was gray|ng |n
tho back. |adn't Ott|cor |ouko mont|onod somoth|ng about Zod|ac hav|ng ||ght-co|orod ha|r poss|b|y gray|ng |n tho roar,' roco||octod 1osch|, and
tho curvo ot Zod|ac's sku|| had shono through h|s sparso ha|r tho n|ght ho shot tho cabdr|vor.' 1ho |ato s|xt|os woro a por|od ot protost whon poop|o
robo||od aga|nst tho shortor ha|r ot tho tho t|tt|os and woro tho|r ha|r |ong. ln 1000, Zod|ac had worn h|s short-||ko a m|||tary man. |owovor, dur|ng a
prov|ous attack at lako 3orryossa, Zod|ac prosumab|y sportod a hoa|thy hoad ot stra|ght brown ha|r bonoath h|s hood.
l romombor a k|nd ot groasy torohoad . . .' tho surv|v|ng 3orryossa v|ct|m to|d mo |ator. |o thought tho porpotrator had dark brown ha|r-a |ock
had shown through dark g|assos covor|ng narrow oyo|ots. 3onoath thoso g|assos, tho woundod boy conjocturod, woro a socond pa|r ot g|assos.
1ho k|||or, |n comp|oto costumo-a b|ack oxocut|onor's hood w|th a wh|to c|rc|o and cross on tho chost-had appoarod a|most mag|ca||y |n tho
tw|||ght on 3optombor 27, 1000. Zod|ac had travo|od north to lapa County and targotod tho studont and h|s young g|r|tr|ond, stabb|ng thom w|th a
toot-|ong, |nch-w|do bayonot w|th a tapod woodon hand|o. |o had docoratod tho hatt, carr|od at h|s bo|t |n a handmado scabbard, w|th brass r|vots.
l don't know how ta|| Zod|ac was, maybo t|vo toot o|ght or s|x toot, somowhoro |n thoro. l'm a protty poor judgo ot ho|ght bocauso ot my ho|ght,'
sa|d tho |anky studont.
3tarr's w|do brow had broadth onough tor a socond app|o-chookod taco, h|s nock was th|ck, h|gh-sot oars t|ow out ||ko horns. ||s broad-
shou|dorod, s|x-toot-ta|| bu|k was |nt|m|dat|ng. Evorybody that l ovor saw that mot 3tarr undorost|matod h|s ho|ght,' Chonoy |ator oxp|a|nod. |o had
that toarsomo |ook |n h|s oyos. 1h|ck th|ghs and a b|g butt and a bo||y and strong shou|dors and chost.' Yos, 3tarr was a hoavy man, but thon so
was Zod|ac. 1ho surv|v|ng 3orryossa v|ct|m ost|matod Zod|ac's wo|ght at botwoon 22b and 2b0 pounds. l doscr|bod th|s guy as bo|ng roa||y tat,'
ho sa|d. l don't know, ho cou|d havo boon modorato|y hoavy and woar|ng a th|ck|y ||nod w|ndbroakor.' 3ut thoro was anothor way to to||.
0otoct|vo 3orgoant Kon lar|ow ot tho lapa County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont had dono a compact|on tost on Zod|ac's un|quo tootpr|nts. |o had a
doputy shor|tt wo|gh|ng 210 pounds wa|k a|ongs|do thom. |o d|dn't s|nk down as doop|y as Zod|ac had,' lar|ow to|d mo, ln ordor to put that pr|nt
so doop|y |nto tho sand wo t|gurod tho Zod|ac wo|ghod at |oast 220 pounds. C|oar pr|nts at tho hoo| had |nd|catod that Zod|ac was not runn|ng whon
ho |ott.' Vorr|||, tho handwr|t|ng oxam|nor, as consorvat|vo w|th tho compact|on tost as w|th handpr|nt|ng, to|d mo, lt doponds on how tho sand was
at tho t|mo too. lt tho guy was tak|ng b|g |op|ng stops or m|nc|ng a|ong. 1hoy woro guoss|ng at tho s|zo trom tho |ndontat|on ho mado. 3upposo tho
sand tho day botoro was d|ttoront. 3upposo thoro had boon wator |n |t.'
3ut tho ground had boon dry and ho had boon str|d|ng |o|suro|y. 1ho pr|nts woro t|rm and ospoc|a||y c|oar at tho hoo|. lapa cops arr|vod a|most
|mmod|ato|y bocauso Zod|ac had bo|d|y phonod thom trom a booth w|th|n tour and ono-ha|t b|ocks ot tho|r hoadquartors. |o was bound to havo
somo b|ood on h|m,' lar|ow to|d mo. 1o como |n trom 3orryossa and h|t that part|cu|ar to|ophono ho had to pass, l t|guro, somo twonty to twonty-
ono to|ophonos. |o camo |n c|oso onough to hoar any poss|b|o s|rons rush|ng out ot tho c|ty ot lapa. |o cou|d ca|| |n trom tho |ako, but ho wou|d bo
trapp|ng h|mso|t up thoro. lt's a twonty-t|vo-m|nuto dr|vo down. 1ho booth was twonty-sovon m||os trom tho cr|mo scono. lt wo had tound out ho was
ca|||ng trom tho |ako wo cou|d havo soa|od tho aroa ott.'
At tho |ako thoro was turthor proot that Zod|ac's cons|dorab|o wo|ght was not padd|ng. |o had |mprossod un|quo marks doop|y |nto tho oarth. A
c|rc|o on tho so|o road|ng 3UlElWEAl' showod c|oar|y |n lar|ow's p|astor mou|agos. Zod|ac's m|||tary mot|t, suggostod by a b|ack ho|stor at h|s
bo|t conta|n|ng a b|uo-stoo| som|automat|c m|||tary .4b, was onhancod by tho |dont|ty|ng |ogos ot h|s shoos-b|ack boots usod pr|mar||y by tho
lavy. W|ng Wa|kor shoos woro worn a|most oxc|us|vo|y by a|rcratt ma|ntonanco crowmon tor wa|k|ng tho w|ngs ot jots. lar|ow d|scovorod that, but
on|y attor h|s mon cu||od 1b0 shoo bout|quos w|th namos ||ko 1ho 3p|nn|ng Whoo|' and W|||ow 1roo.'
ln 1000, 108,700 pa|rs ot W|ng Wa|kors had boon sh|ppod to Ogdon, Utah. 1ho Wo|nbronnor 3hoo Company ot Vorr|||, W|scons|n, had
manutacturod thom por a 1000 govornmont contract tor ono m||||on pa|rs tota|. 1ho |ast pa|rs woro d|str|butod to A|r |orco and lava| |nsta||at|ons
on tho Wost Coast. On|y act|vo-duty porsonno| or tormor act|vo-duty porsonno|, or tho|r dopondonts, cou|d havo purchasod such shoos. 1hoso
porsonno| woro roqu|rod to prosont an l.0. card that carr|od a thumbpr|nt and photo to ontor any baso oxchango and mako any purchasos thoro.
va||ojo, |ts oconomy d|roct|y ro|atod to m|||tary oporat|ons, sorvod as homo tor many sk|||od omp|oyoos w|th lavy or A|r |orco t|os. 1hoy to||od at
1rav|s A|3, north ot va||ojo noar |a|rt|o|d, or at |am||ton, Vathor, and VcC|o||an A|r |orco 3asos, noarby Varo ls|and, A|amoda lava| 3tat|on, and
1roasuro ls|and. 1ho |3l bo||ovod |n tho m|||tary connoct|on.
Ul3U3 [unknown subjoct ot an |nvost|gat|on| may havo m|||tary background,' tho |3l t||o sa|d, |nasmuch as Ul3U3 usod bayonot and two
soparato 0mm woapons and ono ot tho surv|v|ng v|ct|ms obsorvod Ul3U3 to bo woar|ng m|||tary-typo boots.' lot on|y woro thoso unusua|-|ook|ng
chuckor-typo boots ava||ab|o on|y through a ||m|tod out|ot, but po||co had tho|r s|zo. Zod|ac woro a s|zo 10/ logu|ar shoo, wh|ch |nd|catod a ta||
man, as d|d h|s |ong str|do.
1osch|, roca|||ng Zod|ac's unusua| homomado costumo, |ator to|d mo: Wo sont our art|st to lapa County [on Octobor 24, 1000|. 3urv|v|ng v|ct|m
3ryan |artno|| doscr|bod tho Zod|ac's hood as b|ack and s|oovo|oss, tho wh|to c|rc|o and crossha|r |n tho m|dd|o ot tho chost. 1ho hood |ookod wo||
mado and wo||-sown [tho cornors had boon st|tchod and thoro was noat st|tch|ng around tho t|at top| w|th c||p-on sung|assos ovor tho oyo s||ts.' And
3tarr cou|d sow (ho had boon a sa||makor). 3ut tho po||co |n that crampod rot|nory ott|co scarco|y wondorod about tho suspoct's sow|ng sk|||s or
pa|d much attont|on to h|s shoos-thoy woro study|ng h|s taco. 3oyond h|s strongth and tho bu||d ot a potont|a| Go|d Voda| sw|mmor gono to sood
was a h|gh|y |nto|||gont m|nd. 3tarr's l.O. was 180.
Wo'ro |nvost|gat|ng tho Zod|ac murdors |n 3an |ranc|sco and va||ojo,' sa|d Armstrong, and wo havo somo quost|ons tor you.' 1ho dotoct|vo
pu||od out a cha|r tor tho chom|st. 1osch| not|cod baro|y porcopt|b|o drop|ots boadod on 3tarr's w|do torohoad. An |ntormant has not|t|od us that
you mado corta|n statomonts approx|mato|y o|ovon months pr|or to tho t|rst Zod|ac murdor,' cont|nuod Armstrong. lt thoso aro truo, thon thoy aro ot
an |ncr|m|nat|ng naturo.' Armstrong, though rotorr|ng to Chonoy's roco||octod d|a|oguo w|th tho suspoct, d|d not mont|on h|s namo. 0o you roca||
hav|ng such a convorsat|on w|th anyono?'
l don't roca|| such a convorsat|on,' 3tarr sa|d m||d|y. Odd|y, ho ta||od to ask w|th whom ho had roportod|y convorsod. |o soomod a|roady to
know. Othors aro qu|ck to roact to what you say and do,' h|s horoscopo had road |n that morn|ng's Cbroolc|o. Chooso your words carotu||y.'
|avo you ovor road or hoard ot Zod|ac?'
l road about tho Zod|ac whon |t t|rst appoarod |n tho nowspapors,' sa|d 3tarr. l d|dn't to||ow up on |t attor thoso t|rst roports.'
Why?'
3ocauso |t was too morb|d.'
3ut 3tarr, |ator |n tho |ntorv|ow, mado othor statomonts that woro |n d|roct cont||ct w|th th|s romark. ||rst, though, ho vo|untoorod th|s: A va||ojo
po||co sorgoant quost|onod mo attor tho Zod|ac murdors at lako 3orryossa.'
A|| throo |nvost|gators woro stunnod.
Wo woron't awaro you had ovor boon quost|onod by tho po||co botoro,' sa|d Armstrong.
l to|d h|m,' sa|d 3tarr, that on that part|cu|ar wookond [3aturday, 3optombor 27, 1000| l had gono to 3a|t lo|nt lanch noar |ort loss to sk|n-
d|vo. [3a|t lo|nt lanch |ay |n tho oppos|to d|roct|on trom lako 3orryossa.| l wont a|ono, but l mot a sorv|coman and h|s w|to who woro stat|onod on
1roasuro ls|and. l don't roca|| h|s namo, but l havo |t wr|tton down somowhoro at homo. l got back to va||ojo about 4:00 l.V.'
Armstrong, 1osch|, and Vu|anax ||stonod |ntont|y. Outs|do, a stoam wh|st|o b|ow and a toroman barkod ordors. lns|do, 3tarr's vo|co dronod |n tho
hoat. 1hoy cou|d a|most hoar whoo|s turn|ng |n h|s hoad. A pa|pab|o tons|on chokod tho ||tt|o ott|co. l roca|| spoak|ng to a no|ghbor short|y attor l
drovo |nto my dr|voway,' 3tarr wont on. l guoss l nog|octod to to|| tho va||ojo ott|cor whon ho quost|onod mo about bo|ng soon by th|s no|ghbor.'
And what was tho no|ghbor's namo?' askod Armstrong.
[W||||am| Wh|to. 3ut ho d|od a wook attor l was quost|onod so l novor bothorod to contact tho po||co.' 1hat was vory convon|ont. 3uddon|y, 3tarr
mado a b|zarro |oap |n subjoct mattor-ono so strango that 1osch| caught Armstrong's attont|on w|th a qu|zz|ca| ra|s|ng ot h|s oyobrow. W|thout any
quost|on|ng about a kn|to such as Zod|ac had usod |n tho 3orryossa stabb|ngs, tho suspoct mado an aston|sh|ng statomont:
1ho two kn|vos l had |n my car had b|ood on thom,' ho sa|d. 1ho b|ood camo trom a ch|ckon l had k|||od.'
1ho day Zod|ac stabbod two co||ogo studonts at lako 3orryossa, 3tarr was to havo boon thoro shoot|ng ground squ|rro|s and had to|d h|s s|stor-
|n-|aw so. ||s now story was that ho had gono scuba d|v|ng |nstoad-o|sowhoro. 3tarr both sk|n d|vod and scuba d|vod. 1o oxp|a|n why Zod|ac
choso s|tos noar |akos, a thoory had c|rcu|atod that Zod|ac was a d|vor who h|d h|s woapons and souvon|rs |n watort|ght conta|nors undorwator.
And that's why tho k|||or had a paunch-a wo|ghtod d|v|ng bo|t around h|s wa|st. 1o 1osch|, that hypothos|s now |ookod cons|dorab|y |oss tar-
totchod. 3tarr was not on|y a boator, but an av|d sk|n d|vor and spoar t|shorman.
3tarr th|nks wo havo somo |ntormat|on rogard|ng a kn|to,' thought Armstrong. |o th|nks wo know moro than wo do, but know|odgo ot that b|oody
kn|to |s |ntormat|on wo don't possoss.' A|| tho dotoct|vos cou|d tathom was that somoono had g||mpsod tho sta|nod kn|vos or kn|to on h|s car soat
and 3tarr know thoy had. 0|d ho th|nk that h|s no|ghbor, W||||am Wh|to, had obsorvod a b|oody b|ado whon ho roturnod homo that day and
mont|onod |t to somoono? Voro than ||ko|y, thought 1osch|, 3tarr's brothor, lon, or s|stor-|n-|aw, Karon, woro tho onos who had sp|od tho b|oody
b|ado. 3tarr was hodg|ng h|s bots and oxp|a|n|ng away |n advanco any |ntormat|on that tho po||co moy havo roco|vod.
Woro you |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a |n 1000?' askod Armstrong.
Onco aga|n, 3tarr vo|untoorod start||ng spoc|t|cs w|thout prompt|ng.
You moan about tho l|vors|do k||||ng?' ho sa|d. Yos, l was |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a at tho approx|mato t|mo as tho l|vors|do murdor |n wh|ch
Zod|ac |s a suspoct.'
1ho |ntormat|on about a Zod|ac stabb|ng |n l|vors|do had boon mado pub||c on|y ton months oar||or. lh|| 3|ns, a southorn ros|dont, had soon
para||o|s botwoon a |oca| murdor and Zod|ac's lorthorn Ca||torn|a act|v|t|os. 1ho broak ran |n tho Cbroolc|o. 3ut hadn't 3tarr just statod ho had |ong
botoro coasod road|ng art|c|os about Zod|ac? 1ho hoad||no story suggostod Zod|ac had k|||od a l|vors|do Co||ogo cood, Chor| 1o 3atos, just
botoro |a||owoon l|ght 1000. 1ho wr|tor ot tho handpr|ntod l|vors|do notos had a|so boon tond ot wr|t|ng taunt|ng |ottors to tho pross (3A1E3
|A0 1O 0lE 1|ElE Wlll 3E VOlE') and us|ng too much postago. A squ|gg|od s|gnaturo on throo |ottors was o|thor a 2' or a Z.' Vost
|mportant|y, Vorr||| had |dont|t|od Zod|ac as tho author ot tho 3outhorn Ca||torn|a notos.
l adm|t l'm |ntorostod |n guns,' 3tarr cont|nuod, but tho on|y handguns l own aro .22-ca||bor. l don't havo and havo novor ownod an automat|c
woapon.'
|avo you ovor ownod a 100b-00 brown Corva|r?' askod Armstrong. Zod|ac was dr|v|ng such a voh|c|o tho n|ght ot h|s |ourth ot 1u|y murdor.
lo.' 3tarr to|dod h|s arms. |o was drossod |n a short-s|oovod wh|to sh|rt, h|s toroarms as mass|vo as lopoyo's.'
1osch| not|cod a b|g watch on 3tarr's wr|st. lt was a ruggod man's watch,' ho to|d mo |ator. lt's tho k|nd ot watch a man wou|d buy to bo soon
-'look at what l'vo got on my wr|st.' And l spottod |t |nstant|y-tho word 'Zod|ac.' l askod h|m spoc|t|ca||y to show |t to mo. '1hat's a n|co watch
you'vo got thoro,' l sa|d. 'Oh, l'vo had |t awh||o,' ho sa|d. '0o you ||ko |t?' l sa|d. 'Oh, yoah,' ho sa|d. And you can soo tho |ottors Z-o-d-|-a-c. l st|||
romombor soo|ng that watch. And ho wantod poop|o to soo what ho had on h|s arm. |o woro |t |n dot|anco. l cou|dn't tako my oyos ott |t. Whon wo
saw tho watch wo woro amazod-and tho brothor and s|stor-|n-|aw attorward mont|onod to Armstrong and l that, '|o ovon woars a Zod|ac watch.''
Vay l soo that?' sa|d Armstrong. |o gosturod toward 3tarr's wr|st. |o had a|so not|cod tho|r suspoct was woar|ng an unusua|-|ook|ng watch. A
ray ot ||ght through tho b||nds mado tho crysta| taco spark|o. Abovo tho watchmakor's namo, |n tho contor ot tho taco, was omb|azonod a bo|d
omb|om. lt trozo tho ott|cors |n sp|to ot tho hoat. 1horo, g|ow|ng stark wh|to on b|ack, was a c|rc|o and crossha|rs-Zooloc`s symbo|.
1ho oxpons|vo watch on 3tarr's wr|st had boon manutacturod by Zod|ac Astrograph|c Automat|c, loloc|o, 3w|tzor|and/low York, a company
whoso roots strotchod back to tho n|notoonth contury. low Vu|anax saw |t too. loat|y pr|ntod across tho bottom, |n uppor and |owor caso, was tho
word Zod|ac.' 1ho namo and symbo| woro oxact|y ||ko thoso usod as a s|gnaturo on Zod|ac's |ottors.
On|y |n Zod|ac's |ottors had tho namo 'Zod|ac' and tho k|||or's crossod-c|rc|o symbo| ovor appoarod togothor |n tho samo p|aco,' 1osch| thought.
|o know bocauso ho had soarchod ovorywhoro tor that crossod c|rc|o. 1o th|s momont, ho had assumod |t roprosontod a gun s|ght. 3tarr turnod
tho watch on h|s wr|st as |t adm|r|ng |t. lt was a b|rthday g|tt,' ho sa|d to Armstrong. 1h|s watch was g|von to mo by my mothor two yoars ago.'
Vu|anax countod back |n h|s m|nd. lot's soo-oxact|y two yoars back trom today |s August 4, 1000. On August 4, 1000, tho k|||or had usod tho
namo 'Zod|ac' tor tho t|rst t|mo |n a throo-pago |ottor to tho Exomloor. 1ho papor had bur|od h|s noto |n tho |ato od|t|on at tho top ot pago 4. On|y
t|vo days botoro, Zod|ac had |ntroducod h|s crossod c|rc|o symbo| to tho papors.' 1hough a |ator Cl8l roport statod 3tarr had gotton tho watch |n
August 1000, h|s brothor, lon, contrad|ctod that. |o sa|d that 3tarr roco|vod tho watch trom h|s mothor as a Chr|stmas g|tt |n 0ocombor 1008.'
3tarr's th|rty-t|tth b|rthday had boon 0ocombor 18, 1008, just two days botoro Zod|ac's t|rst known lorthorn Ca||torn|a murdors.
3tarr wou|d own a socond Zod|ac watch |ator. 1ho manutacturors ot tho Wor|d |amous Zod|ac Watchos' manutacturod a Zod|ac C|obar 3k|n-
d|vor Undorwator Chronograph |n 1000: lt's a stop watch! Av|ator and sk|n-d|vor's watch. 1ostod tor 20 atmosphoros (comparab|o to 000 toot
undorwator).' 3tarr was, by thon, both an av|ator and sk|n d|vor. l|ko |ts brothor, a |ogo |n tho |owor r|ght-hand cornor ot tho watch was a crossod
c|rc|o on a dark background abovo tho word Zod|ac.' lt was qu|ot |n tho ott|co. 1ho Zod|ac watch, mont|on ot a b|oody kn|to, 3tarr's vo|untoorod
|ntormat|on had dazod thom a||. What was com|ng noxt?
l'm w||||ng to ho|p you |n tho |nvost|gat|on |n any way poss|b|o,' tho suspoct sa|d, ||ck|ng h|s ||ps. |o coughod and c|oarod h|s throat. 3tarr
apparont|y wantod to |ntorposo a h|gh noto, ono w|th somo humor, roconc|||at|on, and good to||owsh|p a|| round. l can't wa|t unt|| tho t|mo comos
whon po||co ott|cors aro not rotorrod to as 'p|gs,'' ho sa|d w|th a sad shako ot h|s hoad. 3omo ant|war protostors and studonts ot tho por|od
common|y ca||od po||co p|gs.' Zod|ac usod tho samo op|thot. l onjoy nood||ng tho b|uo p|gs,' ho had tauntod. |oy b|uo p|g l was |n tho park.'
Can you roca|| anyono whom you m|ght havo had a convorsat|on w|th rogard|ng Zod|ac?' |ntorjoctod Vu|anax.
l m|ght havo had a convorsat|on w|th 1od K|ddor and lh|| 1uckor ot tho va||ojo locroat|on 0opartmont whon l was work|ng thoro, but l'm not
pos|t|vo.' 3tarr cont|nuod answor|ng quost|ons botoro thoy woro askod. ln th|s way ho m|ght dotuso any damag|ng ov|donco aga|nst h|m |n tho|r
m|nds. What had thoy hoard? |o had no way ot know|ng wh|ch ot many acqua|ntancos had turnod h|m |n as a k|||or. |o sa|d somo vory strango
th|ngs |n pr|vato. |o ||kod to ta|k and ho ta|kod |oud and h|s romarks mado h|m tho contor ot attont|on. 3uddon|y, 3tarr pausod-ho roa||zod who
had sont tho po||co!
'1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,'' ho sa|d.
What?' sa|d 1osch|.
Out ot nowhoro, 3tarr had mont|onod tho t|t|o ot a short story ho had road |n tho o|ovonth grado, a ta|o that, by h|s own adm|ss|on, had mado a
doop and |ast|ng |mpross|on on h|m. 1osch| roca||od langstatt's Vanhattan 3oach roport and rocogn|zod 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo' as tho
samo story 3tarr had rhapsod|zod ovor a tu|| yoar botoro tho murdors bogan. 1osch| sm||od |nward|y-3tarr had t|na||y t|gurod out who had rattod
h|m out.
lt was ca||od '1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,'' 3tarr o|aboratod. lt was tho bost th|ng l road |n h|gh schoo|.' Zod|ac had g|von 1ho Vost
0angorous Gamo' as h|s mot|vo |n a cunn|ng, a|most unbroakab|o throo-part c|phor. 3ut 3a||nas schoo|toachor 0on |ardon had crackod |t on
August 4, 1000, oxact|y two yoars ago today, though |ardon's so|ut|on was not mado pub||c unt|| August 12. Encrypt|ng m|stakos and a||, tho
b|zarro so|ut|on road:
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lough|y, tho short story by l|chard Conno|| doa|t w|th tho son ot a m|||tary ott|cor hunt|ng humans w|th a r|t|o and bow and arrow tor sport |n tho
torost. Apt|y, 3tarr, tho son ot a m|||tary man, huntod |n tho woods w|th a bow and arrow. Vu|anax summar|zod tho story |n th|s mannor: 1h|s book
was mado |nto a mov|o and concorns a man sh|pwrockod on an |s|and and bo|ng huntod by anothor man '||ko an an|ma|.'' lt m|ght bo |mportant to
study that br|ot story |n dopth tor c|uos, thought Vu|anax, |oarn |t |t had boon a mov|o or dramat|zod on to|ov|s|on, |oarn whoro Zod|ac m|ght havo
stumb|od across |t and whon.
3tarr mont|onod '1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo' dur|ng that quost|on|ng,' 1osch| to|d mo |ator, and h|s brothor attorward cont|rmod that ho to|t that
man was 'tho most dangorous gamo, not shoot|ng gamo.'' 1ho proc|so words 3tarr had usod, vor|t|od by anothor w|tnoss than Chonoy, woro: l
th|nk ot man as gamo.' 1ho advonturo story m|ght havo boon tho t|ash po|nt, no |oss a cata|yst than tho ro-torm|ng procoss 3tarr portormod da||y as
an ass|stant chom|st.
1ho |ntorma| cross-oxam|nat|on ondod.
loss than an hour had passod s|nco thoso o|ovator doors had oponod, but |t soomod |ongor. As an |ntorv|ow |t had boon m||d. 1hough 3tarr had
boon |so|atod, a truo |ntorrogat|on wou|d havo boon moro tocusod, tho sott|ng b|oakor, tho |nt|m|dat|on moro |ntonso. lo|ntod|y, tho tr|o oscortod
3tarr back to h|s |ab, thon |ott. lnward|y, tho chom|st bo||od at bo|ng takon out, hum|||atod, and quost|onod ||ko a th|ot.' 1osch| adm|ttod that ho
tound 3tarr a dangorous an|ma|,' and though armod, had somo toar ot h|m |n c|oso quartors. 3tarr's oars woro cr|mson, h|s taco t|ushod. |o cou|d
baro|y contro| h|s angor and ho had novor boon a pat|ont man. Von a|| around h|m, |n tho|r |ab coats, papor boot|os ovor ong|noor|ng boots, woro
star|ng and wh|spor|ng. |o sat at h|s work stat|on. You don't know what |t's ||ko,' mumb|od 3tarr to a coworkor, h|s oyos t|xod on h|s dosk.
Evoryth|ng |s t|no-go|ng good. 1hon somobody ca||s you to tho ott|co. And thoy suggost torr|b|o th|ngs about you. You just can't know-torr|b|o
th|ngs. And a|| tho t|mo l'm rack|ng my bra|n to t|guro out who sont thom. 1hoy mako you swoat, thon tako you through tho ha||s-|n tront ot ovoryono
-||ko a ch||d! l can't torg|vo that.' 1ho noxt t|mo 3tarr mot 1osch| and Armstrong, ho wou|d c|a|m not to romombor thom.
lgnor|ng tho buzz ot h|s coworkors, 3tarr bogan scann|ng tost rosu|ts. |o m|ght bo |n a prod|camont-ho was Zod|ac's wo|ght, ho|ght, ago. |o
had tho samo co|or and |ongth ot ha|r. |o crossod h|s |ogs and romovod tho papor boot|os ovor h|s shoos. Absont|y, ho survoyod tho unusua|-
|ook|ng chuckor-typo W|ng Wa|kor boots ho was woar|ng. l|ko Zod|ac, 3tarr woro a s|zo 10/ logu|ar. 1wo womon ho know had soon h|m |n thoso
shoos and cou|d tost|ty to that. 3ut |n tho ond, porhaps ho was on|y a man who ||kod poop|o to th|nk ho was Zod|ac.
Outs|do, tho |nvost|gators c||mbod back |nto tho|r car. 1ho|r unan|mous consonsus was that tho |nvost|gat|on ot 3tarr shou|d cont|nuo and |n
groator dopth. Abso|uto|y,' sa|d 1osch| w|th too||ng. 3ut what l roa||y want to know |s who tho ho|| quost|onod h|m just attor tho murdors?'
Vu|anax had abso|uto|y no |doa. God, that was ovor two yoars ago,' ho sa|d. |o mado a monta| noto to t|no-comb tho va||ojo t||os rogard|ng any
quost|on|ng ot 3tarr as a Zod|ac suspoct and any prov|ous roports about a b|oody kn|to or kn|vos on a car soat.
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
Wodnoaday, Auguat 4, 1071
5omoono had doaoratoIy wantod us to know such a th|ng as a Zod|ac watch ox|stod. l stud|od tho noat|y ponc||od |ottor |n my hand. At tho 5oo
lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, whoro l workod as an od|tor|a| cartoon|st, ovoryono wondorod about Zod|ac. ||s torr|ty|ng |ottors had |rrovocab|y ||nkod h|m to
tho nowspapor. Gradua||y, a dotorm|nat|on grow w|th|n mo to d|sontang|o tho k|||or's c|uos and unmask h|s truo |dont|ty. |a|||ng that, l |ntondod to
prosont ovory scrap ot ov|donco ava||ab|o to onsuro that somoono m|ght rocogn|zo Zod|ac and roso|vo tho m|ss|ng p|ocos ot tho puzz|o.
At tho w|ndow l contomp|atod tho |ong shadows strotch|ng across w|do V|ss|on 3troot. On ||tth 3troot, strangors m|||od about tho l|ckw|ck |oto|
(|ammott's l|ckw|ck 3tago torm|na|' whoro tho Va|toso |a|con had boon stashod). 1rans|onts hudd|od |n tront ot tho Chron|c|o |oto|, and wo||-
drossod mon w|th br|otcasos stood on tho marb|o stops ot tho |ndostruct|b|o O|d V|nt. Zod|ac cou|d bo any ot thom. |o was a watchor. 1ho t|rst
|ottor |n wh|ch ho chr|stonod h|mso|t Zod|ac' carr|od a d|ttoront watormark than throo oar||or |ottors (Vonarch-cut bond, |mpr|ntod w|th an Eaton'
watormark). 1ho now watormark was |l|1| AvElUE,' an |mpr|nt ot |rank W|nt|o|d Woo|worth's nat|ona| cha|n. A hugo Woo|worth's stood just a
b|ock away trom tho Cbroolc|o, at tho cab|o car turntab|o at ||tth and Varkot and lowo||. ln tho basomont, noxt to tho go|dt|sh, Woo|worth's so|d
b|uo to|t-t|p pons and papor oxact|y ||ko Zod|ac usod. What |t ho bought h|s papor and b|uo to|t-t|p pons thoro? What |t ho sp|od trom tho shadows
as h|s |ottors woro do||vorod?
last Varch Zod|ac had boon wr|t|ng |ndustr|ous|y, cast|ng h|s not w|do, sproad|ng h|s word southward. Attor tho o|| rot|nory |ntorv|ow w|th 3tarr,
tho t|ow ot words ha|tod abrupt|y. lonotho|oss, Cbroolc|o roportor lau| 3tuart Avory opt|m|st|ca||y |ott stand|ng ordors w|th tho c|ty dosk. Wo can
probab|y oxpoct to roco|vo a now Zod|ac commun|cat|on any day now,' ho sa|d br|ght|y. As usua|, ovory ottort shou|d bo mado to provont any
Cbroolc|o omp|oyoo's t|ngorpr|nts trom gott|ng on tho |ottor.' 1ho |ottors had boon hand|od by a |ot ot tho statt-Caro| ||shor, 3rant larkor . . .
1osch| had a|roady t|ngorpr|ntod a|| tho copy poop|o.
3omot|mos Zod|ac attomptod to snoak |ottors |nto pr|nt. 3|nco lottors Ed|tor Caro| ||shor rota|nod a|| roador subm|ss|ons as hodgos aga|nst
||bo|, th|s anonymous |ottor trom lovombor 1070 had boon on t||o.

0oar 3|r,' tho noto road. ln road|ng a rocont |ssuo ot 'l|ayboy' magaz|no l not|cod an advort|somont tor 'Zod|ac' watchos. 1ho tradomark
on tho taco ot tho watch |s |dont|ca| to that usod by tho notor|ous k|||or. 3|nco l'vo a|ways road |n tho pross that tho cr|mos havo boon
|ntorprotod as somo sort ot astro|og|ca| th|ng. 1ho tact that such a s|ngu|ar hyrogr|t|c [s|c| ottoct |s |n tact a watch brand omb|om sooms
somohow |ntorost|ng.'

|ad a g|oat|ng Zod|ac s|y|y ca||od attont|on to tho |nsp|rat|on tor h|s namo and symbo|? Attor a va||ojo cop' had c|oarod h|m, 3tarr must havo to|t
socuro. |o had gono on woar|ng h|s Zod|ac wr|stwatch, at |oast unt|| 1osch|, Armstrong, and Vu|anax surpr|sod h|m. l v|sua||zod a tanta||z|ng
soquonco ot ovonts-3tarr, obsossod w|th 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo' s|nco h|gh schoo|, roco|vod a Zod|ac watch trom h|s mothor on 0ocombor
18, 1008, and bogan woar|ng a socond b|rthday g|tt, a r|ng w|th a Z' on |t. 1h|rtoon days |ator, ho had a convorsat|on w|th Chonoy, much ||ko oar||or
d|scuss|ons |n wh|ch ho mont|onod putt|ng a ||ght on tho barro| ot h|s gun and hunt|ng coup|os. |o spoko ot ca|||ng h|mso|t Zod|ac' and shoot|ng out
tho t|ros ot a schoo| bus. 1h|s chrono|ogy sot down a dot|n|to t|mo tramo tor Zod|ac's cho|co ot namo, symbo|, and V.O.-somot|mo botwoon
0ocombor 18, 1008, and 1anuary 1, 1000, attor wh|ch Chonoy movod to 3outhorn Ca||torn|a to work tor a now company. 3tarr had rovoa|od a
monumonta| socrot about h|mso|t on low Yoar's 0ay, but thon Zod|ac a|ways choso ho||days tor h|s most |mportant cr|mos and rovo|at|ons.
Chonoy's v|s|t, tho symbo| on tho watch, |ts oxot|c tradomark, tho r|ng, h|s tavor|to story trom h|s youth-a|| must havo boon bubb||ng |n 3tarr's
hoad. 1ho t|rst two murdors occurod on 0ocombor 20, two days attor 3tarr's b|rthday. On August 4, 1071, two yoars attor tho k|||or had t|rst s|gnod
h|s namo Zod|ac,' ho to|d Armstrong ho had roco|vod tho Zod|ac watch oxact|y two yoars oar||or'-August 4, 1000. E|thor sconar|o prosontod a
tasc|nat|ng soquonco ot ovonts and oxp|a|nod tho k|||or's cho|co ot namo and symbo|.
lo||co, dur|ng tho|r manhunt tor Zod|ac, zoa|ous|y guardod tho pr|mo suspoct's roa| namo. lt h|s namo was novor pub||c|zod, th|s onsurod any
subsoquont t|p about 3tarr wou|d bo va||d. As tor myso|t, l mado a pract|co ot novor wr|t|ng, unt|| now, 3tarr's truo namo.
||s roa| namo was Arthur lo|gh A||on.
A|most a docado attor tho o|| rot|nory quost|on|ng, l t|na||y |ocatod tho va||ojo cop' who had quost|onod A||on so oar|y |n tho caso. 0otoct|vo
3orgoant 1ohn lynch ta|kod to mo at h|s homo on Caro||na 3troot |n va||ojo. A s|ondor, so||d o|dor man w|th ponotrat|ng oyos, ho bogan spoak|ng
tho |nstant wo sat down at h|s d|n|ng room tab|o. 1ho room was a|most comp|oto|y dark. l had just mont|onod A||on. Oh,' ho sa|d, lay A||on.' |o
pronouncod lo|gh' as lay.' l roa||zod bocauso ot tho d|ttoront spo|||ngs lynch thought that lo|gh' and loo' woro two d|ttoront suspocts |n tho
caso. loo' was not a now namo |n tho caso-just botoro Zod|ac shot a coup|o out at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs on tho |ourth ot 1u|y, an unknown man
namod loo' had a|roady boon an objoct ot spocu|at|on.
l ta|kod to lo|gh at groat |ongth sovora| t|mos,' sa|d lynch. |o was up tho coast at 3odoga 3ay [whoro ho had a tra||or| . . . ho's a sk|n d|vor, on
that |ourth ot 1u|y, 1000, ho sa|d ho was w|th throo or tour othor guys.'
Whon d|d you spoak to h|m-|n 1071?' l askod, at t|rst th|nk|ng lynch had boon to||ow|ng up lanzaro||a and Chonoy's t|p to Vanhattan 3oach
l.0.
long botoro that,' ho answorod. W|th|n ono or two months. lo|gh was omp|oyod as a jan|tor at that t|mo at ono ot tho schoo|s horo. l wont up to
tho schoo|-l don't know how l got h|s namo |n tho t|rst p|aco. You know tho way th|ngs woro go|ng thon, thoro woro so damn many poop|o to ta|k to
and wo woro gott|ng so many phono ca||s and |ottors and c|uos. l got so l a|most |ookod at tho guy and sa|d, '1hat's not h|m,' to myso|t. And whon l
saw th|s lo|gh A||on. |o was ba|d-hoadod and ho's a groat b|g guy. |avo you soon h|m?'
Yos,' l sa|d. l|nda 0o| 3uono, 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs v|ct|m 0ar|ono |orr|n's s|stor, had proparod a compos|to draw|ng tor tho va||ojo l.0. 1hoy
comparod l|nda's compos|to to anothor Zod|ac compos|to, and to|d mo, 'Evoryth|ng but tho ch|n was r|ght.' 1h|s was supposod to bo a prot||o ot a
guy namod 'loo' who hung out at 0ar|ono's pa|nt|ng party, tho samo guy l|nda obsorvod harass|ng hor s|stor wh||o sho was wa|t-ross|ng at 1orry's
lostaurant. 0|d you ovor spoak to th|s 'loo'?'
lo|gh A||on?'
l don't know. A|| l|nda know was tho namo 'loo.''
lo,' ho sa|d. Anyway, l was pos|t|vo |t wasn't A||on. 1ho m|nuto l |ookod at h|m, l sa|d monta||y, '1hat |sn't Zod|ac.' [va||ojo l|outonant 1|m|
|ustod ||kod A||on bost. l ||kod h|m |oast. l on|y typod |n t|vo to s|x ||nos on tho roport-on|y |n ordor to got A||on's namo |n. Chockod h|s car and ho
had h|s scuba goar |n tho back ot tho car. loa| o|d d|rty car.'
lynch oxp|a|nod that on Vonday, Octobor 0, 1000, ho sought out A||on about tho stabb|ngs at 3orryossa ton days oar||or. A||on, thon th|rty-t|vo
and an occas|ona| studont, workod part-t|mo as a custod|an at E|mor Cavo E|omontary 3choo|. At 4:0b l.V., lynch turnod south ott 1onnossoo
3troot onto vorva|s. |o roachod tho schoo| at 770 1rogask|s and |mmod|ato|y saw lo|gh across tho p|ayground. |or h|s roport ho scraw|od th|s
doscr|pt|on: 241 pounds and a|most s|x-toot-ono.' As lynch obsorvod a tow ch||dron p|ay|ng tothor ba||, an |ntu|t|vo thought about ch||d mo|ostors
ontorod h|s hoad. A||on had boon suspoctod ot such cr|mos and lynch, and |ator Vu|anax, wou|d wondor |t thoy had m|ssod any obv|ous s|gns.
lynch turnod h|s attont|on trom tho k|ds back to tho suspoct-s|ng|o, unmarr|od, and ||v|ng w|th h|s paronts. |o was wo|| oducatod and not on|y a
custod|an at Cavo 3choo|, but a jan|tor at 3onjam|n |rank||n 1r. ||gh 3choo| at b01 3tarr Avonuo, vory noar a Zod|ac v|ct|m's homo.
1hoy chattod. Accord|ng to A||on, ho had gono sk|n d|v|ng on 3a|t lo|nt lanch on 3optombor 20, 1000, stayod ovorn|ght, and roturnod to va||ojo
on 3optombor 27 at approx|mato|y 2:00 to 4:80 l.V. |or tho roma|ndor ot tho day,' A||on sa|d, l stayod at homo. l don't roca|| whothor my paronts
woro homo on that day or not.'
3omoono thought you m|ght bo tho Zod|ac k|||or and roportod you,' sa|d lynch mattor-ot-tact|y. ls that a tact,' A||on sa|d w|th a |augh as |t such
an accusat|on was an ovoryday occurronco. |o p|acod h|s broom aga|nst tho wa||. lynch |ookod h|m up and down. Wo||, Zod|ac had cur|y ha|r,'
lynch sa|d, th|nk|ng ot l|nda's doscr|pt|on, and you obv|ous|y don't. 3o that's |t.'
|ad lynch's v|s|t boon a t|ash po|nt?
llvo days attor lo|gh's roassur|ng |ntorv|ow w|th tho oasygo|ng lynch, Zod|ac drovo to 3an |ranc|sco, shot Yo||ow Cab dr|vor lau| 3t|no, and
t|od |nto tho lros|d|o, po||co dogs noar|y at h|s hoo|s. |o ran |n tho d|roct|on ot tho hugo lottorman Comp|ox. 1horo, at a now ton-story Army
Vod|ca| Contor, tuturo Zod|ac v|ct|m 0onna lass was work|ng that n|ght. 3ho and hor roommato, 1o Anno Goottscho, had boon |n tho pract|co ot
go|ng t|y|ng w|th two mon trom l|vors|do who ||vod |n tho 3an |ranc|sco aroa. lo|gh, ot a|| tho suspocts, was a p||ot.
5ovoo days attor lynch's quost|on|ng, Zod|ac droppod tho Cbroolc|o a ||no. |o onc|osod a b|oody swatch ot tho cabb|o's sh|rt to prov|do
|rrotutab|o proot ho had murdorod 3t|no. lo||co spocu|atod Zod|ac had sw|tchod to a b|ggor c|ty to garnor b|ggor hoad||nos. 3ut wasn't ho s|mp|y
d|stanc|ng h|mso|t trom va||ojo whoro th|ngs had suddon|y gotton too hot? Zod|ac's |nt|mato know|odgo ot va||ojo's back roads and |ovors' |anos
brandod h|m as a |ongt|mo ros|dont. 1hanks to that b|oody swatch Zod|ac was now torovor |dont|t|od as a 3an |ranc|sco k|||or.
Elgbtooo days attor lo|gh spoko w|th lynch, W||||am langdon Wh|to, A||on's sovonty-throo-yoar-o|d no|ghbor, d|od ot hoart ta||uro at 0:bb l.V.,
just attor soo|ng h|s doctor. Wh|to, Ca||torn|a-born and a twonty-ono-yoar ros|dont ot va||ojo, had ||vod sovon housos down trom lo|gh's at 4b
|rosno. |o had boon lo|gh's a||ogod a||b| tor tho 3orryossa stabb|ngs. l roca|| spoak|ng to a no|ghbor short|y attor l drovo |nto my dr|voway,' lo|gh
had sa|d. l guoss l nog|octod to to|| tho va||ojo ott|cor. . . .'
Wh|to had a|so boon a poss|b|o w|tnoss ot a b|oody kn|to on A||on's car soat. As a |ongt|mo bus|noss roprosontat|vo tor 3utchors' Un|on loca|
b82, Wh|to |og|ca||y m|ght havo pa|d attont|on to any kn|to. Co|nc|donta||y, W||||am Wh|to's b|rthday, 0ocombor 20, was a|so tho dato ot tho lako
|orman load shoot|ngs. Wh|to sharod a |ast namo w|th 3orgoant W||||am Wh|to, tho socond rangor to roach tho coup|o Zod|ac stabbod at lako
3orryossa. A|| through Octobor 1000, langor Wh|to had boon h|gh|y v|s|b|o |n a sor|os ot to|ov|s|on |ntorv|ows about Zod|ac.
Yos, l ta|kod to [A||on| at groat |ongth sovoro| t|mos,' lynch roca||od. l spoko to h|m w|th|n ono or two months ot ono k||||ng.' |o now roca||od a
typod throo-by-t|vo card addrossod spoc|t|ca||y to h|mso|t had arr|vod at tho va||ojo l.0. on August 10, 1000. lt had gono to tho |3l, and ho cou|d
not roca|| |t |t had boon roturnod or not. 0oar 3gt. lynch,' |t road. l hopo tho onc|osod koy w||| provo bonot|c|a| to you |n connoct|on w|th tho c|phor
|ottor wr|tor. [s|gnod| Concornod C|t|zon.' At that t|mo on|y a va||ojo ros|dont wou|d havo known lynch was hand||ng tho thon-ombryon|c Zod|ac
caso. Concornod' had |nc|udod a va||d koy to Zod|ac's throo-part c|phor. 1ho koy boro handpr|ntod |ottors and symbo|s bog|nn|ng A-G-backwards
3-l.' 1ho |3l roportod, lt was a substant|a||y accurato koy tor docrypt|on ot tho throo-part-c|phor ma||od by Zod|ac.' A so|ut|on to tho c|phor was
not pub||shod |n tho Cbroolc|o unt|| two days |ator.
ln a |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor a wook oar||or, Zod|ac oxp|a|nod ho d|d not |oavo tho scono w|th squoa|||ng t|ros and raco|ng ong|no
as doscr|bod |n tho va||ojo papors.' 1h|s was anothor |nd|cat|on Zod|ac was a va||ojo ros|dont who road tho ||m|tod c|rcu|at|on |oca| papor. 3o was
h|s |nstant rop|y to va||ojo lo||co Ch|ot 3t||tz's August 1 ontroaty tor moro dota||s.' lt wou|d bo a cons|dorab|o t|mo attor tho o|| rot|nory quost|on|ng
botoro lynch's 110-word roport on A||on wou|d bo tound-sandw|chod botwoon |3l ||yors #b0 and #4810, and a |oca| t|p that wont nowhoro.
Anothor oxamp|o ot a |ack ot coord|nat|on,' va||ojo lo||co Capta|n loy Conway |amontod many yoars |ator. 3orgoant lynch, a good porsona|
tr|ond ot m|no who was ass|gnod to tho caso tor a |ong t|mo, d|od |n tho |ast coup|o ot yoars. |o has a po||co roport that says on a part|cu|ar dato
ho |ntorv|owod Arthur lo|gh A||on about h|s whoroabouts on tho day ot tho 3orryossa hom|c|do. Wh|ch |s a|| wo|| and good, but ho doosn't havo any
roco||oct|on whatsoovor what |ntormat|on ho had that mado h|m |ntorv|ow Arthur lo|gh A||on.
Arthur lo|gh A||on to|d h|m at that t|mo-|t's just ono ||tt|o paragraph |n tho po||co roport-|t doosn't say why ho wont to soo h|m, what causod h|m
to soo h|m, what conc|us|ons ho roachod-noth|ng. 1ust that 'l |ntorv|owod h|m about what ho was do|ng tho day ot tho lako 3orryossa k||||ng.'
Co|nc|donta||y, lo|gh had to|d lynch, 'l was on tho way to lako 3orryossa that day to go t|sh|ng, but l changod my m|nd and wont to tho coast.''
0otoct|vo 3awart a|so agrood w|th Conway |n h|nds|ght. 1horo's a |ot ot |nstancos that occurrod |n th|s caso that happonod |n ono aroa and tho
othor aroa d|dn't know about |t,' ho sa|d. 1ho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont |ntorv|owod Arthur lo|gh A||on |n 1000 about tho stabb|ngs at lako
3orryossa. 1ho sorgoant who d|d that |ntorv|ow wont down and ta|kod to h|m as ho had ta|kod to probab|y a hundrod othor poop|o. Askod h|m
whoro ho was tho day ot tho 3orryossa s|ay|ng. |o sa|d ho had not gono to 3orryossa but up tho coast |nstoad. low wo got back and |ook at th|s
yoars |ator and wo go back to th|s lynch, a ||outonant rot|rod thon-'l don't romombor why l was ta|k|ng to tho guy,' ho says. '3omobody must havo
ca||od h|s namo |n.' |o stops back and says, 'lo, l just don't roca||.' lt wo know who ca||od h|s namo |n, that porson must havo had somo roason tor
suspoct|ng that Arthur lo|gh A||on was rospons|b|o, had somoth|ng to do w|th tho caso.'
County 3hor|tt's 0otoct|vo 3orgoant los lundb|ad had a|so quost|onod A||on. 3omoono had t|ppod h|m too. 1h|s |ntorv|ow apparont|y was
unknown to tho vl0 bocauso tho va||ojo 3hor|tt's and lo||co 0opartmonts woro soparato and |ndopondont torcos. 1ho th|rd wook attor tho
toonagors out on lako |orman load had boon murdorod by Zod|ac, lundb|ad wont to soo A||on. 1ho stocky man had an a||b| tor that Zod|ac
attack too, ono cons|dorab|y s|m||ar to that ho wou|d g|vo lynch. l was out at |ort lo|nt noar 3|g 3ur scuba d|v|ng,' ho sa|d. Attor oach Zod|ac
murdor, Arthur lo|gh A||on had boon sought out. |o was not such a now suspoct attor a||. 3omoono out thoro know somoth|ng, and who that porson
was was as much a mystory as Zod|ac's truo |dont|ty.
Wodnoaday, Auguat 4, 1071
DiroctIy attor aoaking w|th A||on at tho rot|nory, 1osch| and Vu|anax doc|dod to to||ow up on 1od K|ddor and lh|| 1uckor-tho mon A||on
mont|onod ho m|ght havo sharod convorsat|ons w|th about Zod|ac. l th|nk A||on |n|t|a||y assumod K|ddor and 1uckor had t|ppod tho po||co,'
Vu|anax sa|d. 1hat's why ho vo|untoorod tho|r namos so prompt|y.'
Yoah,' sa|d 1osch|. l th|nk you'vo poggod |t. lt just took h|m a b|t |ongor to roa||zo ho shou|d havo boon th|nk|ng ot Chonoy and lanzaro||a.' 3ut a
|oad was a |oad, so tho dotoct|vos hust|od ovor to tho Groator va||ojo locroat|on 0|str|ct, whoro K|ddor and 1uckor workod. lt A||on had prod|ctod
Zod|ac's com|ng to Chonoy, maybo ho had dono tho samo w|th K|ddor or 1uckor. Vu|anax s||d |nto a spot r|ght |n tront ot 80b Amador 3troot, and
thoy wont |ns|do |ook|ng tor K|ddor. 1uckor m|ght bo tho Gonora| 3uporv|sor tor tho locroat|on 0|str|ct, but K|ddor was h|s boss.
0o you know Arthur lo|gh A||on?' 1osch| askod K|ddor. K|ddor's namo had appoarod on toachor's app||cat|ons lo|gh t||od w|th tho Ca|avoras
Un|t|od 3choo| 0|str|ct on 0ocombor 28, 100b, and 1uno 18, 1000.
3uro,' ho sa|d.
|as lo|gh ovor mont|onod tho Zod|ac caso?'
1o my know|odgo, l novor d|scussod tho caso w|th h|m. |o was torma||y omp|oyod by tho locroat|on 0|str|ct as a ||toguard and trampo||no
|nstructor.' Chonoy cont|rmod that somot|mo |ator. A||on was go|ng around toach|ng k|ds on tho trampo||no. |o ||kod that. |o was vory adopt on tho
trampo||no and a romarkab|o sw|mmor and d|vor-a champ|on on tho d|v|ng board. |o was suporb at any ath|ot|c act|v|ty that d|d not |nvo|vo
wa|k|ng or runn|ng-A||on was not good at runn|ng. At that t|mo, wo|| |nto h|s th|rt|os, ho was st||| act|vo, at |oast w|th tho trampo||no, wh||o ho was |n
va||oy 3pr|ngs. |o wou|d sot |t up |n tho tront yard and ho |ovod gott|ng a bunch ot k|ds and coach|ng thom.'
A||on |ott Gvl0 tor tho samo roason ho had |ott Wogan's stat|on-h|s |nappropr|ato act|ons toward sma|| ch||dron. l had roco|vod numorous
comp|a|nts trom concornod paronts about acts ho had mado toward tho|r ch||dron,' sa|d K|ddor. 3ut no torma| comp|a|nt was ovor |odgod to tho
po||co about A||on's act|ons, no ormo| comp|a|nt anyway. As rocont|y as throo wooks ago, lh|| 1uckor and l had a d|scuss|on about A||on bo|ng a
suspoct |n tho Zod|ac murdors. 1h|s ta|k camo about pr|mar||y bocauso ot A||on's suspoctod poss|b|||ty ot bo|ng a soxua| dov|ato. 1hat and h|s
phys|ca| doscr|pt|on. Wo both cons|dorod A||on a |onor typo.'
|ad o|thor K|ddor or 1uckor boon tho or|g|na| |ntormant to lynch and lundb|ad? 1uckor had roportod|y gono to schoo| w|th A||on at Ca| lo|y at
3an lu|s Ob|spo. |o wou|d know moro. 1osch| askod tor 1uckor to bo summonod to K|ddor's ott|co so thoy cou|d ask h|m tho samo quost|ons.
1uckor ro|atod that ho had known A||on about t|vo yoars. l|outonant |ustod ot tho vl0 |ator to|d mo moro about 1uckor. 1uckor and A||on otton
ta|kod w|th oach othor about doath and about murdor tor sa|o,' ho sa|d. l havo a 1071 app||cat|on t|||od out by A||on tor a job as a lodoo
[Ca||torn|a| sorv|co stat|on attondant, 1uckor's namo on |t. 1uckor's namo |s on a|| ot thom. l tound |t |n tho marg|ns ot ono app||cat|on. vory ro||ab|o
guy, 1uckor.'
1uckor cont|rmod to 1osch| that lo|gh was oqua||y prot|c|ont w|th both hands and amb|doxtrous as an adu|t. 1h|s sk||| w|th both hands m|ght
oxp|a|n why lo|gh's handpr|nt|ng d|d not match Zod|ac's. Zod|ac, a born |ott|o, was wr|t|ng w|th h|s r|ght hand. ||s handwr|t|ng |s not roa| good,'
sa|d 1uckor, and so ho pr|nts most th|ngs.'
3o, lo|gh cou|d wr|to and shoot w|th both hands?' sa|d 1osch|.
Yos,' 1uckor adm|ttod, thon addod, |or tho |ast two yoars, A||on has brought up tho Zod|ac caso |n convorsat|on. l too| ho has an |ntorost |n tho
caso.' |o sat back and thought. l romombor on ono occas|on ho had to|d mo that po||co cons|dorod h|m a suspoct.'
1o your know|odgo, d|d A||on havo an |ntorost |n guns?' 1osch| askod 1uckor.
|o sa|d ho d|d havo. |o ownod two handguns. Ono was a rovo|vor, tho othor somo typo ot automat|c. l don't know tho ca||bors bocauso l don't
havo much ot a know|odgo ot guns myso|t. l th|nk tho guns |n h|s homo m|ght bo .22-ca||bor rovo|vors, and l saw at |oast ono automat|c. l roca|| that
ho d|scussod hav|ng a spoc|a| ||ght attachod to a gun barro| so that a porson cou|d shoot accurato|y at n|ght. On moro than ono occas|on ho
adm|ttod to shoot|ng w|th spoc|a| s|ghts tor t|r|ng |n tho dark.'
1osch| rubbod tho back ot h|s nock. Anothor port|on ot Chonoy's story had boon corroboratod. lt was ovon hottor.
Anothor t|mo, about o|ghtoon months ago,' cont|nuod 1uckor, my w|to and l v|s|tod lo|gh |n h|s homo. |o mado a romark that ho had somoth|ng
ho wou|d ||ko to show us. 'l on|y show th|s part|cu|ar th|ng to vory corta|n poop|o,' ho sa|d. Or somoth|ng to that ottoct. |o thon took a papor trom a
gray mota| box ho had gotton trom h|s bodroom. 1h|s papor was handpr|ntod and conta|nod sovora| pagos ot |oga| torm|no|ogy and sovora| pagos
ot |ottors wh|ch had symbo|s or codos or cryptograms on thom. |o sa|d thoy porta|nod to a porson who had boon comm|ttod to Atascadoro tor
mo|ost|ng a ch||d. 1h|s papor ramb|od on and on |n |anguago ot a |oga| naturo, that sort ot torm|no|ogy, th|s and that. lt was about th|s porson hav|ng
boon botrayod by h|s attornoy. l not|cod |n th|s scr|pt thoro woro var|ous symbo|s usod by Zod|ac |n h|s codod mossagos.'
1osch| noddod. |o d|dn't t|nd |t unusua| that 1uckor cou|d rocogn|zo tho symbo|s as Zod|ac-||ko. 1ho k|||or's throo-part c|phor had boon w|do|y
ropr|ntod. On 1uno 20, 1070, tho approx|mato t|mo ot 1uckor's v|s|t, tho Cbroolc|o had pub||shod a now Zod|ac two-||no c|phor. l on|y oxprossod
po||to |ntorost |n tho papor,' sa|d 1uckor, but my w|to showod gonu|no |ntorost. 3ho tound tho symbo|s or codos or cryptograms unusua|. 3ho
askod h|m |t sho m|ght borrow tho papor to study |t, but ho rotusod to a||ow hor to tako tho papor. |o d|d prom|so to havo a copy mado to g|vo hor.'
And d|d ho?' askod 1osch|.
lo, ho novor d|d.'
0o you know |t A||on has ovor ownod a 100b-'00 brown Corva|r?'
lot to my know|odgo,' ho rop||od.
l soo,' sa|d 1osch|.
3ut l d|d,' sa|d 1uckor.
You d|d?' sa|d 1osch|, whoo||ng. You ownod a 100b brown Corva|r?'
Yos.'
0|d you ovor |oan th|s car to A||on?'
lo, l havon't. At tho t|mo l had two cars, tho Corva|r and tho lont|ac. l |ot h|m uso my lont|ac on occas|on. l was ||v|ng |n 3orko|oy at that t|mo. ln
tho summor ot 1000 l |ott tho Corva|r parkod at tho l|cht|o|d 3orv|co 3tat|on at lobraska and 3roadway [|n va||ojo| tor about two wooks. l was
try|ng to so|| |t. l |ott tho koys at tho stat|on and at th|s part|cu|ar t|mo A||on was omp|oyod as an attondant at that stat|on.'
Exact|y whon |n tho summor d|d you |oavo your car?'
l can't roca|| tho oxact t|mo, but |t was m|d-summor ot 1000.'
1uckor roco||octod that throo wooks pr|or, Karon, lo|gh A||on's s|stor-|n-|aw, had v|s|tod and wantod h|m to spoak to A||on on hor boha|t. 1ho
tam||y had gotton anothor comp|a|nt about h|s rocont |nvo|vomont w|th a ch||d,' 1uckor sa|d. l wont to A||on's homo and spoko to h|m about
rosum|ng psych|atr|c troatmont. |owovor, l was unsuccosstu| and so l washod my hands ot h|m. l to|d h|m, 'l don't want you to como around my
homo |n tho tuturo. Our assoc|at|on |s at an ond.''
1osch| stud|od h|s 1|mox, anx|ous to comparo notos w|th Armstrong. |o v|sua||zod h|s partnor oqua||y anx|ous to got on h|s motorb|ko and tako
to tho suburban d|rt tra||s, tho warm sun |n h|s taco. 1ho ruggod tra|| wou|d ratt|o tho cobwobs trom h|s hoad. On wookonds, as a d|vors|on trom
stross, Armstrong tocusod on sa|vag|ng h|s porpotua||y w||t|ng backyard gardon. As tor Vu|anax, ho was as t|rod up as ho had boon days ago. low
ho was |ntorostod |n contact|ng Vrs. 1uckor as soon as poss|b|o. |o wantod to soo what sho roca||od about tho pr|nt|ng |ns|do tho gray box. |o
rang hor trom K|ddor's ott|co, and |oarnod sho was work|ng tho gravoyard sh|tt at an Oak|and hosp|ta|. 1hat moot|ng wou|d havo to bo postponod.
lnstoad, Vu|anax doc|dod to spoak w|th A||on's s|stor-|n-|aw, Karon A||on, a twonty-s|x-yoar-o|d tormor schoo|toachor. Vu|anax phonod Karon at hor
job and arrangod to havo hor como |nto tho va||ojo l.0. 3ho arr|vod prompt|y at 2:00 l.V. and took a soat.
lot mo to|| you why l askod you |n,' Vu|anax sa|d. On tho surtaco, Karon soomod surpr|sod that hor brothor-|n-|aw was suspoctod ot bo|ng tho
|ong-sought Zod|ac k|||or, but ottorod to g|vo whatovor ho|p sho cou|d. Vu|anax wondorod |t sho cou|d bo tho or|g|na| t|pstor. |o cont|rmod that
Karon know ot A||on's prooccupat|on w|th ch||dron. 3ho statod anothor th|ng pos|t|vo|y-hor brothor-|n-|aw hatod womon. |o has novor had a
sor|ous ro|at|onsh|p w|th a toma|o ot h|s own ago,' sho sa|d. 3andy lanzaro||a had vo|cod s|m||ar romarks. lo|gh just protondod to bo |ntorostod |n
womon,' ho sa|d. Evontua||y ho gavo up ovon that s|ondor protoxt.' var|ous womon lo|gh had datod attorward vo|cod tho samo op|n|on-tho|r
ro|at|onsh|p w|th h|m had on|y boon p|aton|c. ln most casos soxua| psychopaths havo tow soc|a| or soxua| att|||at|ons, and m|ght novor havo
oxpor|oncod norma| soxua| |ntorcourso. ln thoso uncommon |nd|v|dua|s, tor roasons unknown, aggross|vo and soxua| |mpu|sos |ntortw|no oar|y |n
ch||dhood. U|t|mato|y, thoso contusod too||ngs t|nd oxpross|on |n v|c|ous soxua| assau|ts and sad|st|c murdors. lack|ng a consc|onco, Zod|ac had
no romorso tor tho pa|n ho |nt||ctod on othors. 1ho|r pa|n br|ngs h|m p|oasuro.
Karon d|sc|osod that, attor hor marr|ago to lon, |t bocamo apparont that lo|gh v|owod hor as an |ntrudor. |o bo||ovod sho had como to soparato
h|m trom h|s brothor, and actua||y mado throats aga|nst hor. |o was spo||od and pamporod by h|s mothor,' sho sa|d w|th a traco ot b|ttornoss.
3ho doos h|s cook|ng, washos h|s c|othos, c|oans up attor h|m, and g|vos h|m monoy. 3ho ovon pa|d tor h|s two cars and two boats.' lt was odd
that A||on |ntonso|y d|s||kod h|s mothor no mattor what sho d|d tor h|m, and ovon strangor that ho had oxprossod such too||ngs to Karon, whom ho
v|owod as an |ntor|opor.
As tor 3orn|co A||on, sho had novor torgotton hor son's squandorod O|ymp|c potont|a|. lo|gh had boon a ta|ontod d|vor. 3ho's a|ways ragg|ng
mo about my wo|ght,' ho had snar|od to Chonoy and lanazaro||a. A compot|t|on photo ot h|m |n a va||ojo papor dop|ctod a s|ondor, a|most
handsomo young man w|th b|ond|sh ha|r. Othor p|cturos trom tho 1000s showod how much ho rosomb|od tho youngor, unamondod 3an |ranc|sco
Zod|ac compos|to draw|ng. lt lo|gh had not boon stoad||y ga|n|ng wo|ght, ho wou|d havo boon a doad r|ngor tor tho skotch. A||on's a|torod
appoaranco rom|ndod Vu|anax ot a ||no Zod|ac had wr|tton:

l |ook ||ko tho doscr|pt|on passod out on|y whon l do my th|ng, tho rost ot tho t|mo l |ook ont|r|o d|ttoront. l sha|| not to|| you what my d|sc|so
[d|sgu|so| cons|sts ot whon l k|||.'

Vu|anax passod cop|os ot Zod|ac's b|zarro notos to Karon. 3ho stud|od thom and sa|d sho had not|cod a papor w|th s|m||ar pr|nt|ng |n hor
brothor-|n-|aw's hand |n lovombor 1000. What |s that?' sho had askod. 1h|s |s tho work ot an |nsano porson,' lo|gh rop||od. l'|| show you |ator.'
As w|th tho 1uckors, ho novor d|d. |owovor, wh||o tho pr|nt|ng on tho Zod|ac |ottors was not tam|||ar to hor as bo|ng that ot hor brothor-|n-|aw, somo
phrasos woro. lo|gh had usod tho oxpross|on tr|ggor mach' |nstoad ot tr|ggor mochan|sm. ||na||y, sho thumbod to a copy ot an authont|catod
Chr|stmas card Zod|ac had ma||od to attornoy Vo|v|n 3o||| dur|ng a por|od whon tho mastor cr|m|na| wantod to g|vo h|mso|t up.
An |3l roport, 0ocombor 81, 1000, notod tho noto had not boon wr|tton as troo|y as tho othor throaton|ng |ottors |n th|s mattor.' |owovor, an
onc|osod b|ood-b|ackonod port|on ot a v|ct|m's sh|rt va||datod |t. Zod|ac's handwr|t|ng wos subjoct to chango and |n tho spaco ot months. At 1:b0
l.V. tho to||ow|ng day, a man |dont|ty|ng h|mso|t as Zod|ac ca||od tho sw|tchboard oporator at |3l hoadquartors |n 3acramonto, thon hung up attor
bog|nn|ng to namo somoono ho had just k|||od. '|appy Chr|stmass,'' Karon road a|oud trom tho photostat. l dot|n|to|y roca|| hav|ng roco|vod a card
at Chr|stmas trom my brothor-|n-|aw,' sho sa|d. '|appy Chr|stmass' was spo||od oxact|y tho samo way.'
Karon, ||ko 1uckor, cont|rmod A||on was |ott-handod. ||s o|omontary schoo| toachors attomptod to mako h|m r|ght-handod,' sho sa|d. |o
|oarnod to wr|to that way, but soon rovortod to wr|t|ng w|th h|s |ott hand.' Wh||o Vorr||| bo||ovod tho |ottors woro wr|tton r|ght-handod, ho suspoctod
that Zod|ac was natura||y |ott-handod. 1ho obscur|ng ottoct ot a to|t-t|p pon and a |ott-handod man pr|nt|ng t|rm|y and unnatura||y w|th h|s r|ght hand
m|ght oxp|a|n tho d|tt|cu|ty |n match|ng handpr|nt|ng to any suspoct. 3orgoant Vu|anax was hungry to |oarn moro.
Cou|d l drop by ton|ght whon your husband w||| bo homo?' ho sa|d. Wo want to ask h|m somo quost|ons too.' lona|d Gono A||on, a th|rty-two-
yoar-o|d |andscapo ong|noor, was curront|y attond|ng 3orko|oy Co||ogo. |o had attondod Ca| lo|y trom ta|| 1000 unt|| ta|| 1008, whon ho atta|nod a
bacho|or ot sc|onco dogroo. |o'|| bo |ato,' sho sa|d, but agrood that 8:00 l.V. wou|d bo convon|ont. Attor sho |ott, Vu|anax contactod Armstrong
and 1osch| and askod thom to rondozvous w|th h|m at 210 Aragon 3troot |n va||ojo that n|ght. An a|roady |ong day was grow|ng |ongor.
Vu|anax roachod tho homo t|rst. lt was just ott Co|umbus larkway, wh|ch |od d|roct|y |nto 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs to tho north. |o suspoctod Zod|ac
had usod tho parkway as an oscapo routo attor tho 1u|y |ourth shoot|ngs. Vu|anax stood |n tho doop shadows ot tho p|oasant troo-||nod cu|-do-sac.
3omowhoro |n h|s cozy ||tt|o town, tho most cunn|ng cr|m|na| ho had ovor como across was wa|t|ng. A coo| w|nd b|ow |n trom 3an lab|o 3ay. |o
scannod tho hodgos and toncos, unab|o to shako thoughts ot a watchor. ||ttoon m|nutos |ator, 1osch| and Armstrong roachod lon and Karon's
homo and tound Vu|anax a|roady |ns|do and g|ad to bo |n tho ||ght.
As Karon had dono, lon ottorod to ho|p |n tho |nvost|gat|on |t ho cou|d. Vu|anax bo||ovod h|s ottor to bo s|ncoro. 3ut l can't bo||ovo my brothor |s
a sor|ous suspoct |n tho caso,' ho sa|d. At t|rst, ho ottorod ||tt|o on o|thor s|do ot tho sca|o as to h|s brothor's gu||t or |nnoconco. l am wo||
acqua|ntod w|th your sourco ot |ntormat|on.' 3o, thought 1osch|, tho |ntormants, Chonoy and lanzaro||a, had spokon w|th lon botoro tho Vanhattan
3oach l.0. |o d|d not know that Chonoy and lon had boon roommatos |n co||ogo. 1hoy aro rospons|b|o poop|o,' tho brothor adm|ttod. 1hoy
wou|dn't havo mado such statomonts |t thoy woro not truo.' |o a|so oxp|a|nod that ho had roco|vod a comp|a|nt trom ono ot tho |ntormants that A||on
had mado |mpropor advancos toward ono ot h|s ch||dron. |o has a dot|n|to prob|om as tar as ch||dron aro concornod and ho doos dr|nk to
oxcoss.' 1hough lon d|dn't say so outr|ght, Vu|anax rosorvod tho poss|b|||ty that a porsona| mot|vo m|ght bo boh|nd somo ot tho accusat|ons
aga|nst A||on. 1hat wou|d oxp|a|n many th|ngs and |t wou|d moan thoy woro on tho wrong track. |ow sor|a| k|||ors drank to oxcoss. lt had somoth|ng
to do w|th tho |ack ot contro|.
lon cont|rmod that A||on's two rovo|vors woro .22-ca||bor. Zod|ac had usod a .22-ca||bor automat|c p|sto| dur|ng tho lako |orman load
hom|c|dos, but trom thon on had usod var|ous 0-mm automat|cs, a .4b-ca||bor woapon, and ovon a kn|to. 1hough lon had novor soon any ot tho
handpr|nt|ng 1uckor had mont|onod, ho had obsorvod tho gray box. At ono po|nt |t, ho roca||od, had boon kopt |n h|s o|d room.
lon and h|s w|to woro vory cooporat|vo,' 1osch| sa|d |ator. What l hoard |s that ho [A||on| was not c|oso to h|s mothor, that ho just ||vod |n tho
houso, that's tho on|y p|aco ho had. A||on, wo |oarnod attorward, had many woapons and, ||ko tho brothor sa|d, was vory tam|||ar w|th tho roads and
s|do roads a|| around tho aroa. lator, Karon just to|t that hor brothor-|n-|aw was tho ono wo woro |ook|ng tor and that va||ojo l.0. k|nd ot just k|ssod
h|m ott, and that d|sturbod mo. Wo had to work w|th thoso othor dotoct|vos, and |t bothorod mo that thoy to|t wo woro tho b|g-c|ty dotoct|vos whon |n
tact wo novor camo across that way at a||.'
1ho throo po||comon |ott. lon to||owod thom out and prom|sod aga|n to do anyth|ng ho cou|d to ass|st. |o was as ho|ptu| as h|s b|g brothor had
boon at tho rot|nory that morn|ng. 1osch| |ookod back. lon appoarod a |ono|y and worr|od t|guro undor tho porch ||ght. lt was now 10:00 l.V.
1osch| roachod h|s 3unsot 0|str|ct homo soon attor, k|ssod Caro| good n|ght, |ookod |n on h|s throo daughtors, l|nda, Karon, and 3usan, and
craw|od |nto bod. Evory bono |n h|s body achod and cr|od tor s|oop, but ho tossod and turnod a|| n|ght. |o cou|d not got that watch out ot h|s m|nd.
And a no|ghbor had soon a b|oody kn|to, dy|ng on|y days attor g||mps|ng tho b|ado.
Wodnoaday, Auguat 11, 1071
At 11:00 A.N., Vu|anax got ho|d ot 3ob luco, ownor-oporator ot tho Arco stat|on at 040 3roadway |n va||ojo. Vu|anax to|d luco, l'm conduct|ng an
|nvost|gat|on on a tormor omp|oyoo.' |o d|d not to|| h|m why r|ght ott.
lo|gh workod tor mo on a part-t|mo schodu|o tor about ha|t a yoar,' luco oxp|a|nod, but tondod to bo undopondab|o. And thoro woro thoso
comp|a|nts about h|m and ch||dron . . . ho soomod too |ntorostod |n sma|| g|r|s. ln Apr|| [1000| ho camo to work drunk aga|n-onco too otton tor mo. l
t|rod h|m.' Vu|anax wondorod |t tho job |oss had proc|p|tatod tho 1u|y 4, 1000, 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs shoot|ngs by Zod|ac. Vu|anax |a|d h|s cards on
tho tab|o. 1h|s was unusua|. l know Vu|anax protty wo||,' 3awart to|d mo. Vu|anax was a k|nd ot a c|oso-to-tho-vost guy.'
Vu|anax brought up tho poss|b|||ty that A||on m|ght havo usod lh|| 1uckor's car to comm|t a Zod|ac murdor. 1uckor had h|s car horo a|| r|ght, but
|t wasn't tor as |ong as two wooks,' luco sa|d. lo, that's not r|ght.' 1uckor h|mso|t hadn't kopt a rocord ot tho datos, and Vu|anax bad|y noodod
luco's ropa|r |nvo|co. ln sp|to ot a d|||gont soarch, thoy cou|d not uncovor tho oxact days tho Corva|r had boon |ott ovorn|ght at tho stat|on. On tho
1u|y 4, 1000, dato ot tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs shoot|ngs, A||on was no |ongor work|ng at tho Arco stat|on, and so tho ropa|r rocord d|dn't mattor-
un|oss lo|gh had kopt a sot ot koys to tho stat|on or mado h|s own.
At b:00 that ovon|ng, Vu|anax contactod 1uckor's w|to, 1oan, at hor homo. 1oan substant|atod hor husband's story about tho gray box and tho
papors tuckod |ns|do. l had boon vory |ntorostod |n tho contont ot tho papors,' sho sa|d, s|nco l was propar|ng tor a co||ogo psycho|ogy oxam.
lo|gh oxp|a|nod ho had roco|vod thoso papors trom a pat|ont at Atascadoro, and l sa|d my |ntorost was d|roctod toward tho work|ng ot th|s
porson's m|nd. l was |mprossod by tho noatnoss and oxactnoss ot tho pr|nt|ng and ot tho arcano symbo|s.'
1ho dotoct|vo showod hor Zod|ac c|phors c||ppod trom throo 3ay Aroa papors. 1oan |dont|t|od numorous symbo|s as bo|ng tho samo as thoso
on papors A||on had showod hor. |or roco||oct|on was that thoso woro drawn w|th a to|t-t|p pon. At b:80 1uckor roturnod trom work and Vu|anax
showod h|m tho samo cryptograms. |o too thought corta|n symbo|s |ookod tho samo as thoso A||on had shown h|m.
And wo st||| havon't boon ab|o to track down tho oxact dato you |ott your Corva|r at tho Arco stat|on,' sa|d Vu|anax.
l d|dn't havo any |uck o|thor,' 1uckor sa|d, but l do romombor that whon my car was not so|d, l |ott |t parkod |n tront ot my tathor-|n-|aw's houso tor
a cons|dorab|o por|od ot t|mo. lt's poss|b|o that A||on cou|d havo dr|von tho car dur|ng th|s por|od, but l don't know |t ho d|d. Vy |n-|aws aro |n
Europo now, and whon thoy got back l'|| ask thom |t thoy know.' 1ho |n-|aws know lo|gh A||on as a tr|ond ot tho|r son-|n-|aw, and wou|d not havo
thought |t strango to soo h|m around tho Corva|r. 1uckor bogan to spoak moro troo|y ot h|s tormor omp|oyoo.
lo|gh |s a sch|zophron|c porsona||ty,' 1uckor sa|d. 0ur|ng lo|gh's thorapy t|vo d|ttoront porsona||t|os had boon tound. At t|mos ho actua||y
sooms to ||vo tho part ot whatovor ||toraturo ho's road|ng. |o can to|| a ||o and actua||y bo||ovo what ho |s to|||ng |s tho truth.' Vu|anax's oyobrows
wont up. 1h|s was a vory |ntorost|ng ta|ont-ono that m|ght stand a ||o dotoctor on |ts hoad. Onco moro Vu|anax hoard that A||on tru|y hatod womon
and had sa|d so on many occas|ons. lo ono hatod womon as much as Zod|ac. 1ho on|y v|ct|ms that had managod to surv|vo had boon mon.
1huraday, Auguat 12, 1071
|n tho morning Vu|anax typod up h|s roports and stud|od tho var|ous stor|os ro|atod to h|m about tho bost Zod|ac suspoct yot. lhys|ca||y, lo|gh
matchod Zod|ac-trom ha|r co|or|ng to wo|ght to ho|ght to woar|ng tho oxact s|zo ot tho k|||or's un|quo t||ght-||no W|ng Wa|kor boots. C|rcumstant|a|
ov|donco was compo|||ng: lo|gh had prod|ctod ho wou|d ca|| h|mso|t Zod|ac' and shoot coup|os |n |ovors' |anos |ong botoro thoro was a Zod|ac.
|o had spokon ot an o|octr|c gun s|ght' and p|ck|ng ott k|dd|os,' usod phrasos ||ko |appy Chr|stmass,' and tr|ggor mach' botoro Zod|ac had.
A||on woro a Zod|ac wr|stwatch and kopt Zod|ac-||ko symbo|s |n a gray box. l|ko Zod|ac, ho was onamorod ot 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo.' |o
had boon hoadod tor lako 3orryossa tho day ot tho stabb|ngs and boon soon w|th a b|oody kn|to. Vu|anax d|d not know that A||on and h|s tormor
tr|ond, 0on Chonoy, had otton t|y-t|shod at C|oar lako and Grass va||oy, and onco at 3orryossa. Wo t|shod |n a stroam bo|ow tho |ako and t|tty
yards trom whoro wo parkod,' ho |ator to|d mo. lt was crowdod tho ono t|mo wo wont.' lot on|y d|d lo|gh havo tr|onds |n thoso aroas, a man and a
woman at C|oar lako, tor |nstanco, but thoro had boon a rocont murdor at a|| throo.
Voanwh||o, at tho rot|nory, A||on was |n a rago-bocauso ot tho quost|on|ng, ho was corta|n ho wou|d bo t|rod trom h|s job at Un|on O||. Whon
Vclamara had ca||od h|m |nto h|s ott|co, lo|gh had known h|s days thoro woro numborod.
Friday, Auguat 18, 1071
Attor tho two authont|catod |ottors |n Varch, a|| corrospondonco trom Zod|ac had coasod. lo||co |n tour count|os spocu|atod Zod|ac m|ght havo
boon arrostod tor anothor cr|mo, |nst|tut|ona||zod, or d|od. lonotho|oss, Vu|anax cont|nuod to p|ow through tho t||os. |or just ovor a wook ho had
boon sook|ng a rocord ot any ott|cor quost|on|ng lo|gh A||on back |n 1000. 3orgoant lynch had not yot roca||od quost|on|ng lo|gh. ||s moot|ng at
Cavo 3choo| w|th tho sk|n-d|v|ng chom|st consumod on|y two paragraphs |n tho contor ot a s|ng|o pago. As tho towor|ng shoavos ot papor bocamo
an ava|ancho, that pago was bur|od |n an ovor-|ncroas|ng snowbank. Vanpowor strotchod to tho broak|ng po|nt, and ovoryono toarod Zod|ac m|ght
str|ko aga|n.
Wodnoaday, 5otombor 1, 1071
1ho 5FPD tarod scarco|y bottor than va||ojo. Armstrong and 1osch|, rout|no|y work|ng s|x murdors s|mu|tanoous|y, to|t at t|mos that tho 3ay Aroa
ho|d a tranch|so on hom|c|da| man|acs. 1osch|, |n sp|to ot onco bo|ng a t|tnoss |nstructor, was subjoct to bouts ot |||noss trom stross. |o was a
contrad|ct|on-ho was modost, but onjoyod tho ||mo||ght. 3omo n|ghts ho s||ppod on h|s a||-woathor ra|ncoat and |ush lupp|os, thon stro||od, hoad
down, through h|s 3unsot no|ghborhood. Othor n|ghts ho took |ong dr|vos down tho coast h|ghway, or s|umpod |n h|s oasy cha|r ||ston|ng to 3|g
3and 78s |n storoo. As ho dosporato|y tr|od to sort |t a|| out, ho roca||od that oxact|y o|ovon yoars ago today Ch|ot 1om Cah||| had s|gnod h|s
transtor to tho 3uroau ot lnspoctors. lt had boon tho socond happ|ost day ot h|s ||to.
Friday, 5otombor 17, 1071
Armatrong and 1oachi |ator ascorta|nod trom lon A||on that h|s brothor spont at |oast two days a wook at tho|r mothor's homo. A||on's mothor,
3orn|co, travo|od abroad troquont|y, hor tr|ps spann|ng many wooks. 1hoso oxcurs|ons, arrangod through tho va||ojo 1ravo| C|ub, woro t|nancod by
pons|on monoy trom lo|gh's rocont|y docoasod tathor. 0ur|ng h|s mothor's absonco, A||on wou|d ros|do a|ono at tho tam||y ros|donco. 1hough tho
upsta|rs was troo to h|m, ho st||| c|ung, |ooch||ko, to that dank, unkompt basomont bodroom whoro tho socrot box had boon storod. lt was as |t ho
woro guard|ng a tortross.
|owovor, 3orn|co had boon ||| and roma|nod homo. Out ot rospoct tor hor, tho po||co ho|d back trom soarch|ng hor homo. A||on was, attor a||, on|y
ono ot noar|y throo thousand Zod|ac suspocts. Wo woro a|ways concornod about h|s o|dor|y mothor who was not wo||,' 1osch| to|d mo. 1ho tam||y
had mont|onod |t sovora| t|mos and askod us not to go |n. 1ho brothor |s to|||ng us, 'l can soarch tho basomont myso|t. l know whoro ho koops th|ngs
ospoc|a||y whon ho's away.' 1ack Vu|anax novor wantod to ta|k sor|ous|y about a soarch warrant. |o had boon turnod down on handpr|nt|ng and on
t|ngorpr|nts. |o just sa|d, '|o suro |ooks good, but l don't ovon know |t l cou|d got a soarch warrant.''
Wo d|d not soarch tho ros|donco at h|s mothor ot 82 |rosno 3troot |n va||ojo,' wroto Armstrong |ator. Wo ro||od on h|s brothor, lon, who was
cooporat|ng w|th tho |nvost|gat|on, to |ook through A||on's room |n tho basomont ot th|s ros|donco. . . . lon had |ntormod us that ho had obsorvod
somo cryptogram-typo mator|a|s, but was unsuro |t thoy woro ro|atod to Zod|ac. lo turthor act|on was takon rogard|ng a soarch ot 82 |rosno and
tho basomont thoro.'
Whoovor Zod|ac was, ho had a co||ar whoro ho d|d h|s socrot and dov|||sh work. What you do not know,' ho sa|d |n an lovombor 0, 1000, |ottor
to tho Cbroolc|o, |s whothor tho doath mach|no |s at tho s|ght or whothor |t |s bo|ng storod |n my basomont tor turthor uso.' lo||co, dumbtoundod by
tho b|zarro throats ot tho doath mach|no' |ottor, sa|d at tho t|mo, Wo havo roason to bo||ovo ho's a man|ac. lt appoars to us that ho's k||||ng just tor
tho thr||| ot k||||ng.' On Apr|| 20, 1070, Zod|ac comp|a|nod ho had boon swampod out by tho ra|n wo had a wh||o back.' la|n m|ght t|ood a
basomont room. A burst p|po or wator hoator wou|d causo a s|m||ar |nundat|on. lo ono chockod to soo |t tho houso on |rosno 3troot had boon
t|oodod. 3ut what |t Zod|ac had not moant a propor basomont? Vob||o-homo dwo||ors ca|| tho aroa bonoath tho tra||or a basomont.' Wh||o |t |s
|||oga| to storo th|ngs thoro, |t |s dono a|| tho t|mo. 3omot|mos a ra|n pudd|o on tho road bocomos a swamp undor a tra||or. lo|gh had a tra||or ott-
whoo|s |n an anothor county, and tor ovor a yoar had boon squ|rro||ng away th|ngs undor |t. 1ho prob|om was that 1osch| and Armstrong woro not
on|y unawaro ot tho tra||or's |ocat|on, but |ts ox|stonco.
A||on's got to havo somop|aco whoro ho can stash and h|do th|ngs and bo corta|n no cop w||| ovor know whoro ho has ovoryth|ng,' Vu|anax to|d
1osch|.
What ho's go|ng to show us |s just th|ngs on tho surtaco,' rop||od 1osch|. And wo know that ho's |augh|ng at us on tho |ns|do.'
Vu|anax noddod.
Nonday, Novombor 22, 1071
Loigh waa arovod tor h|s lod Cross Cort|t|cato tor 3tandard ||rst A|d. 3|nco ho was constant|y boat|ng |n a sa|||ng c|ub, and cons|dor|ng
tak|ng up a|r jump|ng ovor wator, |t was a usotu| sk|||. Voanwh||o |n 3an |ranc|sco, 1osch| and Armstrong had mado scant progross |n tho throo and
a ha|t months s|nco tho quost|on|ng at tho o|| rot|nory. Apparont|y,' 1osch| to|d mo, A||on's tam||y st||| harborod gravo m|sg|v|ngs about h|m. 1ho
brothor and s|stor-|n-|aw woro vory concornod bocauso thoy soo that A||on |s st||| wa|k|ng around and don't know how thorough|y tho va||ojo lo||co
0opartmont wont |nto tho |nvost|gat|on. What wo d|dn't know was that thoy woro bu||d|ng up courago to spoak to us.
l cou|d a|ways to|| Kon lar|ow was a ||tt|o d|sturbod bocauso 3an |ranc|sco was gott|ng a|| tho b|g p|ay |n tho mod|a. Wo woro gott|ng moro work
too. Wh|ch wo d|dn't nood. 3ut |t was bocauso Armstrong and l woro gott|ng so much mod|a attont|on that lon and Karon |ator to|t r|ght |n ca|||ng
us. And |t put mo |n a vory procar|ous pos|t|on. l d|dn't want anyono th|nk|ng wo woro try|ng to monopo||zo tho caso. Vy God, wo had onough work
to do on our own w|thout mak|ng moro work out ot anothor jur|sd|ct|on. Wo woro gott|ng so many t|ps and phono ca||s just trom 3an |ranc|sco.
loop|o ca|||ng h|m 'tho 5oo lrooclsco Zod|ac k|||or,' whon thoro'ro mu|t|-count|os |nvo|vod. Zod|ac camo to us tor moro attont|on. |o wantod to soo
h|s namo thoro.' Voro than onco 1osch| wondorod, Why?'
1ho s|tuat|on was worso than on tho surtaco. Evory throo wooks 1osch| and Armstrong a|so had a |oad ot brand-now hom|c|dos to crack.
Unknown to thom, at that t|mo, A||on was no |ongor |n va||ojo. 1ho morn|ng ot lovombor 22, ho had travo|od south to 1orranco, whoro 0on Chonoy
||vod, porhaps tor a controntat|on. long attor, l askod Chonoy, 0o you havo any |doa why lo|gh v|s|tod 1orranco on lovombor 22, 1071?' 1horo
was a gasp ot surpr|so. lt l had known about |t at tho t|mo, |t wou|d havo worr|od mo,' Chonoy sa|d. And yot, though l was a|ways ||stod down |n
3outhorn Ca||torn|a, l novor got ono crank phono ca|| or throat attor po||co |ntorv|owod lo|gh.'
1uoaday, Novombor 28, 1071
PanzaroIIa novor roaIizod A||on was |n 1orranco. Evon |t ho had, |t wou|dn't havo mattorod. lanzaro||a was a coo| customor. |o hadn't boon
scarod whon Zod|ac wroto tho L.A. 7lmos, ovon though ho suspoctod A||on was tho author. Wh||o ho was |n town, lo|gh got |nto onough m|sch|ot
on |awthorno 3ou|ovard to bo arrostod tor d|sturb|ng tho poaco. Chonoy st||| cons|dorod Zod|ac's connoct|ons to unknown murdors |n 3outhorn
Ca||torn|a as poss|b|o and Zod|ac's connoct|on to A||on as vory probab|o.' 1hough A||on had t|os to tho aroa, most ot h|s movomonts down south
woro a mystory, at |oast to tho po||co.
Wodnoaday, Novombor 24, 1071
At timoa tho va||ojo l.0. had a sonso that tho 3|l0 was try|ng to troozo thom out and co||ar Zod|ac a|| by thomso|vos. va||ojo |s sma|| potatoos
comparod to 3an |ranc|sco,' 0otoct|vo 3awart to|d mo, but whon you tako and |ook at tho hom|c|do d|v|s|on |n 3an |ranc|sco, thoy'ro ||ko
anyth|ng o|so |n po||co work. 1hoy d|v|do up a|| tho murdor casos. Ono hom|c|do dotoct|vo thoro |s work|ng about tho samo amount ot casos as ono
hom|c|do dotoct|vo |n va||ojo. lt's gruo||ng.'
And |n 3an |ranc|sco, 1osch| was oqua||y unsuro ho was gott|ng ovoryth|ng va||ojo know. Vy thoughts woro,' ho oxp|a|nod, whon thoy wou|d
say, 'Wo||, wo ta|kod to th|s porson and that porson,' my m|nd was a|ways ||ko a m|nuto ahoad. l was say|ng to myso|t, '0|d you roa||y?' 3ocauso
whon l sa|d l ta|kod to somobody, you can bot a|| your good monoy on |t l d|d. l wou|d novor ||o about that.' |o bogan to toar tho Zod|ac |ntormat|on
h|ghway m|ght bo a ono-way stroot. And that was just tho way Zod|ac ||kod |t. 1ho k|||or protorrod to str|ko |n zonos ot contusod jur|sd|ct|on-
d|ttoront count|os, on bordor||nos, and |n un|ncorporatod w||dornoss aroas. |o countod on adjo|n|ng dopartmonts work|ng aga|nst oach othor, not
shar|ng |ntormat|on-tho moro tho morr|or. lt was a b|g caso, a compot|t|vo |nvost|gat|on. Evoryono wantod a p|oco ot |t and whoovor so|vod |t
wou|d bo tho Aco ot 0otoct|vos. Zod|ac, w|th h|s hugo ogo, countod on tho ogos ot po||comon to a||ow h|m to cont|nuo h|s doad|y work.
Armstrong and 1osch| cou|d not got lo|gh A||on ott tho|r m|nds, and sought to jump-start tho|r |nvost|gat|on. 1hoy noodod anothor t|p. Attor such a
prom|s|ng bog|nn|ng, 1osch| stud|od tho grow|ng taco ot tho moon. |o cou|d a|most hoar Zod|ac's |aughtor-tho |aughtor ot 3atan. And tho rust|o ot
that torr|b|o b|ack costumo.
4
arthur Ioigh aIIon
Arthur Loigh AIIon, born |n |ono|u|u, |awa||, 0ocombor 18, 1088, was a 3ag|ttar|us (lovombor 22-0ocombor 21). ||s zod|ac s|gn was 1ho
Archor, and ho bocamo an oxport w|th a bow and arrow. Wh||o Zod|ac woro g|assos, poss|b|y as a d|sgu|so, lo|gh raro|y d|d (though tho 0Vv
roqu|rod ho woar |onsos to dr|vo). ln 1004 lo|gh wo|ghod 18b pounds, but w|th|n throo yoars h|s wo|ght had ba||oonod drast|ca||y. 1ho photo on h|s
dr|vor's ||conso [#830728b2|, takon on Octobor 18, 1007, dop|ctod a moontacod th|rty-throo-yoar-o|d whoso wo|ght now yo-yood botwoon 280 and
2b0 pounds. A||on, |n 1007, ||stod h|s addross s|mp|y as a post ott|co box |n 3urson.
As tor lo|gh's chockorod oducat|ona| rocord, ho tru|y was a protoss|ona| studont.' |o attondod va||ojo 3on|or ||gh 3choo|, wh|ch sharod tho
samo bu||d|ng on Amador 3troot as tho jun|or co||ogo. Across tho stroot at 801 lobraska 3troot stood 1ho l|ungo, a va||ojo commun|ty sw|mm|ng
contor a|so sharod by h|gh schoo| and jun|or co||ogo studonts. 1horo, a s|ondor, good-|ook|ng A||on, a mombor ot tho wrost||ng toam, to||od at tho
poo| as a popu|ar ||toguard trom 10b0 through h|s graduat|on |n 10b1 and a short t|mo attor. lo|gh was a ho|| ot a d|vor,' ono studont roca||od, and
drovo a Cad|||ac.' A||on, dur|ng th|s por|od, bocamo |ntonso|y joa|ous ot h|s tr|ond, lobort Emmott, who was not on|y capta|n ot tho va||ojo ||gh
3choo| sw|mm|ng toam, but lo|gh's d|v|ng coach.
l know lo|gh my |ast two yoars ot h|gh schoo| and part ot my jun|or co||ogo yoar,' h|s c|oso tr|ond, Kay, to|d mo.l ||vod |n Carqu|noz and my to|ks,
about that t|mo, bought a houso |n town and l bocamo a 'town|o.' Vy dad workod as a t|roman, thon at Varo ls|and. lo|gh startod ottor|ng mo a ||tt to
and trom schoo| and soon was tak|ng any numbor ot our tr|onds |n h|s Cad|||ac. ln tact, l |oarnod to chango my t|rst t|ro on that car. lo|gh camo out
ot tho houso ono t|mo trom v|s|t|ng. |o says, 'Kay, havo you ovor changod a t|at botoro?' 'lo,' l sa|d. 'Wo||, thoro's no t|mo ||ko tho prosont,' ho
sa|d, thon sat and suporv|sod.
Othor t|mos wo'd go to tho poo|. lo|gh go|ng up tho |addor tor a h|gh d|vo wou|d causo |aughtor bocauso ho was bu||t sort ot poar-shapod and
ho wou|d go up tho |addor ||ko a woman wou|d. 1horo wou|d bo a |ot ot sn|ckor|ng |n tho crowd. And so ho wou|d wa|k to tho ond ot tho board ||ko ho
was go|ng to mako h|s d|vo. |o ca||od |t a 'Chango Your V|nd 0|vo.' |o wou|d go up, h|t tho board, turn and do a back t||p, |and|ng back on tho
board as |t ho had had socond thoughts. 1hon ho wou|d suddon|y shoot up |n a two and a ha|t torward somorsau|t, cutt|ng tho wator bo|ow w|thout a
r|pp|o. 1hat gymnast|c d|vo got tho crowd's attont|on tast. 1hoy d|dn't |augh anymoro! |o cou|d a|so start a tront d|vo, do |t back|ng up trom tho
board and ond up do|ng a back d|vo, but that was roa||y hard and ho m|ssod that qu|to otton.
lo|gh cut qu|to a t|guro w|th h|s Cad|||ac, h|s tr|ck d|vos, h|s wh|to dog, |rosty, and lotun|a, a skunk who was oot do-scontod. What ho roa||y
||kod to ta|k about w|th mo was mus|c and p|ays, anyth|ng trom comody to tarco, mystor|os to G||bort and 3u|||van.' Kay assumod lo|gh was gay as
ho raro|y datod. Whon ho d|d go out, ho brought a|ong h|s tathor. lo|gh wou|d g|vo a ca|| and wo'd tako ott to tho mov|os togothor,' sho roca||od,
lo|gh's tathor was vory grac|ous and took mo to symphon|os and p|ays w|th thom. l know tho tathor trom 'b8 through 'b0, a vory, vory gont|o man. l
mot lo|gh's mothor on|y a coup|o ot t|mos. 3ho novor mado horso|t v|s|b|o. l saw hor at sw|m moots. l ||kod to go and |ook at tho guys. lo|gh was
oxtromo|y |nto|||gont, a|most scary somot|mos. |o was a br|ght to||ow, but h|s brothor lon was tho go|don boy. ||s mothor wou|dn't havo much to do
w|th lo|gh. l wasn't ovor pr|vy to tho t|ghts, but l was pr|vy to tho co|d shou|dors. Commandor A||on wou|d ask hor |t sho wantod to go a|ong w|th us
and sho'd snap, 'Why?' 3omot|mos lon wont w|th us and l wou|d havo thought sho wou|d havo boon g|ad to go. 3omot|mos lo|gh spoko ot a g|r|
namod 3obb|o who had 'brokon h|s hoart.' 3obb|o was lo|gh's t|rst b|g |ovo, and ho usod to just ta|k |n g|ow|ng co|ors about hor. 3ho was tho |ovo
ot h|s ||to.'
3obb|o's daughtor |ator to|d mo ot hor mothor's tr|ondsh|p w|th lo|gh A||on. 3ho was a d|vor whoso p|cturo otton appoarod |n va||ojo papors |n
tho sports soct|on botwoon 10b2 to 10b7,' sho sa|d. 3omot|mos A||on's p|cturo was a|ongs|do hors |n tho papor. l th|nk ho was a p|attorm d|vor
and a wrost|or. vory c|umsy wa|k whon wa|k|ng down tho d|v|ng board, ho |ookod torr|b|o unt|| ho |ott tho board and dovo. 1hon ho was vory gracotu|.
3ut whon wa|k|ng ho was torr|b|y |umbor|ng. |o had a tunny h|p. ln caso you don't a|roady know.' |aro|d |uttman, lo|gh's ch||dhood tr|ond, thought
lo|gh's t|uctuat|ng wo|ght causod tho ||mp.
lo|gh attondod va||ojo 1un|or Co||ogo, major|ng |n tho ||bora| arts, and bocamo A||-Amor|can 0|v|ng Champ thoro. On 3optombor 18, 10b4, ho
onro||od at Ca||torn|a lo|ytochn|c 3tato Un|vors|ty at 3an lu|s Ob|spo. 0ur|ng tho 10b0s and 1000s Ca| lo|y 3an lu|s Ob|spo was att|||atod w|th
Ca| lo|y lomona, whoro 0on Chonoy, 3andy lanzaro||a, and lo|gh's brothor, lon, stud|od. lo|gh's pa|, |aro|d |uttman, was a|roady down thoro
attond|ng U3C and coach|ng ovory sport ho cou|d. |or awh||o lo|gh had d|tt|cu|ty choos|ng botwoon an ong|noor|ng or phys|ca| oducat|on major.
3|nco h|s math sk|||s provod too moagor tor ong|noor|ng, ho doc|dod to tocus on phys|ca| oducat|on. U|t|mato|y, ho sott|od on o|omontary oducat|on
as h|s major. On 1uno 10, 10b0, at tho ond ot h|s torm, ho usod h|s summor broak to on||st |n tho lavy.
|o roco|vod h|s assoc|ato ot arts dogroo trom va||ojo 1un|or Co||ogo |n 10b7. |o roturnod to Ca| lo|y trom 1anuary 10b0 unt|| 1uno 18, 10b0,
and oxco||od. |o bocamo tho 3tato Co||ogo 1rampo||no Champ|on tor Contra| Ca||torn|a and Contra| Ca||torn|a 3poar ||sh|ng Champ. On 1u|y 27,
10b0, A||on app||od at tho 3tato 0opartmont ot Educat|on |n 3acramonto tor a pos|t|on, but by 1anuary 4, 1000, was back study|ng at 3an lu|s
Ob|spo. |o roma|nod unt|| 1uno 1000, whon ho bogan work at |omot Vonta| |osp|ta| on|y twonty m||os trom l|vors|do. Ono good th|ng had
rosu|tod trom h|s br|ot lavy st|nt-ho was ab|o to study on tho G.l. 3||| at Ca| lo|y trom 1anuary 1001 unt|| Varch 1001.
On 1uno 10, 1001 ho app||od at tho 3tato lorsonno| 3oard |n 3acramonto as a psych|atr|c tochn|ca| tra|noo, 0opartmont ot Vonta| |yg|ono, and
br|ot|y bocamo a psych|atr|c toachor at Atascadoro. 1horo ho bocamo tr|ond|y w|th a conv|ctod murdoror who had boon ja||od tor sovora| yoars. |o
|ator sa|d thoy oxchangod samp|os ot codo. A||on graduatod trom Ca| lo|y w|th a bacho|or's |n oducat|on (3.E.) on 0ocombor 1b, 1001. On|y s|x
un|ts shy ot a mastor's dogroo, ho soomod unab|o to t|na||y sovor h|s t|os w|th co||ogo ||to. 0ur|ng th|s t|mo, ho ownod hunt|ng r|t|os, at |oast two .22-
ca||bor p|sto|s, and, truo to h|s Zod|ac s|gn ot 3ag|ttar|us, a hunt|ng bow and arrows.
|rom 10b0 to 1008, lo|gh, st||| |n tho procoss ot obta|n|ng h|s toach|ng crodont|a|s, had var|ous jobs. |o taught tourth grado and l.E. at 3anta
losa 3choo| |n Atascadoro just north ot Ca| lo|y. l roa||y onjoyod toach|ng o|omontary schoo| k|ds,' ho sa|d. Vy k|ds d|d wo||-ono ||tt|o g|r| |n tho
th|rd grado know tonth-grado math by tho t|mo sho graduatod. Vy ont|ro c|ass cou|d road at sovonth-grado |ovo|. l suro |ovod work|ng w|th
o|omontary schoo| k|ds.'
Voanwh||o, lanzaro||a, Chonoy, and lo|gh's brothor, lon, woro attond|ng tho Ca| lo|y campus |n lomona togothor. lanzaro||a's major t|o|d ot
study was o|octron|c ong|noor|ng, Chonoy's was mochan|ca| ong|noor|ng, and lon's, |andscapo arch|tocturo. 1hoy sharod a rontod houso to cut
costs. ln 1001-1002,' Chonoy attorward to|d mo,wo a|| woro ||v|ng |n a tour-bodroom houso w|th two studonts namod 3||| and 1oo. Wo had two
guys |n tho ono |argor bodroom-lon and l s|opt thoro. 1hoso woro good t|mos.
lon had a good sonso ot humor, ho was ontorta|n|ng and a tun guy. Evoryono ||kod h|m. |o was a vory oasygo|ng guy and a notor|ous
undorach|ovor. |o was vory wo|| |a|d back. |o was br||||ant |n h|s |andscapo arch|toct|ng work at schoo|, but ho d|dn't koop h|s grado po|nt avorago
up. |o passod somo coursos, but not w|th t|y|ng co|ors, so ho had to stay at Ca| lo|y tor qu|to a wh||o so that ho cou|d got h|s avorago up to
graduato. |o wou|d do vory wo|| |n othor coursos, but ho cou|d novor got around to tak|ng tho t|na|. |o draggod on and on. |o novor mado |t to oar|y
morn|ng c|assos. |o had an a|arm c|ock-ono ot thoso 3|g 3ons w|th tho groat b|g gongs on tho top ot |t-that th|ng wou|d r|ng, wou|d run down
and stop r|ng|ng, and ho wou|dn't tw|tch.
Ca| lo|y lomona was about two m||os away to tho wost, and l rodo a b|ko to schoo| oach day. 3andy graduatod |n tho spr|ng ot 1004, but l
novor actua||y graduatod. l shou|d havo graduatod |n tho w|ntor ot 1004. l t|n|shod up and had a prob|om w|th my son|or projoct and l w|mpod out on
that, d|dn't do |t.
1hat houso |s whoro 3andy and l t|rst mot lo|gh. lt was 1002. l was st||| s|ng|o thon, and marr|od Ann |ator that yoar. l romombor that ono t|mo
ospoc|a||y. lo|gh had just ro||od |n thoro trom l|vors|do. |o had boon attond|ng sports car rac|ng. |o wont ovory yoar tor tho b|g raco thoy ho|d
down thoro |n tho oar|y summor. l wont w|th lon and lo|gh togothor ono t|mo. ln tact, tho on|y sport|ng ovonts lo|gh and l wont to togothor woro road
rac|ng. |o troquontod laguna 3oca, vacav|||o, and l|vors|do. |o was a studont thoro. lo|gh ownod an Aust|n |oa|oy and usod to go to a dr|v|ng
schoo| |n l|vors|do, attor tak|ng thoso |ossons ho kopt commut|ng down thoro tor tho racos.'
Friday, Nay 80, 1008
Loigh AIIon aid an unoxpoctod v|s|t to tho houso |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a. l romombor lo|gh camo down to v|s|t us,' lanzaro||a to|d mo. lo|gh
was not ||v|ng |n tho lomona aroa, but had just como down to lomona that wookond. l thought |t was odd at tho t|mo. And ho had a machoto |n tho
car. |or no part|cu|ar roason, ho wa|kod |n w|thout a word and s|ammod |t |nto tho countor and tr|od to scaro ovorybody. Ono ot my roommatos, 1oo
0andurand, was thoro. Vy ox-w|to was thoro whon |t happonod. lon was somowhoro |n tho houso. 1hat was just botoro l |ott at tho ond ot tho
somostor and lon and l wont and got a p|aco togothor |n Wa|nut. l st||| th|nk about lo|gh com|ng to lomona to v|s|t just botoro tho boy and g|r| woro
murdorod. 1hat's croopy.'
Nonday, Juno 8, 1008
|n tho morning, lo|gh curta||od h|s v|s|t and startod back to Atascadoro, whoro 3anta losa E|omontary 3choo| was c|os|ng tor tho summor. |o
|ntondod to pack up, thon roturn to va||ojo that day. |oad|ng north on ||ghway 101, on a d|roct ||no to Atascadoro, ho c||mbod trom vontura to
3anta 3arbara, pass|ng Go|ota, thon E| Cap|tan 3oach, and c|os|ng on lotug|o 3oach. 1ho 3anta Ynoz Vounta|ns |oomod to tho northoast, and
turthor oast and tar boyond-los ladros lat|ona| |orost. 3and b|ow across tho d|v|dod b|acktop and gu||s whoo|od |n tho sky. ln p|acos tho north
and south |anos woro no|ghbor|y, runn|ng s|do by s|do w|th oach othor, but |n spots thoy w|donod away. A gray m|st swopt |n trom tho soa. 1hoy'vo
got mo soarch|ng my momory tor b|ank spots, tor |apsos,' A||on wou|d say yoars |ator. Ahoad ho saw a turnout, just at tho po|nt whoro 101 |oavos
tho boach. ||s oyos strayod ovor tho d|v|do to 101 southbound. 3oyond was tho boach. |o was now throo m||os south ot tho Gav|ota 1unno|.
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robort domingoa and Iinda odwarda
Nonday, Juno 8, 1008
1hroo miIoa aouth ot tho Gav|ota 1unno|, an attract|vo toonago coup|o, lobort Goorgo 0om|ngos and l|nda |ayo Edwards, swung onto an oak-
||nod turnout just ott southbound 101. 0om|ngos pu||od h|s gray lont|ac ovor and tho |augh|ng coup|o p||od out, rad|ant |n tho|r youth and prom|so.
1hoy had |ott homo, ostons|b|y tor a lompoc ||gh 3choo| son|ors' 0|tch 0ay' graduat|on party. lnstoad, tho coup|o |ntondod co|obrat|ng at tho
soashoro. 1h|ck bushos h|d tho|r car trom pass|ng north-bound tratt|c. |owovor, any auto cru|s|ng southbound cou|d spot tho voh|c|o, an |nd|cat|on
somoono was down on tho |so|atod boach.
lobort was tho o|ghtoon-yoar-o|d son ot a wo||-to-do lompoc ranchor, l|nda was to bo o|ghtoon |n throo days. |or both |t had boon a day ot
tarowo|| and ant|c|pat|on as thoy |ookod torward to tho|r nupt|a|s |n Octobor. 1ho toonagors woro rough|y twonty m||os wost ot 3anta 3arbara and
throo m||os trom E| Cap|tan 3oach. lobort dug a |argo b|ankot trom tho trunk, and tho coup|o crossod tho h|ghway and ovor ra||road tracks runn|ng
botwoon thom and a |ow b|utt. |rom tho b|utt, ono ot tho cha|n ot unstab|o soa c||tts trac|ng tho shoro||no, thoy had a v|ow ot tho m||o-and-a-ha|t-|ong
stato boach bo|ow. 3oyond stood tho Channo| ls|ands-3an V|guo|, 3anta losa, and 3anta Cruz. lobort and l|nda commoncod down a stoop,
part|a||y h|ddon path to tho boach, runn|ng tho |ast twonty yards. 3anana pa|m troos ||n|ng lotug|o Crook gavo tho aroa a trop|ca| atmosphoro.
Whoro tho crook t|owod |nto tho ocoan, a troshwator |agoon had tormod.
lobort and l|nda roachod an |so|atod spot troquontod on|y by tho occas|ona| |oca| t|shorman. 1hoy saw ov|donco ot rocont act|v|ty. long ago
th|s boach had boon tho ch|ot cootrobooolsto port on tho coast, v|s|tod by gontoo| smugg|ors and toroc|ous p|ratos. At tho mouth ot tho canyon,
bur|od |n tho sand, |ay tracos ot an anc|ont adobo toundat|on. ln oar|y Ca||torn|a days a grand rancho, la luostara 3oora do| lotug|o, stood thoro.
lt tacod tho soa bo|d|y unt|| tho |ronch p|rato |yppo|yto do 3ouchard-by gun, by kn|to, by ropo, and by t|ro-put an ond to that. ||s buccanoors
woundod tho sorvants, cut tho throats ot tho horsos, t|od up tho Ortoga tam||y, and burnod tho|r |mpross|vo hac|onda.
1ho toonagors sproad out tho|r b|ankot on tho sand noar tho rocky shoro||no. 1ho day botoro, at just tho samo spot, a man w|th rodd|sh ha|r had
boon shoot|ng at soagu||s w|th a r|t|o. l|ch t|do poo|s, swarm|ng w|th ||to, movod w|th oach surgo ot sa|t wator. 3pray oxp|odod aga|nst b|ack rocks,
and tho sharp tang ot soa a|r t|||od tho toonagors' |ungs. 3a||boats dancod |n 3anta 3arbara Channo|, and |n tho sky a|rcratt dronod |az||y-an
a|rport was noarby. 1ho |augh|ng pa|r |oungod |n tho|r sw|msu|ts at tho surt ||no as tho day passod and tho sky c|oudod ovor. Ot a|| trans|t|ona|
doma|ns, thoso botwoon soa and |and aro tho most d|sparato and prono to a|torat|on. lobort and l|nda grow drowsy, baro|y awaro ot tho boom ot
tho wavos and wavo|ots rust||ng oo| grassos at tho soa odgo. 1ho crack ot a tw|g on tho path mado thom start. 1ho |owor|ng sun t|ash|ng ott tho
wator and gusts ot sand b||ndod thom. 1hoy drow back as a squar|sh shadow to|| upon tho sand. loor|ng up, thoy saw a man |ovo||ng a .22-ca||bor
r|t|o at thom.
By Ropo-|o barkod ordors. ||rst camo tumb||ng attompts to t|o thom-tho man had brought a|ong procut |ongths ot narrow cotton c|othos||no.
||rst ho coorcod l|nda to b|nd lobort. 3ho had t|od a |ooso|y knottod |ongth around h|s wr|st, and was st||| c||nch|ng a ropo |n hor hand whon tho
strangor kno|t. W|th tromb||ng t|ngors, ho bogan to t|n|sh tho ty|ng h|mso|t-t|rst w|th a tow granny knots and thon mar||no h|tchos, a knot not
common|y usod by |aymon. ln tho m|dst ot th|s, lobort and l|nda |oapod to tho|r toot and p|ungod |nto tho stoop crook bod |oad|ng uph||| trom tho
b|ankot. 1ho coup|o tr|od to run |n tho sott sand ot tho crook bod. 1hoy |urchod |n tho gonora| d|roct|on ot a shack, wh|ch had boon baro|y v|s|b|o
trom tho b|ankot.
By Ooo-1ho |ntor|opor thundorod attor thom, t|r|ng on tho run. 3|ugs r|ppod |nto tho young man t|rst, h|tt|ng h|m |n tho back as ho ran scroam|ng
tor ho|p. 1horo was no ono to hoar thom. 1ho bu||ots woro c|oso|y groupod, aston|sh|ng accuracy tor shoot|ng wh||o mov|ng. lobort droppod taco
down. 1ho strangor thon swung tho r|t|o toward l|nda, t|r|ng |nto hor back. |o approachod s|ow|y unt|| ho stood ovor tho coup|o. |o pumpod moro
bu||ots |nto tho boy's back, str|k|ng h|m |n a|| o|ovon t|mos. l|nda had ta||on onto hor back, and so a tus|||ado ot bu||ots ponotratod hor chost.
A|togothor, sho was h|t o|ght t|mos.
1ho k|||or's v|c|ousnoss had not abatod as ho cont|nuod to |nt||ct |njur|os upon tho corpsos. 0ragg|ng lobort taco down by h|s |ogs away trom tho
shoro||no, ho |ott wo|ts and abras|ons just abovo tho boy's surtor's trunks. locks scrapod h|s chost and taco, |oav|ng doop contus|ons. 1ho strangor
was swoat|ng by tho t|mo ho comp|otod tho t|rst part ot h|s gruosomo task-h|d|ng tho corpso |n tho woodp||o sho|tor by tho noar|y dry crook bod.
1ho pr|m|t|vo structuro |ay ha|tway botwoon tho shoro and tho ra||road ombankmont. A|most |ost among donso shrubs and troos, |t was usod most|y
by trans|onts.
By Kolo-|o roturnod to tho woman, cut down tho tront ot hor sw|msu|t w|th a kn|to, and oxposod hor broasts. |o s|ashod hor body, tho wounds
doscr|b|ng a curvod r|vor. loxt, ho draggod hor toot-t|rst to tho shack, and bocauso l|nda was sup|no, a|| tho abras|ons woro to hor back and
buttocks. Attor pu|||ng hor |ns|do tho |oan-to, ho r|ppod ott hor sw|msu|t and tossod |t ca||ous|y ovor hor t|anco. 1hon ho drapod l|nda's body, taco
up, ovor tho boy.
By llro-low tho strangor |ookod around tor th|ngs to burn. |o gathorod up h|s |ottovor |ongths ot ropo and ompty cartr|dgo boxos and tossod
thom |nto tho shack. 3mash|ng tho |oan-to, ho |gn|tod |t w|th woodon matchos ho had brought a|ong. A tunora| pyro wou|d h|do a|| tracos ot h|s
cr|mo. A|though ho tr|od sovora| t|mos, tho structuro rotusod to catch, or ho m|ght havo roturnod to h|s car on tho road abovo bo||ov|ng that
ovoryth|ng boh|nd h|m was b|az|ng.
1uoaday, Juno 4, 1008
Whon Linda and lobort ta||od to roturn, 0om|ngos's tathor t||od a m|ss|ng porsons roport. 1ho 3anta 3arbara 3hor|tt's 0opartmont |ssuod an a||-
po|nts bu||ot|n. 1ho tathor, a|ong w|th othor tam||y mombors, jo|nod tho soarch party, and that n|ght |ocatod tho m|ss|ng boy's car |n tho turnout. A
||ghway latro|man took tho tra|| to tho boach bo|ow to |ook turthor. 1ho |oan-to shack was so concoa|od |t took soarchors th|rty hours to d|scovor
tho toonagors. 1racks and postmortom marks on tho bod|os showod thoy had boon draggod thoro. 1hat thoro woro no usab|o |atont pr|nts moant
tho k|||or had ||ko|y worn g|ovos. lt was an |ncomparab|y ov|| cr|mo.
lo soxua| attack had takon p|aco, and that was uncommon. At |oast thoro was no prosonco ot somon, though tho ro|at|vo|y pr|m|t|vo torons|c
tochn|quos ot tho t|mo m|ght havo m|ssod |t. 3t|||, that was doubttu|. 1ho board-cort|t|od torons|cs patho|og|st who portormod tho autops|os was
h|gh|y qua||t|od, hav|ng boon tra|nod at tho l.A. Coronor's Ott|co.
A cont|ngont ot ja|| |nmatos rovod tho cr|mo scono. lr|sonors had boon busod thoro to scour tho brush and comb a throo-m||o soct|on ot doso|ato
boach tor ov|donco. 1ho |oad shor|tt's dotoct|vo, W||||am 3akor, toarod thoy m|ght havo comprom|sod tho |ntogr|ty ot tho cr|mo scono. You havo an
|nk||ng ot what l am up aga|nst,' 3akor to|d mo, as l str|vo to rosurroct trom tho ashos tho roa||ty ot tho caso. You havo to t|guro |t was 1008. Wo'd
go out w|th o|thor 3oarch and loscuo, or somot|mos got othor oxp|orors. 1h|s t|mo thoy had trustoos out thoro go|ng on soarchos tor cartr|dgo
cas|ngs or whatovor o|so thoy cou|d t|nd. l shuddor whon l th|nk about |t, but that's tho roa||ty. And thoy d|d t|nd somo cas|ngs, qu|to a tow, oxpondod
a|ong tho v|ct|ms' t||ght path-a dry crook bod that |od trom tho b|ankot noar tho boach up towards tho shack whoro tho k|ds woro actua||y tound.
1wo d|st|nct po|nts whoro moro cas|ngs woro |ocatod sorvod to p|npo|nt whoro tho v|ct|ms woro |n|t|a||y droppod.'
Ono conv|ct spottod twonty .22-ca||bor sho|| cas|ngs g||mmor|ng |n tho canyon crook bod. 0otoct|vos sp|od somoth|ng too-shoo tracks cut
doop|y |nto tho ||ght sand and sparso grass |oad|ng to and trom tho raggod sho|tor. 1ho tracks camo trom a lavy or A|r |orco shoo s|m||ar to W|ng
Wa|kors. 3oth tho ammo and shoos woro so|d through baso oxchangos. vandonborg A|r |orco 3aso, a 3AC un|t, |ay noar lompoc, and was on|y
an hour's dr|vo trom tho murdor s|to.
And s|nco th|s was an oar|y oxpor|onco tor tho k|||or,' 3akor notod, ho may havo ho|d onto h|s woapon and ovon tho samo ammo to uso aga|n.'
1ho murdoror had usod W|nchostor .22 ammo, |ong-r|t|o-tho samo brand and ca||bor Zod|ac wou|d uso t|vo and a ha|t yoars |ator on dark lako
|orman load just outs|do va||ojo. 1ho |ocat|on whoro 0om|ngos and Edwards choso to spond '0|tch 0ay' was |so|atod,' 3akor sa|d, and not a
s|to whoro ono wou|d oxpoct to t|nd young coup|os, ovon w|th tho prosonco ot tho v|ct|ms' car at tho turnout. G|von that, tho k|||or, armod w|th a
t|roarm and kn|to, a|ong w|th procut |ongths ot ropo and woodon matchos, doscondod upon our v|ct|ms w|th apparont murdorous |ntont. Woro thoy
to||owod thoro? |ad ho so|octod h|s v|ct|ms botorohand and was thoro a way to t|nd a connoct|on botwoon tho v|ct|ms and tho k|||or?'
1hough 3akor cou|d not namo thom, ho suspoctod |toms woro m|ss|ng trom tho cr|mo s|to. ln h|s stud|os, ho scannod s|x o|ght-by-ton-|nch po||co
g|oss|os. Ono showod tho arson attompt upon tho |oan-to, tho ma|o v|ct|m |n s|tu w|th|n tho shack. Anothor photo showod 3hor|tt 1amos W.
Wobstor, Ch|ot ot 0otoct|vos Char|os 1ay|or, and a |oca| 1v anchorman by tho |oan-to. 1ho nowsman was posod w|th h|s hand on tho shack and a
c|garotto |n h|s mouth. 3akor stud|od throo p|cturos ot lobort on tho autopsy tab|o show|ng contus|ons and abras|ons on h|s knuck|os. 1ho
d|sco|orat|on on tho knuck|os ot h|s r|ght hand (3akor cou|d not soo tho |ott |n tho p|cturos) |od h|m to suspoct lobort had tought w|th h|s attackor.
1hoso abras|ons on h|s taco woro por|mortom or postmortom whon ho was draggod taco down by h|s toot to tho shack,' sa|d 3akor. l suspoct tho
samo th|ng wou|d havo happonod to tho 3orryossa v|ct|ms |t thoy had brokon |ooso trom Zod|ac. Zod|ac wou|d havo droppod h|s kn|to and gunnod
thom down. As tor tho rod-ha|rod man [soon tho day botoro|, po||co tound h|m and dotorm|nod to tho|r sat|stact|on that ho wasn't |nvo|vod. Othor
c|rcumstancos d|dn't |oad mo to g|vo |t any part|cu|ar omphas|s. As tor l|vors|do, l to|t Zod|ac had on|y takon crod|t tor that murdor. 3ut tho attack
had occurrod |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a and Zod|ac ta|kod about thoro bo|ng a |ot moro ot thom down horo. |o m|ght havo moant our caso.'
Wodnoaday, Juno 5, 1008
Edwarda and Domingoa had just boon k|||od and woro |n ovoryono's thoughts. Corta|n|y tho tragody occup|od lanzaro||a and Chonoy's m|nds.
1hoy had d|scussod tho murdors at |ongth. 3ocauso ot that, thoy woro ab|o to accurato|y roca|| tho oxact wookond A||on appoarod suddon|y at tho|r
door. ln lompoc tho h|gh schoo| graduat|ons coromon|os woro st||| ho|d, but conductod around two ompty soats. Abovo thoso |ono|y cha|rs, a t|ag
t|uttorod at ha|t-mast. 3|x months passod as tho torr|b|o and mot|vo|oss murdors roma|nod unso|vod.
Nonday, Docombor 0, 1008
AIIon, atiII quaIitying tor h|s toach|ng crodont|a|s, cont|nuod to app|y tor var|ous pos|t|ons at tho 0opartmont ot Educat|on |n 3acramonto. Wh||o ho
was wa|t|ng, h|s scho|ast|c rocord and m|||tary background a||owod h|m to toach schoo| at 1rav|s A|3 |n |a|rt|o|d, not tar trom va||ojo. 1hough ho
protorrod o|omontary c|assos, ho sott|od tor |nstruct|ng sovonth- and o|ghth-gradors |n spo|||ng, hoa|th, and l.E. |o was porm|ttod to shop at tho
baso oxchango, purchas|ng goods at d|scount-ovoryth|ng trom ammo tor h|s hunt|ng tr|ps to boots. |owovor, W|ng Wa|kor shoos woro not so|d
thoro unt|| two yoars |ator whon tho Wo|nbronnor sh|pmont was d|sporsod. Attor a yoar at tho 1rav|s schoo|, ho was t|rod tor hab|tua||y |oav|ng an
assortmont ot doad|y woapons |y|ng about h|s car |n p|a|n s|ght.
1ho th|ng that got mo,' roca||od lanzaro||a, was that whon lo|gh |ost a toach|ng job, ho camo down |n h|s Aust|n |oa|oy sports car and tr|od to
conv|nco us guys that ho |ost tho job bocauso thoy had a socur|ty chock and ho was carry|ng a rovo|vor. 3ut tho roa| roason was ch||d mo|ost|ng. |o
usod tho phraso that |t mado h|m so angry that ho wantod to 'k||| tho ||tt|o k|dd|os as thoy camo bounc|ng ott tho bus.' 1hat stuck w|th mo a|| my ||to.
And that's tho phraso that was |ator usod by tho Zod|ac k|||or.'
ln 1004, lo|gh taught at Watsonv|||o, north ot 3a||nas, and hoard a strango story. ln tho 3an 3ornard|no aroa at lac|t|c ||gh 3choo|, a young
studont |n dark-tramod g|assos w|th a b|ack o|ast|c band strodo unannouncod to tho tront ot tho c|assroom. 1ho toachor had not yot arr|vod. ln vory
|argo |ottors, ho wroto ZO0lAC on tho b|ackboard,' sa|d a studont thoro, a|ong w|th a tow codo||ko symbo|s l cannot roca||.'
ln August 100b, lo|gh |acoratod h|s |og |n an acc|dont that roqu|rod p|ast|c surgory, and though h|s m|shap hobb|od h|m wo|| |nto 1000, ho st|||
sont out too|ors tor a now toach|ng job. 1ho |njury,' ho wroto on 0ocombor 28, 100b, put mo out ot comm|ss|on unt|| rocont|y.' 3ut ho was
roportod|y ab|o to work a ||tt|o tor h|s tr|ond G|on l|nohart's brothor, 0a|o, at an a|rt|o|d |n 1oxas, whoro ho got h|s p||ot's ||conso. ||s wo|ght was
now 220 pounds.
5aturday, Juno 18, 1000
CIaiming a atato crodont|a| |n Gonora| E|omontary and tour yoars' toach|ng oxpor|onco, A||on app||od by ma|| to tho Ca|avoras Un|t|od 3choo|
0|str|ct |n 3an Androas tor work. l a|so onjoy tho country,' ho wroto, and l can't stooo smog.' |o ||stod tho grados ho wantod to |nstruct |n ordor ot
protoronco-4, b, 0, 7, and 8.' l can toach phys|ca| oducat|on and art and mus|c, but not too wo||.' 1ho o|omontary schoo| subjocts that most
|ntorostod h|m woro ath|ot|cs, sc|onco, naturo study, and mus|c approc|at|on.' |o gavo h|s ho|ght as s|x toot, a|torod h|s wo|ght to rot|oct anothor
ton pounds ga|nod bocauso ot h|s |ncapac|ty, and mont|onod momborsh|p unt|| th|s yoar' |n two protoss|ona| organ|zat|ons-tho lEA and C1A.
lo|gh oxaggoratod tho t|mo ho had actua||y taught, and c|a|mod a prosont sa|ary ot $800 por month. |o qu|ck|y a|torod tho t|guro to $400. Whon
can you como |n tor an |ntorv|ow?' ho was askod. Vondays or 1uosdays wou|d bo bost as l am |nvo|vod |n rocroat|on on othor days,' ho answorod.
|o bogan hon|ng h|s toach|ng sk|||s at a schoo| ca||od Vounta|n 1own |n tho 3|orras and at va||oy 3pr|ngs E|omontary 3choo| |n va||oy 3pr|ngs,
a lorthorn Ca||torn|a town just wost ot 3an Androas. On tho va||oy 3pr|ngs app||cat|on ho wroto down 1od K|ddor as a rotoronco. lo|gh taught h|s
t|rst yoar ot grado schoo| at va||oy 3pr|ngs unovonttu||y, but soon o|d prob|oms aroso-h|s |mpropor attont|ons toward ch||dron and poor|y
concoa|od hatrod ot womon.
lo|gh sont out a |ot ot rosumos,' Chonoy to|d mo, and workod hard to t|nd a toach|ng job. 3ut l d|dn't know about tho toach|ng jobs that ho had
had. |o d|dn't spoak about that. l know ho taught at 1rav|s, but l d|dn't soo or v|s|t h|m wh||o ho was thoro. |o |ookod a |ot ||ko 0an 3|ockor, '|oss'
Cartwr|ght on tho Boooozo to|ov|s|on show, so |n tho s|xt|os, whon lo|gh usod to go to a b|g sport|ng ovont or thoro woro a |ot ot poop|o around, ho
had a b|g wh|to cowboy hat ho wou|d woar. |o wantod poop|o, ospoc|a||y k|ds, to th|nk ho was 0an 3|ockor. As tor that cowboy hat, lo|gh had that
botoro l mot h|m, and probab|y had boon pu|||ng that docopt|on s|nco tho show camo on tho a|r |n 10b0.' lo|gh wou|d sm||o and say, '|oss' |s
3cand|nav|an tor Good luck.'
5unday, Octobor 80, 1000
Loigh AIIon, woaring h|s wh|to cowboy hat and 3|g' 0an 3|ockor sm||o, travo|od to l|vors|do to attond tho los Ango|os lntornat|ona| Grand lr|x.
1hat autumn attornoon, ho watchod tho raco a|ong w|th approx|mato|y o|ghty thousand poop|o. At 0:10 l.V. Chor| 1o 3atos, an o|ghtoon-yoar-o|d
l|vors|do C|ty Co||ogo troshman, sot out a|ong Vagno||a to tho lCC ||brary. 1ho ||brary c|osod botwoon b:00 and 0:00 l.V. ln ordor to roa||zo hor
amb|t|on to bocomo an a|r||no stowardoss, Chor| 1o had to moot oducat|on and ago roqu|romonts. 3ho wou|d qua||ty by tho ond ot hor sophomoro
yoar and had contactod many ot tho major a|r||nos. Chor| 1o had just v|s|tod hor t|anco ot two yoars, 0onn|s Ear| ||gh|and, at 3an |ranc|sco 3tato
Un|vors|ty. lnoxp||cab|y, sho to|d two g|r|tr|onds, l'm go|ng to tho ||brary to moot my boytr|ond.' |owovor, ||gh|and was at that momont p|ay|ng
tootba|| |n 3an |ranc|sco at 3. |. 3tato. lo||co |ator conjocturod that sho had moant a tormor su|tor.
A tr|ond obsorvod tho str|k|ng|y attract|vo, b|ond choor|oador spood by |n hor ||mo-groon vW. A 100b-00 bronzo O|dsmob||o to||owod c|oso|y
boh|nd. 3ho parkod, |oav|ng tho r|ght passongor w|ndow part|a||y down. 1on m|nutos |ator Chor| 1o chockod out throo books trom tho |oca| co||ogo
||brary. 1hough hor tr|onds woro at tho sma||, crampod ||brary botwoon 7:1b and 8:b7 l.V., nono roca||od soo|ng hor thoro. At 0:00 l.V., whon tho
arch|vos c|osod, sho roturnod to hor car to d|scovor tho ong|no wou|d not catch. And horo sho had boon work|ng part-t|mo at tho l|vors|do lat|ona|
3ank just to pay tor tho voh|c|o. larkod boh|nd hor car was a 1uckor 1orpodo that had not boon thoro botoro.
ln hor absonco, somoono had ga|nod accoss to tho ong|no, yankod out tho d|str|butor co|| and condonsor, and d|sconnoctod tho m|dd|o w|ro ot
tho d|str|butor. As Chor| 1o ran tho battory down, a man approachod trom tho shadows and stoppod to tho part|a||y ro||od-down r|ght-s|do w|ndow.
|av|ng troub|o?' ho sa|d. lot mo tako a |ook at tho ong|no.' Attor ta|||ng to start tho auto, ho sa|d, Vy car |s ovor |n tho park|ng |ot. Como on, l'||
g|vo you a ||tt.' 3ho |ott hor books on tho soat and koys st||| |n tho |gn|t|on. 0|d sho know tho man, or had ho torcod hor to accompany h|m?
1ho un||t gravo| road to tho park|ng |ot was |ong, dark, and s||ont. 1ho pa|r wa|kod approx|mato|y two hundrod toot away and pausod |n a d|rt
dr|voway m|dway botwoon two vacant tramo housos at 8080 and 8002 1orrac|na. 1ho|r convorsat|on was |ator dota||od |n a typod contoss|on
|ottor' sont to tho po||co. lt's about t|mo,' ho sa|d. About t|mo tor what?' sho askod. lt's about t|mo tor you to d|o.' A kn|to was |n h|s hand.
3otwoon 10:1b and 10:4b l.V. a toma|o no|ghbor hoard an awtu| scroam.' At 10:80 anothor hoard two scroams.' Attor a coup|o ot m|nutos ot
s||onco, an o|d car startod up. ln that t|mo tho k|||or, tra|||ng drops ot b|ood, had gono back to soarch tor somoth|ng ho had droppod.
Nonday, Octobor 81, 1000
A groundakooor diacovorod Chor| 1o at 0:28 A.V. |rom tho torty-two stab wounds, ost|matos woro tho kn|to b|ado was approx|mato|y throo
and ono-ha|t |nchos |ong and ono and ono-ha|t |nch w|do. 1ho mot|vo was myst|ty|ng-sho was tu||y c|othod and had not boon soxua||y attackod or
robbod. 0ur|ng a toroc|ous, oarth-churn|ng batt|o, 3atos had scratchod hor k|||or's taco and r|ppod a pa|nt-spattorod 1|mox watch trom h|s wr|st.
1ho b|ack band, brokon away trom ono s|do ot tho watch taco, moasurod sovon |nchos |n c|rcumtoronco. 1ho 1|mox had boon purchasod at a
m|||tary baso oxchango. 1ho 3.|. Goodr|ch hoo| pr|nts tound noar 3atos's body |nd|catod a s|zo-8-to-10 W|ng Wa|kor-||ko shoo manutacturod tor
tho m|||tary by loavonworth pr|sonors and so|d by m|||tary oxchangos. 1ust outs|do l|vors|do c|ty ||m|ts |ay Varch A|r |orco 3aso, a 3AC baso. A
numbor ot groasy t|ngor and pa|m pr|nts woro d|scovorod on tho |ott door ot tho v|ct|m's car. |our workmon had boon soon across tho stroot trom
whoro 3atos's car was parkod on 1orrac|na. 1ho pr|nts woro sont to Wash|ngton and tho 1|mox to Cl8l.
At 8:80 A.V. lo|gh A||on ca||od |n s|ck. |or tho t|rst t|mo, ho m|ssod a day ot work at va||oy 3pr|ngs 3choo|. 1ho noxt day, ho t|||od out an
absonco torm and s|gnod |t. lo ono roca||od scratchos on h|s taco, but A||on sa|d ho was |n lomona whon ho hoard Chor| 1o 3atos was k|||od. |o
had sorvod as a pa|ntor |n tho lavy. 1hat m|ght oxp|a|n pa|nt spocks on tho baso oxchango 1|mox, but that was a |ong t|mo ago.
l was at tho l|vors|do C|ty Co||ogo ||brary tho n|ght Chor| 3atos was murdorod,' an lCC studont to|d mo. l had tho samo k|nd ot car that sho
had and l was parkod |n tront ot hor. l norma||y |ott tho ||brary whon |t c|osod, as sho d|d, but l |ott oar||or that n|ght. 1ho po|nt |s that l a|ways to|t [tho
v|ct|m| cou|d havo boon mo bocauso ot tho t|m|ng and that l must havo boon |n tho ||brary w|th h|m that n|ght. 3atos was a choor|oador and my bost
tr|ond.'
A trans|ont, w|th a kn|to |n h|s possoss|on, was d|scovorod s|oop|ng |n h|s noarby car, quost|onod, thon ro|oasod. A |oca| mothor tound a k|tchon
kn|to m|ss|ng and to|d po||co sho suspoctod hor son m|ght bo tho k|||or. Attor quost|on|ng Chor| 1o's tr|onds, po||co turnod to quost|on|ng t|ttoon
m|||tary mon trom tho noarby a|r baso. |ourtoon days attor 3atos's murdor, l|vors|do po||co, undor command to drop ovoryth|ng and work th|s
caso unt|| so|vod!' ordorod tho s|xty-two studonts, two ||brar|ans, and ono custod|an who had boon at tho ||brary that tata| n|ght to roturn tor a
roconstruct|on. Woar tho samo c|othos you d|d two wooks ago.'
5unday, Novombor 18, 1000
Dotoctivo Dick Yonkora and 0otoct|vo 3orgoant loloy Gron coord|natod tho ||brary roonactmont. 1ho two stago managors ||ttod tho curta|n at b
l.V. just as s|x motorcyc|o ott|cors undor tratt|c sorgoant A| |ogarty woro stat|onod at 1orrac|na and l|vors|do, |a|rtax and l|vors|do, |n tho
a||oyway para||o| to Vagno||a noar 1orrac|na, and at tho a||oy ox|t onto |a|rtax.
0otoct|vo Ear| 3rown and 0.A.'s |nvost|gator loron V|tcho||, work|ng trom a mastor ||st, quost|onod and tapo-rocordod oach studont as thoy
ontorod. What voh|c|o d|d you not|co parkod |n tront ot you?' askod 3rown. A '47-'b2 tan-gray 3tudobakor w|th ox|d|zod pa|nt,' camo ono answor.
Attor tho |n|t|a| |ntorv|ow, oach studont was g|von a card w|th an ass|gnod |ottor and chockod ott porsona||y by Capta|n lrv|n Cross, hoad ot tho
dotoct|vo buroau, as thoy comp|otod tho roonactmont. Cross t|ngorpr|ntod and sn|ppod a |ock ot ha|r trom oach studont. ls thoro anybody you roca||
soo|ng horo that n|ght who |sn't horo ton|ght?' ho askod oach. G|vo mo a namo and doscr|pt|on.' 1ho curta|n to|| at 0:00 l.V., tho t|mo whon tho
||brary usua||y c|osod on 3unday n|ghts. On|y two poop|o hadn't roturnod-a woman and a boardod, hoavysot young man, t|vo toot o|ovon and a ha|t
|nchos-A||on's ho|ght.
Agont Vo| l|co|a| |ator p|acod A||on |n l|vors|do that droary 3unday. |o wasn't work|ng or go|ng to schoo| at tho co||ogo,' ho sa|d. |o wou|d
just go down ovory wookond trom Ca|avoras County bocauso ho was |nvo|vod |n a car c|ub down thoro. |o was dot|n|to|y thoro that wookond.'
Nonday, Novombor 14, 1000
EoadIino in tho Pross-Eotorprlso: C|ty po||co hunt boardod man attor stag|ng scono |n murdor. A hoavy-sot man w|th a board |s bo|ng sought.'
3orgoant Gron sa|d po||co aro vory |ntorostod' |n ta|k|ng to th|s man. 1ho |mp||cat|on was that tho k|||or had worn a board as a d|sgu|so. 0|d
Zod|ac d|sgu|so h|mso|t w|th var|ous w|gs-pompadour, b|ack ha|r, crow cut? What sort ot man ro||os on a ha|rp|oco to |ook d|ttoront? A man
w|thout ha|r.
1uoaday, Novombor 22, 1000
A ninotoon-yoar-oId univoraity ot Ca||torn|a at l|vors|do cood, wa|k|ng wost on l|ndon, bocamo awaro ot a car croop|ng s|ow|y a|ongs|do hor.
look|ng around, sho obsorvod a man ottor|ng hor a r|do. lo, thanks,' sho sa|d. Wo||, attor a||, l'm not 1ack tho l|ppor,' rop||od tho dr|vor. 0on't
you roca||? l gavo you a r|do throo wooks ago.' 1hroo wooks ago Chor| 1o had boon murdorod. 1ho g|r| sm||od, vaguo|y romombor|ng h|m, oponod
tho car door, and s||d |n. 1ho r|do wont smooth|y. |o droppod hor ott at a |oca| p|zza par|or. Whon hor boytr|ond ta||od to moot hor, sho startod back
toward tho UCl ||brary. 1ho samo man ro||od a|ongs|do aga|n and p|ckod hor up, but |nstoad ot tak|ng hor homo, drovo rap|d|y up a dark road to
l|goon lass. 1horo aro a |ot ot kooks runn|ng around,' ho sa|d as tho car s|owod. You hoard about that g|r| at C|ty Co||ogo, d|dn't you?'
|r|ghtonod, tho g|r| |oapod trom tho car. lac|ng a|ong tho road's odgo, sho to||. l'm not go|ng to k||| you,' ho shoutod as sho scramb|od to hor toot.
lt l wantod to k||| you, l cou|d just h|t you |n tho hoad w|th th|s p|oco ot wood.' 3ho roturnod to tho car, but |nstant|y h|s hands c|osod around hor
throat. low |t l wantod to k||| you, l cou|d just snap your nock,' ho sa|d. 3ha|| l k||| you now, or aro you go|ng to tako ott your c|othos?'
As ho grabbod hor swoatsh|rt, sho wr|gg|od troo and bo|tod |nto tho woods. 1ho strangor gavo up soarch|ng tor hor and roarod ott w|th hor purso
and books. 3obb|ng, covorod w|th scratchos and burrs, sho staggorod to tho ||ghgrovo aroa. Whon po||co rospondod, sho doscr|bod tho suspoct
as th|rty-t|vo, t|vo toot n|no |nchos ta|| w|th a chunky, protrud|ng stomach.' lator doscr|pt|ons ot Zod|ac mont|onod a s||ght potbo||y' and that h|s
stomach hung ovor h|s trousors.'
1uoaday, Novombor 20, 1000
Batoa'a kiIIor (or somoono protond|ng to bo hor murdoror) ma||od two unstampod |ottors trom a rura| ma||box to tho po||co and Rlvorsloo Pross-
Eotorprlso. 1ho typod contoss|on |ottors, ropoat|ng what ho and Chor| 1o had spokon to oach othor |n tho dark, woro b|urry tourth- and sovonth-
gonorat|on carbon cop|os. 1ho or|g|na| was novor ma||od, mak|ng a match to a spoc|t|c typowr|tor d|tt|cu|t. 1ho wr|tor had usod a portab|o loya|
typowr|tor, E||to-typo, Cantorbury shadod.
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lo|gh's mothor had g|von h|m just such a portab|o. 1ho |ongth ot tho papor was unknown s|nco tho
author had torn ott tho bottom and top ot a str|p ot 1o|otypo papor. Odd|y, ho had to|dod back both bottom cornors. 1ho wr|tor c|a|mod to havo
phonod tho Pross-Eotorprlso, but probab|y d|d not. 3omo ot tho |anguago was Zod|ac-||ko. l AV lO1 3lCK. l AV ll3AlE. 3U1 1|A1 Wlll lO1
31Ol 1|E GAVE.' Zod|ac wroto: why spo|| our gamo!'
Wodnoaday, Novombor 80, 1000
AIIon rocoivod hia t|rst cr|t|quo at va||oy 3pr|ngs 3choo|. lt m|ght bo bottor to rotra|n trom dr|nk|ng soda pop |n tho c|assroom,' h|s ova|uator
suggostod, and vo|co |oudnoss noods to bo rot|nod.' lo|gh's porsona| charactor|st|cs woro judgod sat|stactory,' as woro h|s c|assroom contro|
and managomont. vory oxco||ont |n uso ot Aud|o-v|sua| mator|a|s . . . noods to roact w|th pup||s so thoy can d|st|ngu|sh botwoon tr|ond||noss and
tam|||ar|ty.'
Friday, Narch 10, 1007
1ho VaIIoy 5ringa adm|n|strator do||vorod h|s socond appra|sa|. lo|gh accopts cr|t|c|sm and suggost|ons oas||y, |s opon-m|ndod and
adaptab|o to now |doas,' |t road. l wou|d suggost ho tako moro caro |n h|s dross.'
3ut lo|gh wou|d somot|mos, whon tho b|ack mood was upon h|m, |owor h|s hoad to h|s dosk |n tho c|assroom and murmur tho word 1|tw|||ow'
ovor and ovor. 1h|s and h|s unwo|como advancos aga|nst tho o|ovon-andtwo|vo-yoar-o|d g|r|s |n h|s c|assos causod groat toar. |o wou|d havo tho
moro dovo|opod g|r|s bounco tor h|m on h|s trampo||no, thon mako unwo|como romarks. 1wo ot tho g|r|s caught h|m spy|ng on thom at tho|r
grandmothor's houso across tho trooway trom A||on's homo.
lt was morn|ng, Varch or oar|y Apr|| 1008, and c|assos at va||oy 3pr|ngs had a|roady startod, whon tho mothor ot ono ot A||on's pup||s sta|kod
|nto tho pr|nc|pa|'s ott|co. Yostorday,' sho sa|d, Vr. A||on had h|s hands a|| ovor my daughtor r|ght at h|s dosk.' 1ho pr|nc|pa|, a|roady susp|c|ous,
bo||ovod hor |mmod|ato|y. |o ca||od and got a subst|tuto toachor. Whon tho subst|tuto arr|vod, ho ca||od A||on out ot h|s c|ass and t|rod h|m on tho
spot. A||on startod cry|ng and sobb|ng. Yos,' lo|gh sa|d, l d|d |t. l don't know why l d|d |t. l don't know what's wrong w|th mo.' As tar as tho pr|nc|pa|
was concornod, th|s was a groat b|g act.' W|th|n days, lon and Karon A||on drovo to tho schoo| to apo|og|zo tor lo|gh's bohav|or. 1hoy had boon
amazod ho had gotton a job thoro |n tho t|rst p|aco.
1ho ott|c|a| roason tor lo|gh's torm|nat|on was g|von as |mpropor conduct' and an oxaggorat|on ot h|s toach|ng crodont|a|s.' lo|gh t||od h|s
ros|gnat|on and movod on, cont|nu|ng to work w|th ch||dron.
5unday, AriI 80, 1007
5ix montha Iator, |n rosponso to an art|c|o |n tho 3unday morn|ng Pross-Eotorprlso, Zod|ac cruo||y wroto tho v|ct|m's tathor, tho Eotorprlso, and
tho po||co. ||s throo handpr|ntod |ottors, on ||nod, throo-ho|od schoo| papor ot poor qua||ty, moasurod o|ght |nchos w|do. 3tandard wr|t|ng papor
was o|ght and ono-ha|t |nchos w|do. ||s |ottors, ||ko Zod|ac's |ottors, carr|od doub|o postago, and ||ko lo|gh A||on's porsona| |ottors to ch||dron,
woro |n ponc||.
Friday, Auguat 25, 1007
|n tho aummor ot 1007 lo|gh and l wont on a door hunt north ot tho 3ay Aroa,' Chonoy to|d mo. l usod to bo an av|d huntor, but l don't hunt
anymoro. 1hat was whon l was grow|ng up and that was what wo d|d thon. l d|dn't go hunt|ng w|th h|m otton bocauso l roa||y d|dn't th|nk ho was a
supor|or hunt|ng partnor. l wont a coup|o ot t|mos w|th h|m on a major door hunt whoro wo wont and spont two or throo days. A tow othor t|mos wo
just wont out tor tho day to hunt sma|| gamo. |o was a|| r|ght to t|sh w|th, |t you d|dn't havo to h|ko. |o wasn't that good on h|s toot. ||s toot hurt h|m.
|o had t|at toot and was ovorwo|ght, somot|mos ho had gout. As tor woapons, l had a W|nchostor Vodo| 88, .808 lA1O cartr|dgo, but l don't
romombor what gun lo|gh had. l d|dn't havo anothor |argo r|t|o to |oan h|m at that t|mo, and so ho dug somoth|ng up on h|s own. |o got |t trom
somowhoro.
1ust a coup|o b|ocks away trom h|s houso, nost|od at tho bottom ot |rosno 3troot, was a pancako houso. Attor tho hunt|ng tr|p, wo woro go|ng
somop|aco tor an out|ng whon wo saw a g|r| thoro, a wa|tross. lo|gh |nd|catod that ho was |ntorostod |n hor and askod what d|d l th|nk ot hor. |o
thought ho m|ght mako somo hoadway w|th hor. ln a|| tho t|mo l had known h|m th|s was tho on|y toma|o ho had ovor mont|onod, tho on|y t|mo l'd
soon h|m show |ntorost |n a part|cu|ar woman. |o ||kod womon, but thoy just d|dn't ||ko h|m. 1ho wa|tross was young, protty, w|th brown ha|r. l don't
romombor hor namo and |t was tho on|y t|mo lo|gh mont|onod hor, tho on|y t|mo ho mont|onod a spoc|t|c woman. 1hat stuck |n my m|nd.'
Nonday, 5otombor 4, 1007
AIIon bogan toaching at Camp la |onda YVCA at la |onda Gu|ch, novor m|ss|ng a day ot work unt|| Vonday, |obruary b, 1008, whon ho
sk|ppod throo days |n a row. lorsona| bus|noss,' ho scraw|od on h|s absontoo s||p, thon thought bottor ot |t and a|torod |t to road schoo| bus|noss'
|nstoad.
Friday, Juno 7, 1008
AIIon Iott La |onda and tor tho noxt yoar to||od sporad|ca||y at |arry Wogan's as a mochan|c, at tho |rank||n 3choo| as a jan|tor, and at a host ot
othor jobs |n mon|a| pos|t|ons. |o st||| tound room tor good t|mos. lon and lo|gh wont to Vox|co,' Chonoy to|d mo. l hoard th|s story socondhand
trom lon. 'lasty lorm' m|ght havo boon a|ong. 1hoy ca||od h|m 'lasty lorm,' a schoo| n|cknamo, bocauso ho had dark cur|y ha|r, a |ronch |ook,
k|nd ot a |ow torohoad, dark ha|r on h|s arms, sort ot apo-|ook|ng guy. |o was portoct|y c|v|||zod, but ho had that appoaranco. |o and lo|gh woro
sk|n-d|v|ng budd|os, and l d|d a ||tt|o sk|n d|v|ng w|th thom whon wo v|s|tod lorm at Vorro 3ay on ono tr|p and |n Vontoroy, on anothor. At that t|mo
lo|gh had a catamaran, a Cata||na Cat, and ho had a sma|| awkward boat. ln Vox|co, lon, lo|gh, and poss|b|y lorm caught somo |obstors and
ta|kod a Vox|can coup|o thoy mot on tho boach |nto cook|ng a b|g toast tor thom on tho shoro.' 3y Octobor 0, 1000, lo|gh was |abor|ng part-t|mo
as a custod|an at E|mor Cavo 3choo|. lt was thoro that 3orgoant lynch, d|spatchod by somo st|||-unknown |ntormant, quost|onod h|m as a suspoct
|n tho Zod|ac murdors.
Nonday, Octobor 20, 1000
Rivoraido PoIico Chiot l. 1. K|nkoad and 0otoct|vo 3orgoant |. l. |omshor contactod lapa 3hor|tt Ear| lando| and Capta|n 0ona|d A.
1ownsond: 1h|s |ottor |s |n rotoronco to our to|ophono convorsat|on ot 10/17/00 rogard|ng tho s|m||ar V.O. ot your 'Zod|ac' suspoct and tho suspoct
ot our hom|c|do |||o lo. 8b2-481:

Ono month attor tho hom|c|do, |ottors woro roco|vod at tho lross and our dopartmont wr|tton by tho suspoct ot our hom|c|do. 1ho suspoct
usod a b|ack to|t pon to addross tho onvo|opos and had usod uppor caso pr|nt. 1ho contoss|on |ottor was typod. 1horo aro numorous orrors |n
spo|||ng, punctuat|on, otc., as you w||| not|co. 1ho porson who wroto tho contoss|on |ottor |s awaro ot tacts about tho hom|c|do that on|y tho k|||or
wou|d know. 1horo |s no doubt that tho porson who wroto tho contoss|on |ottor |s our hom|c|do suspoct. 1horo aro numorous s|m||ar|t|os |n your
hom|c|do and our lnv. 8b2-481. l thought you shou|d bo awaro that wo aro work|ng a s|m||ar-typo |nvost|gat|on.'

Whon tho murdoror d|sab|od 3atos's car, ho m|ght havo |ott pr|nts. Un|dont|t|od |atont pr|nts woro ||ttod ott tho voh|c|o and sont to tho |3l, wh|ch
markod tho t||o #82-2710b, latont Caso #78000. 1ho 3|l0 rushod cop|os ot tho|r |atonts trom tho cab to tho |3l tor compar|son. |owovor, tho
part|a| pr|nts d|d not match anyono |n tho caso, and thoro had boon |nnumorab|o suspocts.
|oar on tho lCC campus had osca|atod. Voro opon spaco had boon c|oarod and br|ght ||ghts |nsta||od. 1osoph 3atos socurod a |oan on h|s
houso to t|nanco a roward tor tho capturo ot h|s daughtor's k|||or.
1uoaday, Octobor 21, 1000
5an Franciaco nowamon st||| strugg|od to mako sonso ot tho caso. ln a|| throo casos,' a Cbroolc|o |ntorott|co Zod|ac momo to roportor V|ko
Gr|og road,
Whon thoro was a boy and a g|r|-Zod|ac tr|od to k||| both, got tho g|r| a|| throo t|mos, but got tho guy on|y tho t|rst t|mo. 1horo woro 107 days
botwoon tho t|rst pa|r ot k||||ngs and tho socond attompt, 84 days botwoon tho socond and th|rd tr|os, and 14 days botwoon tho |ast tr|os-
thoy'ro gott|ng c|osor. Zod|ac sooms to str|ko oxc|us|vo|y on |r|. and 3at. n|tos-wh|ch makos |t quost|onab|o how ho's go|ng to got a schoo|
bus. Any pattorn l havo tr|od to draw |s brokon at |oast onco. |oroscopos (at |oast thoso |n tho Chron) ottor no c|uo. Capr|corn |s vaguo|y
app||cab|o oxcopt tor tho t|rst murdor. . . . l havo boon unab|o to t|nd any stat|st|ca| or numoro|og|ca| pattorn horo |n about 2-8 hours work. . . .
[lako 3orryossa v|ct|m| was stabbod moro than 20 t|mos w|th a 12-|nch butchor's kn|to, |n tho chost, back and abdomon-w|th many ot tho
stabs com|ng |n pa|rs, mak|ng Zod|ac's cross-ha|r mark.-[Varsha||| 3chwartz.'

1ho |ast was not truo.
Ovor at tho 3|l0, protossor|a|, p|po-smok|ng 3||| |am|ot was hunchod ovor a makosh|tt dosk |n tho ha||way. Wo put a ||tt|o part|t|on around h|m
so ho wou|dn't bo bothorod,' sa|d 1osch|. Wo woro gott|ng pr|nts trom a|| ovor tho 3ay Aroa and lorthorn Ca||torn|a. |o's got h|s magn|ty|ng
g|assos on, ho's work|ng ott throo-by-t|vo cards. 1hat's a|| ho was work|ng on. lt you got too many guys oxam|n|ng pr|nts, you |oso somoth|ng.' 3ut
that cab pr|nt novor matchod anyono.
Wodnoaday, Docombor 81, 1000
Zodiac'a orioda ot v|o|ont act|v|ty m|rrorod schoo|-yoar vacat|on t|mo and ho||days-summort|mo, Co|umbus 0ay, |a||owoon, 1hanksg|v|ng,
Chr|stmas, and tho |ourth ot 1u|y. lo|gh A||on's rovo|at|ons to Chonoy had boon |mpartod on low Yoar's 0ay. Vost ot h|s t|mo-consum|ng |ottors
and codos woro ma||od dur|ng schoo| vacat|ons. |ow occupat|ons outs|do an o|omontary schoo|toachor's ottorod ho||days ott, p|us an add|t|ona|
throo months' vacat|on. Zod|ac's act|v|t|os t|t tho schoo| yoar and hard|y anyth|ng o|so.
Zod|ac had throatonod to shoot ch||dron as thoy dashod trom a d|sab|od schoo| bus. |o prom|sod to p|ant bombs that targotod tho busos by tho|r
ho|ght and numbor ot w|ndows and dotonatod a|ong schoo| bus routos. l too| that tho odds aro substant|a| that tho k|||or |s a pub||c omp|oyoo,
poss|b|y work|ng tor ono ot tho schoo|s,' thoor|zod an oxport. ||s poss|b|o connoct|on w|th a schoo| or un|vors|ty, ovon |t on|y as an aroa
ma|ntonanco man, |s opon to spocu|at|on.'
1hough lo|gh, at th|s t|mo, was show|ng thoso c|osost to h|m cryptograms ho kopt concoa|od |n a gray mota| box, ho novor spoko ot codos w|th
Chonoy. lo, abso|uto|y not,' sa|d Chonoy. lo|gh novor ta|kod about codos, d|dn't ovon work crossword puzz|os, and at no t|mo ov|doncod any
|ntorost |n astro|ogy. |o ||kod to mako up rhymos, howovor.'
Friday, January 80, 1070
Four CaI PoIy at 3an lu|s Ob|spo studonts prov|dod a t|p to tho |oca| po||co, who passod |t on to tho |3l ldont|t|cat|on 0|v|s|on. 1ho|r |ntormat|on
was that a graduato ot tho|r un|vors|ty c|oso|y rosomb|od tho compos|to ot Zod|ac. |o owns 0-mm and .22-ca||bor handguns and troquont|y travo|s
a|ono |n 3an |ranc|sco and troquont|y romoto aroas ot tho stato,' thoy sa|d. |o was absont trom Ca| lo|y tho wookond ot tho |ast murdor.' 0ur|ng
tho t|mo Zod|ac was ponn|ng |ottors and comm|tt|ng a str|ng ot bruta| murdors, A||on was wo|| sott|od |n tho 3ay Aroa. |owovor, |t |t was lo|gh tho
tour studonts woro p|npo|nt|ng, thon ho m|ght st||| bo mak|ng troquont southbound tr|ps to h|s o|d a|ma mator. |o tondod to rovo tho Go|don 3tato,
|argo b|ocks ot h|s t|mo unaccountod tor, and th|s |ott h|s tam||y wondor|ng.
Nonday, Narch 28, 1070
At 8:00 A.N, torty m|nutos attor sho oscapod trom hor k|dnappor, Kath|oon 1ohns t||od a roport w|th 3tan|s|aus 3hor|tt's 0oputy 1|m lay lovott.
1ho prognant woman and hor baby g|r| had boon abductod on routo to lota|uma trom hor Compus Way, 3an 3ornard|no homo. As w|th 3atos, tho
|ntor|opor had g|mm|ckod hor Chovro|ot wagon to tr|ck hor |nto h|s car. |o convoyod 1ohns on a torror r|do unt|| sho and hor baby |oapod trom tho
mov|ng car and h|d |n a t|o|d. |o soarchod tor thom unt|| tho t|mo|y arr|va| ot a pass|ng truckor. 0oputy lovott |ator |ocatod hor b|az|ng auto on
||ghway 182, about ono-quartor m||o wost ot tho 0o|ta. 1ho abductor had takon tho t|mo to rop|aco a sabotagod t|ro, dr|vo tho car o|sowhoro, and
torch |t.
1ho k|dnappor drovo a tan |ato-modo| voh|c|o, woro g|assos, a dark sk| jackot, and navy-b|uo bo||-bottoms. 1ohns had rocogn|zod h|m as Zod|ac
trom a wantod postor tackod to lovott's wa||. |o was th|rty, stood t|vo toot n|no |nchos, and wo|ghod 100-too ||ght tor Zod|ac. lt was twonty-o|ght
yoars ago,' 1ohns roca||od rocont|y, and l porhaps wou|dn't know h|m now. . . . 1ho ca|m vo|co-l romombor |t ||ko |t was yostorday. l don't th|nk you
cou|d ||vo through somoth|ng ||ko that and torgot.'
Friday, JuIy 24, 1070
Zodiac boIatodIy cIaimod rospons|b|||ty tor tho 1ohns abduct|on |n a |ottor not pub||shod unt|| Octobor 12. On 1uno 20 ho had c|a|mod to havo shot
3|l0 Ott|cor l|chard ladot|ch, and tbot was a downr|ght ||o. lt mado 1osch| wondor about h|s c|a|ms ot a l|vors|do murdor.
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avory and tho dark aIIoy
5aturday, Octobor 24, 1070
1ho Zodiac caao was a|roady attoct|ng Cbroolc|o roportor lau| Avory's hoa|th. lt wou|d ovontua||y dostroy |t. ln tho oar|y morn|ng hours ho drovo
h|s car onto narrow ||tt|o Vary 3troot. Vary |ay |n tho shadow ot tho Cbroolc|o and cont|nuod on northwost, runn|ng boh|nd tho O|d V|nt. Avory
parkod whoro Vary |ntorsoctod V|nna, tho dank a||oy soparat|ng tho Cbroolc|o trom tho Exomloor. lt was a rough aroa and V|nna at tho t|mo ho|d a
dub|ous honor. lt was tho s|to ot moro murdors than any othor p|aco |n tho c|ty. |o was not gono |ong-trom 12:40 A.V. unt|| 1:40 A.V., but |ong
onough. 0ur|ng that t|mo ho travorsod a |ong, d|m|y ||t corr|dor |nto tho c|ty room. 1ho Cbroolc|o was a hugo throo-story barn||ko bu||d|ng w|th a
towor at tho V|ss|on and ||tth 3troot cornor. 1ho qua||ty ot ||ght was yo||ow-groon|sh at bost. 3onoath h|s toot Avory to|t tho tromb|o ot tromondous
prossos gr|nd|ng out an oar|y morn|ng od|t|on. 1o|otypo koys ratt|od norvous|y |n a ||tt|o room to h|s |ott-a ghost was on tho ||no. l|nos ot rubbor-
comont pots, rows ot battorod o|d 3m|th-Coronas, and stacks ot usod photo z|ncs, coppor-backod and otchod w|th ac|d, crowdod dosktops.
Avory t||od a story, thon roturnod to h|s car. 1ho r|ght vont w|ndow was smashod-tho mark ot an oxpor|oncod boostor. On|y a tow th|ngs woro
m|ss|ng. ||s Wo||s |argo chockbook, conta|n|ng chocks numborod 118 to 12b, had boon takon. ||s oxpons|vo 3ony cassotto tapo rocordor, wh|ch
ho|d an |ntorv|ow w|th a Zod|ac t|pstor-a man w|th a mutt|od vo|co-was gono. Avory was concornod onough to ca|| tho po||co. Ott|cors Gora|d
0orham and W||||am 1h|ttau|t roportod.
lt was thon Avory not|cod that h|s |argo gray br|otcaso, omb|azonod w|th h|s |n|t|a|s, l. A.,' had boon sto|on. |o had stuttod that br|otcaso w|th a
comp|oto c||pp|ng t||o on Zod|ac. |o |ookod up and down tho darkonod stroot. lt bogan to dawn on h|m how c|oso tho k|||or was. |o soomod to bo
pr|vy to roportor's notos and 3unday toaturos botoro thoy woro pub||shod, ho usod nowspapor 1o|otypo papor and supp||os that m|ght had boon
purchasod trom Woo|worth's down tho stroot. What |t Zod|ac woro gott|ng |nto tho bu||d|ng |ato at n|ght? 1ho papor was a twonty-tour-hour
oporat|on, but mannod by a sko|oton crow at n|ght. 3ocur|ty |n tho bu||d|ng cons|stod ot a guard at a ta|| dosk on tho ||tth 3troot ontranco, but thoro
woro two sots ot back sta|rs and two o|ovators that |od to tho od|tor|a| t|oor. Add|t|ona||y, thoro was a passago botwoon tho Exomloor and
Cbroolc|o that spannod V|nna 3troot and a||owod poop|o to wa|k trom ono papor to tho othor. Zod|ac was not just watch|ng tho huntors, ho m|ght
bo ontor|ng tho papor at n|ght.
A Cbroolc|o pr|ntor bo||ovod Zod|ac actua||y workod thoro. Vany ot tho Zod|ac c|phor symbo|s aro a|so pr|ntor's prootroad|ng marks,' ho to|d
mo. 1ho Zod|ac symbo| |tso|t |s a prootroador's mark usod to ||no up corroct|ons on a t|ssuo ovor|ay and tor co|or rog|strat|on. ||s mothod ot
numbor|ng pagos |s a|so tho pr|ntor's mothod:
1
/
0
,
2
/
0
, ono ot s|x, two ot s|x, otc. . . . to a|ort tho typosottor and prootroador to to||ow tho t|ow ot copy.
1ho arrows usod on tho bus d|agrams aro a|so pr|ntor's arrows. lot just a ||no w|th an |nvortod 'v,' but w|th tho 'v' t|||od |n.
Whon Zod|ac bogan wr|t|ng h|s |ottors, tho papor was attompt|ng to ontor tho o|octron|c ago w|th a computor systom known as tho '3raogon.'
lathor than gonorat|ng tapo-punchod copy tor tho l|notypo mach|nos on |a|rch||d 113 mach|nos, copy was typod on l3V typowr|tors, thon s|ng|o-
shoot-tod |nto scannors, wh|ch |n turn gonoratod tapo sont to tho l|notypos. 1ho papor usod tor typ|ng was narrow tan-to|d choap bond such as
Zod|ac usod. 3|uo to|t-t|ppod pons woro prov|dod to us (thoy wou|d not roproduco on copy tod through tho scannors) and usod by tho copy cuttors
tor |nstruct|ons and tho typosottors tor notos quost|on|ng spo|||ng, cont|nu|ty, and so on.'
Cbroolc|o od|tors ovontua||y cast a jaund|cod oyo upon two tormor omp|oyoos. 1ho od|tors wont ovor tho|r omp|oymont rocords to soo |t any days
ott corrospondod w|th Zod|ac cr|mos and |ottors. Ono workor, suttor|ng bouts ot sovoro dopross|on, had d|sappoarod dur|ng tho n|ght sh|tt, |oav|ng
boh|nd a noto tor tour yoars' s|ck |oavo. 1ho othor van|shod, |oav|ng boh|nd tour payro|| chocks ho novor p|ckod up.
Nonday, Octobor 20, 1070
|n North 5acramonto, two days attor Avory's t||os woro sto|on, twonty-o|ght-yoar-o|d court roportor and juvon||o court a|do lancy V. 3onna||ack
ta||od to show up at work. |r|onds d|scovorod hor b|oody body, throat s|ashod, |n hor socond-t|oor t|at. 1ho unknown k|||or had ontorod by a s||d|ng
g|ass door V|ss 3onna||ack had |ott opon so hor cat cou|d got |n. 3ho was ongagod to bo marr|od on lovombor 28. 3ho had not boon soxua||y
assau|tod. |or apartmont was a ha|t m||o trom lurso 1ud|th |akar|'s apartmont. |akar|, twonty-throo, had boon k|dnappod trom |n tront ot hor lorth
Aroa apartmont attor |oav|ng hor job at a |oca| hosp|ta|. |or bad|y boaton body was tound |n a sha||ow gravo |n a romoto soct|on ot l|acor County.
3ho too had not boon soxua||y assau|tod. l|ko V|ss 3onna||ack, sho was ongagod to bo marr|od.
1uoaday, Octobor 27, 1070
1ho noxt attornoon Zod|ac ma||od Avor|y' a gar|sh|y docoratod |a||owoon card s|gnod Your 3ocrot la|.' Vy compar|son ot an una|torod card
domonstratod Zod|ac had dono cons|dorab|o rodraw|ng. |o had carotu||y cut out and pastod a sko|oton and an orango pumpk|n to tho card,
pa|ntod star|ng oyos, and sk|||tu||y addod brush |ottor|ng. lt had takon h|m at |oast a day to proparo. You can soo how Zod|ac must havo takon
do||ght |n putt|ng h|s own mark|ngs on tho card,' 1osch| to|d mo.
A|so, tho 'lEEK-A-3OO' and tho addod pr|nt|ng on tho card. A|| dono by Zod|ac.' 1ho card, |||ustratod w|th a sm|||ng sko|oton g|v|ng Avory tho h|gh
s|gn, was s|gnod Your 3ocrot la|.' Zod|ac had pa|ntod a sma|| numbor 14 on tho sko|ota| r|ght hand. lns|do, ho c|a|mod v|ct|m 4-1EEl.' lows ot
3onna||ack's doath wou|d not appoar |n tho Cbroolc|o unt|| tho to||ow|ng morn|ng.
Avory wroto Ch|ot A| lo|dor:
0uo to tho doath throat ma||od mo by tho so-ca||od Zod|ac k|||or, l who|o-hoartod|y agroo w|th tho adv|co l havo roco|vod trom Armstrong
and 1osch| that d|scrot|on |s tho bottor part ot va|or and that l shou|d carry a gun |n ordor to protoct myso|t shou|d nood ar|so. 1horotoro th|s |s
my torma| roquost that your ott|co |ssuo mo on a tomporary bas|s a porm|t to carry a concoa|od woapon.'
lo|dor concurrod, not on|y grant|ng Avory author|ty to pack a .88-ca||bor rovo|vor, but porm|ss|on to pract|co on tho po||co targot rango. lo|dor's
cons|dorat|on got Avory |n hot wator |mmod|ato|y. Around 0:4b l.V., patt|ng tho roassur|ng wo|ght ot tho .88 |n a concoa|od ho|stor undor h|s jackot,
ho wavod good n|ght to l|ght C|ty Ed|tor 3tovo Gav|n. Avory rotr|ovod h|s car trom tho mu|t|story |ot on ||tth 3troot and turnod onto V|nna. At tho
cornor ot 3|xth 3troot, twonty doro||cts, poor|ng trom dark doorways and g|oomy barroom ontrancos, watchod |ntont|y. Avory's hoad||ghts
|||um|natod a ono-s|dod strugg|o. On|y ton toot away, two mon woro grapp||ng. 1ho t|rst, mak|ng hard, thrust|ng mot|ons trom tho wa|st, was armod
w|th a hunt|ng kn|to. 1ho socond, woundod |n h|s chost, had doub|od h|s bo|t around h|s t|st as a sh|o|d and was back|ng up, ward|ng ott b|ows w|th
h|s arms.
Avory trant|ca||y honkod h|s horn, but tho t|ght cont|nuod. Worr|od about h|s own satoty, ho mado a qu|ck U-turn to tho oppos|to s|do ot 3|xth. 1ho
kn|to man movod |n as h|s v|ct|m t|na||y topp|od |nto tho stroot. Avory, st||| honk|ng and yo|||ng, obsorvod a drunk |urch|ng up 3|xth, support|ng h|mso|t
c|oso aga|nst tho d|rty bu||d|ng tronts. As tho w|no woavod by, tho kn|to man whoo|od, rushod tho drunk, and stabbod h|m too. ln a pathot|c attompt
at so|t-dotonso, tho drunk to|dod h|s arms ovor h|s hoart. Anyono who crossod tho kn|to man's path was |n por||.
3omoono |s go|ng to bo k|||od,' Avory thought, and s||ppod trom h|s car, draw|ng h|s woapon as ho cropt c|osor. |a|tway across 3|xth 3troot, ho
shoutod, 0rop tho kn|to and got aga|nst tho wa||!' 1ho kn|to man trozo, thon tacod Avory. |o ra|sod h|s arms abovo h|s hoad and took a tow ha|t|ng
stops |n tho roportor's d|roct|on, t|x|ng h|m w|th a g|assy staro as ho camo. Avory ropoatod h|s command, |ock|ng oyos w|th h|m and |ovo||ng tho gun
unt|| ho hoard, rathor than saw, tho b|oody kn|to |and at h|s toot. 1ho kn|to man p|acod h|s pa|ms aga|nst tho tront ot 12b 3|xth 3troot, a hoto|. Avory
yo||od |nto tho |obby to tho dosk c|ork: Ca|| tho cops!' ln a m|nuto a ro|at|vo|y wo||-drossod pons|onor tottorod to tho door and sa|d, 1ho po||co aro
on tho way.' |or tho noxt t|vo m|nutos Avory kopt wo|| back trom h|s pr|sonor. ||na||y ho hoard tho wa|| ot a s|ron, a po||co car appoarod, and two
ott|cors c||mbod out.
1h|s guy just stabbod a coup|o ot poop|o-w||| you tako ovor?'
Whoso gun do you havo?' sa|d tho son|or ott|cor.
lt's m|no,' sa|d Avory, produc|ng h|s spoc|a| po||co star. |o oxp|a|nod tho c|rcumstancos |oad|ng up to author|ty bo|ng grantod tor h|m to carry a
gun. You can chock th|s up by g|v|ng tho ch|ot a ca||,' ho sa|d.
Oh, yoah. l'm supposod to ca|| Ch|ot lo|dor at ton o'c|ock on a 3unday n|ght.'
Why don't you ca|| Armstrong or 1osch|?'
You do |t,' sa|d tho cop.
1osch| vouchod tor Avory and ovoryth|ng was t|no, oxcopt that tho two v|ct|ms had ||mpod away |nto tho n|ght.
lo v|ct|ms,' sa|d tho cop, shrugg|ng. 1ho bost wo can do |s book h|m tor brand|sh|ng a kn|to |n a rudo and throaton|ng mannor. 1ust
m|sdomoanors.' lo ono was quost|onod and, s|nco Avory ondod up bo|ng tho on|y w|tnoss, ho s|gnod a c|t|zon's comp|a|nt. loxt morn|ng, ho got
to tho |a|| ot 1ust|co by 10:80, but tho kn|to man, sontonco suspondod, had a|roady boon ro|oasod. l d|dn't oxact|y onjoy tho ro|o ot po||coman,' ho
to|d lo|dor. l'm worr|od how c|oso l camo to k||||ng tho guy. l kopt |ook|ng at h|m and th|nk|ng |t ho comos at mo w|th a kn|to, |t |t comos down to |t, |t
|t's a mattor ot surv|va|, l'm go|ng to havo to pu|| tho tr|ggor. l don't th|nk l ovor roa||y pausod to cons|dor botoro that by carry|ng a gun, l was putt|ng
myso|t |n a pos|t|on whoro soonor or |ator l'd havo to uso |t. l'm go|ng to got r|d ot |t, Ch|ot. 1ho wo|ght ot that gun has gotton too hoavy.' Whon Avory
roturnod to h|s housoboat |n Var|n County, ho hau|od down tho shoot ot stoo| p|ato ho had |nsta||od |n tho ono w|ndow that tacod a shadowod
3ausa||to stroot noxt to Gato b. |o to|t s|ck and Zod|ac had mado h|m that way. Ovor t|mo h|s |ungs bogan to ta||.
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
Friday, Novombor 18, 1070
A 5an RataoI grapho|og|st ana|yzod Zod|ac's handpr|nt|ng. |o |s t|vo toot o|ovon and ono-ha|t |nchos ta||, sharp but not croat|vo,' sho spocu|atod.
||s ha|r |s sparso and ho may somot|mos woar a w|g or ta|so board. |o may woar |onsos on occas|on. |o may havo a ma|tormat|on or tau|t such
as t|ngor damago on h|s r|ght hand. |o puts h|mso|t undor so|t-hypnos|s consc|ous|y or unconsc|ous|y, and may know somoth|ng ot th|s |n actua|
tact. |o a|ways bo||ovos that ho |s drown|ng, o|thor by omot|ona| pattorn or ||tora||y by wator or bo|ng ovorwho|mod by unpromod|tatod
c|rcumstanco. Vay havo boat or housoboat. |as probab|y scuba d|vod. 3ra|n damago. 1|ssuo damago trom oxygon |ack at b|rth or |ator, maybo
trom d|v|ng too |ong and runn|ng out ot oxygon . . .' Zod|ac had wr|tton, l|oaso ho|p mo l am drownd|ng.'
ln tho ta|| lo|gh had bogun attond|ng 3onoma 3tato Un|vors|ty |n lohnort lark, and rontod a s|ot tor h|s tra||or |n 3anta losa. On |r|day tho
th|rtoonth, A||on had a motorcyc|o acc|dont wh||o roturn|ng trom 3acramonto whoro, oar||or |n tho day, somoono murdorod 3anta losa ros|dont
Caro| 3oth |||burn. 3ho had |ast boon soon at tho Zod|ac, an attor-hours c|ub on Wost Cap|to| Avonuo troquontod by mombors ot motorcyc|o
gangs. 3ho had boon woar|ng a jackot w|th tho |argo yo||ow |ottors 3Al1A lO3A on tho r|ght s|do. |||burn had boon stay|ng |n 3anta losa w|th
hor s|stor wh||o study|ng to bo an X-ray tochn|c|an. On tho |ott s|do ot hor s||ck, h|p-|ongth b|ack jackot was hor namo, CAlOl. 3ho was tho th|rd
attract|vo young woman to bo k|||od |n |oss than a yoar |n 3acramonto. |or nudo, sovoro|y b|udgoonod body was tound |n an |so|atod t|o|d noar 0ry
Crook on tho c|ty's northorn odgo. A car had draggod hor |nto a t|o|d and |ott hor taco up. |or throat was thon cut and sho was boaton so savago|y
sho was unrocogn|zab|o.
1hat attornoon, both lau| Avory and 0otoct|vo 3orgoant 0avo 3on|no roquostod 3horwood Vorr||| conduct a compar|son botwoon handwr|t|ng
samp|os trom Zod|ac and tho l|vors|do pr|nt|ng roco|vod |n tho 3atos caso.
5unday, Novombor 15, 1070
Ovor tho yoara a wh|to Chovy lmpa|a wou|d mako many appoarancos |n tho Zod|ac caso. A v|ct|m's baby-s|ttor saw a round-tacod watchor on
Wa||aco 3troot |n an Amor|can mado sodan, wh|to w|th |argo w|ndsh|o|d and out ot stato p|atos.' 1hroo womon at lako 3orryossa tho day ot tho
stabb|ngs obsorvod a susp|c|ous man |n a Chovro|ot, s||vor b|uo or |co b|uo |n co|or, 1000, two-door sodan, tu|| s|zo car, qu|ot, vory consorvat|vo,
w|th Ca||torn|a p|atos.' 1ho lmpa|a showod up aga|n |n 3anta losa on lovombor 1b, 1070. At 4:00 A.V. a woman dr|vor saw a 1002-08 Wh|to
Chovro|ot' to||ow|ng hor trom a 3anta losa post ott|co. 3hort|y attor, a wh|to Chovro|ot lmpa|a, sodan 1004,' to||owod a socond woman on
Vondoc|no Avonuo and Chanato load. At b:10 A.V. a wh|to Chovy, 1008-04' ta||gat|ng a woman on |ourth 3troot was stoppod by po||co and
tr|od to spood ott. 1ho dr|vor, a twonty-t|vo-yoar-o|d va||ojo man, sa|d ho was |ost and |ook|ng tor way out ot town. 1ho ott|cor oscortod h|m out ot
town. 1ho noxt day camo a broak |n tho caso.
Nonday, Novombor 10, 1070
NorriII tound a match, ||nk|ng Zod|ac's pr|nt|ng w|th throo 3A1E3 |A0 1O 0lE' |ottors and a wavor|ng b|ockpr|ntod poom d|scovorod |n tho
l|vors|do Co||ogo l|brary. Zod|ac had carvod a ghast|y vorso |nto a p|ywood-board study dosktop w|th a b|uo ba||po|nt pon. 1ho poom was
probab|y wr|tton as oar|y as 1anuary 1007, whon tho dosk was storod |n an unusod co||ogo basomont. 3|ck ot l|v|ng . . .' |t bogan. 3onoath tho
gory poom woro tho |nc|sod |owor-caso |n|t|a|s l |.' Vorr||| chockod ovor s|x thousand handwr|t|ng samp|os soarch|ng tor a k|||or w|th thoso
|n|t|a|s. Vost ot thoso oxomp|ars camo trom tho l|vors|do Co||ogo and m|||tary |nsta||at|ons,' ho to|d mo. 1hoy woro a|| on m|crot||m, b|own up, and
l had a magn|t|or that l just s||ppod thom undor ono attor anothor. low th|s |s tho woak ||nk |n tho caso-somo ot thoso rog|strat|on cort|t|catos woro
typod.' Capta|n Cross was oncouragod. Wo||, |t |ooks ||ko wo'ro |n bus|noss,' ho sa|d. 1ho hunt tor Zod|ac was now statow|do.
ln tho oar|y ovon|ng ot lovombor 10, A||on stood |n tho doorway ot h|s tra||or nurs|ng h|s wounds, phys|ca| and omot|ona|, past and prosont. |o
||stonod. 1ho roar ot tratt|c on 3anta losa Avonuo t|||od h|s hoad. |o put on h|s wh|to hat and |ockod tho door to h|s tra||or. |o ||mpod to h|s car and
startod tho dusty o|d c|unkor. l|ght was ta|||ng.
At 0:00 l.V. an omp|oyoo at tho los Gu||ucos 3choo| tor G|r|s, about o|ght m||os trom 3anta losa, roturnod trom shopp|ng. 3ho s|owod tor
hoavy oncom|ng tratt|c at tho cornor ot lyth|an Way and two-|ano 3onoma ||ghway. Approach|ng tho narrow road tor hor turn, sho t||ckod on hor
turn s|gna|, s|owod, and wa|tod tor two cars at tho cornor. As tho socond car passod by, a hand shot trom tho bushos. lt tastonod on hor door
hand|o. A taco g|arod at hor trom tho brush. lt |ookod tam|||ar. 1ho toaturos rosomb|od tho Zod|ac wantod postor. Vy |mpross|on was ot ||ght-
co|orod ha|r, somowhat rocod|ng, though not ba|d,' sho roca||od. |o was drossod |n a navy-b|uo jackot and l judgod h|m to bo about th|rty-t|vo and
woar|ng dark-r|mmod g|assos.' 3ho stoppod on tho thrott|o, oxocutod a sharp |ott turn, and racod anothor quartor m||o to tho apartmont comp|ox
whoro sho ||vod. l too|,' sho sa|d, that tho man at tho cornor and tho man skotchod |n tho papor aro ono and tho samo.'
1huraday, Novombor 10, 1070
1ho Rivoraido P.D. ho|d a socrot Zod|ac contoronco. Wh||o Armstrong roma|nod boh|nd, 1osch|, lar|ow, and l|co|a| t|ow southward. 3omot|mos
wo sp||t up,' sa|d 1osch|. '0o you want to do th|s?' Armstrong wou|d ask mo, and wo wou|d tako turns |n ordor to accomp||sh d|ttoront tasks at tho
samo t|mo.' 1osch| was shockod to d|scovor Avory on tho samo p|ano to l|vors|do. Wo saw h|m r|ght away. |o had h|s namo stonc||od on tho
back ot h|s carry-on. lar|ow and l|co|a| |ookod at mo, and l sa|d, '|oy, l don't know anyth|ng about th|s!' 1hoy thought 3||| or l m|ght havo to|d h|m. l
askod Avory, 'lau|, how d|d you know wo woro go|ng down? You havo to to|| mo. 1hoso guys th|nk l'm a sn|tch.' Avory sa|d, 'Capta|n Cross to|d
mo.' Attor wo |andod and woro wa|t|ng tor our lont-A-Car, Avory had tho ba||s to ask to r|do w|th us to hoadquartors. Ot courso tho answor was no. l
||kod Avory and had boon ab|o to trust h|m on casos whoro a |ot ot guys thought ho was a ||tt|o snoaky. |o was novor that way w|th mo at any t|mo.'
As Avory drovo a|ono to tho moot|ng, ho thought back throo days oar||or to an |nc|dont on 3orko|oy's 1o|ograph Avonuo. A stocky strangor,
botwoon twonty-t|vo and torty-t|vo yoars o|d' had approachod two g|r|s and ottorod thom a r|do. lo, thanks,' thoy sa|d, gostur|ng to a vW at tho
curb, wo'vo got our own.' 1hoy ato at a snack bar, roturnod torty m|nutos |ator, and d|scovorod tho|r car wou|dn't start. 3uddon|y, tho samo strangor
was at tho|r s|do, oxtond|ng h|s a|d. A passorby not|cod tho man ho|p|ng a young g|r| push a vo|kswagon, tho othor g|r| boh|nd tho whoo|. Whon ho
ottorod to ho|p, tho stocky man, onragod at tho |ntrus|on, ran ott. 1ho socond Good 3amar|tan chockod tho ong|no. 1ho m|dd|o d|str|butor w|ro has
boon r|ppod out,' ho to|d Avory |ator.
1ho g|r|s t||od a roport w|th tho |oca| po||co that may conta|n tho strangor's ||conso p|ato numbor,' tho man addod. 1wo|vo hours attorward, tho
Cbroolc|o roco|vod an anonymous ca||. C|ty dosk, don't bothor w|th gonora| rowr|to,' tho vo|co sa|d. 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac and |t's tho |ast t|mo l am
go|ng to ca||.' Avory thought |t odd that Zod|ac know nowspapor ||ngo. 3orko|oy cops soarchod tho|r t||os, but cou|d not t|nd tho p|ato numbor.
Avory was actua||y qu|vor|ng. 1ho prossuro was tromondous and ho had boon |ncroas|ng|y troakod out' ovor Zod|ac's throat aga|nst h|m twonty-
tour days oar||or. 1on days ago, whon Avory t|rst v|s|tod l|vors|do, ho had boggod tho c|ty dosk to ca|| h|m |t any |ottors camo wh||o ho was away.
Zodo-as l ca|| h|m,' wroto Avory |n a momo, |s somoth|ng ||ko tho v|ot Cong. [Avory had spont throo yoars |n v|otnam as a war
corrospondont.| You don't know who ho |s, whoro ho |s, or whon or whoro ho m|ght str|ko noxt. l am gott|ng cross-oyod trom try|ng to koop ono
oyo d|roctod ahoad and tho othor ovor my shou|dor. l roa||y doubt ho |ntonds to como attor mo, but l am bo|ng carotu|.'

l wasn't p|oasod w|th tho l|vors|do v|s|t,' 1osch| to|d mo. l tr|od to bo tr|ond|y as tho moot|ng got undor way, |ntroducod myso|t by g|v|ng my
namo, spo|||ng |t 1-O-3-C-|-l, and say|ng (as l a|ways do), '1hat's lta||an.' l'm vory proud ot my hor|tago-l spoko lta||an botoro Eng||sh bocauso my
mothor was l|omontoso and my tathor 1oscano. Wo spont tho who|o day |n tho|r ott|co and had |unch. Wo thought wo woro go|ng to got moro
|ntormat|on. Wo got m|n|ma|. l was tru|y d|sappo|ntod that wo woron't gott|ng a hock ot |ot ot anyth|ng. W|th tho oxcopt|on ot [0otoct|vo| 3ud Ko||y,
who was a|ways up tront w|th mo, wo novor got much cooporat|on w|th l|vors|do. 1hoso l|vors|do guys aron't to|||ng us anyth|ng. lt's so obv|ous that
thoy'ro ho|d|ng on to ovoryth|ng tor thomso|vos ||ko wo'ro horo to purso-snatch. And that was not tho caso. Wo woro thoro to sharo |ntormat|on.
1hoy had cont|scatod tho l|vors|do dosk and kopt |t |n a spoc|a| ov|donco room at po||co hoadquartors. 1hat dosk roa||y got my attont|on . . . that
|ottor|ng was so obv|ous|y by Zod|ac. lator, attor wo got tho t|p about A||on, l|vors|do novor ovon bothorod to chock on h|m hav|ng boon |n tho
rog|on-and l askod, '0|d you know Arthur lo|gh A||on?' '0|d you arrost h|m?' '|as ho ovor boon c|tod |n tho aroa?' 'Can wo connoct h|m to lCC?'
1hoy woro k|nd ot |oan|ng aga|nst tho tact that |t cou|d havo boon our k|||or, Zod|ac. |rom that momont on, thoy dovo|opod tunno| v|s|on to any othor
suspocts. l|vors|do thought thoy know who had comm|ttod tho 3atos murdor.'
Capta|n lrv Cross ot tho 0otoct|vo 3uroau sa|d, Wo aro not ru||ng out tho poss|b|||ty that tho k|||or may havo boon a |oca| youth.'
3ack |n 3an |ranc|sco, an anonymous typod |ottor arr|vod at tho Cbroolc|o-lt both angors mo and amazos mo,' l road, that a wanton k|||or ||ko
tho Zod|ac has oscapod dotoct|on and just|co tor so |ong.
lt |s my porsona| op|n|on Zod|ac has spont t|mo |n somo typo ot |nst|tut|on-o|thor pr|son or monta| hosp|ta|. . . . Zod|ac wou|d not bo
marr|od. |o |s unab|o to tunct|on |n a ro|at|onsh|p w|th a woman, o|thor soxua||y or omot|ona||y. . . . 1ho hunt tor tho Zod|ac k|||or has boon a
trag|c comody ot orrors. . . . l know th|s: ovory act ot horror such as mass k|||ors bog|nn|ng tho|r ug|y bus|noss has a start|ng po|nt wh|ch |s
|gn|tod by what l chooso to ca|| a tr|ggor. 1ho boast w|th|n thom ||os qu|ot|y most ot tho t|mo, but thon somoth|ng tr|ggors |t or sots |t ott. ln tho
caso ot Zod|ac l spocu|ato |t was duo to two th|ngs: an op|sodo |n h|s ||to at tho t|mo ot tho t|rst k||||ng, traumat|c to tho porson known as Zod|ac,
but not nocossar||y to anyono o|so. |o sooms to havo a roa| hatrod tor po||co and onjoys nood||ng thom |n tho|r ta||uro to catch h|m. loss|b|y an
oncountor w|th po||co at that part|cu|ar t|mo. l don't porsona||y bo||ovo ho doos h|s k||||ng accord|ng to somo astro|og|ca| t|motab|o. l th|nk ho
k|||s on ho||days and wook-onds s|mp|y bocauso ho doosn't work thon. l suggost |n a|| probab|||ty ho has a job wh|ch |s a torty hour work wook
and t|vo consocut|vo days. . . . l sha|| roma|n anonymous. l hopo you w||| not stop |n your ottorts to t|nd th|s t|ond. l w|sh you good hoa|th and
good hunt|ng. [s|gnod| Armcha|r.'

ln tho unusua| |ottor Armcha|r' mont|ons ho novor hoard ot a mothor shoot|ng an adu|t ch||d. l supposo l am too susp|c|ous ot ovoryono,' ho
conc|udod. 3ut bo|ng susp|c|ous has savod my bacon moro than onco.' And Armcha|r' had not on|y usod Zod|ac words (nood||ng,' tr|ggor,'
hunt,' hunt|ng'), but had ||vod |n l|vors|do at tho t|mo ot tho 3atos k||||ng, quot|ng ovonts and nowspapor art|c|os ho had road thoro. l was novor
ab|o to track h|m down.
Friday, Docombor 18, 1070
On Arthur Loigh A||on's b|rthday, a burg|ar broko |nto a woman's homo. 1ho th|ot took pa|ns to concoa| h|s |dont|ty-adhos|vo tapo on h|s
t|ngort|ps, a wh|to handkorch|ot t|od ovor tho |owor part ot h|s taco. 1ho s|oop|ng ownor awakonod to t|nd a man stand|ng ovor hor, brand|sh|ng a
basoba|| bat. 3natch|ng up a r|t|o undor hor bod, sho sont a g|anc|ng b|ow to h|s arm. l|pp|ng tho r|t|o away, ho |acoratod hor torohoad w|th tho bat.
|or daughtor, awakonod by tho strugg|o, g||mpsod tho |ntrudor t|oo|ng down tho ha||. |o was drossod |n a dark ny|on sk| jackot, dark pants, navy-
b|uo kn|t cap, and woar|ng wo|d|ng gogg|os,' sho sa|d, but botoro l cou|d got a bottor |ook, ho sw|tchod ott tho ||ght and van|shod.' |o |ott a b|oody
handpr|nt on tho wa||, but no t|ngorpr|nts. ln tho ont|ro t|mo ho had boon |n tho houso ho had not spokon. 1ho Contra Costa County 3hor|tt's
0opartmont |ssuod an a||-po|nts bu||ot|n tor h|m, thoy bo||ovod ho m|ght bo Zod|ac.
Friday, Fobruary 4, 1072
5ovon Iong montha had craw|od by s|nco Armstrong and 1osch| had quost|onod lo|gh A||on that s|zz||ng August morn|ng. As tar as thoy know ho
was st||| attond|ng spr|ng and ta|| soss|ons at 3onoma 3tato. lrobab|y a hundrod now suspocts' namos had crossod tho|r dosk |n that t|mo. A||on's
namo |ay somowhoro at tho bottom ot that p||o. And st||| tho t|ps pourod |n. A |ot ot poop|o wou|d want to cooporato and torward th|s or that to you,'
1osch| to|d mo. A|| tho wh||o you got tho too||ng down doop that thoy'ro try|ng to p|ck your bra|n. 1ho nagg|ng too||ng was that tho caso was a 'round
nock.' 1ho round nock moans tho trash baskot |n your ott|co, wh|ch moans |t's go|ng to ond up |n a t||o as 'Unso|vod.'
Wo just cou|dn't hand|o a|| tho t|p ca||s. 1ho othor guys |n tho ott|co woro gott|ng angry at us. '|oy, guys, wo d|dn't wr|to tho |ottors,' wo to|d thom.
'Wo just answor tho phono. lt wo turn somobody ott, hang up on what cou|d bo a pos|t|vo |oad-wo'ro not go|ng to mako th|s caso and wo'vo got to
mako th|s caso. l|oaso don't hang up on anybody.'' 1hoy to||owod up tho most prom|s|ng t|ps, but t|mo was on Zod|ac's s|do. ln two wooks, tho
3tato 3upromo Court wou|d ru|o cap|ta| pun|shmont unconst|tut|ona|. 1hus Zod|ac, |t capturod, wou|d no |ongor taco tho doath pona|ty. W|tnossos
and surv|v|ng v|ct|ms, toartu| ot Zod|ac, wont |nto h|d|ng or movod away. lhys|ca| ov|donco bogan to bo |ost or dostroyod. Voanwh||o, tho
dotoct|vos cou|d on|y spocu|ato what tho C|phor 3|ayor' was do|ng.


|n 5anta Roaa at 4:00 l.V., Vauroon loo 3tor||ng and Yvonno Wobor |ott tho lodwood lco 3kat|ng l|nk at 3too|o lano. 1ho two two|vo-yoar-o|ds
bogan to wa|k homo, stopp|ng a|ong tho way. 3tor||ng, |ong brown ha|r partod |n tho m|dd|o, woro b|uo joans, a purp|o pu||ovor sh|rt, a rod swoatsh|rt
w|th a hood, and brown suodo shoos. Wobor drossod s|m||ar|y-b|uo joans, |avondor and wh|to twood pu||ovor sh|rt, b|ack vo|vot coat, and brown
suodo boots. l|ko hor compan|on, sho had b|uo oyos and partod hor |ong b|ond ha|r |n tho m|dd|o. 3oth g|r|s woro known to h|tchh|ko. A|ong tho|r
way, thoy d|sappoarod.
lo|gh A||on qu|t tho o|| rot|nory at 4:00 l.V. oach day and |ott |mmod|ato|y to boat tho tratt|c. ||s routo trom l|no|o took h|m wost on ||ghway 87
to 3an latao|, whoro |t |ntorsoctod 101 lorth. |o drovo on to lovato, lota|uma, 3onoma, and t|na||y Cotat|. A ||tt|o botoro t|vo ho wou|d havo
crossod tho g|r|s' path.
5aturday, Narch 4, 1072
5ixtoon daya botoro tho vorna| oqu|nox, at b:00 l.V., K|m Wondy A||on |ott hor job at latura| |oods, a larkspur hoa|th tood storo. 1wonty m|nutos
|ator tho n|notoon-yoar-o|d 3anta losa 1un|or Co||ogo studont was soon at tho 3o|| Avonuo |rooway ontranco. 3ho bogan h|tchh|k|ng north on 101,
hott|ng an orango backpack and c|utch|ng a straw carry-bag. A bo|go throo-quartor-|ongth coat protoctod hor aga|nst tho ch||| w|nd. l|ko tho ||tt|o
g|r|s trom tho skat|ng r|nk, sho had b|uo oyos and |ong, ||ght-brown ha|r partod |n tho m|dd|o. l|ko thom, sho van|shod. 1ho noxt day, two mon
d|scovorod hor nudo body |n a crook bod throo m||os trom 3onnott va||oy load. 3ho had boon strang|od w|th wh|to ho||ow-coro c|othos||no. |or
body showod s|gns ot bo|ng bound sproadoag|od tor somo t|mo somowhoro o|so. 3uport|c|a| cuts woro on hor chost. 1ho k|||or had kopt hor wh|to
ombro|dorod b|ouso, cut-ott b|uo joans, groon cotton scart, and ono go|d oarr|ng. |o'd carr|od away an unusua| twonty-tour-|nch-|ong nock|aco
tash|onod trom dr|ttwood, soawood, soasho||s, soods, and ouca|yptus buttons. 3ho m|ght havo boon rapod. 1hat dot|n|to|y d|d not match Zod|ac's
V.O. |owovor, sho was tound twonty toot trom Entorpr|so load |n a body ot wator, and Zod|ac had onco s|gnod El1Ellll3E' at tho bottom ot a
|ottor.
1uoaday, AriI 25, 1072
Joanotto KamahoIo, twonty, anothor 3anta losa 1un|or Co||ogo studont, was a|so h|tchh|k|ng north noar tho Cotat| on-ramp ot ||ghway 101
whon sho d|sappoarod. |or |ntondod dost|nat|on was 3anta losa, whoro lo|gh A||on had kopt a tra||or s|nco 1070.
Friday, Nay 5, 1072
AIIon waa in a rago-ho had just boon t|rod trom tho l|no|o rot|nory. 1hough h|s quost|on|ng by tho po||co had boon ton |ong months oar||or, ho
cons|dorod h|s torm|nat|on a d|roct rosu|t ot tho|r pry|ng and |nnuondo. lo|gh's d|sm|ssa| wou|d croato add|t|ona| d|tt|cu|t|os tor Armstrong and
1osch|. low that tho pr|mo suspoct was a tu||-t|mo 3onoma 3tato studont, study|ng sc|onco and art, ho bogan ||v|ng most ot oach wook |n h|s 3anta
losa tra||or. ln tho tuturo any sor|ous soarch roqu|rod thoy chooso botwoon 3anta losa and va||ojo-c|t|os outs|do tho|r jur|sd|ct|on. 1ho s|tuat|on
was mado moro torm|dab|o by tho tact that A||on was not tho|r on|y suspoct. A coup|o ot othors, at |oast |n tho bog|nn|ng, |ookod good.
A wh||o back, larry |r|odman, an lYl0 cop tor two yoars, rang 1osch|. 1hoy mot at a cottoo shop. l thought you wou|d bo |ntorostod |n th|s,'
|r|odman sa|d. A Crockor 3ank omp|oyoo ||vod a b|ock away whon lau| 3t|no was murdorod.' 1osch| a|roady know. Wo had a coup|o ot guys
horo |n 3an |ranc|sco,' 1osch| sa|d, who woro abso|uto|y conv|ncod that tho Zod|ac was a |oca| bank honcho. A|| tho c|rcumstant|a| ov|donco t|t
portoct|y. |o or|g|na||y ||vod down |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a whon 3atos was murdorod. |o ownod proporty noar lako 3orryossa and wont hunt|ng
otton |n Vontana, a p|aco whoro Zod|ac sa|d ho had boon act|vo, whoro |t's oasy to buy guns that can't roa||y bo tracod. 1ho|r |ntormat|on was so
good that wo had to chock tho|r suspoct out. Wo o||m|natod tho man comp|oto|y basod on h|s pr|nts not match|ng thoso on 3t|no's cab.' 1ho |3l
wont a stop turthor, ana|yz|ng a b|ockpr|ntod noto passod by a robbor to a Crockor to||or to soo |t |t matchod Zod|ac's pr|nt|ng.
Anothor suspoct |ookod ||ko a boar, but a boar w|th a shock ot rod ha|r and woar|ng dark g|assos. 1ho 3oar Van' was a k|nda scary guy,'
1osch| to|d mo, stoo|-woo| ha|r, |op|ng |ong arms. |o co||octod guns and ammo-a r|t|o carb|no, but no .22's or 0-mm. |o was a thoator jan|tor who
||vod on |untor 3troot.' lo||co thoor|zod Zod|ac was not on|y a huntor, but m|ght bo namod |untor or m|ght ovon possoss a w||d boast's attr|butos.
Wo put tho '3oar Van' on tho ||o dotoctor throo wooks attor tho 3t|no k||||ng. l askod tho suspoct, who vo|untoorod that ho was amb|doxtrous, to
pr|nt tor mo. 1ho wr|t|ng d|dn't match. 1hough ho was gonora||y tam|||ar w|th lako 3orryossa, ho d|dn't know tho s|do roads and was not |nt|mato
w|th va||ojo. l was unab|o to t|nd anyth|ng |oca||y on tho suspoct, no wants, nor warrants, nor arrosts.
Zod|ac m|ght havo boon a cabb|o ||ko 3t|no. l chockod tho 0opartmont's cab porm|t buroau back to 1008. lt ho ovor drovo a cab |n th|s c|ty, ho
had to bo t|ngorpr|ntod and photographod as an app||cant-l tound no such porson as tho '3oar Van.' lt ho drovo a cab |t was undor anothor namo.
l rochockod w|th 0Vv |n 3acramonto and thoy had no rocord ot such a porson w|th a curront or past dr|vor's ||conso. |owovor, thoy purgo attor
approx|mato|y sovon yoars. l sont a 1o|otypo to las vogas ask|ng tor a copy ot h|s dr|vor's ||conso and h|s photo-a sovon-to-ton-day wa|t tor that.
And th|s was just ono suspoct-back whon tho caso startod.'
l|ko 3t|no, an oar||or Zod|ac v|ct|m had boon shot at c|oso rango abovo tho oar. 1hough po||co otton d|scountod tho lako |orman load murdors
ot 0ocombor 20, 1008, as bo|ng Zod|ac's, a s|m||ar contact wound ||nkod thom to 3t|no. last tho ro|||ng h|||s, poacotu| pasturos, and ruggod
quarr|os out on lako |orman load strango th|ngs woro soon. 1hroo and a ha|t yoars botoro, on that p|tch-b|ack and |ono|y thoroughtaro, Zod|ac
had murdorod 3otty lou 1onson and 0av|d |araday, two toonagors on tho|r t|rst dato. Good k|ds: 3otty lou an honor studont, 0av|d an Eag|o
3cout, roc|p|ont ot tho God and Country Award.'
1ho n|ght ot tho murdors, lobort Conn|oy and |rank Gassor (ot tho Gassor lanch on ||ghway #2) woro out thoro hunt|ng raccoons. At 0:00 l.V.
thoy drovo tho|r rod |ord p|ckup just boyond Gato #10 |oad|ng to tho lako |orman lump|ng 3tat|on. 1hoy parkod tho p|ckup twonty-t|vo toot |nto a
t|o|d ot tho Varsha|| lanch, noar tho pump houso. 1ho gatod ontranco |tso|t was ono-quartor m||o oast ot lako |orman Cottago. As tho gato swung
|nward, an un|dont|t|od truck bogan go|ng out. 1ho huntors obsorvod a wh|to tour-door 10b0-'00 Chovro|ot lmpa|a parkod a|ongs|do |ts path.
Gassor, s|xty-n|no, woar|ng a hunt|ng jackot and sh|n|ng a throo-co|| t|ash||ght, amb|od ovor to tho lmpa|a. Cur|ous, ho poorod |nto tho tront soat,
thon tho back. 1ho car was ompty. lorhaps |ts ownor |s out scout|ng tho aroa,' ho thought.
An hour |ator 3|ngo Woshor, a ranchor on tho O|d 3orgos lanch by tho |umb|o O|| Company, bogan tond|ng shoop just oast ot 3on|c|a lump|ng
3tat|on #0. |o obsorvod Gassor and Conn|oy's truck, rocogn|zab|o by |ts wood s|doboards and br|ght co|or, and saw tho lmpa|a parkod by tho
south tonco ontranco. |o cou|d not to|| |t |t was occup|od. A dark car, |ack|ng |n chromo' had boon soon |n tho aroa, and botwoon 0:80 and 10:00
l.V. a b|uo va||ant, dr|von by two mon, chasod anothor coup|o a|ong lako |orman load at a h|gh rato ot spood.' Anothor w|tnoss saw a Wh|to
Chovro|ot, lmpa|a sodan 1001-08' |n tho aroa.
1wo othor w|tnossos passod tho pump|ng stat|on ontranco at 10:1b and saw a 1000 tour-door stat|on wagon tac|ng toward tho gato. 1ho two-
tono (dark tan ovor ||ght tan) lash lamb|or was tho v|ct|ms' car. ||ttoon m|nutos |ator tho w|tnossos roturnod. 1ho stat|on wagon now tacod tho
oppos|to d|roct|on. At 11:00 l.V. Conn|oy and Gassor t|n|shod hunt|ng and saw tho lmpa|a was gono. 1ho lamb|or was parkod |n tho samo spot,
tac|ng southwost and |n a d|ttoront spot than po||co tound |t an hour |ator. A |umb|o O|| workor dr|v|ng homo trom 3on|c|a attor h|s gravoyard sh|tt
saw two cars parkod at tho pump houso ontranco. 1ho car parkod noarost to tho road was a 10bb or 10b0 stat|on wagon, boxy typo, noutra| co|or,'
ho sa|d. 1ho othor was parkod to tho r|ght and abroast ot tho stat|on wagon. 1ho cars woro about ton toot apart. l cou|d not g|vo a doscr|pt|on ot
tho mako or co|or ot tho othor car.'


1ho RambIor'a motor was st||| |ukowarm whon 0otoct|vo 3orgoant los lundb|ad ot tho 3o|ano County 3hor|tt's ott|co arr|vod at t|vo m|nutos attor
m|dn|ght. 1ho car's |gn|t|on koy was on, but tho motor was not runn|ng. 1ho k|ds had boon us|ng tho hoator. 1ho tront ot tho tour door brown-bo|go
'01 lamb|or 3tat|on Wagon |n tho ontrancoway now po|ntod oast. 1ho r|ght tront door stood w|do opon, tho roma|n|ng throo doors and ta||gato st|||
|ockod, but tho r|ght roar w|ndow had boon smashod. 1ho g|r|'s wh|to tur coat, a|ong w|th hor purso, |ay on tho roar soat on tho dr|vor's s|do. 1hough
a doop hoo| mark was tound boh|nd tho pumphouso, tho gravo| surtaco producod noth|ng ot groat s|gn|t|canco |n tho way ot roadab|o tootpr|nts and
no v|s|b|o t|ro tracks woro |ott on tho trozon ground.
Coronor 0an |oran, 0r. 3yron 3antord, Capta|n 0an|o| l|tta, Ott|cors W||||am 1. Warnor, Watorman, and 3uttorbach, and a roportor trom tho
lolrlo|o Lol|y Ropob|lc, 1homas 0. 3a|mor, woro a|roady thoro. 3on|c|a cops l|orro 3|dou and l|outonant Goorgo l|tt|o, who photographod tho
two bod|os, jo|nod tho bust||ng scono. Zod|ac countod on compot|ng po||co agonc|os to hampor tho |nvost|gat|on.
Warnor d|d a cha|k out||no around 0av|d's body. |oran pronouncod 3otty lou 0O3. and, attor l|tt|o had takon as many p|cturos trom as many
ang|os as poss|b|o, ordorod hor body to tho morguo. 3orgoant Cunn|ngham had 0oputy 1. l. W||son go to va||ojo Gonora| |osp|ta| to tako p|cturos
ot 0av|d, but whon ho arr|vod ho |oarnod tho boy had boon 0OA. ln tho moant|mo lundb|ad ascorta|nod that ono bu||ot had boon t|rod |nto tho top
ot tho lamb|or |oav|ng a r|cochot mark on tho root. Anothor had shattorod tho roar w|ndow. An oxpondod .22-ca||bor cas|ng trom tho k|||or's gun |ay
on tho r|ght t|oorboard ot tho lamb|or. l|no othor oxpondod cas|ngs woro on tho ground, to tho r|ght at d|stancos ot twonty toot, tourtoon toot, o|ght
toot two |nchos, tour toot ono-ha|t |nch, throo toot, two toot throo |nchos, ono toot o|ovon |nchos, and ono toot ono-ha|t |nch. 1hoy showod how tho
boy had boon shot as ho ox|tod and how tho k|||or pursuod tho g|r| on tho run. 1ho tata| bu||ots that k|||od 1onson and |araday woro at t|rst thought to
bo trom a ||gh 3tandard Vodo| 101. A|ong tho road, 3on|c|a po||co rocovorod a ||-3tandard |-l V|||tary .22 automat|c w|th orad|catod sor|a|
numbors. lt had boon prov|ous|y d|sassomb|od by somoono and tho t|r|ng p|n a|torod. 1hoy oxam|nod tost bu||ots w|th s|x r|ght-hand groovos, as d|d
tho quost|onod bu||ots romovod trom tho v|ct|ms. 0|ttoront guns had boon |nvo|vod. lo ono cou|d oxp|a|n how tho k|||or had t|rod so accurato|y |n tho
dark un|oss ho had somo sort ot ||ght on tho barro|.
An |rrogu|ar|y t|attonod bu||ot romovod trom tho |ott tronta| |obo ot tho boy (ho had boon shot boh|nd tho uppor r|ght oar) and tho bu||ots trom tho
g|r| woro ana|yzod. A|| woro Wostorn coatod .22 long l|t|o ammo w|th 0 l| c|ass charactor|st|cs. 1hoy cou|d on|y havo boon t|rod trom a 1. C.
||gg|ns, Vodo| 80, .22 automat|c p|sto|. 3otty lou had boon shot t|vo t|mos |n tho back |n a romarkab|y c|oso pattorn.' 1hroo ot tho bu||ots had
omorgod trom hor tront. 3otty lou's dross had no smoko or gunpowdor ros|duo |n ono ho|o |n tho contor tront. lor was thoro any tattoo|ng |n tho
t|vo puncturos |n tho uppor r|ght s|do ot hor back. |owovor, |n tho topmost ho|o |n back, a s|ng|o gra|n ot gunpowdor was d|scovorod. 1hat moant
that ot a|| tho s|ugs that struck hor, on|y ono was t|rod at a c|osor rango. A|| tho othors woro t|rod trom at |oast sovora| toot. 1wo ot tho ton bu||ots t|rod
woro novor accountod tor, |ost |n tho noarby t|o|d.
lundb|ad bogan t|m|ng tho ovonts ot that n|ght. ||rst ho drovo to tho homo ot Vrs. 3to||a 3orgos, tho woman who had d|scovorod tho bod|os
spraw|od by tho roads|do. |rom hor ranch to tho cr|mo scono was two and sovon-tonths m||os and that took throo m|nutos. |rom tho cr|mo scono to
tho Enco 3tat|on on East 2nd 3troot |n 3on|c|a whoro sho had t|aggod down po||co was throo and tour-tonths m||os. lt took lundb|ad t|vo m|nutos at
tho sato h|gh spood' 3orgos had dr|von. lt |s two and ono-tonths m||os trom tho |ntorsoct|on ot lako |orman load and luthor G|bson |rooway to
cr|mo scono,' ho wroto, a throo m|nuto tr|p.' lator ho a|so t|mod tho d|stancos botwoon two suspocts' homos and tho murdor s|to at var|ous
spoods. lundb|ad |oarnod thoro had boon a prow|or around tho 1onson homo. Upon sovora| occas|ons tho gato |oad|ng to tho s|do ot tho houso
had boon tound opon.


1ho unaoIvod murdora torovor ta|ntod tho rog|on. On that torsakon road a man |n a wh|to Chovy cru|sod undor tho tu|| moon. los|donts had takon
to ca|||ng h|m 1ho lhantom ot Cordo||a.' A b|g man was a|so obsorvod rov|ng tho torr|tory on toot, sta|k|ng ovor a gravo| path to tho o|d pump
houso, scout|ng tor gamo, pract|c|ng h|s shoot|ng, and mov|ng through tho quarry and watory aroas whoro ho cou|d d|vo ||ko a ghost. 1ho hugo man
movod |n othor romoto aroas ot va||ojo too, track|ng tho watory outsk|rts ot va||ojo as |t sook|ng somoth|ng. 1hroo astro|og|ca| wator s|gns-
3corp|o, l|scos, and Cancor-dotorm|nod tho t|m|ng ot Zod|ac's assau|ts. 1o provo th|s, astro|ogors cont|dont|y po|ntod to h|s |ator doub|o
shoot|ng at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs-comm|ttod dur|ng tho s|gn ot Cancor w|th tho moon |n l|scos.
Vrs. 3to||a 3orgos's ranch sat ott |a|rgrounds 0r|vo and abuttod tho 3yar lock Ouarry on Amor|can Canyon load. 1o tho oast was 3orgos
3umm|t losorvo|r, and to tho north a crook that rushod yoar-round w|th wator. 1ho b|g man swam |n tho co|d wator and stood ||ko an appar|t|on at
hor gato. Vrs. 3orgos, an |mportant w|tnoss |n tho lako |orman murdors, saw h|m thoro horso|t. |orty-t|vo m|nutos botoro m|dn|ght, 0ocombor 20,
1008, sho had sot out tor 3on|c|a a|ong lako |orman load. 1ho ||ghts ot hor car had |||um|natod tho crump|od bod|os ot two toonagors at tho
roads|do. |oart pound|ng, sho had racod tho rost ot tho way |nto 3onc|a and t|aggod down a po||co cru|sor. |or somo roason tho strangor
rom|ndod hor ot that traumat|c momont.
|or nophow, A|bort, had a|so not|cod oor|o occurroncos a yoar attor tho murdors. Wo grow up on tho 3orgos lanch,' ho to|d mo.Vy Aunt 3to||a
saw a |ot ot strango th|ngs ovor tho yoars and so d|d l. lt was hor homo hor ont|ro ||to. ln lovombor 1000, l was |n tho m|||tary and had a wookond
pass. Vy r|do droppod mo ott at tho rost aroa around 10:00 l.V. Vy brothor procoodod down lako |orman load to tho rost aroa w|th h|s g|r|tr|ond
and wa|tod tor mo. |o was tam|||ar w|th tho road and tho Zod|ac |nc|dont tho prov|ous Chr|stmas. Wo a|| woro.
|o was armod w|th a p|sto| |n h|s truck on tho way back across lako |orman load. lot tar trom tho lako |orman gato somoono had ||ttod a
hugo |og across tho road. lt was n|no or ton toot |ong. Wo cou|d not go around. Wo stoppod. l to|t unoasy, |ookod around, and l to|d my brothor to
back up and go around tho |ong way to va||ojo. 1horo l ca||od tho po||co and roportod |t. lator, [to tho south| at woodod 0an |o|oy lark by lako
Chabot, sovora| toonagors on tho h||| woro shoot|ng 33 guns. 1hoy obsorvod a |argo man at a d|stanco watch|ng thom. |o stayod as |ong as thoy
d|d, thon |ott. Vany poop|o saw th|s sta|kor.
ln tho oar|y 1070s, wo usod to go shoot|ng and targot-pract|co by tho rock quarry. Wo had dono that tor yoars. Vy cous|ns to|d mo about a b|g
guy who usod to como up and shoot w|th a who|o armory |n h|s car-m|||tary-typo woapons, .4b Co|ts, V-10s, and tho ||ko. |o woro m|||tary
tat|guos, b|ousod boots, and a||. Ono day l was up thoro shoot|ng and th|s guy was a|so thoro. Whon ho saw mo ho |mmod|ato|y camo up to whoro l
was and cha||ongod mo. 'What aro you do|ng horo?'
1h|s guy was a gun nut and had burnod up ono box ot ammo attor anothor. |o was woar|ng a b|ack basoba|| cap and was about s|x toot ono,
|argo and muscu|ar ||ko myso|t. 3ut l to|t at a d|sadvantago, unoasy bocauso ho had strango oyos and ho d|d not tako thom ott mo throughout h|s
quost|on|ng, ovon whon l to|d h|m l was a mombor ot tho tam||y. l drovo by lako |orman tho noxt day, and stoppod by tho gato whoro my aunt tound
that t|rst coup|o ot v|ct|ms, and what a ch||| l got. lt was ||ko tho |nc|dont had just happonod. l thought to myso|t what |t an o|d Chovy lmpa|a shou|d pu||
up a|ongs|do-thon got tho ho|| out ot thoro.
l camo to tho conc|us|on that Zod|ac was probab|y |n tho lavy or at |oast workod at tho Varo ls|and sh|pyard. va||ojo po||co havo tou|od up |n tho
past, and l wondor |t th|s to||ow was c|osor to tho po||co than wo th|nk. l porsona||y bo||ovo that attor shoot|ng tho coup|o at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs,
Zod|ac d|d dr|vo down lako |orman load and s|nco ho was a protty thorough porson, had a po||co car rad|o so ho cou|d koop tabs on a|| aspocts
ot |ntormat|on bo|ng ro|ayod.'
Vrs. 3orgos's nophow was not tho on|y ono who had obsorvod b|zarro ovonts on tho outsk|rts ot va||ojo. An Oak|and man's son had boon out at
3|uo lock 3pr|ngs tho vory ovon|ng ot Zod|ac's |ourth ot 1u|y, 1000, murdor and soon somoono qu|to ||ko lo|gh A||on. 1hoy woro out r|d|ng tho|r
motorcyc|os a|ong Co|umbus larkway,' tho tathor oxp|a|nod, whon thoy mot a hugo man wa|k|ng a|ong tho road. Vy son was go|ng to ottor h|m a
r|do, but ho was so hugo and tho motorcyc|o so sma|| ho doc|dod aga|nst |t. 3os|dos, ho sa|d, |t was noar tw|||ght and tho man |ookod k|nd ot
spooky. ln any ovont, ho appoarod to como trom a car parkod turthor down tho road. Vy son doscr|bod a 10b0s b|ack l|ymouth, but was vaguo
about tho ||conso p|ato numbor. lt had an 'X' |n |t, ho's suro ot that. |o was vory cont|dont about tho mako and co|or ot tho car. Vy son was about
sovontoon at tho t|mo, and l am suro ho d|d not ropoat h|s obsorvat|ons to tho po||co, ospoc|a||y whon ho hoard a murdor had takon p|aco r|ght
attor. lt probab|y tr|ghtonod h|m |n tho oxtromo.'
Zod|ac was a watchor-no doubt ot that. 1ho |ono|y a|ways aro.
5aturday, JuIy 15, 1072
CaroIyn Nadino Davia, |ong b|ond ha|r partod |n tho m|dd|o, gray-b|uo oyos, a t|ttoon-yoar-o|d runaway trom 3hasta County, |ott hor Grandmothor
Ado||an's houso |n Garborv|||o. ln tho pockot ot hor b|ack coat nost|od a ono-way p|ano t|ckot trom lodd|ng to 3an |ranc|sco. At 1:b0 l.V. tho road
strotchod ahoad. 3ho swung hor groon-pr|nt c|oth handbag and oyod pass|ng cars. ln tho bag was a ta|so l.0. that |dont|t|od hor as Caro|yn Cook.'
3ho approachod tho on-ramp, bogan h|tchh|k|ng on 101 |n a southor|y d|roct|on, and was not soon a||vo aga|n. 1ho othor m|ss|ng womon had boon
h|tchh|k|ng north. lt A||on woro rospons|b|o, tho chango trom a northor|y d|roct|on to a southor|y ono was accountod tor. |o was no |ongor work|ng |n
l|no|o and travo||ng north homoward oach ovon|ng.
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
1huraday, 5otombor 7, 1072
1horo waa a socond moot|ng w|th |nvost|gators,' lanzaro||a to|d mo. lo|gh was thon ||v|ng |n a houso tra||or somowhoro on tho coast and l had
boon thoro. 1ho most b|zarro th|ng |s that hang|ng on tho wa|| was a p|cturo ot h|m buttod out, a son|or |n h|gh schoo|, w|nn|ng tho ClA 0|v|ng
Champ|onsh|p, and th|s guy's tota||y hoa|thy |ook|ng. On|y sovon, o|ght yoars |ator, ho's a throo hundrod pound b|ob.'
3||| Armstrong contactod 0on Chonoy |n 1orranco aga|n. A yoar had now snakod by s|nco ho and 1osch| had quost|onod lo|gh A||on. 3o many
hom|c|dos, so many suspocts, so many |oga| hurd|os to c|oar. lnspoctor, l was go|ng to ca|| you,' Chonoy sa|d. l don't know |t |t's |mportant, but l
thought ot somoth|ng o|so Arthur lo|gh A||on and l d|scussod |n our convorsat|on on low Yoar's 0ay, 1000. Whon lo|gh was d|scuss|ng h|s p|an, l
can roca|| that ho askod mo how you cou|d d|sgu|so your handwr|t|ng. l romombor my rosponso. l to|d h|m, 'l guoss you cou|d go to a ||brary and got
books on wr|t|ng oxam|nat|on to t|nd out how wr|t|ng |s |dont|t|od.''
Armstrong absorbod th|s, thon askod Chonoy aga|n |t ho was corta|n about h|s momory ot h|s convorsat|on w|th A||on.
l am pos|t|vo,' ho sa|d.
1h|ngs woro mov|ng aga|n.
1osch| scannod a photocopy ot tho t|rst |ottor s|gnod Zod|ac-tho droad |t |nsp|rod two yoars ago st||| trosh |n h|s m|nd. 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac
spoak|ng,' |t bogan. Zod|ac had t|rm|y handpr|ntod thoso throo pagos twonty months attor A||on's convorsat|on w|th Chonoy. Attor study|ng tho
or|g|na|s and d|scovor|ng no |ndontod or socrot wr|t|ng, tho |3l roturnod thom to 3acramonto on August 18, 1000. 1hus, 1osch| had on|y a copy tor
rotoronco. A phraso had stuck |n 1osch|'s m|nd, and so ho |oatod through tho August 4, 1000, photostat, roroad|ng |t, m|sspo|||ngs and a||.
last Chr|stmass-ln that opasodo tho po||co woro wondor|ng as to how l cou|d shoot 8 h|t my v|ct|ms |n tho dark. 1hoy d|d not opon|y stato
th|s, but |mp||od th|s by say|ng |t was a wo|| ||t n|ght 8 l cou|d soo s||owots on tho hor|zon.
3u||sh|t that aroa |s sroundod by h|gh h|||s 8 troos. What l d|d was tapo a sma|| ponco| t|ash ||ght to tho barro| ot my gun. lt you not|co, |n tho
contor ot tho boam ot ||ght |t you a|m |t at a wa|| or co||||ng you w||| soo a b|ack or darck spot |n tho contor ot tho c|rc|o ot tho ||ght about 8 to 0 |n.
across.
Whon tapod to a gun barro| tho bu||ot w||| str|ko oxact|y |n tho contor ot tho b|ack dot |n tho ||ght. A|| l had to do was spray thom . . .' |oro
1osch| camo to tho roma|ndor ot th|s |ast sontonco, ono ho and Armstrong had ordorod tho pross not to pr|nt. lt road: as |t |t was a wator hoso,
thoro was no nood to uso tho guns|ghts. l was not happy to soo that l d|d not got tront pago covor-ago.' [3|gnod w|th Zod|ac's crossod c|rc|o
and no addross.'|

An o|octrlc goo slgbt-oxact|y as A||on had suggostod to Chonoy. lo|gh actua||y constructod such a dov|co,' Chonoy to|d mo much |ator. |o put
a pon||ght on an |8l rovo|vor w|th tapo.' Zod|ac, onrapturod by h|s sc|onco t|ct|on |nvont|on, rotorrod to |t aga|n |n h|s lovombor 0, 1000, |ottor: 1o
provo that l am tho Zod|ac, Ask tho va||ojo cop about my o|octrlc goo slgbt wh|ch l usod to start my co||oct|ng ot s|avos.' va||ojo cop? What va||ojo
cop? thought 1osch|. |ad Zod|ac, ||ko lo|gh A||on, boon quost|onod by an as yot unknown va||ojo po||coman at somo po|nt botoro lovombor 0,
1000?
1ho noxt t|mo wo saw A||on was up |n 3anta losa,' 1osch| oxp|a|nod. 1hat's whon wo to|t wo m|ght havo somoth|ng. lo|gh's namo was just
thrown at us aga|n |n a phono ca|| |ato ono morn|ng.' 1osch| novor d|d dotorm|no tho oxact dato ot that ca||. |o roca||od on|y that |t was summor (|t
was st||| ||ght out at o|ght o'c|ock that n|ght) and that onough t|mo had passod tor w|tnossos to grow d|sp|r|tod about tho progross va||ojo po||co
woro mak|ng.
l wou|d roa||y ||ko to ta|k to you about a caso you and your partnor aro work|ng on,' bogan tho ca||or c|rcumspoct|y.
Aro wo ta|k|ng about Zod|ac?' 1osch| askod.
Yos, abso|uto|y. You'ro road|ng my m|nd. l'm tho brothor. l bo||ovo you know what l'm ta|k|ng about.'
1horo was caut|on and concorn |n h|s vo|co. l do,' 1osch| sa|d, roca|||ng tho v|s|t ho and Armstrong and Vu|anax had pa|d to lon and Karon
A||on's houso ono August n|ght.
l too|, and my w|to too|s, a |argor po||co dopartmont w|th moro rosourcos cou|d do a ||tt|o b|t moro than what tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont has
boon do|ng. l can on|y spocu|ato what thoy aro do|ng at tho prosont t|mo, lnspoctor.'
|avo you g|von a|| your |ntormat|on to tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont?' 1osch| askod.
Yos, but wo don't th|nk thoy havo dono onough,' lon sa|d.
Whon lon A||on ca||od,' 1osch| to|d mo |ator, ho was a vory concornod porson and roa||y was ask|ng 3an |ranc|sco to ta|k to h|m. |o says, 'l
nood to ta|k to you to||ows and l'vo a|roady spokon to 3orgoant Vu|anax and somo othor ott|cors.' lt was ||ko ho wasn't gott|ng tho samo ott|cor a||
tho t|mo, that ho wantod to pass |ntormat|on on. And r|ght away my bra|n |s th|nk|ng ahoad ||ko, 'Oh, God, horo wo go aga|n bocauso l'vo got to ta|k
to 1ack Vu|anax. Wo can't drop tho ba||-l moan, |t's h|s jur|sd|ct|on.''
Whoro aro you?' 1osch| askod.
l'm |n tho c|ty,' lon A||on sa|d, and to|d h|m whoro-botwoon Varkot and V|ss|on on ||rst 3troot.
Can you got away th|s attornoon tor t|ttoon or twonty m|nutos so wo can ta|k to you and just soo what you havo?'
Yos, l can tako a broak. |ow soon?'
Can you sparo somo t|mo so wo can como down |mmod|ato|y?'
1hoy agrood to moot |n tho |obby ot tho lG8E 3u||d|ng |n downtown 3an |ranc|sco |n about th|rty m|nutos. What aro you go|ng to bo woar|ng?'
askod 1osch|. 1ho two ot us w||| bo thoro.'
And that's how |t a|| startod,' 1osch| to|d mo.Wo natura||y wont |n and ran |t by our boss, Char||o E|||s, roa| qu|ck. l to|d tho ||outonant what wo got
and ho says, 'Anothor ono, anothor t|p.' l sa|d, 'Char||o, th|s |s a brothor ot tho man that ho bo||ovos |s our k|||or and ho ||vos |n va||ojo. 1h|s sounds
awtu||y good. |o roa||y wants to ta|k to us,' l oxp|a|nod. 'Wo can't turn |t down.' |o sa|d, 'OK, got on |t.' 1hon wo ran |t by tho ch|ot ot |nspoctors,
Char|os 3arca. 'You usua||y got your bost |ntormat|on trom a mombor ot tho tam||y,' ho sa|d. l had a sm||o on my taco.
lon was so s|ncoro on tho phono, w|th|n th|rty or torty m|nutos wo'ro ta|k|ng to h|m |n tho |obby ot h|s workp|aco. As soon as ho camo out ot tho
o|ovator, wo |ookod at h|m. |o was vory s|ondor, woar|ng a su|t, and ba|d|ng a b|t. 1ho stra|n had obv|ous|y worn on h|m. l cou|d soo a b|t ot ro||ot
that 3an |ranc|sco was |nvo|vod and l roa||zod ho rocogn|zod us.
'1hank you, lnspoctors, tor com|ng down so qu|ck|y,' ho sa|d. 'l'vo just got to ta|k to you.' And wo sat down and took somo notos. 3oon as wo
spoko to h|m l cou|d dotoct tho truth com|ng out ot h|s mouth.
ln|t|a||y, what wo d|d was ||ston. lt you want to |oarn somoth|ng, you ||ston. Wo askod h|m |t wo cou|d spoak w|th h|s w|to. |o sa|d, 'Ot courso. l'd
||ko you to spoak w|th my w|to bocauso sho too|s ||ko l do.' And wo to|t th|s sounds protty good, tho bost that wo ovor had ot any suspoct, w|th a
brothor com|ng torward and not bo|ng sat|st|od w|th what tho othor shor|tts' and po||co dopartmonts had boon do|ng.
Wo to|d h|m wo'd ||ko to como to h|s homo that ovon|ng and tako |n-dopth statomonts w|th h|s w|to and got somo proot and corroborat|on. 'l
hopo you don't havo a prob|om w|th that,' l sa|d. 'lo,' ho sa|d, 'Vy w|to too|s tho samo way. Wo'ro both tr|ghtonod. l'd ||ko you to ta|k to my w|to.'
Wo ca||od 1ack Vu|anax to sot |t up. 'l ta|kod to tho guy,' Vu|anax sa|d. 'Wo'vo chockod A||on out protty wo||.' 'l know,' l to|d h|m, bo||ov|ng h|m to
a dogroo, 'but lon's g|v|ng us somo moro |ntormat|on and wo just havo to to|| you wo'ro com|ng |nto your torr|tory. lt's po||co courtosy. 1ho brothor
ca||od us. Wo can't put |t away.'' 1ho bohav|or ot tho va||ojo l.0. had a|ways puzz|od 1osch|. lt was as |t a socond mystory undor|ay tho watory town
ot va||ojo, |nv|s|b|y attoct|ng tho |nvost|gat|on at ovory turn. |or somo roason lynch and lundb|ad d|dn't want to como to somo ot our oar|y
contoroncos |n 3acramonto. And horo 3||| and l aro dr|v|ng n|noty m||os up thoro.
Wo arr|vod at tho A||on homo at 7:80 l.V. lt was st||| ||ght out. Karon had oxpoctod us, but ramb|od tor twonty m|nutos not roa||y say|ng anyth|ng.
lt was corroboratod |ator that ovon|ng how sor|ous thoy took us. 'l know thoro aro a |ot ot |oads com|ng |n and c|uos,' sho sa|d. 1hoy had consu|tod
an unc|o botoro ca|||ng, to bo corta|n thoy woro do|ng tho r|ght th|ng.
Evoryth|ng was com|ng out s|ow, but ovory t|mo sho wou|d say somoth|ng ot substanco, lon wou|d shako h|s hoad, and say, 'Yos, that's truo.'
1hoy woro both |n sync w|th oach othor out ot tho|r toar and concorn that ho was st||| out thoro.
'Wo'ro vory trustratod,' Karon to|d mo. 'Wo just don't know how sor|ous va||ojo took us. l know thoro aro a |ot ot |oads com|ng |n. Wo just
doc|dod to ca|| you bocauso wo woro soo|ng your namo and lnspoctor Armstrong's namo |n tho papors.' '3ocauso ot tho |ottors to tho Cbroolc|o
and tho mod|a covorago,' l to|d thom, 'wo'ro gott|ng |t a||. Wo suro wou|d ||ko to sproad |t around a ||tt|o moro.' 1hat got a ||tt|o chuck|o trom both lon
and Karon. 'Whon wo got a ca||, wo tako |t sor|ous|y,' l to|d thom. 'Wo just doc|dod, you took tho t|mo to ca||, wo'|| tako tho |ntormat|on now and not|ty
tho dotoct|vo trom that jur|sd|ct|on, soo what ho knows and maybo |t w||| r|ng a bo||.'
l not|cod that lon was spoak|ng w|th ovon moro omot|on than oar||or. lt was as |t a ||tt|o trustrat|on had ontorod lon and h|s w|to s|nco thoy saw
noth|ng moro was com|ng trom tho va||ojo |nvost|gat|on. lon and Karon to|d us that lo|gh had spont t|mo |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a and was tam|||ar
w|th tho aroa, but thoy woron't too suro oxact|y what ho was do|ng bocauso ho was on h|s own a |ot.
As wo progrossod wo |oarnod about tho schoo| |n 3onoma and that ho had a tra||or up thoro. 'lo|gh has a coup|o ot o|d junkors, o|d boat-up
cars,' lon to|d us. '|o's what you wou|d ca|| a protoss|ona| studont.' A||on's s|stor-|n-|aw to|d us that tho suspoct was now ros|d|ng a|ono |n a houso
tra||or |n 3anta losa part ot tho wook [1uosdays, |r|days, and 3aturdays|. Apparont|y th|s |s whoro ho kopt a|| h|s porsona| proporty. Wo just d|dn't
havo onough at tho t|mo to movo up thoro. You can't just go runn|ng |n ton d|ttoront d|roct|ons. Wo woro vory carotu| to soo tho ch|ot ot |nspoctors
whon wo camo back, to koop h|m appr|sod ot ovory movo wo mado. 'Koop work|ng on |t,' 3arca sa|d.
loxt morn|ng, l wont |n to soo Wa|tor G|ubb|n|. Wo know wo noodod moro, but wo had to t||| |n tho numbor-two man |n tho 0.A.'s ott|co. A|| tho
t|ngorpr|nt|ng had boon nogat|vo and tho handpr|nt|ng ot Arthur lo|gh A||on had, accord|ng to Vu|anax and lundb|ad, boon nogat|vo, but tho ch|ot
ass|stant sat stra|ght up as wo to|d h|m what tho A||ons had ro|atod. 'Wo'ro protty oxc|tod about |t,' l sa|d.
'l wondor why va||ojo d|dn't ca|| you guys,' sa|d G|ubb|n|, 'and to|| you ovoryth|ng about th|s Arthur lo|gh A||on.'
'Wo'ro g|v|ng thom ovoryth|ng wo'vo got, Wa|tor, so wo can got c|osuro on th|s. 0o wo havo onough tor a soarch warrant?'
'|rank|y, you don't. Un|oss you got moro phys|ca| ov|donco, a|| you havo |s thoor|os and spocu|at|ons by tho brothor ot lo|gh A||on.'
'Wo'ro mak|ng somo onom|os w|th tho othor jur|sd|ct|ons, thoso othor dotoct|vos,' sa|d 1osch|.
'1hat's natura|,' sa|d G|ubb|n|. '0.A.s aro ||ko that too. 1hoy want to ho|d on and hog tho caso. 3ut th|s |s too good tor you to just drop ott w|th
1ack Vu|anax. You work |t. 1hoy ca||od tor you. lt sounds good, but work |t up a ||tt|o b|t moro.'
Wo just kopt mov|ng a|ong on A||on,' cont|nuod 1osch|, k|nda tocus|ng on h|m, but not ru||ng anyono o|so out. You can't do that |t you want to bo
a good dotoct|vo. 3ocauso |t a|| you'ro th|nk|ng about |s '1ohn 0oo,' whon 'Char||o 3m|th' |s actua||y your suspoct, you'ro |n roa| troub|o. Wo woron't
gott|ng tunno| v|s|on on A||on and oxc|ud|ng othor suspocts. 3t|||, ho was tho bost wo had had up to that t|mo. Vost ot what lon and Karon to|d us
had a|roady boon d|scussod w|th Vu|anax and lundb|ad, on|y w|th moro too||ng w|th us. Wo woro sat|st|od w|th Vu|anax and h|s |nvost|gat|on. |o
d|d what ho cou|d. 3ut l kopt |n contact w|th Vu|anax, lundb|ad, and l|co|a| and lar|ow.
ln va||ojo thoro was rosontmont, wh|ch bothorod mo a|| tho t|mo, ospoc|a||y whon wo wont ovor to tho|r hoadquartors. You cou|d sonso un|tormod
guys k|nd ot turn|ng tho|r backs and star|ng at us. |oro l am wa|k|ng |n w|th my |argo b|ack to|dor, wh|ch l had w|th mo constant|y. Wo woro goad|ng
tho othor guys, say|ng, '3tay w|th h|m. |o's too good to |ot go ovon |t you'vo spokon to h|m ton t|mos oach. Wo aro vory |mprossod w|th th|s
suspoct.' Wo woro gott|ng a |ot ot m|s|ntormat|on trom va||ojo, 3o|ano. 1h|s |s why thoro |s such a |ong do|ay botoro wo got a warrant.'
Each t|mo 1osch| doscondod trom |om|c|do, ho passod G|ubb|n|'s ott|co |n tho wost cornor ot tho th|rd t|oor, and G|ubb|n| wou|d ca|| out, Catch
Zod|ac yot?' 1hon ho wou|d |augh. 3ut as tho two |nvost|gators cont|nuod to gathor ov|donco tor a soarch warrant, ho s|ow|y bocamo a bo||ovor.
Koop try|ng,' G|ubb|n| sa|d.
||na||y, whon wo to|t wo had bu||t up onough |ntormat|on,' sa|d 1osch|, that's whon wo wont to our ||outonant aga|n. 'l th|nk maybo wo cou|d got a
soarch warrant,' l sa|d. Wo had a |ot go|ng, but wo just pursuod tho caso much moro than tho othor dotoct|vos work|ng on Arthur lo|gh A||on. lt just
soundod so r|ght. 1hat's how wo ondod up t|na||y gott|ng a warrant.'
lt was tho |ntormat|on about lo|gh's tra||or that |mpo||od Armstrong and 1osch| to sook a soarch warrant spoc|t|ca||y tor 3anta losa. 1hoy bogan
|ay|ng tho groundwork-a t|mo-consum|ng and tod|ous bus|noss. 1ho 0.A.'s ott|co, spoc|t|ca||y |rod W|ssmann, |n ono county, 3an |ranc|sco, had
to bo conv|ncod. A judgo, 1amos 1onos, 1r., |n anothor county, 3onoma, had to grant a warrant. lt thoy wantod to soarch A||on's basomont |n va||ojo
or h|s |ockor at tho rot|nory |n l|no|o, that roqu|rod warrants trom 3o|ano County and Contra Costa County. And nogot|at|ons w|th two othor judgos
and d|str|ct attornoys.
And a|| tho t|mo moro |ntormat|on was pour|ng |n to Armstrong and to mo trom A||on's brothor. l just kopt gathor|ng |t up and putt|ng |t a|| |nto a
|argo hom|c|do caso to|dor. 1hon moro phys|ca| ov|donco, unt|| wo roachod a po|nt whoro wo wont aga|n to G|ubb|n| and th|s t|mo ho ||stonod.
'1ypo up a soarch warrant tor A||on |n 3onoma County,' ho sa|d, and wo d|d.'
1huraday, 5otombor 14, 1072
Wo comiIod onough to comp|oto an att|dav|t through our d|str|ct attornoy and soarch whatovor proporty lo|gh had |n 3anta losa,' 1osch| sa|d.
At noon, 3||| Armstrong t||od an att|dav|t tor a soarch warrant to tho C|ty ot 3anta losa Vun|c|pa| Court, 3onoma County. 3poc|t|ca||y, ho and
1osch| wantod c|oso |ook |ns|do lo|gh's Un|vorsa| tra||or parkod at tho 3unsot 1ra||or lark. |o roquostod tho warrant |nc|udo tho shod A||on kopt
adjo|n|ng tho convont|ona| tra||or. Armstrong doscr|bod to 1udgo 1amos E. 1onos, 1r., tho proporty thoy sought: two 0-m||||motor guns, ammun|t|on
tor thom, and any oxpondod 0-m||||motor cas|ngs, a .22-ca||bor som|automat|c p|sto|, ammun|t|on tor |t, and any oxpondod cartr|dgos trom that
woapon. 1hoy woro ospoc|a||y |ntorostod |n any p|sto| w|th a t|ash||ght attachod to |ts barro|.
1ho dotoct|vo ||stod othor ov|donco, |toms that to|| undor tho prov|nco ot sto|on proporty: |dont|t|cat|on takon trom tho body ot lau| 3t|no, koys to
h|s yo||ow tax|, and tho m|ss|ng port|on ot tho cabb|o's b|oodsta|nod sh|rt. Unt|| rocont|y Zod|ac had boon |nc|ud|ng b|oodsta|nod squaros ot tho
tabr|c |ns|do h|s |ottors. A|| commun|cat|ons trom Zod|ac had abrupt|y coasod o|ghtoon months ago. 1osch| suspoctod thoy wou|d novor roco|vo
anothor scrap ot that gray-and-wh|to-str|pod sport sh|rt. |rom tho lako 3orryossa attack Armstrong dos|gnatod tho squaro-toppod, b|ack
oxocut|onor's hood w|th a wh|to c|rc|o and a cross omb|azonod on |t, b|ack W|ng Wa|kor boots, s|zo 10/ l, a b|uo b|oodsta|nod w|ndbroakor
jackot, a |argo toot-|ong kn|to, ono |nch w|do w|th a woodon hand|o w|th two brass r|vots and tapo around tho hand|o. Armstrong d|d not ||st tho
woodon brass-r|votod scabbard tor tho kn|to. |o spoko to tho judgo |n chambors and wont ovor somo ot tho moro cont|dont|a| |ntormat|on w|th h|m.
A stonographor took down h|s words.
l romombor tho judgo road|ng our att|dav|t and say|ng ho actua||y to|t wo had h|m. 'Good hunt|ng, 0otoct|vos,' ho sa|d. 'l bo||ovo you t|na||y havo
your man.' And tho 0.A. horo |n 3an |ranc|sco sa|d, 'l th|nk you'vo got h|m.' Evon though othor dotoct|vos had ta|kod w|th tho brothor, wo cou|dn't
drop tho caso. Our d|str|ct attornoy to|t tho samo way. Wo just had to bo suro. As usua| wo sharod ovoryth|ng wo d|d w|th va||ojo. Wo ovon to|d thom
wo woro go|ng to 3anta losa w|th a soarch warrant |n caso thoy wantod to como a|ong. And thoy sa|d, 'lo.' 3||| Armstrong and l d|dn't ovon know |t
va||ojo was bo|ng up tront w|th us |n 1000-70 and '71. 1hoy a|most rosontod us bocauso ot ovoryth|ng t|ow|ng |nto 3an |ranc|sco bocauso ot tho
Cbroolc|o. l to|d G|ubb|n|, '3||| and l aron't out to badmouth tho othor dotoct|vos. Wo havo a job to do.''
1osch| p|ckod up asp|r|n at tho ||tt|o c|gar shop |n tho |a|| ot 1ust|co. |o grabbod somo an|ma| crackors trom tho cornor storo. l'd usua||y br|ng |n
two or throo boxos whon wo'd start to go on ca|| on Vonday morn|ng,' ho sa|d. l got so l ||kod thom. 3o ||tt|o t|mo and l had to oat somoth|ng. Vy
hoad was a|most com|ng ott trom stross. l chowod moro than my sharo ot asp|r|n ovory day, and ospoc|a||y tho day wo wont to 3anta losa.'
1osch| and Armstrong, accompan|od by 3ob 0ag|tz, an 3|l0 t|ngorpr|nt oxam|nor who had workod tho 3t|no murdor, and two |oca| doputy
shor|tts, arr|vod at 2008 3anta losa Avonuo. 3anta losa was a busy road not too tar trom tho rush ot tratt|c. 3omo ot tho tra||ors had gravo| |awns
spottod w|th to||ago moro su|tab|o tor tho dosort. 1hoy bogan hunt|ng tor tho tra||or.
Whon wo mako an arrost, our work |n |om|c|do bog|ns,' sa|d 1osch|. ls |t a strong caso tor tho grand jury? ls |t a woak caso? |ow can l bu||d |t
up? What d|dn't l do propor|y? Un||ko my to|ov|s|on countorparts, much ot my t|mo |s spont |n doa||ng w|th tho tam|||os ot tho docoasod and tho
tam|||os ot tho suspoct. l must sympath|zo w|th ono and bo oxtromo|y sons|t|vo w|th tho othor. l'm an avorago guy and l'm an honost po||coman.
Anyono who |s a||owod |oga||y to carry a |oadod gun, and tho r|ght to shoot |t, has powor, but |t ca||s tor a |ot ot common sonso. Whon l t|rst put on
my t|rst gun l to|t ||ko a cowboy. l havo on|y usod |t tw|co.' Undor h|s corduroy jackot, on h|s |ott s|do, 1osch| woro h|s ups|do-down tr|p|o-draw
||ghtn|ng r|g. A spr|ng |n tho ho|stor ho|d h|s .88-ca||bor Co|t Cobra |n p|aco. 1hoy m|ght bo go|ng up aga|nst a dangorous and powortu| man. A rot|||
ot s|x bu||ots and handcutts on h|s r|ght s|do ba|ancod tho wo|ght.
As l sa|d, l'vo drawn my gun tw|co. l was t|rod upon on 3optombor 22, 10b0. Attorwards, thoy sa|d l'd savod tho ||to ot a man who had boon shot
a tow soconds botoro l got thoro. l throw h|m to tho ground as l saw thoy had a shotgun. l cou|dn't l.0. o|thor ono bocauso |t happonod too tast. l saw
tho gun at tho w|ndow, actua||y k|ckod |n tho door-|t was not bo|tod too wo||, and caught ono guy. Got tho shotgun. 1ho othor guy got caught |n tho
backyard. About an hour |ator l wondorod, 'Why was l p|ay|ng such a cowboy?' 1hat's tho c|osost l camo to bo|ng k|||od.'
lon and Karon A||on had prov|dod thom w|th proc|so d|roct|ons on tho tra||or's |ocat|on. 3ad|y, thoy had novor v|s|tod tho tra||or. 1osch|, to bo
corta|n, had Vrs. looso, tho tra||or court managor, show thom spoc|t|ca||y wh|ch sta|| tho protoss|ona| studont usod. 1hoy wa|kod unstoad||y a|ong
tho tar, concroto, and gravo| soct|ons that mado up tho sta||s. At oach, an aquamar|no po|o sportod a m|n|aturo wh|to stroot||ght. A tow troos woro
strugg||ng to grow. 1ho sky was so crysta| b|uo |t mado tho|r oyos acho. 1hat's |t.' looso gosturod. A-7.' 1ho tra||or's ||conso, Al 08b4, j|bod w|th
tho|r |ntormat|on. 3ut ho just drovo ott botoro you arr|vod,' sho sa|d.
lo|gh had boon |n such a hurry that ho had |ott h|s tra||or door stand|ng opon. |ad ho somohow known thoy woro com|ng and t|od w|th
|ncr|m|nat|ng ov|donco? ||s |mmod|ato t||ght was susp|c|ous, but thoro was noth|ng thoy cou|d do about |t. 1ho suspoct, a po||co group|o, was
tr|ond|y w|th many ott|cors and m|ght havo boon warnod. You got tr|ond|y w|th cops and you hoar th|ngs,' sa|d 1osch|. lorhaps h|s ro|at|vos had
had a |ast-m|nuto chango ot hoart. 1ho dotoct|vos just d|dn't know. A|| thoy know tor corta|n was that thoy woro doa||ng w|th a h|gh|y |nto|||gont and
cunn|ng man.
1osch| and Armstrong spont tho t|mo pok|ng around tho oxtor|or. A||on had mado somo a|torat|ons to tho tra||or, an oarth-co|orod atta|r stroakod
w|th rust |n p|acos. lt was a standard tra||or,' sa|d 1osch|. 1aporod concroto b|ocks supportod tho ott-whoo|s tra||or. A |ockod shod adjo|nod |t.
What tho dotoct|vos d|dn't know was that A||on had rocont|y ropano|od tho |ntor|or ot ono ot h|s tra||ors, poss|b|y th|s ono, maybo tho ono |n 3odoga.
Was somoth|ng h|ddon w|th|n thoso wa||s? Wo k|nd ot mosoyod around bocauso wo had a soarch warrant,' sa|d 1osch|. 1ho |nvost|gators |nv|tod
thomso|vos |n and mado a cursory |nspoct|on ot tho tra||or. lt had an acr|d smo|| ||ko tho rot|nory. 1osch| |nd|catod a map ot lako 3orryossa tapod
to tho wa||. Zod|ac had attackod a coup|o thoro.
3ob 0ag|tz had boon oxc|tod about A||on as a suspoct as soon as ho hoard A||on was tam|||ar w|th 3orryossa and tho outsk|rts ot va||ojo. |o
know lo|gh was amb|doxtrous, good w|th a bow and arrow, and prot|c|ont w|th var|ous woapons. 1osch| thought that A||on tu|t|||od ovoryth|ng ho
thought Zod|ac shou|d bo. |o movod A||on's bod away trom tho wa|| and d|scovorod tho |argost jar ot vaso||no ho had ovor soon. 3ovora| |argo,
unc|oanod d||dos ro||od out at h|s toot. 3adomasoch|st|c pornography was stackod |n a box, and ma|o b|ow-up do||s woro |n tho tra||or. 3ooks on
chom|stry and b|o|ogy woro ovorywhoro, many stampod w|th A||on's namo. 3omo b|oodsta|nod c|oth|ng ||ttorod a tab|o. 3ut thoy know A||on was a
huntor. 1osch| pushod tho bod back |nto p|aco and ontorod tho sma|| unkompt k|tchon. |o pr|od opon tho troozor. l|tt|o an|ma| hoart, ||vors, and
mut||atod rodont bod|os woro |ns|do.
1hough no roa| sox was |nvo|vod |n Zod|ac's assau|ts, tochn|ca||y ho was a soxua| psychopath or, moro accurato|y, a soxua| sad|st. 3tantord's 0r.
0ona|d 1. lundo to|d mo that soxua| sad|sts common|y actod out sad|st|c |mpu|sos |n tho|r oar|y toons-tortur|ng and k||||ng cats, dogs, and othor
sma|| an|ma|s. |o torturos and k|||s subst|tuto v|ct|ms, sma|| an|ma|s,' ho sa|d. 1horo corta|n|y |s tho nood to k||| . . . somoth|ng at corta|n |ntorva|s.'
lundo bo||ovod that |n adu|thood, such an |nd|v|dua|, |t |t woro mado vory d|tt|cu|t tor h|m to k||| humans, m|ght rovort to k||||ng an|ma|s. lt wou|d bo
bottor than noth|ng,' ho sa|d.
1ho soc|opath|c murdoror usua||y has a phys|ca||y cruo|, rojoct|ng tathor and porhaps a hystor|ca|, soduct|vo mothor,' 0r. Vantrod Guttmachor
roportod |n 7bo Vloo o tbo Vorooror. 1ho ottocts ot cruo|ty on tho sma|| ch||d aro moro than s|mp|o nog|oct. ln rota||at|on, tho soc|opath |nt||cts
cruo|ty on othors and too|s no gu||t |n do|ng so. 1ho oar||ost objocts ot h|s cruo|ty aro otton an|ma|s.'
1hough A||on was work|ng toward a dogroo |n b|o|ogy, ho hadn't yot roquostod porm|ss|on trom tho stato to d|ssoct and oxpor|mont on sma||
an|ma|s. |o wou|d t||o an app||cat|on tor a sc|ont|t|c co||oct|ng porm|t w|th tho losourcos Agoncy ot tho Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot ||sh and Gamo. l
|ntond to co||oct tho to||ow|ng spoc|os,' A||on wou|d wr|to, ch|pmunks-numbor |ndot|n|to. l oxpoct to co||oct |n tho to||ow|ng |oca||t|os: Var|n County,
3onoma County and Vondoc|no County, (loss|b|y 3o|ano, lapa 8 lasson). l dos|ro to co||oct by tho to||ow|ng mothods: l|vo traps (|avahart 8
homo-mado).' |o was undor tho sponsorsh|p ot 0r. 1ohn 0. |opk|rk, an assoc|ato protossor ot b|o|ogy ot 3onoma 3tato Co||ogo, whoro A||on
majorod |n b|o|og|ca| sc|oncos and m|norod |n chom|stry.
|orty-t|vo m|nutos attor rac|ng ott, A||on roturnod. 1hoy hoard h|s o|d c|unkor approach|ng, and woro outs|do to moot h|m as ho parkod. A c|oud ot
dust aroso. lt was n|co soo|ng A||on dr|vo up and roa||y |ntroduc|ng ourso|vos,' 1osch| sa|d |ator. 3oth ot us sa|d, 'lo|gh, how aro you-wo'ro 3an
|ranc|sco po||co |nspoctors.' ||s car was d|rty. 1hrough tho d|rty roar w|ndow, wo cou|d soo c|othos, papors, and books |n tho backsoat. |o was
tr|ghtonod whon ho showod up bocauso ho had novor had two dotoct|vos actua||y ta|k|ng to h|m w|th a warrant |n hand and wo took h|m by surpr|so
-tho t|rst t|mo ho had mot two cops who moant bus|noss, taco to taco, |nchos away, and ho d|dn't know |t wo woro go|ng to arrost h|m.' 3ocauso
lo|gh was |nto a |ot ot othor stutt, ho wasn't suro, at t|rst, what had brought tho po||co to h|s tra||or.
1ho hugo chom|st craw|od out ot h|s car.
What's a|| th|s about?' ho sa|d coo||y.
A||on d|dn't roca|| 1osch| and Armstrong trom tho|r v|s|t to tho rot|nory a yoar ago. |o shou|d havo romomborod, or m|ght havo boon shamm|ng.
Wo want to ta|k to you, lo|gh,' sa|d Armstrong. Wo havo a soarch warrant tor your tra||or and tor your porson. Wo havo |ntormat|on that you aro
a vory good suspoct |n tho Zod|ac murdors.'
A||on oxp|a|nod ho thought Zod|ac had boon arrostod. 3os|dos, l ||vo |n va||ojo,' ho addod, and l'vo a|roady ta|kod to va||ojo l.0.'
Wo know,' 1osch| sa|d. |oro's your copy ot tho warrant.'
Wo||, ho|p yourso|t,' concodod A||on w|th a shrug.
low tho |nvost|gators bogan a moro oxhaust|vo scrut|ny, dragg|ng turn|turo away trom tho d|ngy w|ndows and draw|ng back tho shoots. 1osch|
tuggod tho bod away trom tho wa|| as |t tor tho t|rst t|mo. Aga|n d||dos ro||od out.
l just sort ot too| around,' lo|gh sa|d mattor-ot-tact|y.
|o d|d not soom at a|| ombarrassod by that, or tho sad|st|c pornography tho dotoct|vos torrotod out. ln tho c|oso quartors ot tho ott-whoo|s tra||or
thoy woro awaro ot how phys|ca||y powortu| tho|r suspoct was. A||on was an awosomo and tr|ghton|ng man, a boast,' sa|d 1osch|. |o was so
upsot and angry at our bo|ng on h|s turt at 3anta losa. Ovor tho noxt hour, wo toro apart h|s p|aco protty good. l romombor tor somo roason ho took
an |mmod|ato d|s||ko to mo porsona||y. And l was a|ways tho good guy. 1ho 0.A.s wou|d uso mo to d|sarm thoso guys. l romombor somo ot tho
guys say|ng, 'W|th 0avo |t just comos natura|. loop|o bo||ovo h|m.' l wou|d just got thom to ta|k to mo, and l moan th|s w|thout bo|ng pompous. 3ut
Armstrong to|d mo attorward, 'l don't undorstand |t. |o doosn't ||ko you. Evorybody ||kos you.' Evon 3ob 0ag|tz, who was w|th us to tako h|s pr|nts,
sa|d, '1hat's tho t|rst t|mo, 0avo, l ovor saw a suspoct not ||ko you.''
As thoy quost|onod A||on, 1osch| d|d most ot tho ta|k|ng, st||| p|ay|ng good cop. A||on had an l'vo soon through your swoot-ta|k|ng act' |ook on h|s
taco. 1osch| cont|nuod to probo. |o not|cod A||on was woar|ng a r|ng w|th a Z' on |t and tho Zod|ac watch, a g|tt tor Chr|stmas, 1008. |o was
pract|ca||y shout|ng that ho was Zod|ac. Wo havo to tako your pr|nts,' 1osch| to|d tho studont. Obv|ous|y annoyod, A||on tought aga|nst that. ||na||y,
0ag|tz got good t|ngorpr|nts. |o wont to a |amp |n tho cornor, and bogan mak|ng compar|sons to tho pr|nts tound on 3t|no's cab. 1hoy bo||ovod
Zod|ac had |ott boh|nd o|ght po|nts on oach ot two t|ngorpr|nts on tho tax|. lart|a| t|ngorpr|nts usua||y conta|n two|vo charactor|st|c po|nts. A||
t|ngorpr|nts havo a do|ta, wh|ch sorvos as a start|ng po|nt to ta||y tho numbor ot tr|ct|on r|dgos soparat|ng |t trom tho coro ot tho pattorn: rad|a| |oops,
u|nar |oops, archos, tontod archos, and whor|s. |rom tho symbo| numbors ass|gnod to tho compononts, tho t|na| c|ass|t|cat|on |s ovo|vod. 1osch|
know that |oss than two|vo po|nts ot s|m||ar|ty wou|d bo subjoct to an oxport's op|n|on' and that tragmontary pr|nts, such as thoy had, most otton
cou|d not bo pos|t|vo|y matchod. |o a|so know that 0ag|tz was ono ot tho bost pr|nt mon. 0ag|tz workod qu|ot|y by tho |amp |n a cornor ot tho tra||or.
|o wroto down: 0 0 l 001 18/4 18 U 101 18.' 1hon thoy wont about gott|ng samp|os ot A||on's handpr|nt|ng. 1osch| had two shoots ot papor w|th
typod sontoncos supp||od by 3horwood Vorr|||. |o had boon carry|ng thom around tor throo yoars. 3horwood had g|von us torms whon wo had tho
opportun|ty, as ho put |t, 'to havo a strong suspoct' pr|nt tor us,' roca||od 1osch|, and l had thom roady. On tho or|g|na| |ottors, tho |nk was qu|to
dark, as |t Zod|ac had prossod vory, vory hard. |o was vory do||borato |n what ho was say|ng. 1ho pr|nt|ng was sma||, most ot |t |owor caso. Onco
you saw ono, you wou|d protty much |mmod|ato|y rocogn|zo anothor as trom h|m.' 1ho dotoct|vo to|d lo|gh ho had to ropr|nt tho sontoncos on tho
t|rst pago. Wo want you to pr|nt r|ght- and |ott-handod and |n uppor caso and |owor caso,' ho sa|d. Wo want you to pr|nt th|s ||st ot sontoncos.'
You'|| not|co,' 1osch| to|d mo |ator, that |n tho oxomp|ar that lo|gh pr|ntod tor us wo had h|m uso a b|ack to|t-t|ppod pon. Wo thought s|nco wo
woro go|ng th|s tar, wo m|ght as wo|| do |t r|ght. 1horo aro on|y a tow compan|os putt|ng out such |nks as ho usos. 3horwood had a|ways sa|d that
Zod|ac was probab|y pr|nt|ng r|ght-handod |n h|s |ottors. l askod anothor oxport [losta| lnspoctor 1ohn 3h|moda| |ator and ho to|t tho samo way
-'tho pr|nt|ng was ot a r|ght-hand typo.' 3ut A||on was known to bo amb|doxtrous, and l romombor h|m to|||ng us that ho 'usua||y d|d th|ngs |ott-
handod, but cou|d uso both hands |n corta|n act|v|t|os.' A|| h|s tam||y and tr|onds to|d us pos|t|vo|y that lo|gh cou|d wr|to, shoot, and shoot bow and
arrow w|th o|thor hand.'
1osch| showod A||on tho phraso up unt|| now l havo k|||od t|vo.' Wo want you to just pr|nt tho way you norma||y pr|nt,' ho sa|d. l undorstand you
havo somo ab|||ty w|th your |ott hand,' 1osch| addod. l don't do |t |ott-handod,' sa|d A||on. Who to|d you that?'
Wo know what you can do and what you can't.'
A||on had boon born |ott-handod and torcod to bo r|ght-handod |n o|omontary schoo|. Evoryono thoro know that. |o cooporatod w|th tho
|nvost|gat|on and wroto handwr|t|ng oxomp|ars w|th both h|s r|ght and |ott hands. A||on appoarod to havo somo d|tt|cu|ty wr|t|ng |ott-handod. l can't,'
ho sa|d.
|o |s amb|doxtrous,' thought 1osch|. 0o tho bost you can. lr|nt cap|ta| |ottors, sma|| |ottors. lr|nt what wo to|| you,' sa|d 1osch|. A||on d|dn't ||ko
that at a||. Wo had h|m go trom 'A' to 'Z' and trom '1 to 10.''
Why can't l pr|nt what l want?' ho snar|od.
1osch|, |mpat|onco show|ng |n h|s vo|co tor tho t|rst t|mo, to|d h|m, 3ocauso th|s |s what wo want you to pr|nt.' 1ho suspoct's r|ght handpr|nt|ng
and h|s |ott handpr|nt|ng woro a|most |dont|ca|,' 1osch| to|d mo, but r|ght-handod h|s pr|nt|ng was a b|t |argor. Whon you soo lo|gh aga|n you m|ght
pay attont|on to what hand ho usos to wr|to w|th. A||on appoarod to bo d|sturbod as ho pr|ntod. lt was not as noat as samp|os ot h|s oar||or wr|t|ng.'
1hon 1osch| askod A||on to pr|nt, 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng.'
What aro you mak|ng mo say? 1hat l'm Zod|ac?'
1osch| to|d h|m no, and prom|sod |t tho pr|nt|ng d|d not match Zod|ac's, thoy wou|d wa|k away. Wo w||| ru|o you out comp|oto|y. 3ut wo havo to bo
suro.'
l|ght-handod, A||on wroto tho phraso |n |argo |ottors. |o was obv|ous|y a|tor|ng h|s pr|nt|ng. 3ut A||on's pr|nt|ng had that spacoy qua||ty tound |n
tho Zod|ac |ottors. 1osch| notod, ||s pr|nt|ng var|od trom sma||, noat, s|oppy, thon |argor |n tho 3anta losa tra||or. |o pr|ntod a b|t |argor. Zod|ac's
|ottor|ng was qu|to sma||.' 1osch| |a|d down Vorr|||'s socond pago ot quotos. lr|nt, 'ln answor to your answor tor moro dota||s about tho good t|mos
l had |n va||ojo, l sha|| bo vory happy to supp|y ovon moro mator|a|.'' ho sa|d. A||on cop|od |t ta|thtu||y, ropoat|ng tho word moro.'
1hon A||on was ordorod to pr|nt a phraso trom a |ottor |n wh|ch Zod|ac quotod trom momory and paraphrasod G||bort and 3u|||van's 7bo Vlkooo.
A|| poop|o who aro shak|ng hands shako hands ||ko that.' 1ho |ast ||nos A||on wroto t||tod toward tho bottom r|ght s|do ot tho pago, as was common
|n Zod|ac |ottors. |o a|so cop|od, l am no |ongor |n contro| ot myso|t.' On 0ocombor 20, 1000, Zod|ac had wr|tton: l am atra|d l w||| |ooso contro|
aga|n and tako my n|noth 8 poss|b|y tonth v|ctom.'
3ut t|mo was runn|ng out and tho po||comon had tound no smok|ng gun |ns|do tho tra||or connoct|ng A||on to tho Zod|ac. A||on soomod to know
what to say,' sa|d 1osch|. lot a dumb man. A vory w||y man. l'|| novor torgot bo|ng |n h|s prosonco. |o mont|onod 3orryossa. |o shook our hands.
Wo |ott our cards.
And l cou|d too| tho hatrod as wo woro |oav|ng. |o must havo boon ro||ovod, th|nk|ng that 'l'm not go|ng to got bustod,' but a|so th|nk|ng, 'Aro thoy
go|ng to como back?' As l |ott l sa|d, 'l'|| bo soo|ng you aga|n, lo|gh,' Anyth|ng ho was p|ann|ng wont on ho|d. A||on wasn't coo| whon wo |ott. 1horo
was a |ot ot trustrat|on whon wo |ott tho tra||or court.'
1ho dotoct|vos adjournod to tho |o||day lnn Cottoo 3hop at 884b 3anta losa Avonuo, about s|x b|ocks away, to havo |unch and d|scuss tho
oxp|orat|on. lt was hot. 1osch| cou|d to|| 0ag|tz was protty doprossod. 1ho t|ngorpr|nt oxport put down h|s cup and sa|d, 1ho pr|nts on 3t|no's cab, |t
thoy woro thoso ot Zod|ac, do not match A||on's. lt's a pos|t|vo no.'
3ut,' sa|d Armstrong, thoro woro so many t|ngorpr|nts |n th|s pub||c cab, that |t |s unknown that |t, |n tact, wo havo Zod|ac's t|ngorpr|nts at tho
cr|mo scono or not. ln somo ot tho |ottors Zod|ac wroto us, ho braggod that ho put a|rp|ano g|uo on t|ngors to ob||torato any t|ngorpr|nts.'
3o thoy havo a |atont pr|nt,' Vu|anax |ator to|d mo. lt's my own porsona| op|n|on thoro's a |ot ot doubt th|s cou|d bo a Zod|ac pr|nt. You dust a cab
and you'ro go|ng to ||tt somo |atonts ott |t. 0oosn't nocossar||y moan |t's tho guy who d|d tho job. On tho samo th|ng, up |n lapa, thoy havo a part|a|
pa|m pr|nt, but how many poop|o uso a pub||c phono booth?'
Whon wo drovo back trom 3anta losa,' sa|d 1osch|, ovon though wo woro to|d wo had to havo a ||tt|o b|t moro, wo thon wont up to soo
3horwood Vorr|||. 1ho rot|nory whoro lo|gh had workod was not too tar trom va||ojo. Evory t|mo l pass |t go|ng up to 3acramonto, l'd soo tho darn
th|ng and |t wou|d br|ng back momor|os. l wou|d th|nk, 'l w|sh wo cou|d c|oso th|s caso.' 1h|s |s what was on my m|nd constant|y. Constant|y. And l
to|t wo d|d.'
ln 3acramonto a hoavysot, scho|ar|y man |n a throo-p|oco p|nstr|po su|t grootod thom. Vorr||| took tho two pagos A||on had pr|ntod. |o stud|od
thom through h|s th|ck g|assos. 1hat n|ght ho wou|d put thom undor h|s tw|n m|croscopo. Vorr|||, to bo honost, shot us down,' 1osch| roca||od, |o
phonod and sa|d, '3orry, 0avo. 1horo's just no match. l'm suro you havo tho r|ght suspoct and l'm suro you'ro on tho r|ght track.' 3horwood
|nd|catod that tho handpr|nt|ng was slml|or, but not tho Zod|ac k|||or's.'
1ho th|ng that |mprossod mo about tho handwr|t|ng,' 0otoct|vo lynch roca||od, ovory t|mo l'd tako a handwr|t|ng samp|o to Vorr|||, ho'd just s|t at
h|s dosk and l'd hand |t to h|m and 'lo good.' |o d|d that l don't know how many t|mos. A|| l know |s that whon Zod|ac was wr|t|ng thoso |ottors, ho
was o|thor dr|nk|ng, smok|ng pot, or tak|ng somo k|nd ot narcot|cs bocauso |t just soomod to mo that as ho wroto h|s handwr|t|ng wou|d just
dotor|orato.'
1orry lascoo, a 0opartmont ot 1ust|co 0ocumont Exam|nor, roportod to Armstrong. lt tho wr|t|ng had boon a product ot a monta| stato,' ho sa|d,
tho wr|t|ng ot a subjoct can bo d|ttoront whon |n a d|ttoront monta| stato, or |t cou|d bo a caso ot an |ntont|ona| docopt|on. W|th tho ta|onts that [A||on|
has, wr|t|ng w|th both hands, th|s cou|d bo dono.' |o |ator to|d 0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart that a porson ot h|gh |nto|||gonco cou|d study tho mothods
usod to oxam|no handwr|t|ng and too| a documonts oxam|nor.' Attorward 3awart roportod, Our handwr|t|ng oxport, Cunn|ngham, cont|rms that |t
A||on had tho ab|||ty to wr|to w|th h|s |ott hand, th|s cou|d oxp|a|n tho |nab|||ty to match tho handpr|nt|ng to Arthur lo|gh A||on.'
Armstrong ||stonod |ntont|y to lascoo. 0o not o||m|nato th|s subjoct bocauso ot handwr|t|ng,' ho warnod. 3ut Vorr|||, who had oxam|nod a|| tho
known wr|t|ngs ot Zod|ac, to|d 1osch| and Armstrong that ho d|d not too| a monta| stato wou|d chango a porson's handwr|t|ng. |o was a r|va| ot tho
youngor lascoo and tho two otton d|ttorod on op|n|ons. Armstrong was novor ab|o to roconc||o th|s prob|om. lt was not unprocodontod. lotor
Kurton, tho 0usso|dort l|ppor, wroto |ottors roproducod |n tho samo nowspapor h|s w|to road oach morn|ng. 3ho novor rocogn|zod tho wr|t|ng as
hor husband's. Kurton's a|torod monta| stato wh||o compos|ng tho notos mado h|m a comp|oto|y d|ttoront porson w|th a d|ttoront handwr|t|ng. l
wondorod |t lo|gh had othor porsona||t|os. 3y tho way, lobort,' Vorr||| cont|dod to mo |ator (lovombor 17, 1080), l do now noto that tho pr|nt|ng
that A||on |s do|ng |s contr|vod and not natura| to h|s own.'
1osch| had thought thoy woro roa||y go|ng to t|nd somoth|ng. As soon as wo startod gott|ng |ntormat|on trom tho s|stor-|n-|aw and tho brothor,' ho
sa|d, l to|t A||on was tho ono. lt a|| soundod just portoct, but wo just cou|dn't t|nd a way to provo that lo|gh A||on was tho Zod|ac k|||or. Wo had dono
ovoryth|ng but stand Arthur lo|gh A||on on h|s hoad. Wo tound no phys|ca| ov|donco |ns|do tho tra||or ||nk|ng A||on to tho Zod|ac caso. Evoryth|ng ho
had, accord|ng to h|s brothor and s|stor-|n-|aw, was |n that tra||or. Wo chockod tho 0opartmont ot Votor voh|c|os. |o m|ght havo somo othor
tra||ors and voh|c|os not rog|storod. A vory shrowd, vory w||y |nd|v|dua|.'
1ho m|stako |ay |n ta|||ng to obta|n soarch warrants tor va||ojo (|n sp|to ot A||on's a|||ng o|dor|y mothor) ooo 3anta losa. 1ho dotoct|vos m|ght
havo had tho m|stortuno to soarch tho wrong p|aco. |rom tho |ncopt|on ot tho murdors, Zod|ac had usod tho mu|t|p|o-county stratogy, str|k|ng |n
un|ncorporatod soct|ons ot va||ojo or aroas ot contusod jur|sd|ct|on botwoon shor|tts' and po||co dopartmonts. 3on|c|a po||co actua||y socurod tho
lako |orman load cr|mo scono unt|| va||ojo shor|tt's mon cou|d bo brought |n. And ot courso tho vl0 wantod part ot tho act|on. And so d|d tho
Oak|and l.0.
lt Arthur lo|gh A||on was Zod|ac, thon attor tho tra||or soarch, ho had on|y to spood to h|s va||ojo basomont and dostroy a|| phys|ca| ov|donco
connoct|ng h|m w|th tho cr|mos. And what ot A||on's othor tra||ors? |o m|ght havo cachos |n ovory county Zod|ac k|||od |n. Wo woro a|ways
wondor|ng,' sa|d 1osch|, |s thoro anothor voh|c|o noarby? Wo woro just wondor|ng |t wo cou|d t|nd tho r|ght ono. 1ho r|ght p|oco ot ov|donco that
says, '1hat's h|m. Gotcha.''
Whon Armstrong mot w|th Chonoy and l |n anothor moot|ng,' sa|d lanzaro||a, that's whoro l |oarnod about tho tra||or soarch. Armstrong's to|||ng
us about doad an|ma|s, a|| tho v|brators lo|gh had tor hav|ng sox w|th h|mso|t, d||dos and a|| that stutt. 3ut thoy st||| cou|dn't got anyth|ng on h|m. 1ho
moro l th|nk, ovor tho courso ot a ||tot|mo, whon l th|nk ot tho most |ntorost|ng poop|o l'vo mot |n my ||to, lo|gh corta|n|y was ono ot thom. And tho
moro wo know about h|m, tho moro wo know ho was corta|n|y capab|o ot do|ng somoth|ng ||ko that. You'vo got a smart guy who doc|dos h|s
contr|but|on to tho cu|turo |s ho's go|ng murdor poop|o |n un|ncorporatod aroas most|y mannod by sma|| po||co dopartmonts. You know |t's protty
oasy to got away w|th that |t you'ro smart. lt's a|| c|rcumstant|a|, but who o|so cou|d |t bo but lo|gh A||on. lt tr|ghtons mo, l'|| to|| you that.'
And thus tho bost Zod|ac suspoct ot a|| had passod ovory ono ot tho dotoct|vos' tosts and thoy wont on to othor suspocts. 3o tar Zod|ac had sont
throo p|ocos ot tho gray-and-wh|to-str|pod sports sh|rt ho had torn trom 3t|no attor shoot|ng h|m. 1osch| ost|matod, 1hat |oavos about 120 squaro
|nchos ot tho sh|rt st||| unaccountod tor.' At tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, wo a|| awa|tod tho noxt scrap ot b|ood|od tabr|c and tho horr|ty|ng
mossago wrappod around |t.
0
oIicoman and aaiIor
Nonday, Novombor 18, 1072
But that bIood-aoakod |ottor d|d not arr|vo. Zod|ac had apparont|y d|sappoarod. 3ut on tho 3outhorn Ca||torn|a tront, Zod|ac's shadow was not
on|y prosont, but |oom|ng |argor. Attor s|outh|ng hundrods ot hours, tho 3anta 3arbara County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont bo||ovod thoy had t|na||y ||nkod
Zod|ac to tho doaths ot 0om|ngos and Edwards.
ln 1u|y 1071, whon 0otoct|vo 3akor ot tho Vajor Cr|mos Un|t sont out a statow|do 1o|otypo, ho'd askod tor s|m||ars. 3oth 3||| Armstrong and Vo|
l|co|a| gavo mo a ca||,' ho to|d mo, and oxprossod tho|r susp|c|ons that our caso may bo ||nkod to Zod|ac. 1ust on tho bas|s ot tho doscr|pt|on l
ottorod thom thoro was a good poss|b|||ty Zod|ac was rospons|b|o. l ondod up travo||ng and ta|k|ng to most ot tho |nvost|gators |n most ot tho
jur|sd|ct|ons whoro tho cr|mos woro attr|butab|o to Zod|ac. And just rov|ow|ng tho|r casos and ta|k|ng w|th thom and thoy |n turn rov|ow|ng what l had.
Vo| l|co|a|, who l judgod to bo ono ot tho s|ng|o most know|odgoab|o poop|o on a|| ot tho casos, to|d mo ho to|t our caso may wo|| bo tho work ot
Zod|ac. lt |t |sn't, |t amazos mo how somoono cou|d comm|t murdors ||ko thoso ot l|nda and lobort and not bo hoard trom botoro or s|nco. l'vo
workod on othor sor|a|-k||||ng casos and tho psychopatho|ogy |nvo|vod |n our caso |s no d|ttoront. Whon tho lako 3orryossa c|rcumstancos woro
doscr|bod to mo, tho ha|r on tho back ot my nock stood up. l'm suro you can d|scorn tho str|k|ng s|m||ar|t|os.'
1ust as |n tho v|c|ous 3orryossa attack, tho v|ct|ms woro studonts, a young coup|o roc||n|ng on a b|ankot by an |so|atod shoro. A soxua| sad|st
tonds to targot mombors ot h|s own raco, otton choosos v|ct|ms w|th spoc|t|c occupat|ons or s|m||ar charactor|st|cs. ||s apparont|y random v|ct|ms
aro choson bocauso thoy moot somo psycho|og|ca| or symbo||c nood w|th|n tho murdoror's systom ot do|us|ons. A sad|st|c soc|opath|c k|||or ||ko
Zod|ac, say |3l prot||os, so|octs h|s v|ct|ms tor tho purposo ot vont|ng corta|n doop|y rootod soxua| and sad|st|c urgos, such as tho nood to mut||ato
parts ot tho v|ct|m's body to ach|ovo soxua| sat|stact|on.' Onco ho |s capturod, tho k|||or's dota||od and gr|s|y contoss|on |tso|t |s a bruta| assau|t
thrown |n tho taco ot tho po||co.
What |t Zod|ac was choos|ng v|ct|ms who woro studonts ||ko h|mso|t? lobort and l|nda woro targotod bocauso tho|r car on tho road abovo had
attractod a rov|ng k|||or who to||owod tho|r path down to tho wator. ln both tho lapa and 3anta 3arbara s|ay|ngs tho attackor brought a|ong a kn|to, a
gun, and procut |ongths ot c|othos||no. And why t|o v|ct|ms ho |ntondod to k|||? 3o ho cou|d torturo? A sor|a| k|||or's p|oasuro spr|ngs trom h|s ab|||ty
to |nt|m|dato, command, and oxort powor ovor h|s capt|vo. 1orror and tho powor |t br|ngs aro a soxua| sad|st's tradomarks bocauso ho too|s torror
and |s powor|oss. 3uch a man as Zod|ac k|||s thoso, young coup|os, who sharo an |nt|macy ho |s |ncapab|o ot shar|ng. Grat|t|od by tho s|ght ot a
cowor|ng, wh|mpor|ng hostago, ho |s a||owod by tho ropo to pro|ong tho k||||ng as |ong as ho w|shos.
3oth v|ct|ms woro h|t |n tho back (ro|at|vo|y c|oso group|ng cons|dor|ng thoy woro runn|ng away whon h|t),' sa|d 3akor. 1hat ||nkod 3akor's caso
to Zod|ac's lako |orman load shoot|ngs, a|so accomp||shod w|th accuracy and t|ght group|ng. Zod|ac had shot a t|oo|ng woman w|th doad|y
accuracy wh||o rac|ng boh|nd. |o had dono |t |n tho p|tch b|acknoss ot a country road.
On tho t|oor ot tho shack woro two ompty t|tty-round boxos tor W|nchostor Wostorn 3upor-X .22 |ong-r|t|o cartr|dgos,' sa|d 3akor. 3pont cas|ngs
had boon tound a|ong lobort and l|nda's t||ght path. 1hoy had s|x |ands and groovos w|th a r|ght-hand tw|st.' Zod|ac had usod 3upor X coppor-
coatod .22 |ong-r|t|o ammo |n tho lako |orman murdors. 1ho doub|o murdors had boon comm|ttod on 0ocombor 20, 1008, two days attor A||on's
th|rty-t|tth b|rthday. 1ho rocovorod s|ugs, |n good cond|t|on, a|so had a r|ght-hand (c|ockw|so) tw|st w|th s|x |ands and s|x groovos-a s|x and s|x.'
3tock numbors on tho boxos tound |n tho shack cou|d bo tracod,' 3akor oxp|a|nod. 1ho ammun|t|on |ot numbor was 1l 21 or 1l 22. Our W-W
ammo was probab|y purchasod at vandonborg A|r |orco 3aso Exchango basod on tho tact that |t was tho noarost sourco tor that |ot numbor. 1ho
on|y storo anywhoro w|th|n a hundrod m||os that so|d |t was vA|3. lt was dotorm|nod to a dogroo ot probab|||ty to havo boon purchasod thoro.
|owovor, |t cou|d bo that tho samo ammo |ot numbor (mota||urg|ca|-common or|g|n/batch) was ava||ab|o at othor basos as wo||. 1ho usua| c|ork at
tho baso oxchango at tho t|mo was a man namod 3ummors or 3umnor. 1ho 3AC un|t baso noar lompoc |s |oss than an hour's dr|vo trom tho
cr|mo scono. 1hat was just ono moro th|ng that to|d us that thoro m|ght bo a connoct|on to Zod|ac-l was a|so cons|dor|ng Varch A|3 or 1rav|s
A|3.
lt's not so much hard ov|donco that ||nks Zod|ac w|th tho doub|o murdor horo, but tho pattorn ot tho s|ay|ng. Wo don't havo any corroborat|ng
t|ngorpr|nts, bu||ot or cas|ng marks, or oyow|tnoss obsorvat|ons. lt thoro had boon any shoo pr|nts, anyth|ng |dont|t|ab|o, l wou|d havo jumpod on that
just tor tho poss|b|||ty bocauso l was awaro ot tho lako 3orryossa caso.' 1ho shoos Zod|ac woro at lako 3orryossa |n 3optombor 1000 woro so|d
through baso oxchangos on|y. V|||tary shoo pr|nts wou|d havo boon s|gn|t|cant. And |t thoro had boon anyth|ng, l corta|n|y wou|d havo romomborod
that. Whothor or not tho l|vors|do caso was a Zod|ac k||||ng, our caso procodod tho othors by at |oast throo yoars, tar oar||or than wou|d bo
oxpoctod. 1horo appoars to bo a h|gh dogroo ot probab|||ty that th|s subjoct |s rospons|b|o tor tho doub|o murdor |n our county. 3ovora| s|gn|t|cant
s|m||ar|t|os botwoon our caso and tho othors, as wo|| as othor ov|donco, a|| tond to connoct Zod|ac w|th th|s cr|mo.
Whon l |ast ta|kod to 3||| Armstrong at a C|lA contoronco |n 3an |ranc|sco, ho to|d mo ho'd novor th|nk ot tho Zod|ac murdors w|thout |nc|ud|ng
our caso as ono ot thom. l novor had contact w|th 0avo 1osch| attor our |n|t|a| moot|ng at tho|r ott|co |n 1072. l'vo to|t vory strong|y about |t ovor
s|nco. lt's not somoth|ng that goos away ovor t|mo. lt's tho k|nd ot th|ng that st|cks w|th you.' 3akor was tho k|nd ot cop who wou|d novor g|vo up.
Outs|do ot 1ack tho l|ppor, thoro had novor boon a groator uncaught or moro o|us|vo monstor than Zod|ac.
1ho vory roa| poss|b|||ty ot a connoct|on ot our caso to tho coro Zod|ac caso,' sa|d 3akor, |s tho |mpotus that has brought mo to bo||ovo that my
docados-o|d susp|c|on ot our caso bo|ng tho work ot Zod|ac was not m|sgu|dod. lot to ovorstato tho ro|o ot tho 0om|ngos/Edwards caso |n tho
roa|m ot u|t|mato|y so|v|ng tho Zod|ac mystory, l w||| omphas|zo aga|n that l t|rm|y bo||ovo, w|th|n tho contoxt ot what |s probab|y h|s t|rst murdorous
rampago, that w|th|n our caso ||os tho so|ut|on.'
Zod|ac h|mso|t had prov|dod tho ||nk botwoon h|mso|t and 3akor's caso, and had dono |t |n such a dov|ous mannor that l on|y rocont|y tumb|od to
|t. lt took an undorstand|ng ot Zod|ac's m|nd-sot ot m|rror |magos and transparonc|os to unravo| h|s v|sua| c|uo. ln h|s |ottor ot 1uno 20, 1070, Zod|ac
had c|rc|od doub|o-poakod Vount 0|ab|o on a cut soct|on ot a lh||||ps 00 road map. Apparont|y, Vount 0|ab|o was |mportant to h|m-|ts o|ovat|on
ot 8840 toot ca|||ng to m|nd that 3t|no d|od |n tront ot 8808 Wash|ngton, an addross Zod|ac h|mso|t choso. 1ho map, coup|od w|th a two-||no codo
at tho bottom, supposod|y to|d whoro h|s bomb was sot. On 1u|y 24, ho droppod anothor c|uo. l3.,' ho wroto. 1ho Vt. 0|ab|o Codo concorns
lad|ans [a mathomat|ca| torm roprosont|ng an ang|o ot moasuro| 8#|nchos a|ong tho rad|ans.' Vt. 0|ab|o |s a bonch mark usod by tho U.3.
Goograph|ca| 3urvoy to soparato north, south, oast, and wost-tho towns connoctod by a b7-dogroo rad|an. 1ho map a|so mont|onod somoth|ng a
p||ot m|ght uso-magnot|c north.' An |'-shapod symbo| coup|od w|th a backward 7' appoarod tw|co on h|s throaton|ng |a||owoon card to Avory.
|' stood tor w|nd spood and d|roct|on-north at t|ttoon to twonty m||os an hour. 1ho comp|oto symbo| was a|so an oxact copy ot a catt|o brand usod
on |rod |armon's lagosa 3pr|ngs, Co|orado, ranch. |armon's com|c str|p cowboy horo, lod lydor, was a h|gh|y rocogn|zab|o sa|osman tor a|r
r|t|os dur|ng tho 1040s and 'b0s.
Zod|ac's Vt. 0|ab|o codo |s a b|nary spac|ng codo,' an oxport to|d mo. 1ho top ||no |s tho a|pha ||no, tho bottom ||no |s tho bota ||no. 1h|s codo
usos Grook |ottors, wh|ch aro to bo usod as numbors. Examp|o: A|pha=1, and 3ota=2. 0o|ta=4. 1ho codo oporatos by tho koy codo |ottor, and
ups|do-down Grook Gamma, Gamma=8. 1horotoro, to start th|s codo, you 'ask' tho codo koy quost|ons, ||ko: Who aro you, what |s your mossago?'
3ut tho map sa|d somoth|ng ont|ro|y d|ttoront, somoth|ng v|sua|.
||rst, l know that lo|gh |ovod Voo magaz|no and that tho Zod|ac codo ot Apr|| 20, 1070 (Vy namo |s-') cou|d road Al|lE0 E lEU-VAl'
whon doc|phorod. 3y tho way havo crackod tho |ast c|phor l sont you?' ho askod |n tho samo |ottor. Crockoo magaz|no was Voo's ch|ot
compot|tor. 3|nco Vay 1004, Voo had toaturod a v|sua| puzz|o on |ts |ns|do back covor, a |o|d-ln.' 1ho |nstruct|ons road: |o|d th|s soct|on ovor
|ott, thon to|d back so 'A' moots '3.'' l to|dod tho map so that tho ru|od cornors mot at tho r|ght odgo. 1hon ho|d tho map up to tho ||ght so that tho
back shono through. 1ho crossod c|rc|o w|th an arrow at tho two|vo o'c|ock pos|t|on po|ntod to tho oxoct s|to ot tho 0om|ngos/ Edwards murdors.


BoIow Nount DiabIo, lo|gh bogan to sa|| aga|n, |os|ng h|mso|t |n a soom|ng|y ond|oss thousand-m||o mazo, tho 0o|ta. 1ho hugo t|do|and marsh,
tod by tho 3acramonto and 3an 1oaqu|n l|vors, was d|kod w|th count|oss |ovoos tor t|ood contro|. Yot A||on novor roa||y |ost h|mso|t |n thoso tw|st|ng
channo|s. A po|nt ot rotoronco, Vount 0|ab|o, constant|y toworod |n tho d|stanco-tho amount ot acroago v|s|b|o trom |ts poak socond on|y to that
soon trom Vount K|||manjaro. W|th h|s t|at toot, A||on to|t most at homo on tho wator or |n tho a|r.
3|g' 0an 3|ockor, 8b0-pound star ot tho Boooozo to|ov|s|on wostorn, had d|od suddon|y dur|ng tho prov|ous summor. A||on coasod woar|ng h|s
onormous wh|to cowboy hat. |o cou|d no |ongor bo |oss.'
1uoaday, Novombor 21, 1072
An annivoraary ot sorts-throo yoars oar||or, 0av|d Odo|| Vart|n camo to tho |3l's attont|on whon ho s|ashod h|s w|to and o|ovon-yoar-o|d
daughtor w|th a brokon bott|o and kn|to. 1ust botoro po||co tata||y shot h|m, Vart|n shoutod, l'm tho Zod|ac k|||or!' Armstrong |mmod|ato|y |ntormod
tho |3l: Vart|n |s dot|n|to|y oot |dont|ca| w|th Ul3U3 |n th|s mattor.' 1osch| to|d mo, ln tho t|rst tour yoars ot tho Zod|ac caso, l wou|d say about
t|ttoon mon havo to|d cops throughout tho country that thoy aro Zod|ac. 3omo ot thom woro drunk at tho t|mo, somo had obv|ous monta| prob|oms,
tho rost woro bo|ng bookod on othor chargos and woro sook|ng pub||c|ty.' Whon cranks woron't contoss|ng, rumors took tho p|aco ot now |oads |n
tho |nvost|gat|on. Ono such attr|butod an undortakor's murdor and thott ot h|s omba|m|ng t|u|ds to Zod|ac.
ln 3anta losa, th|rtoon-yoar-o|d lor| loo Kursa wont shopp|ng at tho U-3avo Varkot w|th hor mothor. 3|uo-oyod, |ong b|ond ha|r partod |n tho
m|dd|o, sho was d|st|nct|vo|y drossod |n po||shod-don|m bo||-bottoms, a brown |oathor jackot, and brown suodo cowboy boots. Around b:80 l.V.
sho apparont|y wandorod ott. |a|t an hour |ator, lor| was obsorvod br|ot|y by a tam||y tr|ond, 3arbara, |n tho samo markot, but attor that noth|ng
moro was soon ot hor. lmmod|ato|y, hor mothor roportod hor m|ss|ng. 1ho soarch draggod on through lovombor and |nto tho t|rst wook ot
0ocombor, but po||co unoarthod no |oads. You know what was strango about our v|ct|ms?' 3anta losa 3orgoant 3tovo 3rown |ator to|d mo. 1ho
t|rst ono ho throw |n tho d|tch was tound by b|ko r|dors tho noxt day, so ho doc|dod, 'l bottor h|do thom a ||tt|o b|t bottor.' 1hon ho ondod up throw|ng
thom out by |ranz va||oy and |t's protty romoto. You wou|d nood to know that aroa. You don't just dr|vo thoro. l rocont|y ro-drovo |t. Ot courso |t tho
k|||or ||vod horo and drovo around a |ot ho wou|d know. l'm th|nk|ng about a guy who's ||v|ng |n lako County or lapa County who travo|od that road
back and torth and who workod ovor horo. lt you aro go|ng out ot 3anta losa, tho dumps aro a|| on tho |ott s|do ot tho roadway. You wou|dn't pu||
your car ovor to tho |ott s|do, tac|ng tho wrong way, to dump a body. |o's not go|ng to park on tho r|ght s|do, drag tho porson across tho road and
throw thom. lt doosn't mako sonso. l was th|nk|ng, just ||ko you, ho goos out, thoro's a shod, tra||or or barn that ho usos. And attor thoy'ro doad, whon
ho comos back, ho's now on tho r|ght s|do ot tho roadway. 1hat's whon ho stops and dumps thom and thon goos back |nto 3anta losa.'
On 0ocombor 12, a h|kor, lox Vooro, stumb|od across Kursa's body |n a rav|no, about t|tty-t|vo toot trom Ca||stoga load. 3ho had boon
dumpod at tho scono comp|oto|y nudo and hor body had trozon trom tho oxtromo co|d. lo||co ost|matod sho had boon doad on|y a wook, though
sho had boon m|ss|ng tor throo tu|| wooks. 3ho had boon kopt a||vo somowhoro,' but thoy had no suspocts.
3omoono had brokon hor nock, d|s|ocat|ng hor t|rst and socond corv|ca| vortobra. 3trangu|at|on,' 3tantord's 0r. lundo oxp|a|nod to mo, |s not
||ko shoot|ng somoono w|th a gun. lt |nvo|vos a k|nd ot muscu|ar tons|on . . . tho sonsat|ons that como trom that p|ay a part |n tho soxua| aspoct ot
thoso poop|o tor wh|ch sox and aggross|on soom to bo |ntortw|nod. lt |s a|so a way ot prov|ng to tho porson tho|r powor ovor tho v|ct|m. Assort|on ot
raw powor, and s|nco that |s a b|g part ot tho onjoymont tor thoso poop|o, |t |s pro|ongod by strangu|at|on. . . . l know ono such porson who vory
consc|ous|y, moro than ono, at |oast two, havo vo|untoorod thoy wou|d tako twonty, th|rty m|nutos to strang|o v|ct|ms to pro|ong tho p|oasuro so to
spoak.'
Kursa's unusua| c|othos woro m|ss|ng. 3ho had not boon soxua||y assau|tod. Unsuspoctod by tho po||co, tho so|ut|on to anothor mystory |ay on|y
ono hundrod yards away. 1horo, a sha||ow gravo |n a rav|no noar tho roadway concoa|od 1oanotto Kamaho|o's corpso-hor hands and ank|os
bound to hor nock and wh|to c|othos||no wrappod around hor nock tour t|mos. 3ut bocauso tho aroa was doop|y woodod, po||co ta||od to t|nd hor
and wou|d not tor many yoars-not unt|| 1u|y 0, 1070.
1huraday, Docombor 28, 1072
At tour in tho attornoon, twonty days attor a troak|sh snow dustod 1w|n loaks and Go|don Gato lark, two mon d|scovorod tho bonos ot Vauroon
loo 3tor||ng and Yvonno Wobor. 1hoy woro ott a rura| road 2.2 m||os north ot lortor Crook load |n tho |ranz va||oy load aroa. A powortu|
murdoror, to avo|d |oav|ng tracks, had bod||y ||ttod tho corpsos ovor shrubs and a d|tch, thon hur|od thom down a s|xty-s|x-toot ombankmont.
Apparont|y, ho cons|dorod h|s v|ct|ms as rubb|sh to bo dumpod.
Causo ot doath and any soxua| assau|t woro |mposs|b|o to dotorm|no, but pattorns ||nkod tho hom|c|dos to tho othors. 1ho k|||or had murdorod
thom o|sowhoro and kopt tho|r c|othos. And tho k|||or t|od knots ||ko a soaman. |ow wou|d thoso knots match up w|th thoso |n tho 3anta 3arbara
murdors-granny knots and mar||no h|tchos? 1ho v|ct|ms had boon abductod |n th|s rotat|ng ordor: on |r|day, 3aturday, 1uosday, |r|day, 3aturday,
and 1uosday. A|| van|shod around b:00 l.V. |n a por|od ot grow|ng darknoss. A|| had boon tound |n tho rura|, som|-|so|atod oastorn soct|on ot
3onoma County noar |akos, r|vors, d|tchos, and stroams. 1ho 3anta losa cr|mos woro wator-ro|atod by namo: Vark 5prlogs, Ca||stoga (Wator),
Crook va||oy. 1ho turthost po|nt botwoon d|scovory s|tos was s|xtoon m||os. 3tor||ng, Wobor, and Caro|yn 0av|s, w|th a sovon-month gap, woro
tound |n tho oxact samo spot-2.2 m||os north ot lortor Crook load on |ranz va||oy load. |owovor, K|m A||on may havo boon soxua||y assau|tod
and that d|d not t|t Zod|ac's pattorn.
As tar as tho murdors go,' cont|nuod 3akor. l was a|most th|nk|ng a postman or lG8E guy just bocauso ot tho p|acos that thoy go. 1ho |ast g|r|
that was tound was |n a vory romoto crook. lt's not a p|aco whoro you can dump thom ott tho s|do ot tho road and thoy |and thoro. 1ho throo on |ranz
va||oy load woro tound |n tho samo |ocat|on a|ong tho s|do ot tho road. You don't havo to throw tar to got whoro thoy |andod. 1ho |ast ono wo had |n
tho crook, l don't know how tho ho|| ho got hor |n thoro.'
3ovora| months oar||or, ott|cors on tho way to tho 3anta losa aroa that a k|||or had usod as a dump|ng ground tor murdorod 3anta losa coods
had stoppod |n tho|r tracks. Wa|k|ng down tho road toward thom and trom tho soc|udod murdor aroa was Arthur lo|gh A||on. l travo| th|s road to go
sk|n-d|v|ng,' ho sa|d. ln tho samo d|roct|on A||on v|s|tod two tr|onds at C|oar lako. lo|gh a|ways p|ckod up h|tchh|kors ospoc|a||y wh||o attond|ng
3anta losa 1C and 3onoma 3tato Un|vors|ty,' a sourco to|d mo. 1h|s a|ways bothorod my mothor. |o p|ckod h|kors up on tho h|ghways. l
romombor tho two g|r|s d|sappoar|ng trom tho skat|ng r|nk and tho othor murdors. 1hoso bod|os d|scovorod on |ranz va||oy load and |n Ca||stoga
woron't tar trom my paronts' homo.'
Friday, Docombor 20, 1072
5inco Auguat 4, 1071, whon po||co quost|onod lo|gh tor what thoy orronoous|y bo||ovod was tho t|rst t|mo, Zod|ac had sont no |ottors. 3ut wo
hard|y noodod moro c|uos trom tho k|||or. Wo a|roady know a |ot about Zod|ac. |o cou|d bo caught |t wo put our m|nds to |t. A|| tho oar|y suspocts
woro s|ng|od out bocauso tho|r handpr|nt|ng was ||ko Zod|ac's or thoy rosomb|od tho compos|to skotch. |ow woro as ta|| or hoavy as tho k|||or
actua||y was, somo woro s|ondor as a boy.
Zod|ac had throo qua||t|os, had to havo thoso qua||t|os-ho was strong and ho was smart and ho possossod spoc|a||zod tochn|ca| prot|c|oncy |n
codo, chom|stry, t|roarms, ong|noor|ng, o|octron|cs, and bomb-mak|ng. Voro to|||ng, Zod|ac know torons|cs, |oav|ng boh|nd ta|so c|uos and woar|ng
g|uo on h|s t|ngort|ps. ln tact h|s marksmansh|p sk|||s, know|odgo ot po||co l.0. tochn|quos, and uso ot ||ghway latro| cutott manouvors to box |n h|s
v|ct|ms po|ntod to Zod|ac bo|ng a po||coman. 1wo v|ct|ms had boon roach|ng tor tho|r ||consos whon ho b||ndod thom w|th a t|ash||ght and
un|oashod a tus|||ado ot bu||ots.
And yot Zod|ac was compo||od to dor|do po||co |n h|s |ottors, tho thr||| ot ba|t|ng thom bocom|ng a powortu| mot|vo |n h|s gamo ot outdoor choss.
|o tauntod author|ty as |t str|k|ng out aga|nst a contro|||ng t|guro |n h|s da||y ||to-a boss, a tathor, or a po||coman. 3or|a| sad|sts, onrapturod w|th
tho var|ous too|s ot po||co work and w|th po||comon thomso|vos, woro troquont|y po||co group|os. 3omo soxua| soc|opaths drossod |n un|torm whon
trapp|ng and tortur|ng tho|r v|ct|ms, otton app||od tor po||co work, or oxprossod a dos|ro to work |n somo |aw ontorcomont capac|ty. lnvar|ab|y thoy
wou|d ottor a|d |n tho hunt tor thomso|vos. 1ho known sor|a| k|||ors woro romarkab|y a||ko.
|3l agont 1ohn 0oug|as's psycho|og|ca| prot||o ot tho At|anta ch||d murdoror spoko vo|umos. |o sa|d tho k|||or wou|d ||vo |n tho aroa, somot|mos
poso as a po||co ott|cor, show oxtromo |ntorost |n mod|a covorago ot tho caso, and havo d|tt|cu|ty ro|at|ng to mombors ot tho oppos|to sox. ln tact,
ch||dron who ||vod noar [tho suspoct Wayno| W||||ams thought ho was a po||coman bocauso ho drovo cars that |ookod ||ko po||co cars, showod
thom a badgo, and ordorod thom around.' W||||ams mon|torod po||co-band rad|o, just as Ca||torn|a mu|t|p|o murdoror Ed Kompor d|d. Kompor
troquontod a |oca| bar to bocomo pa|s w|th ott-duty po||comon. |o showod mo h|s gun and h|s handcutts r|ght horo |n tho bar,' roca||od tho
bartondor. |o handcuttod a tr|ond and shovod h|m up aga|nst tho wa||. . . . You soo, Kompor a|ways wantod to bo a po||coman. A|| h|s tr|onds woro
cops. |o usod to ta|k about |t a|| tho t|mo . . . sa|d ho had boon h|rod as a socur|ty guard somowhoro |n tho 3ay Aroa-but ho was on|y a b|g guy
who somot|mos workod as a gas stat|on attondant.' Attor s|ay|ng h|s mothor, tho 3anta Cruz g|ant |ott a noto boh|nd, r|d|cu||ng h|s tormor tr|onds on
tho torco.
1od 3undy usod a go|d badgo and handcutts to masquorado as Ott|cor loso|and' at a 3a|t lako C|ty shopp|ng contor. Ono ot tho ||||s|do
3trang|ors,' Konnoth 3|anch|, had wantod to bo an l.A. po||coman, ovon takon a po||co sc|onco courso at a lochostor commun|ty co||ogo. Whon
cops approhondod 3|anch| |n 3o|||ngham, Wash|ngton, ho was onro||od as a doputy |n tho shor|tt's rosorvo tra|n|ng program. ||s wh|to, |ato-modo|
auto w|th s||vor spot||ghts mountod on both s|dos rosomb|od a po||co car. lns|do h|s b|ack attacho caso ho carr|od a h|ghway patro|man's badgo
and cutts.
1ohn Wayno Gacy, as a youth, drossod |n tho po||co||ko un|torm ot h|s |oca| c|v|| dotonso squad. |asc|natod by tho trapp|ngs ot |aw ontorcomont,
ho obsoss|vo|y t|xod upon 1amos |an|oy, a dotoct|vo w|th tho h|t-and-run un|t. Gacy bocamo 1ack' |an|oy, a bruta|, muscu|ar hom|c|do cop who
ox|stod on|y |n h|s m|nd. 1ack, a dovotod hator ot homosoxua|s,' was tho savago, sad|st|c cop that Gacy both adm|rod and toarod. Whon Gacy
was drunk or stonod, h|s a|tor ogo assumod contro| and comm|ttod tho acts a sobor Gacy novor cou|d.
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3ocauso 1ack had boon |n chargo, Gacy
supprossod tho dota||s ot h|s cr|mos. |o torgot tho acts ho had comm|ttod on tho boys ho bur|od |n tho wa||s ot h|s houso. |antasy 0otoct|vo 1ack
mado n|ght|y torays |nto tho soamy soct|ons ot town, cru|s|ng s|ow|y |n an o|d b|ack O|dsmob||o, rad|o scannor squawk|ng, spot||ght and rod ||ghts
rotat|ng. 0rossod |n a |oathor jackot, trousors, and h|ghway patro|man's shoos, Gacy p|ckod up boys and handcuttod thom. 3omo psych|atr|sts
ana|yzod Zod|ac as bo|ng at |oast a |atont homosoxua| to whom bu||ots and kn|vos attordod porvorso sat|stact|on.'
0r. lundo warnod to |ook tor a suspoct who had a co||oct|on ot guns and oar|y |ntorost |n guns, kn|vos, and var|ous |nstrumonts ot torturo. As an
adu|t,' lundo wroto |n Voroor ooo Vooooss, a co||oct|on ot such |nstrumonts, prot|c|oncy |n tho|r uso, and an omot|ona| attract|on to woapons may
bo soon wh|ch goos tar boyond that ot any ord|nary co||octor.' 3or|a| k|||ors w||| bocomo |ncrod|b|y sk|||tu| |n tho|r uso. Whonovor Zod|ac's |a|r was
uncovorod and a soarch mado, l was corta|n hugo numbors ot woapons wou|d bo prosont-guns, bombs, or tho 0oath Vach|no' Zod|ac braggod
about. |ad Arthur lo|gh A||on-||ko W||||ams, 3|anch|, Kompor, 3undy, and Gacy-onco wantod to bo a po||coman?
|o had.
On Vay 2, 10b2, A||on, thon n|notoon, sought omp|oymont w|th tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont. 1hoy turnod h|m down. |o app||od r|ght out ot h|gh
schoo| to bo a va||ojo cop,' a sourco oxp|a|nod, and thoy sa|d no. 1horotoro ho had a vory good roason tor hat|ng tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont-
rojoct|on.' A||on ottorod h|s hoart to tho |aw aga|n much |ator. On 1uno 11, 1004, ho was a non-cort|t|od porsonno| app||cant at tho Watsonv|||o
lo||co 0opartmont. Watsonv|||o spurnod h|m too. 3omot|mos |t soomod ovoryono d|d. Wo||, thoro you go,' sa|d 1osch|. A guy who |s a 'wannabo'
cop and cannot mako |t, hatos a|| cops. lt's boon provon. 1hoy hato any author|ty t|guro attor that bocauso thoy cou|dn't pass whatovor tosts woro
nocossary.'
Ch|cago c|a|rvoyant 1oo 0olou|so, who to|t tunod |nto Zod|ac's m|nd, agrood. 1ho porson who croatod Zod|ac was somobody vory tam|||ar w|th
|aw ontorcomont,' ho sa|d. l th|nk ho was an ox-cop. ln h|s |ottors to tho po||co ho know ovoryth|ng that was go|ng on w|th tho po||co. |o know h|s
v|ct|ms. l too| ho w||| k||| unt|| ho |s caught.' |ad lo|gh, ||ko Kompor, gotton c|oso to tho po||co and |oarnod about tho |mpond|ng soarch ot h|s tra||or?
Ca||torn|a ||ghway latro|man lynn lattorty had boon lo|gh's ch||dhood tr|ond, and poss|b|y A||on may havo wantod to omu|ato h|m. lattorty had
boon anx|ous|y soarch|ng tor Zod|ac on h|s own.
lo|gh had boon an occas|ona| toachor at 1rav|s A|3, whoro W|ng Wa|kor shoos woro so|d at tho baso oxchango. |o qua||t|od tor oxchango
pr|v||ogos on sovora| counts-as a dopondont ot a lavy commandor, an omp|oyoo, and as a tormor lavy man. lava| on||stmonts ran trom tour to
s|x yoars (w|th th|rty days |oavo oach yoar), but lo|gh sorvod on|y trom 10b0 to 10b8. l was to|d why. A||on was |n tho m|||tary-|n tho lavy,' tho
daughtor ot a woman lo|gh onco datod p|aton|ca||y to|d mo. What |od to h|s bo|ng d|schargod was h|s arrost by tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont tor
d|sturb|ng tho poaco [on 1uno 1b, 10b8|. |o had gotton |nto a t|ght w|th a tr|ond [la|ph 3p|no||||. |o wont |nto tho lavy |n 10b0, was |n thoro two
yoars, and |oss-than-honorab|y d|schargod-a choap way to got r|d ot somoono you don't want. l th|nk lo|gh A||on was try|ng to bocomo a trogman
|n tho lavy. |or o|thor psycho|og|ca| or phys|ca| roasons thoy wou|d not accopt h|m |nto tho program tor doop d|v|ng or bo|ng on tho submar|nos tor
|ong |ongths ot t|mo. Vy mothor romombors th|s as a vory, vory |argo d|sappo|ntmont tor h|m. l bo||ovo ho d|d havo an |ntonso d|s||ko tor h|s tathor
bocauso ot h|s m|||tar|st|c att|tudo. l bo||ovo that whon my mothor was ovor at h|s houso, ho had to addross h|s tathor as 's|r.' lorhaps h|s tathor's
|nt|uonco had somoth|ng to do w|th th|s a|so. Vy mothor to|t th|s por|od ot t|mo had a groat |nt|uonco on h|s ||to.'
1hough c|v|| chargos woro d|sm|ssod on 1u|y 8, 10b8, A||on roco|vod a |oss than honorab|o d|schargo' trom tho lavy |ato that yoar. Ono ot tho
anc|||ary roasons tor h|s oxpu|s|on was that ho had aga|n |ott woapons |n p|a|n s|ght |n h|s car. |rom 10b0 on ho ||stod h|s dratt status as lon-
t|n|shod act|vo duty and rosorvo t|mo, U3l.' 3ocauso ot tho po||co, A||on's groatost amb|t|ons wou|d novor bo roa||zod. |o wou|d novor bocomo a
lavy 3oa| or submar|no commandor or cop. 3y tho ond ot 1072 A||on had at |oast t|vo roasons tor hat|ng tho po||co-h|s rojoct|ons by va||ojo and
Watsonv|||o l.0., vl0's arrost ot h|m and rosu|t|ng lavy d|schargo, h|s t|r|ng trom tho rot|nory, and tho hum|||at|ng soarch ot h|s tra||or. lt ho woro
Zod|ac, ho had a s|xth roason to dosp|so cops-3|l0 had noar|y capturod h|m.
ln tho lavy A||on had workod on a rotr|gorator sh|p, most|y scrap|ng and pa|nt|ng hu||s |n tho br|ght Ca||torn|a ||ght. lo|gh was a|so an oxco||ont
marksman |n tho lavy,' my va||ojo sourco vor|t|od, ono ot tho bost |n h|s group. Add|t|ona||y, ho otton wroto to my mothor and usod tho s|gna|s
usod by tho t|ags at tho bottom ot tho |ottors [Zod|ac symbo|s |n tho |ottor codos cou|d bo matchod to var|ous somaphoro t|ags|. Yot sho burnod tho
|ottors attor hor know|odgo ot lo|gh |ator bo|ng sont to Atascadoro.'
|o had ovon takon tra|n|ng |n codo. Zod|ac had a mastortu| know|odgo ot codo. |o d|d know codo, and not on|y sowod wo|| but was a sa||
makor,' sa|d a sourco. 1ho noat st|tch|ng on tho hood worn by Zod|ac at 3orryossa suggostod a man who cou|d sow. lt was doubttu| Zod|ac cou|d
ask anyono o|so to sow h|m an oxocut|onor's hood. lo|gh not on|y |oarnod aquat|c scuba d|v|ng dur|ng h|s lavy st|nt, but br|ot|y workod as a w|ro
oporator, th|rd-c|ass rad|oman. lapa Capta|n lar|ow was conv|ncod that whoovor Zod|ac was, ho a|so had tochn|ca| know|odgo ot a #1b 1o|otypo
transm|ttor-ho had dup||catod |ts c|rcu|try on ono ot h|s bomb p|ans and an oar|y noto attr|butod to h|m had boon on 1o|otypo papor.
1ho p|ans tor Zod|ac's bomb camo trom [tho schomat|c ot a| Ul 1b to|opr|ntor,' an oxport to|d mo. l a|so not|cod that |n h|s schomat|c
d|agrams, ho propor|y draws 'jumpors' ovor two |ntorsoct|ng ||nos. l th|nk thoso aro tho bost c|uos tor t|nd|ng tho Zod|ac and that thoro |s moro than
a t|tty porcont probab|||ty that ho was an amatour rad|o oporator (a|so known as 'hams'). ||rst, oporators who usod l11Y (lad|o 1o|otypo) usod
thoso surp|us mach|nos. . . . 3ocond|y, tho s|mp|o tact that ho usos 'jumpors' on h|s schomat|c d|agram to||s mo ho has moro than just a pass|ng
know|odgo ot o|octron|cs, wh|ch hams must mastor . . . othor poss|b|o a|tornat|vos aro lavy and Coast Guard porsonno| such as o|octron|c tochs
and rad|omon.'
1ho ro|at|onsh|p botwoon hoavy lo|gh A||on and h|s s|ondor tathor was comp|ox. 1ho strongost lavy |nt|uonco camo trom tho tathor. Ethan
Warron A||on, a wo||-known, h|gh|y docoratod lava| commandor and p||ot, was born Apr|| 0, 1008, |n Voado, Kansas, tho son ot Goorgo V. A||on
and Cora Woodard, both ot Kansas. lo|gh's tathor, a twonty-t|vo-yoar va||ojo ros|dont, put |n twonty-tour yoars ot sorv|co |n |awa|| and on 1roasuro
ls|and |n 3an |ranc|sco 3ay. ln h|s rot|romont, Ethan bocamo a drattsman tor tho C|ty ot va||ojo. Whon ho marr|od 3orn|co |anson ot Ca||torn|a,
thoy had two sons, Arthur lo|gh and lona|d Gono. Ethan passod on a |ovo ot hunt|ng, t|y|ng, and sa|||ng to both, but h|s o|dor son, lo|gh, took |t
most to hoart.
lt was no co|nc|donco that lo|gh huntod, had a p||ot's ||conso, and sa||od. 3ut attor h|s p|ano crash, Ethan, no |ongor tho v|brant and cont|dont
ott|cor ho had onco boon, cou|d not curb's lo|gh's outbursts and abuso ot 3orn|co. 1ho doath ot h|s storn tathor sot A||on troo, but tho oar||or jot
crack-up had g|von h|m ||conso to pursuo h|s dos|ros. ln th|s homo, dom|natod by a strong-w|||od woman, tho tathor, Ethan, bocamo a shadow |n tho
yoars botoro h|s doath. Ethan d|od ot carc|noma ot tho prostato w|th motastasos on Varch 17, 1071.
1anuary 4, 1071, two months botoro A||on's tathor d|od, an anonymous |ottor camo to tho papor:
lt you aro gamo pr|nt tho to||ow|ng |ottor. An opon |ottor to 1ho Zod|ac. You nood no oxp|os|vos tor your b|g bIaat, just go to tho noarost
lo||co stat|on and to|| tho truth about tho man who has mado a k|||or out ot you, your tathor who has boon gott|ng away w|th tamous Amor|can
cr|mos s|nco 1047 and |s now an oxport at g|v|ng k||||ng |ossons. Onco you askod 'What w||| thoy do to mo?' You w||| bo p|acod |n a monta|
|nst|tut|on wh|ch |s bottor than a soss|on w|th a doub|o odgo sword or a shot |n tho back bocauso attor tho conv|ct|on ot tho scapogoats tor your
tathor's murdors w|th your ho|p, ho w||| havo to tako caro ot you s|nco you havo boon p|ac|ng a dont |nto h|s good roputat|on by dup||cat|ng h|s
murdors.' 1ho typod |ottor wont on to ta|k about an o|dor brothor. 1h|nk about tho b|g nosos you cou|d rub so many b|g boo-boos, |t |s tantast|c.
. . . You cou|d a|so c|oar up a ||tt|o mystory. lt two poop|o w|th on|y tho|r hands t|od do not run out to sook ho|p, |s |t not bocauso thoy aro a|roady
|n tho procoss ot bo|ng k|||od by two mon. . . .'

|athor and son k||||ng a|ongs|do ono anothor? An odd thoory and an ovon oddor tantasy.
3omoth|ng corta|n|y had happonod |n Zod|ac's ||to dur|ng tho month ot Varch 1071. Attor a s|x-month gap, Zod|ac had ponnod two |ottors-
Varch 18 to tho 7lmos and anothor on Varch 22 to tho Cbroolc|o. 1ho t|rst usod tho phraso don't bury mo . . .' and tho socond dop|ctod a man
d|gg|ng w|th a shovo|.
Ethan ||ngorod |n tho Oak|and lava| |osp|ta| tor sovontoon days. As A||on's dad was dy|ng, ho was hosp|ta||zod |n tho 04b00 posta| d|str|ct, tho
samo Zll codo trom wh|ch Zod|ac ma||od h|s |ottor to tho L.A. 7lmos. 1ho two throaton|ng Varch |ottors m|ght havo boon Zod|ac's pan|cky stab at
anonymous |mmorta||ty. l roca||od how o|d-tash|onod Zod|ac's c|othos had boon-p|oatod pants po|ntod to an o|dor man, or somoono woar|ng an
o|dor man's c|oth|ng. 1ho Zod|ac costumo was roa||y on|y lavy dross, h|s appoaranco on|y that ot a sa||or: c|oso-cut ha|r, sh|nod shoos, bo||-
bottoms, dark navy-b|uo jackot. |ad A||on, out ot hatrod or |ovo, drossod |n h|s tathor's c|othos to do h|s k||||ng as Zod|ac? 3ut Ethan, un||ko h|s son,
had boon a s|ondor man and lo|gh, bocauso ot h|s s|zo, cou|d novor havo worn h|s tathor's lava| costumo.
3orgoants lynch and lundb|ad had |ntorv|owod A||on trom tho t|rst, lynch moro than onco. Each t|mo A||on po|ntod to h|s scuba goar or sm||od
h|s watory sm||o. ||s a||b| was that ho had gono d|v|ng a|ono or w|th poop|o whoso namos ho d|d not know at |ort lo|nt' or 3odoga 3ay.' On tho
outsk|rts ot va||ojo tho quarr|os and crooks, ponds and |akos ran st|||, co|d, and doop, ho|d|ng who knows what socrots and momontos. 1ho
woapons po||co sought m|ght ovon ||o bonoath tho tr|g|d c|oar wators ot lako 3orryossa.
3ourcos spocu|atod that Zod|ac had t|nanc|a| rosourcos bocauso ho purchasod any numbor ot guns, attondod thoator, saw numorous t||ms,
road mu|t|p|o nowspapors, ovorpostod h|s |ottors, and had tho |uxury ot troo t|mo |n tho summor and many cars and ros|doncos.' Othors spocu|atod
that Zod|ac was o|thor r|ch or roco|vod monoy trom ro|at|vos or a trust tund. lo|gh A||on's tam||y had somo monoy, po||co had known that trom tho
t|rst.
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tho doviI
1uoaday, Narch 0, 1078
1hough oight montha had draggod by s|nco 1osch| and Armstrong ransackod h|s tra||or, A||on know ho was st||| undor scrut|ny. |o ownod a
po||co scannor and ||stonod |n on va||ojo po||co stak|ng out h|s basomont trom a b|ock away. 3ut tor |argo strotchos ot t|mo ho was unobsorvod.
1ho Zod|ac caso was s|mp|y too |mmonso, tho poo| ot suspocts too onormous, and manpowor strotchod too tar tor unbrokon survo|||anco to bo
toas|b|o. And thoro woro hundrods ot othor suspocts. Ono ot Zod|ac's ch|ot huntors, 0avo 1osch|, was otton s|dotrackod by |||noss or suddon|y
d|vortod trom h|s pursu|t by othor tasks.
Wo woro not on|y work|ng on Zod|ac whon |t camo our wook to go on ca||,' 1osch| to|d mo, but catch|ng othor casos. 1hat part|cu|ar wook wo
had tour. 1ho n|ght botoro wo had a t|roman stabbod to doath out |n tho |a|ght. l was so oxhaustod bocauso wo had to go |nto tho ott|co on
3aturday and l had noth|ng to oat but an|ma| crackors and co|d cottoo. 1hon l droppod |nto bod about 8:80 l.V. An hour |ator tho phono rang. l was
baro|y ab|o to got out ot bod-punchy-a hoadacho, but l had to got up. Wo had anothor ono.'
Vayor 1oo A||oto a|so handp|ckod 1osch| as a spoc|a| |nvost|gator tor tho 3an |ranc|sco Cr|m|na| Grand 1ury on Varch 0, 1078, tho t|rst such
ass|gnmont s|nco a 1080 scanda|. A||oto wantod 1osch| to probo two r|ots and two t|ros at tho 3an 3runo ma|n county ja||. Ch|ot 0on 3cott and
Ch|ot ot lnspoctors Char||o 3arca ca||od 1osch| |n. 1ho mayor wants you to tako statomonts at tho county ja||.' 1h|s roa||y st|nks,' sa|d 1osch|. l
don't want to got |nvo|vod, Ch|ot.' You'vo boon ordorod. You'ro on |oan, 1osch|, as ot tomorrow morn|ng. And koop qu|ot about your t|nd|ngs.'
And l d|d,' 1osch| to|d mo. l workod a|ono to |nvost|gato tho rocont upr|s|ng at tho county ja||. 1ho dopartmont was |n torr|b|o, torr|b|o shapo.'
1osch|'s ass|stanco was |nva|uab|o. 1amos lodman, Grand 1ury toroman, wroto Ch|ot 3cott that tho 3|l0 was |ndood tortunato to havo porsons
ot lnspoctor 1osch|'s ca||bro as a mombor ot |ts statt. lt wou|d havo boon |mposs|b|o to carry out our ass|gnod dut|os woro |t not tor h|s ass|stanco.'
lo|gh A||on put h|s oxpor|onco as a Un|on O|| chom|st to uso. ||s now job w|th Un|on l|cht|o|d |n tho East 3ay a||owod h|m t|mo to sott|o down
ovon|ngs |n tront ot h|s tra||or. |o was a ||kab|o man whon ho choso to bo (h|s staunch and unshakoab|o |rosno 3troot dotondors, tho ch||dron who
thought ho was a cowboy star, h|s dr|nk|ng budd|os, a|| woro proot ot that). 1hoso days, though, ho carr|od a gr|m sot to h|s mouth. |o st||| had not
torg|von tho ransack|ng ot h|s tra||or or tho o|| rot|nory v|s|t that got h|m t|rod. |o stood |n an ar|d patch ot gravo|, dr|nk|ng a Coors, |oan|ng back
aga|nst tho st|||-hot mota| ot h|s tra||or, and watch|ng autos rush|ng by on 3anta losa Avonuo. 0ron|ng ||ko |nsocts, tho cars spun away, turn|ng tho
bond toward romoto |ranz va||oy load. Cr|ckots ch|rpod. A warm wostor|y shroudod tho court. |o tacod wost, rock|ng on h|s hoo|s, and poorod
boyond two p|nk t|am|ngos ||st|ng drunkon|y |n tho gravo|. 3otwoon tho|r mota| |ogs ochood tho tumu|tuous roar ot tratt|c on 101, wh|ch ran para||o| to
3anta losa Avonuo.
lo|gh shutt|od |ns|do, whoro ho had un||m|tod t|mo to brood and to hato tho 3|l0. Whon ho wasn't work|ng, d|v|ng, or hunt|ng, ho sought
d|vors|ons. Each yoar ho attondod tho 3cott|sh Gamos w|th h|s mothor. 3ut ho m|ssod tho tam||y d|nnors. Vy mothor |ongod tor a happy tam||y ||to,'
sa|d a tr|ond ot lo|gh's. l th|nk sho onjoyod go|ng to lo|gh A||on's houso bocauso |t appoarod to bo such a 'n|co tam||y.' Evoryono had n|co tab|o
mannors, and l th|nk lo|gh's mothor docoratod tho houso vory wo||-that typo ot th|ng. lt on|y goos to show you you can't go by what's on tho
surtaco.' lo|gh cont|nuod to attond 3onoma 3tato Co||ogo, major|ng |n b|o|og|ca| sc|oncos and work|ng toward a mastor's |n mamma|ogy /b|o|ogy.
|o had m|norod |n chom|stry, and had a|roady oarnod a dogroo |n botany and o|omontary oducat|on on tho G.l. 3||| |n 1071. loarn|ng camo oasy to
h|m. l|to d|d not.
1uoaday, JuIy 81, 1078
Juat around that bond trom A||on's tra||or and down tho country road, 2.2 m||os north ot lortor Crook on |ranz va||ojo load and down a tam|||ar
woodod s|opo, bod|os cont|nuod to bo tound. Caro||no 0av|s was d|scovorod |n tho oxoct spot as 3tor||ng and Wobor. lt cou|d not bo dotorm|nod |t
0av|s had boon soxua||y mo|ostod. Zod|ac had throatonod to oxpor|mont w|th d|ttoront ways to k||| poop|o, and |t appoarod ho or somoono o|so
was do|ng just that.
|or body oxh|b|tod s|gns ot totanus, such as r|g|d musc|os, |nd|cat|ng strychn|no po|son|ng. 0oath trom strychn|no |s s|m||ar to that trom |ock-jaw,
but moro rap|d-about t|ttoon m|nutos. 3ocauso ot tho |rr|tat|ng act|on ot tho po|son on tho sp|na| cord, muscu|ar tw|tch|ngs |oad to gonora||zod
convu|s|ons that bocomo so |ntonso tho sp|no archos. 1ho body's ont|ro wo|ght |s borno on tho hoo|s and back. ||na||y, tho sk|n darkons to gray-
b|uo and rosp|rat|on coasos. 3orgoant 3rown wasn't so suro 0av|s had boon po|sonod. lt's k|nda ||ko whon wo got |ab rosu|ts on our autops|os ot
a guy who has a |otha| doso ot amphotam|nos |n h|m,' ho sa|d much |ator. lt tho guy |s a chron|c crank usor a |otha| doso to h|m and mo aro go|ng
to bo tota||y d|ttoront. As tor strychn|no po|son|ng, tho stato |ab to|d mo thoro's a ha||uc|nogon|c mushroom that croatos strychn|no or a dor|vat|vo ot
strychn|no whon |t's |n your body. 3as|ca||y, |t's ||ko whon a junk|o usos horo|n |t bocomos morph|no |n h|s body. lt doosn't nocossar||y moan th|s g|r|
was po|sonod, |t moans that sho had probab|y takon thoso mushrooms. lt doosn't moan that po|son k|||od hor, but |t m|ght havo boon a contr|but|ng
tactor. 3ho a|so had a good ||gaturo mark on hor nock.'
Wodnoaday, Octobor 24, 1078
Zodiac'a aymboIa woro a|ways opon to d|vorso |ntorprotat|ons. ||s crossha|r symbo|, usod |n targot|ng nuc|oar bombs, |od po||co to qu|z a
nuc|oar woapons oxport stat|onod at 1rav|s A|3. ||s othor s|gns roprosontod woathor symbo|s to a p||ot, s||vor ha||marks to a jowo|or, and
somoth|ng o|so ont|ro|y to a postman at tho lorth 3tat|on lost Ott|co |n Wh|to l|a|ns. l spottod a Zod|ac cryptogram |n tho NowYork Nows,' ho
oxp|a|nod to mo. Attor show|ng tho throo ||nos to sovora| othor posta| omp|oyoos, thoy a|| agrood that tho symbo|s |n tho cryptogram woro tho samo
twonty-t|vo symbo|s usod |n tho C|v|| 3orv|co lost Ott|co oxam|nat|on.' Zod|ac's symbo| cou|d a|so roprosont tho astro|og|ca| 3outhorn Cross
|nscr|bod |n an o|||pso.
Chom|stry tormu|as and symbo|s dancod through Zod|ac's |ottors. 1hat tho bombs ho d|agrammod woro chom|ca| bombs had not boon |ost on
1osch|. lo|gh A||on was an East 3ay chom|st. 1ho prov|ous Apr||, tho ont|ro rog|on had boon jo|tod whon a chom|ca| p|ant thoro oxp|odod. lhys|c|st
1ohn 0a|ton's |cons tor typos ot o|omonts and tho|r atom|c wo|ghts rosomb|od Zod|ac codo symbo|s-hydrogon: a c|rc|o w|th a dot at |ts contor and
su|tur: a crossod c|rc|o-tho k|||or's porsona| s|gnot. 1ho aroma ot su|tur and br|mstono pors|stont|y c|ung to Zod|ac. Ono cou|d a|most hoar tho
c|attor ot c|ovon hoovos.
At tho stroko ot m|dn|ght tho 0ov|| mado h|s appoaranco |n tho Zod|ac caso. A 3an |ranc|sco man, attond|ng a nudo rock danco ot tho vonus
lsychodo||c Church on 1h|rd Avonuo, arr|vod drossod as 3atan. As ho approachod a group ot tour nudo mon, ono was |oad|ng a d|scuss|on about
Zod|ac. Zod|ac must bo somo sort ot dov|| or t|ond,' |ntorjoctod tho costumod dov||. 1ho man d|scours|ng about Vr. Zod|ac' whoo|od suddon|y and
po|ntod a t|ngor at h|m. YOU AlE 1|E ZO0lAC!' ho shoutod. 1ho rod dov|| sm||od, b|ushod bonoath tho rod dyo sta|n|ng h|s taco, and rop||od, l
am 3atan |ncarnato.' |o movod on. |owovor, tho man to||owod and drow 3atan as|do. l am tho Zod|ac, you too|,' ho h|ssod, and l mado a po|nt ot
outtox|ng tho po||co and nowspapors. l havo k|||od many moro than havo ovor boon |dont|t|od as Zod|ac k||||ngs.'
ls th|s bocauso Zod|ac has a|roady k|||od two|vo ot tho astro|og|ca| Zod|ac s|gns?' sa|d 3atan unoas||y.
l havo k|||od moro than th|rty-sovon,' sa|d tho bur|y but good-|ook|ng strangor. |o now soomod, tho dov|| roca||od, coo|, ca|m, co||octod . . . an
OK, norma|, 100 porcont A||-Amor|can Guy, sound as ho cou|d bo.' Vost ot my v|ct|ms aro unknown,' ho cont|nuod, and novor ovon ||nkod to
Zod|ac. lt's just a gamo ||ko Vonopo|y, choss or chockors or br|dgo. l onjoy k||||ng poop|o as a gamo botwoon myso|t and tho po||co. K||||ng to mo
moans no moro than t||ck|ng ashos.' 1ho man rushod away w|th a pa|o, th|n-||ppod woman. 1ho rovo|or novor saw o|thor aga|n. Odd|y onough, a
tuturo |ottor trom Zod|ac on 1anuary 80, 1074 (tho |ast t|mo ho gavo a spoc|t|c t|guro) c|a|mod a|most tho samo numbor ot v|ct|ms-th|rty-sovon.
Wo cont|nuod to got t|ps on 3atan worsh|ppors and astro|ogy troaks throughout tho |nvost|gat|on,' 1osch| sa|d. Zod|ac's arcano symbo|s drow
w||d thoor|os, ovon throats aga|nst thoso |nvo|vod |n tho occu|t. 3atan|st Anton 3zandor la voy, mastor ot tho Church ot 3atan, pub||shor ot 7bo
C|ovoo loo and 7bo 5otoolc Blb|o, roco|vod a doath throat trom somoono who thought ho m|ght bo Zod|ac. 3ocauso ot tho astro|ogy ang|o,
w|tchcratt symbo|s, and satan|c b|ack robos (tho Codo K|||or's' gr|s|y oxocut|onor's costumo had obv|ous t|os to tho 3|ack Vass), la voy h|mso|t
had onco boon a suspoct. lmmod|ato|y, ho sont tho |ottor ovor to Avory at tho Cbroolc|o.

0oar 3atan . . . low womon |ay |n tho stroots |n your 0ov|| contro|. 3ut ot courso a|| th|ngs como to onds . . . torcos aro work|ng aga|nst you.
Vy t|ght aga|nst you has boon go|ng on tor many gonorat|ons w|th ||tt|o succoss. 1h|s roa||y bothors mo, 3atan, to no ond! You can chooso your
cho|co ot woapons, but l protor kn|vos. . . . l w|sh moro than anyth|ng to havo your b|ood on my sword.'

|o protors kn|vos,' thought tho journa||st. |o rang to||ow roportor 0avo lotorson tor h|s op|n|on on tho throat. And kn|vos aro usod |n r|tua|s,'
lotorson to|d Avory, wh|ch br|ngs mo to b|ack mag|c|an A|o|stor Crow|oy's coromon|a| hoodod robo. Crow|oy's robo, usod |n arcano r|tua|s, was
omb|azonod w|th tho loso and Cross ot tho 3ocrot Ordor ot tho Go|don 0awn-a crossod c|rc|o.' lt Zod|ac was part ot a satan|c cu|t sacr|t|c|ng
v|ct|ms |n accordanco w|th tho phasos ot tho moon and ro||g|ous ho||days, that m|ght oxp|a|n ovoryth|ng. |ow o|so cou|d Zod|ac dr|vo so many
d|ttoront cars, k||| ovor a s|zab|o goograph|ca| aroa, como |n so many shapos and s|zos, and wr|to |ottors |n d|ttoront handwr|t|ng sty|os? 1ho hand
ot 3atan had to t|guro somowhoro |n tho mystory.
3atan|sm-poss|b|y,' sa|d Zod|ac butt 0av|d l|co. 3atan|sm |s a moro tru|ttu| aroa.' Zod|ac usod |nvortod words, tho numbor th|rtoon, 3artor
Crossos, and 3|ack Vass phrasos. |o omp|oyod astro|ogy and numoro|ogy and drow ov|| oyos and b|oody crossos. ||s tr|ang|os (roprosont|ng tho
|o|y 1r|n|ty) woro turnod ups|do down. l had hoard ta|os ot tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs v|ct|m's |ntorost |n tho occu|t-a cand|o and sku|| |n hor 3an
|ranc|sco apartmont,' sa|d hor s|stor, w|tchcratt |n tho v|rg|n ls|ands whoro sho had gono sk|n d|v|ng on hor honoymoon,' and a va||ojo satan|c
cu|t.'
lator on Octobor 24, 0r. G||bort |o||oway, an E3l oxport, was |ntorv|owod by 1ack Carnoy on K3|O lad|o. l havo a poss|b|o |oan|ng that tho
k|||or's namo |s somoth|ng ||ko Cu||on, Co|||n, or Ca||on,' |o||oway sa|d. |o spo||od tho namos out. l soo a dotoct|vo w|th an lta||an namo-
somoth|ng ||ko 3anducc| or 3anducc|, tack||ng tho Zod|ac. 3ut ho has po|son on h|s body ||ko |orman Goor|ng and doos not oxpoct to bo takon
a||vo. . . . Zod|ac has somo acqua|ntanco w|th tho ||rst Church ot 3atan |n 3an |ranc|sco. |o |s undor |argo|y 3atan|c |nt|uonco.'
3atan caught tho |ntorost ot tho Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot 1ust|co too. 1ho|r 1071 roport trom lapa road:
3ocauso ot Zod|ac's |ottor ta|k|ng about tho attor||to and 's|avos |n parad|co,' tho 0opartmont ot 1ust|co tocusod on poop|o |n groups who
had thoso wo|rd bo||ots and thoy woro ab|o to o||m|nato ovorybody |nc|ud|ng a|| ma|o mombors ot tho Vanson tam||y.'
[Zod|ac| has an ov|| do|ty w|th h|m who adv|sos h|m,' an acknow|odgod myst|c oxp|a|nod. l saw |t whon l was |n that card shop on Varkot
3troot.' 1o g|vo wo|ght to h|s commonts, tho soor |nc|udod cop|os ot h|s psych|c rosumo and a |ottor trom tho lromon|t|ons log|stry |n low York.
lotor |urkos, consu|t|ng psych|c on tho 3oston 3trang|or and 3haron 1ato murdors, roco|vod throats trom Zod|ac wh||o ho was |n la|m 3pr|ngs.
|o ottorod h|s sorv|cos to tho 3|l0 to ho|p catch Zod|ac (|n oxchango tor a p|ano t|ckot to 3an |ranc|sco), but thoy turnod h|m down.
0|d lo|gh ovor d|scuss an attor||to?' l askod Chonoy much |ator. What woro h|s too||ngs?'
v|ct|ms to bo s|avos |n tho attor||to,' rop||od Chonoy torso|y.
Nonday, Docombor 18, 1078
A broad-ahouIdorod man cont|nuod to sta|k tho marshos, quarr|os, and |agoons a|ong lako |orman load. W|nds trom tho wost st|rrod t|o|ds ot
br|tt|o grass. As ovon|ng to||, ho stood mot|on|oss-|nd|st|ngu|shab|o trom surround|ng rocks. 1ho samo sott|ng sun that co|orod tho bou|dors go|d
on||vonod h|s |mpass|vo taco. Voanwh||o, |n 3an |ranc|sco tho wa|t was maddon|ng. 1h|rty-tour months had passod s|nco Zod|ac's |ast |ottor.
Why? Zod|ac was a|| wo ta|kod about, a|| wo thought about.
Ovor on 3ryant 3troot, 1osch| t|shod out a Zod|ac |ottor roco|vod that morn|ng. l assumo tho wr|tor wants mo to th|nk ho |s Zod|ac,' ho sa|d w|th a
s|gh. |o usos an Oak|and addross as a roturn, but tho Oak|and po||co bu||d|ng has a z|p codo ot 04007. |owovor, tho wr|tor has tho 3an
|ranc|sco |a|| ot 1ust|co codo corroct, 04108. 1ho word '|OVlCl0E' on tho onvo|opo |s wr|tton by a c|ork |n our ma|| room.' |o ho|d |t to tho ||ght
and squ|ntod. lot|co tho obv|ous crossod t's and tho dots ovor tho l's. lot|co tho papor s|zo |s 8/ by 11, and a |oga|-s|zo onvo|opo, d|ttoront trom
tho odd s|zo ot tho Zod|ac |ottors. 1h|s s|zo onvo|opo and s|zo ot papor |s cons|stont w|th tho stat|onory g|von |nmatos |n tho county ja|| or |n pr|son.
lt |s d|ttoront trom tho Zod|ac |ottors and has a d|ttoront watormark. Anothor hoax! As tar as phony Zod|ac wr|tors, tho numbor wou|d bo moro ||ko,
what, 3|||? ||tty so tar?'
3omoth|ng about Zod|ac |od to |m|tat|on: t|rst hoax |ottors, thon attomptod murdor, and t|na||y hom|c|do. |or ton days |n Vay 1078, a l|chmond
toachor had boon bombardod by monac|ng ca||s trom a sobb|ng man |dont|ty|ng h|mso|t as Zod|ac. l'm go|ng to k||| tho |ady |n tho b|uo houso,' ho
to|d tho toachor. l wont to a Vart|noz schoo| |n soarch ot v|ct|ms, but |ott bocauso tho po||co woro thoro.' Attorward, tho toachor d|scovorod h|s
back door had boon pr|od opon by a prow|or. 3hakon, ho wont to tho rotr|gorator. Absontm|ndod|y, ho took a sw|g trom an opon bott|o ot co|a. A
mota|||c tasto t|||od h|s mouth and ho qu|ck|y spat tho dr|nk out. 3omoono had addod a |otha| doso ot arson|c.
Anothor Zod|ac copycat noar|y sovorod notod |amp dos|gnor lobort 3a|om's hoad w|th a |ong, th|n-b|adod kn|to. |om|c|do lnspoctors Gus
Coror|s and 1ohn |ot|nos, ca||od to h|s posh workshop boh|nd tho 3an |ranc|scan |oto|, d|scovorod h|s mut||atod body on a b|oody mat. ln tho
v|ct|m's own b|ood, tho k|||or pr|ntod on h|s body and tho wa||, 3atan 3avos-ZO0lAC.' 3a|om's murdor was so|vod |n a horr|b|o way. 3outh ot 3|g
3ur, a ||ghway latro|man pu||od ovor two young Wyom|ng mon dr|v|ng tho car ot a young soc|a| workor tound t|oat|ng |n tho Yo||owstono l|vor. ||s
hoart, hoad, and ||mbs had boon sovorod as |t |n r|tua| sacr|t|co. l havo a prob|om,' ono ot tho mon to|d tho ott|cor. l am a cann|ba|.' 3oth woro
carry|ng wo||-gnawod human t|ngor bonos |n tho|r pockots.
l|ko Zod|ac, lau| Avory typod on a manua| typowr|tor, had |nt|mato know|odgo ot tho Cbroolc|o and po||co tochn|quos, and woro W|ng Wa|kor
shoos. l|ko lo|gh A||on, Avory had boon born |n tho th|rt|os |n |ono|u|u and ra|sod |n a m|||tary tam||y as tho son ot a caroor lava| ott|cor. |o had
h|s own thoor|os about Zod|ac. |o m|ght bo somo sort ot morchant soaman,' Avory to|d mo, bocauso tor |ong |ntorva|s wo don't hoar trom h|m.
|or somo roason Zod|ac's grown caut|ous. Whothor or not 'Zodo's' |n pr|son or has s|mp|y stoppod k||||ng, l st||| havo to contond w|th th|s-' |o
snatchod up a part|cu|ar|y v|c|ous copycat |ottor:

lau| Avory: l k|||od Erakat [Zuho|r Erakat, a v|ct|m ot tho Zobra k|||ors, a caso 1osch| had boon ass|gnod|. 1ho 3||nd lady |s noxt, thon you.
1ho Grand ||na|o w||| bo su|c|do, w|th 1v covorago, trom tho Go|don Gato 3r|dgo. 3oon Vy m|ss|on |n ||to |s dono. A|oha.' 1wo Zod|ac
symbo|s sorvod as a s|gnaturo to tho |ottor.
3coop. lau| Avory and tho |uzzy 3.|. l|gs: a .4b automat|c and a p|ast|c bag w|th a draw-str|ng ovor h|s hoad got h|s cooporat|on, but ho
was yo||ow and wh|nod. 1hat doa| was oxtra and comm|ss|onod by somoono now doad. Vy Ca||torn|a act|v|t|os aro unattoctod-just on |co
prosont|y-you aro st||| thoro, so say your prayors-tho Zod|ac cannot bo tr|t|od w|th. Zod|ac C|a|ms 17 . . . lau| Avory-|ah!'

1ho th|rty-n|no-yoar-o|d tormor war corrospondont tound h|mso|t bur|od bonoath t|ps. 1h|s |s tho ha|t-brothor ot tho Zod|ac spoak|ng,' ono trottod.
l'm concornod that Zod|ac m|ght bo us|ng my ||gh 3tandard .22-ca||bor som|automat|c p|sto|.' 3ut ot thom a||, W|||y's
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story was ospoc|a||y trag|c.
W|||y's tam||y, conv|ncod tho|r son was Zod|ac, sont stacks ot handwr|t|ng oxomp|ars, a|ong w|th tho|r own handwr|t|ng oxport's op|n|on, to Avory:

Attor |ongthy study and cons|dorat|on ot spoc|mons ot handwr|t|ng dono by 'Zod|ac' and compar|son w|th |ottors wr|tton by h|m, |t |s my
bo||ot that a|| ot thoso handwr|t|ngs woro dono by tho samo porson.'

1hoy don't soom to bo nuts,' Cbroolc|o roportor Goorgo Vurphy adv|sod Avory, just a p|oasant coup|o who bo||ovo thoy aro act|ng as good
c|t|zons. Vy t|rst roact|on |s to go to Oak|and and ask tho|r suspoct, who's now out on ba||, |t ho's tho Zod|ac. l'|| bo around tor turthor |ntorrogat|on
th|s attornoon, but |t doosn't soom ||ko Zod|ac.' W|||y had boon ja||od soon attor Zod|ac's |ottor to 3o|||, but Avory scannod a tow passagos anyway.

l am sorry tor a|| tho poop|o that l havo k|||od and ma|mod,' wroto W|||y. 3ut undorstand somoth|ng |t you can, ovory porson that l ovor k|||od
actua||y dosorvod |t. . . . l novor wantod to bocomo what l was, |t was an acc|dont whon l k|||od that t|rst man |n 3an |ranc|sco, and trom thon on
l had to do what thoy wantod. 0o you know what |t's ||ko to |ook somoono |n tho taco and thon pu|| a tr|ggor. You novor got usod to |t. And l'm
not crazy, just a|ways scarod.'

Avory roa||zod W||||o' thought ho was a mob h|t man. W|th a shuddor, ho torwardod W|||y's |ottors to 3horwood Vorr|||, who sa|d, 1hoy'ro oot
Zod|ac's handwr|t|ng.' 1ho roportor was burn|ng out. l|nos otchod h|s taco, aga|nst tho br|ght b|uo sh|rts and rod nockorch|ots ho otton woro, h|s
comp|ox|on stood sa||ow.
5aturday, Docombor 22, 1078
1oachi and Armatrong workod to oxhaust|on, grabbod a b|to at Or|g|na| 1oo's, thon rushod back to tho|r ott|co to bog|n tho da||y cyc|o a|| ovor
aga|n. 1ho Zod|ac caso was ||ko tho t|do-hopos ||ttod, on|y to bo dashod aga|nst tho rocks. And yot bonoath tho surtaco thoy to|t
tromondouscurronts-anothor unso|vab|o mystory, a h|nt ot doopor cr|mos as thoy wadod through s|ugg|sh wator. 1o tho north |n 3anta losa,
outs|do tho|r jur|sd|ct|on, bad th|ngs cont|nuod to happon. At tho w|ntor so|st|co, a day that ho|d s|gn|t|canco to Zod|ac, 1horosa 0|ano Wa|sh was
h|tchh|k|ng on 101 trom tho aroa ot Va||bu 3oach to hor homo |n Garborv|||o. A s||vor handmado cross swung trom hor nock, a t|ro-opa| r|ng and a
coppor-band r|ng t|ashod on hor t|ngors. 1on do||ars ot co|orod boads sho usod tor mak|ng braco|ots ratt|od |n hor backpack. 3omowhoro a|ong tho
way, sho too d|sappoarod. |or strang|od body, hog-t|od w|th ono-quartor-|nch ny|on ropo, was d|scovorod noxt to K|m A||on's |n a crook s|x days
|ator. Zod|ac had t|od h|s v|ct|ms at lako 3orryossa w|th c|othos||no, but Wa|sh, ||ko K|m A||on, may havo boon soxua||y assau|tod and th|s was
un||ko Zod|ac, whoso p|oasuro was pa|n.
Nonday, January 28, 1074
AII month Iong tho wor|d's ocoans had boon uncommon|y w||d, wh|pp|ng tho Wost Coast w|th tury. |urr|canos, h|gh t|dos, and thundor-storms
ro|ont|oss|y boat tho shoros. A major co|nc|donco ot cosm|c cyc|os had occurrod. Earth, moon, and sun had a||gnod |n a noar|y stra|ght ||no-a
cont|gurat|on ca||od syzygy. 0ur|ng tho now and tu|| phasos ot tho moon, pos|t|vo |ons chargod tho atmosphoro and troaky, mot|vo|oss murdors
occurrod as tar away as V|am|.
Zod|ac hunchod ovor a ||ght tab|o, tho g|ow h|gh||ght|ng h|s |ntont taco. ln tho past, h|s dos|ro tor notor|oty had compo||od h|m to boast. low a
moro command|ng powor, a co|ost|a| powor, drovo h|m to broak h|s throo-yoar s||onco. 3ocauso ot tho t|m|ng ot h|s k||||ngs, oxports had |ong
bo||ovod Zod|ac was moon mad'-sons|t|vo to tho grav|tat|ona| |nt|uoncos, onhancod |um|nos|ty, and o|octromagnot|c t|o|d changos ot tu|| and now
moon phasos, changos that attoct tho human norvous systom and |ncroaso tho bra|n's norvous act|v|ty.
lt ono cons|dors tho human organ|sm as a m|crocosm,' psych|atr|st Arno|d l. l|obor wroto, compr|s|ng ossont|a||y tho samo o|omonts as, and
|n s|m||ar proport|on to, thoso ot tho oarth's surtaco-approx|mato|y o|ghty porcont wator and twonty porcont organ|c and |norgan|c m|nora|s-ono
cou|d spocu|ato that tho grav|tat|ona| torcos ot tho moon m|ght oxort a s|m||ar |nt|uonco upon tho wator mass ot tho human bo|ng.' 3tud|os on
nuc|oar magnot|c rosonanco domonstratod that b|o|og|ca| t|ssuos rospond to tho |ntoract|on botwoon moon and Earth. 1hoso b|o|og|ca| t|dos m|ght
bo sutt|c|ont to tr|ggor omot|ona|, psycho|og|ca|, and phys|o|og|ca| outbursts |n corta|n prod|sposod |nd|v|dua|s.
lron|ca||y, on dark, moon|oss n|ghts,' 1osch| to|d mo, a|| my yoars |n 3ox Cr|mos, Aggravatod Assau|t, and |om|c|do, my homo phono was
ro|at|vo|y qu|ot-ovon whon on ca||. Whon |t was a c|oar, br|ght moon||t n|ght, n|ghts ot tu|| and now moons, v|o|ont cr|mo |ncroasod. lnov|tab|y tho
1osch| homo phono wou|d r|ng-Oporat|ons Contor roport|ng mar|ta| t|ghts, shoot|ngs, stabb|ngs-a|| n|ght |ong. Contrary to popu|ar bo||ot, dark
spooky n|ghts wou|d bo a norma| tranqu|| n|ght tor a po||coman.' At 3tantord, 0r. lundo suggostod anothor poss|b|||ty tor tho t|m|ng ot Zod|ac's
assau|ts. Woro Zod|ac's n|ghtt|mo murdors a|ways at a t|mo whon thoro was ta|r|y good moon||ght?' ho askod mo. A|ways a tu|| or now moon,' l
rop||od. 3o ho wou|d bo ab|o to soo at n|ght,' sa|d lundo. Co|nc|donta||y, a 5ocromooto Boo 3unday art|c|o on Vorr||| had appoarod prom|nont|y
tho day botoro, 1anuary 27. 3o tho now |ottor m|ght |n part havo boon an ogo th|ng, a compot|t|on w|th Vorr||| tor pub||c|ty.
Zod|ac bont to h|s |abor. A t||m had boon torr|ty|ng 3an |ranc|sco, much as ho usod to, roco|v|ng as much pub||c|ty as ho onco had. l|nos ot thr|||-
sookors strotchod around tho b|ock, s|xty thousand s|nco Chr|stmas, wa|t|ng to ontor tho lorthpo|nt 1hoator and soo 7bo Exorclst. Onco |ns|do,
attor a two-hour wa|t, a tow |mmod|ato|y ox|tod and woro s|ck on tho s|dowa|k. Zod|ac had soon thom h|mso|t-0|sgust|ng!' h|s |ottor commontod
on th|s phonomonon and tho s|cknoss ot tho pub||c at |argo. |o had rovvod h|s car and rushod away. 1ho postmark, 040, wou|dn't bo much ho|p to
tho po||co. lt on|y |nd|catod tho |ottor had boon ma||od trom an adjacont county south ot 3an |ranc|sco and p|ckod up botoro noon on 1uosday.
Wodnoaday, January 80, 1074
For ovor a month tho two-man Zod|ac 3quad had not soon any roa| act|on. Zod|ac had ma||od h|s |ast |ottor just undor throo yoars ago. 1ho
numbor ot t|p |ottors dw|nd|od, ta|||ng trom t|tty a wook to ton to pract|ca||y nono. 1osch|, work|ng ||| and out ot sorts, had takon to g|ar|ng at tho
soa|od t|vo-toot-ta|| stoo|-gray t|||ng cab|not crammod w|th Zod|ac art|tacts. Ono drawor |s markod 'Concornod C|t|zons,'' ho sa|d. 1ho socond
drawor |s tor suspocts on|y.' (U|t|mato|y thoro wou|d bo o|ght drawors.) 0o l th|nk wo'|| ovor catch tho guy? Ot courso l do. l havo to too| that way, or
l'd havo g|von up |ong ago. 1o mo |t's a major cha||ongo, a major caso. 3||| and l aro tho Zod|ac 3quad ot tho country.'
locont|y thoy had boon busy track|ng down tho |ntamous Zobra k|||ors who s|aughtorod t|ttoon and woundod o|ght random v|ct|ms ovor a 170-day
por|od. 1hough a|| ot tho v|ct|ms woro wh|to and a|| ot tho|r assa||ants b|ack, that was not why tho ro||g|ous|y mot|vatod cu|t murdors camo to bo
known as tho Zobra' k||||ngs. 1ho spoc|a| un|t wo put togothor workod most|y at n|ght,' 1osch| oxp|a|nod, bocauso that's whon tho k||||ngs woro
occurr|ng. 1hoy usod a rad|o channo| that was so|dom usod to koop |t ava||ab|o tor anyono who ca||od |n who m|ght havo soon somo suspocts.
1hoy put |t on 'Channo| Z,' wh|ch was novor usod at a||. lt was 'Z' tor 'Zobra' and tho pross p|ckod up on |t and our k|||ors bocamo tho Zobra k|||ors.'
Vombors ot th|s tanat|ca| cu|t had to pass an |n|t|at|on that cons|stod ot shoot|ng or hack|ng to doath mon, womon, and ch||dron |n ordor to roach
tho rank ot 0oath Ango|.' 1wo n|ghts ago, botwoon 8:00 and 10:00 l.V., anothor Zobra murdor had sot ott a round-tho-c|ock manhunt. 0og-t|rod
and ach|ng, 1osch| had stayod |n bod th|s ono morn|ng. |o g|ancod at tho c|ock, stud|od tho sky outs|do. Evoryth|ng was out ot k||tor. As a tuo|-
sav|ng dov|co, 0ay||ght 3av|ngs 1|mo had arr|vod throo months oar|y th|s yoar. 1osch|, unawaro tho k|||or's unoxp|a|nod s||onco was about to bo
brokon, bur|od h|s taco |n tho p|||ow. Ovor at tho Cbroolc|o Caro| ||shor s||t opon a |ottor, trozo, and road tho to||ow|ng:

l saw and th|nk '1ho Exorc|st' was tho bost sator|ca| com|dy that l havo ovor soon. 3|gnod, yours tru|oy: |o p|ungod h|m so|t |nto tho b|||owy
wavo and an ocho aroso trom tho su|c|dos gravo t|tw|||o t|tw|||o t|tw|||o l3. |t l do not soo th|s noto |n your papor. l w||| do somoth|ng nasty, wh|ch
you know l'm capab|o ot do|ng'

1h|s wasn't tho t|rst t|mo Zod|ac had quotod G||bort and 3u|||van. Caro| rocogn|zod tho t|tw|||o' ||nos trom tho socond act ot 7bo Vlkooo,
spoc|t|ca||y tho ar|a ot Ko-Ko, tho ta|nthoartod lord ||gh Exocut|onor. 1hroo and a ha|t yoars ago tho k|||or had a|so paraphrasod Vlkooo |yr|cs (a
||tt|o ||st ho had ot a|| thoso who wou|d novor bo m|ssod'). |o had quotod thom at groat |ongth trom momory. 0|vorgonc|os trom tho or|g|na| toxt,
pr|mar||y Acts l and ll, provod that. And that s|ngu|ar anoma|y, tho |ady novo||st' had boon changod to and tho s|ngur|y abnorm||y tho g|r| who novor
k|ssod.' var|ous a|tornat|vos to |ady novo||st-|ady dramat|st, |ady motor|st, |ady b|cyc||st, otc., woro usua||y suggostod by tho actor portray|ng Ko-
Ko. l bo||ovod that Zod|ac's ||tt|o ||st was a ro|| ca|| ot roa| poop|o ho know and whom ho tanc|od had wrongod h|m-banjo soranador,' p|ano
org|nast' and a|| ch||dron . . . up |n datos [studonts|.' lo||co had a|ways bo||ovod Zod|ac had ossayod tho ro|o ot Ko-Ko protoss|ona||y. l suggostod
a co||ogo product|on.
1ho n|ght Zod|ac ha||od cabdr|vor lau| loo 3t|no, tho lamp||ghtors had boon rohoars|ng 7bo Vlkooo noarby on a stago sma||or than a lac|t|c
|o|ghts ||v|ng room at lrosontat|on 1hoatro, 28b0 1urk 3troot. 0ur|ng tho|r ont|ro run, trom Octobor 18 to lovombor 7, 1000, no Zod|ac |ottor was
roco|vod. 3craw|s at tho bottom ot tho now |ottor ovon rosomb|od tho roundod orsatz 1apanoso ca|||graphy on Ko-Ko's papor tan. On 1anuary 80,
1074, mus|c d|roctor G||bort lussak was st||| putt|ng Ko-Ko, lank|-loo, looh-3ah, l|sh-1ush, and Yum-Yum through tho|r pacos. Caro| thought
Zod|ac m|ght bo a mombor ot that cast.
ln tho |ottor's |owor r|ght-hand cornor, Zod|ac had pr|ntod Vo-87 3.|.l.0.-0.' ||shor ca||od |om|c|do and thoy rang 1osch| at homo. 1ho
dotoct|vo, burn|ng w|th tovor, torcod h|mso|t up. 1ho |ast t|mo ho had to|t th|s bad was on tho tront ||nos |n Koroa. 0rattod attor |oav|ng Ga|||oo ||gh,
ho had tacod sovon months ot hard combat w|th tho 24th lntantry 0|v|s|on. W|th|n ha|t an hour, 1osch| had parkod undor tho Cbroolc|o towor, r|ddon
to tho th|rd t|oor, and was road|ng Zod|ac's scoro. 1h|rty-sovon!' ho muttorod, pray|ng tho k|||or was |y|ng. Anothor G||bort and 3u|||van sw|po and
anothor shot at 3|l0,' sa|d 1osch|. 1ooz, why doos ho s|ng|o us out ovory t|mo. What |s th|s grudgo? And why G||bort and 3u|||van?'
0r. Vurray 3. V|ron ot tho 3yracuso losoarch lnst|tuto roachod somo conc|us|ons on tho now |ottor. ln a cont|dont|a| |3l psycho||ngu|st|cs roport,
ho suggostod su|c|dos gravo' m|ght |nd|cato Zod|ac was contomp|at|ng su|c|do. V|ron rotorrod to Zod|ac's |ottor to Attornoy Vo| 3o||| |n part|cu|ar.
lt conta|nod h|nts ot a dopross|on that troquont|y ovortakos h|m. . . . lt |s not ont|ro|y un||ko|y that |n ono ot thoso v|ru|ont dopross|ons, such
|nd|v|dua|s cou|d comm|t su|c|do.' loss|b|y, tho su|c|do Zod|ac rotoroncos |s tho symbo||c doath ot Zod|ac . . . tho soc|opath|c porsona||ty
ovontua||y 'burns out' . . . as ho agos.'
l wou|d agroo,' wroto |3l prot||or 0oug|as, that tho Zod|ac m|ght ovontua||y comm|t su|c|do, but l a|so bo||ovo that, ovon |n a doprossod stato,
tho Zod|ac wroto |ottors w|th tho goa| ot man|pu|at|ng, dom|nat|ng, and contro|||ng tho|r roc|p|onts and tho |argor aud|onco ho know thoy wou|d
roach.'
Onco a parano|d sch|zophron|c |s |nto h|s m|d-th|rt|os (|t ho doos not k||| h|mso|t), tho rago may burn |tso|t out or go |nto rom|ss|on. lt Zod|ac had
symbo||ca||y d|od, thon tho k|||or m|ght |oad tho rost ot h|s ||to unovonttu||y. |o m|ght not roca|| ho had onco boon Zod|ac. V|ron bo||ovod tho k|||or to
bo a Caucas|an, unmarr|od ma|o . . . |so|atod, w|thdrawn and unro|atod |n h|s hab|ts, qu|ot and propossoss|ng |n d|spos|t|on.' |o thought Zod|ac
had good uncorroctod oyos|ght bocauso ot tho uso ot m|nuto d|st|ngu|shors tor tho d|ttor|ng codo symbo|s.'
lo||co had onco stud|od survo|||anco photos ot tho 3atos bur|a|. Vany k|||ors woro unab|o to stay away trom tho|r v|ct|m's tunora|. |or that samo
roason tho Cbroolc|o snappod p|cturos ot tho oxtondod ||nos cur||ng around tho lorthpo|nt 1hoator and strotch|ng up lowo|| botwoon 3ay and
|ranc|sco 3troots. lhotos woro takon oach n|ght on tho chanco Zod|ac wou|d soo 7bo Exorclst aga|n. lorhaps ho wou|d wavo to tho camora.
1ho Exorclst |ottor carr|od on|y a s|ng|o o|ght-cont E|sonhowor stamp. Zod|ac usua||y doub|od, tr|p|od, ovon quadrup|od postago. A s|m||ar
soc|opath, tho Unabombor, who camo attor Zod|ac, stockp||od |argo quant|t|os ot symbo||c stamps |ong botoro ho bogan post|ng h|s hoavy ma||
bombs. |or tho bombor, Eugono O'lo|| stamps s|gn|t|od a h|ddon mossago. Vaybo O'lo||'s p|ays woro a gr|m commont on tho Unabombor's
troub|od tam||y ||to. Othor stamps |nd|catod tho strongth ot tho |ntorna| dov|co or targot so|octod-spoc|t|c or non-spoc|t|c. On|y tho bombor know
what oach symbo||zod.
Zod|ac's pa|rod stamps ot pros|donts-l|nco|n, E|sonhowor, and |0l-m|ght bo oqua||y symbo||c-a|| had sorvod as wart|mo pros|donts.
l|nco|n stamps m|ght |nd|cato somoono namod Groon (l|nco|n Groon), |ord (|ord's 1hoatro), or 3ooth (tho assass|n 3ooth or any actor tor that
mattor). |0l stamps m|ght stand tor 0o|ano, a county abutt|ng 0oor lodgo, Vontana, a spot ||nkod to Zod|ac by h|s own words dur|ng a
convorsat|on w|th a surv|v|ng v|ct|m. 1h|s t|mo Zod|ac had docoratod tho |owor r|ght-hand cornor ot h|s onvo|opo w|th gummod |abo|s. lunn|ng
vort|ca||y woro thoso |nstruct|ons:

3tamps |n th|s book havo boon gummod w|th a matto t|n|sh adhos|vo wh|ch porm|ts tho o||m|nat|on ot tho soparat|on t|ssuos. 1h|s book
conta|ns 2b-8 cont stamps-tour on th|s pano and sovon oach on throo add|t|ona| panos. 3o|||ng pr|co $2.00.' ln tho uppor r|ght cornor woro
tho gummod stamps VAll EAllY ll 1|E 0AY' [show|ng c|ock hands| and Uso Zll codo.'

0|d z|p cooo somohow match up w|th ono ot Zod|ac's numor|ca| codos as a koy? 1ho Exorclst |ottor ro-onorg|zod tho caso. 3|nco tho |atost
Zod|ac |ottor was pub||shod,' 1osch| sa|d, l'vo had t|tty poop|o |n my ott|co! Each c|a|ms ho knows Zod|ac porsona||y. 3||| and l havo probab|y
to||owod up a thousand |oads |n th|s caso and hoard a |ot ot wo|rd stor|os. loop|o to|| us thoy'ro suro |t's tho|r no|ghbor bocauso ho |ooks ||ko tho
draw|ng and wa|ks around w|th a kn|to |n a scabbard. . . . 1horo aro t|mos whon you'ro ||ston|ng to th|s and |t's hard to koop a stra|ght taco. 3ut l too|
l'vo got to ||ston to ovoryono, no mattor how out|and|sh tho|r story |s.'
1huraday, January 81, 1074
Aro you awaro ot a rumor go|ng around concorn|ng a poss|b|o ||nk botwoon Zod|ac and tho 3an |ranc|sco chora| group tho 'lamp||ghtors'?' a
woman |ntormod Avory on 1hursday morn|ng. A g|r| l hoard ta|k|ng about |t usod to bo|ong to tho group and thought ono ot tho mon |n tho group t|t
tho doscr|pt|on ot Zod|ac. 3ho was ro|uctant to go to tho po||co much as wo tr|od to porsuado hor. 1hon |t was droppod and l'm not suro what
bocamo ot hor. ln any caso, d|d tho po||co chock out that group? Zod|ac (who's probab|y Vr. Ord|nary Guy load|ng 1yp|ca| l|to who a|so happons
to bo a psychopath)-obv|ous|y ||stons to G||bort and 3u|||van. l wou|d havo wr|tton th|s d|roct|y to tho po||co but what w|th g|v|ng park|ng t|ckots and
bust|ng pot r|ngs, l know thoy aro too busy to t|ght cr|mo. A|| us ord|nary c|t|zon taxpayors aro |mpr|sonod w|th|n tho wa||s ot our homos bocauso
murdorors, rap|sts and burg|ars who aro troo to roam can't soom to got caught unt|| thoy ca|| |n trom a phono booth w|th tho|r oxact |ong|tudo and
|at|tudo.'
1huraday, Fobruary 14, 1074
CaroI oonod tho morn|ng ma|| and got a socond shock-tho t|ood-gatos had tru|y boon oponod:

0oar Vr. Ed|tor: 0|d you know that tho |n|t|a|s 3lA [3ymb|onoso l|borat|on Army| spo|| '3lA' an o|d lorso word moan|ng 'k|||.' [s|gnod| a
tr|ond.'

1hough tho hand-|ottorod postcard was ot doubttu| authont|c|ty, sho a|ortod tho |3l. 1hoy |nc|udod |t |n tho|r |nvontory ot va||d Zod|ac |ottors.
A|most throo months passod. 1ho noxt commun|cat|on wou|d bo roa|-Zod|ac was grow|ng bo|dor aga|n-rost|oss, tho o|d pass|ons r|s|ng to tho
surtaco.
Nonday, AriI 15, 1074
Loigh had boon |ot go trom Un|on l|cht|o|d. Adr|tt aga|n ho coasod attond|ng 3onoma 3tato Un|vors|ty and bogan work at tho 3onoma Auto larts
3toro at 248 Wost lapa |n 3onoma. ||nanc|a||y, h|s noxt job was a stop down, but ho know and ||kod ong|nos. |o had ga|nod oxport|so at
Wogan's 3orv|co 3tat|on botoro bo|ng t|rod. On a br|ghtor noto, lo|gh was work|ng w|th 1|m, a tr|ond ho cou|d cont|do |n. l'm a|most through w|th
a|| my acadom|c roqu|romonts at 3onoma 3tato,' ho to|d 1|m, a|though ho wou|d not roco|vo h|s dogroo tor anothor o|ght yoars. |o to|d 1|m othor
th|ngs too, unsott||ng h|nts about a socrot ||to. lorhaps, now that lo|gh's protoss|ona| studont days woro ond|ng, good th|ngs wou|d bog|n to happon
tor h|m. At ago torty-ono, ho was about to go out |nto tho wor|d. 1ho t|ros woro coo||ng. Zod|ac was, tor a|| purposos, doad and lo|gh A||on had a
tr|ond to cont|do |n.
Wodnoaday, Nay 8, 1074
Evory homicido BiII Armstrong |nvost|gatod |mpactod h|m as hard as h|s t|rst. 1ho co|d, droadtu| t|na||ty ot tho dood a|ways brought h|m up short.
lrobab|y a .88,' sa|d Armstrong at a cr|mo scono. looks ||ko tho s|ug stoppod horo, boh|nd tho torohoad.' |o po|ntod to a swo||on bu|go just
abovo tho v|ct|m's oyo, thon stood, shak|ng h|s hoad. Wo'ro roa||y just |ntormat|on gathorors,' ho sa|d. Wo put oach caso togothor tho bost wo can
and |ay |t on tho tab|o tor tho courts to doc|do.'
Voanwh||o, Zod|ac was wr|t|ng yot aga|n. As w|th 7bo Exorclst, ho had roturnod to bo|ng a dotondor ot pub||c mora|s:

3|rs-l wou|d ||ko to oxpross my constornat|on concorn|ng your poor tasto 8 |ack ot sympathy tor tho pub||c, as ov|doncod by your runn|ng ot
ads tor tho mov|o '3ad|ands' toatur|ng tho b|urb 'ln 10b0 most poop|o woro k||||ng t|mo. K|t 8 |o||y woro k||||ng poop|o.' ln ||ght ot rocont ovonts,
th|s k|nd ot murdor-g|or|t|cat|on can on|y bo dop|orab|o at bost (not that g|or|t|cat|on ot v|o|onco was ovor just|t|ab|o) why don't you show somo
concorn tor tho pub||c sons|b|||t|os 8 cut tho ad? [s|gnod| A c|t|zon.'

Constant|y susp|c|ous, Zod|ac drovo to A|amoda County to ma|| h|s |atost |ottor. 3ut as days passod, ho scannod tho tront pagos and grow
tur|ous. |o had warnod thom botoro how much ho hatod to bo |gnorod and what ho wou|d do |t thoy showod h|m no rospoct.
Nonday, JuIy 8, 1074
Fuming attor a tu|| month's rojoct|on, Zod|ac puzz|od why h|s tonguo-|n-chook Boo|ooos |ottor had not boon pr|ntod. Ovor tho yoars tho pub||c|ty-
mad k|||or had tr|od to snoak |ottors |nto pr|nt undor psoudonyms, ma|||ng thom trom ovorywhoro oxcopt whoro ho roa||y ||vod. A|| bocauso tho po||co
had gotton too c|oso to h|m, |t was dangorous to ma|| any |ottor s|gnod Zod|ac.' 3ocauso tho Cbroolc|o m|ght bo tost|ng h|m, ho proparod a
socond |ottor, a sw|po at at a Cbroolc|o co|umn|st, and s|gnod |t, A c|t|zon.' |o racod to 3an latao|, dopos|tod |t |n tho t|rst post box ho roachod,
thon rushod homo to worry.
Wodnoaday, JuIy 10, 1074
Zodiac had no way ot know|ng h|s t|rst |ottor hadn't roachod tho Cbroolc|o unt|| 1uno 4 and thoy roo||y woro tost|ng h|m. A|though ho had not
s|gnod |t Zod|ac,' Caro| rocogn|zod h|s handpr|nt|ng. |o's not too||ng anybody-no mattor what h|s gamo |s,' sa|d 1osch| as ho scannod tho
postcard. 1horo's no doubt |n my m|nd about o|thor ono . . . ho's try|ng to s||p |ottors and cards |nto tho Cbroolc|o w|thout bo|ng dotoctod.' 1hoy
a|so rocogn|zod a |ottor ma||od two days ago as a Zod|ac commun|cat|on. 1ho k|||or wroto about Cbroolc|o co|umn|st Count Varco th|s t|mo. 1ho
tormor ha|rdrossor was 1ho man womon |ovo to hato,' or as 7lmo put |t, 1ho vo|co trom tho sowor.'

Ed|tor-lut Varco back |n tho ho||-ho|o trom whonco |t camo-ho has a sor|ous psycho|og|ca| d|sordor-a|ways noods to too| supor|or. l
suggost you rotor h|m to a shr|nk. Voanwh||o, canco| tho co|umn. 3|nco tho Count can wr|to anonymous|y, so can l. 1ho lod lhantom (rod w|th
rago).'

Why had Zod|ac s|ng|od out tho Count, an ant|-tom|n|st, nat|ona||y synd|catod rad|o commontator whoso roa| namo was Varco 3p|no|||? 0|d
anothor 3p|no||| somohow t|guro |n h|s past and was th|s throat, |n Zod|ac's maddon|ng |nd|roct way, actua||y moant tor h|m? 1ho Count was a|most
as co|ortu| as Vo| 3o|||.
Count Varco's bus|noss cards carr|od a roya| crost. |o ||vod |n a tourtoon-room apartmont at tho 3tantord Court and woro a watch w|th s|xty
d|amonds surround|ng |ts taco. |o ownod throo lo||s-loycos, oach w|th a chauttour and tootman. Ono lo||s was pa|ntod w|th twonty coats ot s||vor
to match Varco's ha|r. |o rosorvod tho socond tor hau||ng h|s cons|dorab|o |uggago. 1ho th|rd bo|ongod to h|s dachshund, and sho was dr|von
about att|rod |n a d|amond and omora|d ta|| r|ng, crochotod hat, dark g|assos, and a wh|to m|nk sto|o. |or tur was dyod to match tho lo||s.
Voro than throo yoars prov|ous|y, tho Count had roco|vod anothor anonymous |ottor. 0oar Vorn|ng 3tar,' tho 1anuary 11, 1071 |ottor road. 0on't
you worry, 0on't you toar, 1oa-t|mo comos but onco a yoar. . . . 1o ||tt thy sp|r|ts co|umn|st 1hroo bags ot 1oa w|th|n to tw|st 1hoso drops ot |omon
(arom|st), A|so onc|osod a tow b|scu|ts, Approvod and usod by 12 ta|r t|sts-|a|thtu| 3avant. |avo a n|co day!' Count Varco had jo|nod tho
Cbroolc|o |n 10b0, tho samo t|mo as Avory, but had had onough ot such uns|gnod |ovo |ottors. |o |ott to d|v|do h|s t|mo a b|t moro socuro|y botwoon
|awa|| and la|m 3pr|ngs.
Friday, 5otombor 27, 1074
5orting hia Zodiac watch and r|ng, A||on, now wo|gh|ng 240 pounds, spont tho morn|ng |n h|s tra||or, puttor|ng about. An hour |ator, h|s wor|d
co||apsod. 1ho crunch ot boots on tho gravo| had a|roady a|ortod h|m, so ho d|dn't jump whon thoro camo a tur|ous thump|ng on h|s tra||or door.
Opon up!'
Who's thoro?'
3onoma County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont!'
0oputy |aas's arr|va| was not tota||y unoxpoctod. Evonts had boon sot |n mot|on on 3optombor 28 whon a comp|a|nt was |odgod aga|nst A||on.
Yostorday tho 3hor|tt's 0opartmont had t||od aga|nst h|m |n Contra| Vun|c|pa| Court. You'ro undor arrost,' |aas sa|d. 1ho chargo |s lC 288, 288a
-ch||d mo|ost|ng and oxc|t|ng tho |ust ot a m|nor undor tourtoon yoars o|d.' 3otwoon 1u|y 11 and 1u|y 2b, A||on had ont|cod two boys |nto h|s tra||or
bodroom. Attorward, ho had prossod monoy, two quartors, |nto tho|r hands.
l know you don't ||ko |t,' A||on to|d tho doputy, but l'm just a nasty man.'
lt was ono ot tho oddost romarks l had ovor hoard undor tho c|rcumstancos,' roca||od tho ott|cor.
As soon as ho was arrostod, lo|gh wantod a ponc|| and p|oco ot papor so ho cou|d work out h|s thoughts on papor. |o was try|ng to doc|do |t ho
shou|d p|oad gu||ty or not. |o drow a ||no down tho m|dd|o ot tho papor. On ono s|do ho wroto gu||ty' and on tho othor pub||c dotondor,' thon ||stod
tho pros and cons ot oach. |o bogan to sob.
1ho noxt day, A||on was ro|oasod on $b,000 ba|| tor oach count ot to|ony ch||d mo|ost|ng. |owovor, back |n va||ojo, ho to|d tr|onds ho had boon
arrostod bocauso ho was tho Zod|ac.'
ln 1074 lo|gh A||on mo|ostod a n|no-yoar-o|d boy trom tho |romont E|omontary 3choo| |n h|s tra||or.' A 3anta losa po||co sorgoant o|aboratod.
Anothor o|ght-yoar-o|d was thoro too. lo|gh had |urod thom |ns|do to soo somo ch|pmunks and comm|ttod |owd acts |nvo|v|ng ora| copu|at|on upon
tho two ch||dron. 1ho t||o says ho workod part-t|mo at Yaogor and K|rk's lumbor Yard. And wo havo h|s tratt|c t|ckot horo. |o has a '0 t||o.' On tho
t||o |s a notat|on that l'vo novor soon botoro: 'l3-0,' [a Cl8l h|gh pr|or|ty codo| and th|s notat|on |s markod 'yos.'' 1ho daughtor ot a woman A||on had
known tor yoars ro|atod, As l undorstand h|s |ncarcorat|on at Atascadoro, |t was tor mo|ost|ng tho son ot a toma|o tr|ond ot h|s. 1ho boy was maybo
anywhoro trom o|ght to th|rtoon yoars o|d. 1ho vors|on ho to|d my mothor was tho woman was just joa|ous ot h|s ro|at|onsh|p w|th hor son. l bo||ovo
ho was dat|ng tho woman. |o sa|d that was why sho had turnod h|m |n-joa|ousy.' 1h|s turnod out not to bo truo. 1ho|r ro|at|onsh|p had novor boon
anyth|ng but p|aton|c, as had a|| ot lo|gh's ro|at|onsh|ps w|th womon.
3oxua| sad|sts ||ko Zod|ac aro ||m|tod or |ncapab|o ot torm|ng norma| adu|t soxua| ro|at|onsh|ps,' 0r. lundo to|d mo. And so what aro tho
a|tornat|vos? Ono |s sox w|th doad bod|os or k||||ng tor soxua| sat|stact|on. Anothor |s sox w|th ch||dron.' Cl8l, a|ortod by tho arrost, roquostod
A||on's va||oy 3pr|ngs 3choo| t||o and bogan prob|ng tor oar||or s|gns ot |mpropor ro|at|onsh|ps w|th ch||dron. lo||co a|so contactod ovory schoo|
whoro ho had taught. As author|t|os tr|od to bu||d a b|ggor caso, A||on roma|nod troo on ba||. |o took to harass|ng a doputy tost|ty|ng aga|nst h|m.
At n|ght, ho stood monac|ng|y outs|do tho man's houso. ||na||y, tho cop rushod out and chasod h|m away. 1ust botoro lo|gh's tr|a|, somoono ma||od
an anonymous typowr|tton |ottor to a |oca| judgo. 1ho judgo brought |t |nto tho Ca||stoga l.0.
0|d you m|ss mo?' |t road. Was busy do|ng somo notar|ous dostard|y work, tor wh|ch l am wo|| su|tod. . . . Ah yos! 1ust|co sha|| bo dono. l
had to |augh. [3an |ranc|sco Chron|c|o co|umn|st| |orb Caon mont|onod that 1osch| was tho on|y man |ook|ng tor tho Zod|ac. Zod|ac gavo mo
a car to p|ck up tho ov|donco. |o know my l|ymouth was sabotagod.'

A d|sab|od l|ymouth had boon spottod by a toonago boy at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs tho n|ght ot tho |ourth ot 1u|y murdor.
1huraday, January 28, 1075
PoIico drovo to A||on's homo |n va||ojo and roarrostod h|m. ||s mothor |ot tho doput|os |n and thoy doscondod to t|nd lo|gh shr|ok|ng |n tho contor
ot tho basomont. l|vo ch|pmunks woro craw||ng a|| ovor h|m-tho pots and v|ct|ms ho |ot sharo h|s subtorranoan room. 3qu|rro| sh|t was dr|pp|ng
trom h|s shou|dors,' roca||od ono cop. |o roma|nod |n our custody trom that dato on. Whon ho was at tho 3onoma County 1a||, co|| b|ock #232, ho
camo to tho attont|on ot throo Vox|can guys who tr|od to 'punk' h|m. |o |ot thom scrow h|m. lator, |n court, tho othor ||tt|o boy tost|t|od aga|nst A||on.'
1huraday, Narch 18, 1075
5orgoant NuIanax had not g|von up on A||on, and wroto tho |3l:

3YlOl3l3: 3ubjoct t|ts tho gonora| doscr|pt|on ot Zod|ac. |o was born |n |ono|u|u, |awa||. |o attondod schoo| |n l|vors|do, Ca||torn|a. |o
|s omp|oyod |n Oak|and Ca||t. |o |s a conv|ctod sox ottondor ot ch||dron. 1YlE O| EXAVllA1lOl: Eva|uat|on ot t|ngorpr|nts and pa|m pr|nts.
Eva|uat|on ot handwr|t|ng oxomp|ars subm|ttod, w|th ov|donco on t||o. VA1EllAl 3U3Vl11E0: 1. 1wo yo||ow pagos ot yo||ow mator|a| (part|a|
toxt ot Zod|ac mossagos.) 2. lod d|ary wr|tton by subjoct ovor por|od ot ono yoar. 8. la|m pr|nts ot subjoct ot |ott and r|ght hands. 4. Ono wh|to
shoot conta|n|ng Zod|ac toxt, wr|tton w|th |nk pon by subjoct. b. 3o|ano County ja|| arrost rocord.'

lator that day A||on was sontoncod to Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta| tor tho Cr|m|na||y lnsano.
As tor tho ||tt|o an|ma|s lo|gh a|ways had,' a tr|ond ot A||on's to|d mo, ho dot|n|to|y had |ots ot ch|pmunks, and ovon a skunk at ono t|mo. Whon
ho was sont to Atascadoro ho gavo tho an|ma|s to tho E|noka lursory ott ||ghway 12. |o had an abundanco ot tho ||tt|o croaturos. l romombor
hat|ng to soo thom cagod a|| tho t|mo and now lo|gh was go|ng to bo cagod as wo||.'
A sharp-oyod ott|cor, 3orgoant 1ohn 3urko, not|cod ho was woar|ng a Zod|ac wr|stwatch and ontorod tho tact |n h|s t||o.
Friday, Narch 14, 1075
Loigh arrivod at Atascadoro and bogan sorv|ng h|s sontonco. 3ack |n 1000 ho had shown h|s s|stor-|n-|aw sovora| pagos ot handpr|ntod |oga|
torm|no|ogy and cryptograms. 1hoy porta|n to a porson who had boon comm|ttod to Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta| tor mo|ost|ng a ch||d,' ho had sa|d.
1h|s |s tho work ot an |nsano porson.' lo|gh had boon prosc|ont, tor ho was now |n that vory s|tuat|on. Voanwh||o, a|| Zod|ac-typo attacks,
s|ght|ngs, and |ottors coasod. 1hat |nact|v|ty trom Zod|ac was oxtraord|nar||y to|||ng. On|y tho |nvost|gat|on cont|nuod, gr|nd|ng s|ow|y, but
oxcood|ng|y t|no. 1ho o|d c|ock |n tho |om|c|do room |n 3an |ranc|sco t|ckod on as |t moasur|ng ott throo yoars as s|ow|y as |t cou|d.
Voanwh||o, A||on's tr|ond, 1|m, was troub|od. lo|gh ca||od mo at work ono n|ght,' ho to|d mo |ator, l to|t sorry tor h|m so l wou|d ||ston. 1hat's why
ho thought l was h|s buddy. 'l havo to go to ja||,' ho sa|d. 'l nood to como down and ta|k to you. l havo somo unt|n|shod bus|noss, somoth|ng l want to
got ott my chost. l want you to bo by yourso|t, and l want you to wa|t tor mo attor work.' l thought, 'Good gr|ot, th|s |s wo|rd. A|| thoso stor|os aro t|y|ng
around. l don't know |t l roa||y want to moot h|m attor work a|ono.' 3ut l to|d h|m l'd wa|t tor h|m. Attor work and a coup|o ot boors, ho'd go through h|s
two-hour d|ssortat|on. Anothor k|d was work|ng w|th mo, lau| 3|akos|y. 3o l to|d lau|, 'You know, o|d lo|gh wants to como down and soo mo by
myso|t, and l don't roa||y trust h|m. l don't know what ho's got up h|s s|oovo, so wou|d you hang around and broak a boor w|th mo and wo'|| wa|t tor
h|m.' 3o wo |a|d a coup|o ot c|ub-||ko th|ngs around tho storo just |n caso. O|d lo|gh comos down and, ot courso, ho |ookod ||ko ho||. ||s oyos woro
a|| rod, and ho had a ||tt|o stubb|o a|| ovor h|s taco. |o had boon cry|ng h|s guts out. |o wantod to sp||| tho boans-that ho was bo|ng |nvost|gatod
tor tho Zod|ac th|ng whon thoy'd p|ckod h|m up aga|n.
|o's go|ng on w|th th|s b|g story a|| about Zod|ac. lo|gh c|a|mod ho was bo|ng chockod bocauso a bunch ot g|r|s had d|sappoarod up tho
luss|an l|vor aroa, and thoy woro a|| on h|s days ott or t|mo ott. 1ho po||co had como down and chockod h|s t|mo-card rocords boh|nd c|osod
doors. A |ot ot co|nc|doncos po|ntod to h|m, ho sa|d, but thoy woro c|rcumstant|a|. lt soomod so boyond comprohons|on that l was atra|d |t l start
ropoat|ng a|| thoso stor|os-Chr|st! 1hoy cou|d hang h|m on a story and l don't want to to|| thom tho wrong th|ng. 1h|s wont on to probab|y n|no
o'c|ock at n|ght. loth|ng happonod and wo a|| partod ways.'
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ataacadoro
1uoaday, Octobor 14, 1075
AIIon had boon to Atascadoro botoro, but |n tho capac|ty ot a thorap|st. low ho roturnod as a pr|sonor. lt po||co had comprohondod how
ropugnant tho monta| |nst|tut|on was to h|m, how torr|t|od ho was ot bo|ng cont|nod thoro, thoy m|ght havo omp|oyod a usotu| too|. A||on's toar m|ght
havo boon usod as a pry bar to oxtract |ntormat|on about Zod|ac. 3ut A||on copod, bogan work|ng |n tho pr|nt shop, and soon had mastorod now
tochn|quos. ln tho pr|nt shop ho dov|sod a p|an to got tho po||co ott h|s back.
3ack homo tho 7lmos-loro|o roportod that:

Zod|ac |s st||| cons|dorod a poss|b|o suspoct |n a sor|os ot 3onoma County k||||ngs. . . . Zod|ac throatonod |n ono ramb||ng |ottor to torturo
h|s v|ct|ms, and 3onoma County has somo murdor v|ct|ms who woro torturod to doath through s|ow strangu|at|on and by adm|n|stor|ng
strychn|no. . . . 3onoma County's sovon young toma|o v|ct|ms [botwoon 1072 and 1074| a|| woro dumpod |n rura| aroas. A 3onoma County
man rocont|y was cons|dorod a Zod|ac suspoct but was ru|od out, accord|ng to 3onoma 3hor|tt's Capta|n 1|m Cau|t|o|d. |o was a mo|ostor ot
young boys, howovor, and has boon comm|ttod to Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta|.'

Wh||o lo|gh was |n Atascadoro,' a va||ojo sourco to|d mo, l th|nk that's whon my mothor t|rst bocamo awaro ho may bo tho Zod|ac. |o wroto to
hor that thoy suspoctod h|m ot tho cr|mos. At ono po|nt, l th|nk my mothor ca||od h|m thoro and spoko to h|m. 3ho askod h|m d|roct|y |t ho was tho
murdoror. l bo||ovo ho was somowhat jov|a| about |t, but novor adm|ttod to tho cr|mos. 3ho vor|t|od that ho was tho suspoct through tho 3anta losa
0|str|ct Attornoy, 1ohn |awkos.'
lo|gh, s|gn|ng h|mso|t 0rawor A,' wroto 1|m |n 3onoma. lt Zod|ac wr|tos ono |ottor wh||o l'm |n horo,' ho wroto oarnost|y, thon that w||| c|oar mo
ot bo|ng tho Zod|ac.' 1ho romark was puzz||ng. Evoryono know lo|gh was |mpr|sonod tor ch||d mo|ost|ng, not tor bo|ng Zod|ac. |o ropoatod tho
samo romark to womon ho know. ln h|s |ong outdoor choss gamo w|th author|t|os, A||on soomod a|ways ono stop ahoad. |or tho socond stago ot
h|s p|an, ho hoardod h|s da||y mod|cat|on and got a job |n tho d|sponsary. l|ko Zod|ac, lo|gh know oxp|os|vos. |or h|s th|rd stop, ho and a
compan|on bogan bu||d|ng a bomb to b|ast tho|r way out ot tho pr|son.
Nonday, Novombor 8, 1075
|n ordor to pass var|ous psych|atr|c tosts dur|ng h|s |ncarcorat|on, A||on bonod up on tho propor rosponsos to mako. |o took a|| h|s tosts |n th|s
tash|on: |o wou|d not sm||o or show omot|on and wou|d spoak |n a |ow monotono.' |o took tosts as a man druggod. 0ur|ng 1A1 (1homat|c
Apporcopt|on 1ost) ova|uat|ons, A||on was askod to mako up stor|os basod on s|mp|o ||no draw|ngs portray|ng poop|o |n amb|guous s|tuat|ons.
(Exp|a|n what |s go|ng on |n th|s p|cturo.') lnd|roct|y, h|s answors rovoa|od aspocts ot h|s subconsc|ous too||ngs and porsona||ty-ho has a v|o|ont
tantasy ||to . . . a hyporthym|c (h|gh|y omot|ona|) |nd|v|dua| unab|o to ostab||sh norma| soc|a| contact.'
||na||y po||co doc|dod to g|vo h|m a ||o-dotoctor tost. A po|ygraph mach|no |s on|y a stross dotoctor and anx|oty dotoctor,' 1osch| to|d mo. l|o
dotoctors, a tavor|to |nvost|gat|vo too|, aro ta|||b|o and rog|stor ta|so pos|t|vos about t|ttoon porcont ot tho t|mo. lo|ygraphs moasuro changos |n
pu|so, b|ood prossuro, and broath|ng, but can bo tr|ckod by roa||y good ||ars.
4
Evon tho torm ||o dotoctor' |s a m|snomor. Er|o 3tan|oy Gardnor
wroto |n h|s Coort o Lost Rosort, l|o dotoct|on |s |mposs|b|o. What |s poss|b|o |s tho dotoct|on ot stross (and |n a tow casos tho covor|ng up ot
stross). A po|ygraph or lsycho|og|ca| 3tross Eva|uat|on tost shou|d novor bo usod as tho so|o judgo ot a porson's |nnoconco. As w|th a|| sc|ont|t|c
ov|donco, thoso tosts nood to bo ova|uatod. 1ho ||o tost |s not porm|ttod as ov|donco |n court oxcopt by st|pu|at|on bocauso |t |s undopondab|o and
subjoct to tho |ntorprotat|on ot tho oporator. As |ato as 1008 tho 3upromo Court wou|d ru|o ||o dotoctors unro||ab|o. loonardo Koo|or, though not tho
|nvontor ot tho ||o dotoctor, had dono tho most to rot|no tho mach|no. 1ho ||o dotoctor |s |n uso today much as ho dovo|opod |t. 3r|ot|y, tho po|ygraph
rocords changos |n tho body's phys|o|og|ca| rosponsos to quost|ons.'
0ota||s tor tho tost woro |ronod out, and lo|gh agrood. What happonod,' 0otoct|vo 3awart to|d mo |ator, was a guy trom tho 0opartmont ot
1ust|co who was work|ng undor |rod 3h|r|sago wont down to Atascadoro and thoy put A||on on a po|ygraph. 1hat was 3am l|stor-tho hoad
po|ygraph guy at 0O1.' A||on ontorod a p|a|n soundprootod and a|r-cond|t|onod room. l|stor had h|m s|t |n tho oxam|n|ng cha|r. Carotu||y, ho
hookod h|m up to throo dov|cos, a procoduro a|ono that usua||y causos stross |n a subjoct. ||rst a b|ood prossuro-pu|so un|t-a sphygmograph-an
|nstrumont s|m||ar to that usod to tako b|ood-prossuro road|ngs-was connoctod to graph|ca||y rocord tho movomonts ot h|s pu|so. Attor tho b|ood
prossuro s|oovo was wrappod around h|s b|cops, a t|ox|b|o corrugatod tubo, a pnoumograph, was strappod around lo|gh's chost to moasuro
changos |n h|s rosp|rat|on. ||na||y, an o|octro-dorma| un|t, usua||y mota| tubos c|onchod |n both hands or o|octrodos on tho hand (a mon|tor p|nchod
on a t|ngort|p), moasurod ga|van|c changos or rosponsos |n h|s sk|n. As tho pr|sonor's roact|ons to oach quost|on woro rocordod on a mov|ng str|p
chart, ho was obsorvod through a two-way m|rror.
Woro ho to ||o, h|s hoart wou|d boat tastor, h|s broath como moro qu|ck|y, and changos wou|d tako p|aco |n h|s sk|n mo|sturo. lons on a mov|ng
str|p ot graph papor rocordod roact|ons. lo|gh had a|roady boon put at oaso |n a cord|a| pro-|ntorv|ow. lo|gh kopt to a monotono and d|d not sm||o,
|ator c|a|m|ng tho tost |astod ton hours. A po|ygraph w||| tako maybo an hour-max,' 1osch| to|d mo. A||on's |y|ng about that.' 1horo aro usua||y ton
to two|vo quost|ons, and thoso aro br|ot, bas|c, and oasy to undorstand. lo|gh was askod h|s t|rst namo, h|s |ast namo. Attor oach quost|on thoro
was a pauso ot t|ttoon to twonty soconds. 1hon ho was askod |t ho know who had k|||od 0ar|ono |orr|n, tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs v|ct|m.
lo,' ho sa|d.
0o you ||vo |n Ca||torn|a?' askod l|stor.
Yos.'
0|d you yourso|t k||| lau| loo 3t|no on Octobor 11, 1000?'
lo.'
Woro you a ros|dont ot va||ojo?'
Yos.'
0|d you havo anyth|ng whatsoovor to do w|th th|s hom|c|do?'
lo.'
Aro you torty-two yoars ot ago?'
Yos.'
Aro you do||borato|y concoa||ng or w|thho|d|ng any gu||ty know|odgo ot tho hom|c|do at Wash|ngton and Chorry 3troots?'
lo.'
ls today |r|day?'
Yos.'
|avo you do||borato|y ||od at any t|mo dur|ng th|s ont|ro |ntorv|ow?'
lo.'
lot's do tho tost onco moro comp|oto|y,' sa|d l|stor. lt was common pract|co to ta|k ovor rosu|ts and |oarn tho roasons tor rosponsos. loop|o
ovorroact, undorroact, havo gu||t comp|oxos, aro tr|ghtonod, aro angry,' sa|d po|ygraph oxport Chr|s Gugas. 1ho oxam|nor has to tako |nto account
var|ab|os such as |nto|||gonco, omot|ona| stab|||ty, roact|on to shock. 1ho procoss |n novor cut-and-dr|od.' 1hus tho oxport can start aga|n w|th a
rov|sod sot ot quost|ons, or ropoat tho samo quost|ons so rosponsos cou|d bo comparod. l|stor |nd|catod that A||on had passod h|s po|ygraph
oxam|nat|on both t|mos. |o |s not tho Zod|ac K|||or,' ho sa|d. A||on ca||od attorward to to|| h|s tam||y and tr|onds that ho had passod and was not
Zod|ac.
And thoy ran A||on at Atascadoro and ho camo up c|oan,' 3awart |amontod. 1hat bothorod us. Wo||, wo had two othor oxports road h|s charts,
and thoy say, '|o was on drugs dur|ng th|s t|mo.' Our po|ygraph oxam|nor, 1ohnson, oxam|nod tho charts and sa|d, 'lt's my op|n|on that A||on was on
somo typo ot drugs wh||o ho was tak|ng tho tost.' lt was a|so h|s op|n|on that A||on d|d not pass tho po|ygraph oxam and that |t was |nconc|us|vo.
And thon wo sorvod a soarch warrant at Atascadoro and l had a bunch ot sh|t about that, but anyway, ho was on 1horaz|no. Atascadoro |s a monta|
hosp|ta| and many ot tho |nmatos aro on d|ttoront typos ot tranqu|||zors. 1hoso othor guys who road tho charts sa|d, '|oy, o|d l|stor horo d|dn't g|vo
h|m any contro| quost|ons about whothor ho was on any drugs. Wo'ro |ook|ng at th|s th|ng-th|s guy's |oadod. You cou|d'vo askod h|m |t ho had a
mothor and tathor and ho wou|d havo sa|d no.'
lo|ygraph tosts can bo noutra||zod by a subjoct through drugs or pa|n, but tho subjoct's rosponsos wou|d bo not|coab|y h|gh and t|at. A||on had
roportod|y stockp||od h|s da||y mod|cat|on ot va||um tranqu|||zors and p||torod 1horaz|no, a drug proscr|bod tor oxtromo parano|a, trom tho
d|sponsary whoro ho br|ot|y workod. 1horaz|no was tor tho roa||y psychot|c pat|onts,' sa|d 3awart. lt wou|dn't bo tho common drug thoy wou|d hand
out, but ho had accoss to tho d|sponsary. 1hoy woro g|v|ng va||um to h|m. A|| ho had to do was savo |t up. 1h|s |s on|y guoss|ng. You know you'ro
go|ng to tako a po|ygraph tost-you'vo got your budd|os down thoro. ln tact ho had a strong buddy-ho was go|ng to bu||d a bomb and b|ow h|s way
out ot Atascadoro and thoy caught h|m. 1hat |ntorna| dov|co was c|oso to |otha| qua||ty.'
0r. 1. lau| 0o l|vor, |n Crlmo ooo tbo 5oxoo| Psycbopotb, wroto that d|srogard tor c|v|| or mora| |aw, and tho cunn|ng and stoa|th aro a|so part
ot tho mako up ot tho 'non soxua|' psychopath. l|ko h|s sox-mot|vatod countorpart, ho |s on|y 'mad' sporad|ca||y, and tor tho rost ot tho t|mo ho
m|ght |ock tho dota||s ot h|s acts out ot h|s consc|ousnoss.'
A||on had a |ottor,' 3awart cont|nuod, that ho phon|od up that was s|gnod by-tho guy's namo was [1|m| 3||vor, an |nvost|gator. And 3||vor had
dono somo corrospondonco w|th h|m [roquost|ng a po|ygraph oxam|nat|on|. A||on got 3||vor's s|gnaturo trom tho corrospondonco. A||on workod |n a
pr|nt shop thoro at Atascadoro |osp|ta|, and ho mado up a |ottor that ho dupod on th|s guy 3||vor's s|gnaturo w|th a phony 0opartmont ot 1ust|co
hoad|ng on |t. |o had usod a mochan|ca| moans to ||tt tho s|gnaturo ot tho |nvost|gator trom a documont, p|acod |t on prowr|tton |ottors, and pr|ntod
thom up. lt was a |ottor to any |aw ontorcomont agoncy and, as l roca||, sa|d: '1o Whom lt Vay Concorn: 1h|s man |s not a suspoct |n tho Zod|ac
caso and has boon comp|oto|y c|oarod. |o has passod a po|ygraph oxam|nat|on and |aw ontorcomont shou|d no |ongor cons|dor h|m a suspoct |n
tho Zod|ac k||||ngs.' 1ust a bu||sh|t th|ng so ho cou|d show poop|o. Ot courso 3||vor wou|d novor wr|to such a |ottor.' 1hough ho had passod tho ||o
tost, A||on had ||od about tho |ottor c|oar|ng h|m.
Nonday, Docombor 1, 1075
AIIon wroto a 3anta losa 3upor|or Court judgo, to|||ng h|m ot tho ||o tost rosu|ts and |nc|ud|ng a copy ot a |ottor roco|vod trom tho 3tato
0opartmont ot 1ust|co' oxonorat|ng h|m.
Attor t|vo yoars ot bo|ng tho subjoct ot |nvost|gat|on, |ntorrogat|on, soarch and othor torms ot harassmont,' ho oxp|a|nod, l was t|na||y subjoctod
to ton hours ot po|ygraph oxam|nat|on, adm|n|storod by tho 1ust|co 0opartmont, horo at tho hosp|ta|. l s|gnod away my r|ghts and cooporatod tu||y,
|n ordor to t|na||y roso|vo tho |ssuo, and havo subsoquont|y boon romovod trom tho 0opartmont's suspoct ||st tor tho cr|mos spoc|t|od |n tho
onc|osod |ottor.
3|nco . . . l doubt tho 0opartmont w||| tako tho troub|o to d|str|buto tho|r t|nd|ngs to othor concornod agonc|os, and s|nco l do contomp|ato
roturn|ng to tho 3anta losa aroa to ||vo, l am tak|ng |t upon myso|t to |mpart th|s |ntormat|on to you, |n tho hopo that |t w||| t|nd |ts way to |ts rost|ng
p|aco |n tho propor t||o. l am hop|ng that, |n tho tuturo, l w||| bo ab|o to go |n poaco, and not got swoaty pa|ms at tho mont|on ot anothor unso|vod
hom|c|do.
1ho abovo has boon qu|to a wo|ght on my shou|dors tor tho |ast t|vo yoars. low that l am c|oarod, l do hoart||y w|sh to torgot tho who|o m|sorab|o
atta|r. . . . 1hank you tor your t|mo and cons|dorat|on, and havo a p|oasant |o||day vacat|on. 3|ncoro|y, Arthur lo|gh A||on, Caso #74-0100-08.'
1hough A||on c|a|mod to havo boon tho subjoct ot t|vo yoars ot |nvost|gat|on, ho had not bocomo a roa| suspoct unt|| 1071. ln h|s m|nd ho must
havo datod tho bog|nn|ng ot h|s troub|os trom 3gt. lynch's br|ot quost|on|ng at Cavo 3choo|. As tor tho ton-hour ||o tost-A||on's |y|ng about that,'
1osch| sa|d.
A|| through tho rost ot 107b, lo|gh's mothor ta|thtu||y wroto to h|m |n pr|son, ono ot tho tow st||| corrospond|ng w|th h|m. 3ut |n counso||ng, lo|gh
rovoa|od how co|d ho to|t hor |ottors woro and how much ho hatod hor. lo|gh to|t an ovon strongor hatrod tor Atascadoro. |o toarod stay|ng thoro
moro than ho droadod tho po||co. At n|ght ho cou|d hoar strango cr|os ocho|ng down tho h|gh|y po||shod t|oors. A b|g man cou|d bo atra|d too.
Wh||o A||on was |ockod away, brood|ng and p|ann|ng, tho va||ojo 3hor|tt's 0opartmont doggod|y pursuod tho|r Zod|ac |nvost|gat|on. Zod|ac was
a corta|n man,' los lundb|ad to|d h|s son, los, 1r., who had just roturnod trom a go|t match. 1ho on|y t|mo l p|ayod go|t,' los, 1r., roca||od, l p|ayod
|n a toursomo w|th th|s man. l producod a lo|aro|d ot tho toursomo to my dad and ho po|ntod tho 'boady-oyod' man out.' 0otoct|vo 3orgoant
lundb|ad thought th|s boady-oyod suspoct was protoctod by a powortu| ott|c|a|. lator an ox-||ghway patro|man |ntorv|owod los, 1r., and to|d h|m
that th|s ott|c|a| had ordorod 3orgoant lundb|ad to back ott. 1ho son d|dn't th|nk h|s tathor wou|d havo oboyod that ordor, but was at a |oss to
oxp|a|n why moro wasn't dono w|th tho 'boady-oyod' man. |owovor, tho |ato 3orgoant lundb|ad's |ntorost |n th|s oar|y suspoct prodatod tho po||co
|ntorv|ow w|th lo|gh A||on |n 1071 and h|s subsoquont v|s|t to Atascadoro to soo A||on who had by thon bocomo tho ch|ot suspoct.
3orgoant la|ph W||son to|d mo that whon lundb|ad roturnod trom Atascadoro, ho sa|d, 1hat's h|m!' ||s romark carr|od conv|ct|on. 1hroo yoars
|ator, l was |n tho ma|n shor|tt's ott|co just abovo tho ja||-|a|rt|o|d, Ca||torn|a, Cr|m|na| 0|v|s|on. Capta|n v|nco Vurphy had arrangod tor mo to |ook
at somo ov|donco. 1ho sw|tchboard oporator, a s||m, dynam|c woman, pausod botwoon ca||s and roca||od tho |ato los lundb|ad w|th adm|rat|on. l
was thoro whon ho camo back trom Atascadoro,' sho sa|d. |o was tur|ous. '1hat's h|m!' ho sa|d, '1hat's Zod|ac. 1hat's tho son ot a b|tch and wo
can't do anyth|ng about |t!' and ho bo||ovod th|s r|ght to tho day ot h|s doath.'
1ho oporator was troub|od, concornod that sho onco had spokon to Zod|ac whon ho ca||od tho shor|tt's ott|co. Zod|ac had to|d hor h|s roa| namo,
but sho cou|dn't romombor |t. 3ho'd |ost tho namo |n a|| tho oxc|tomont. l workod c|osor w|th lundb|ad than w|th lynch,' lar|ow to|d mo. l a|ways
got tho too||ng that lundb|ad know who Zod|ac was. 1hat story [about Chonoy and A||on ta|k|ng about hunt|ng humans| |s so b|zarro you don't know
whothor to bo||ovo |t or not. 3omot|mos poop|o concoct th|ngs ||ko th|s tor whatovor roason. 3ut that story about h|m ta|k|ng about thoso th|ngs |s so
pat, that |t |n tact ho d|d say |t, thon ho has to bo tho Zod|ac.' And so 1osch|, Armstrong, and Vu|anax probab|y had tho r|ght man, but somohow
woro bo|ng outtoxod. lo ono cou|d got around tho handpr|nt|ng, tho part|a| pr|nt on tho cab, and now tho ||o tost. 1hoso obstac|os woro tho b|g
throo. 1ho 5ocromooto Boo and 5ooto Roso Pross Lomocrot's socrot w|tnoss programs ostab||shod a $20,000 roward tor Zod|ac's capturo,
add|ng to Yo||ow Cab's ox|st|ng roward. 3o many Zod|ac t|ps tr|ck|od |nto va||ojo l.0. that 0otoct|vo 3awart was ass|gnod to ho|p track now |oads.
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Nonday, January 5, 1070
5onoma County 5horitt'a 0otoct|vo 3orgoant 3utch' Car|stodt b||nkod, thon |ookod aga|n. |o porco|vod ||nks botwoon two|vo 1ack tho l|ppor-
sty|o murdors and tho |ong-sought Zod|ac. Zod|ac m|ght bo arrang|ng h|s cr|mos |n a broad Z' oxtond|ng ovor tho 3ay Aroa. |o m|ght bo trac|ng
out an ovon |argor Z,' oncompass|ng tho ont|ro Wost. 3onoma County 3hor|tt 0on 3tr|opoko agrood, po|nt|ng to lodoo, vancouvor, Wash|ngton,
3oatt|o, 3a|t lako C|ty, 3anta |o, and Aspon-va|| as |ocat|ons whoro g|r|s woro s|a|n. |o surm|sod th|s psychopath|c k|||or m|ght pract|co
w|tchcratt, k||||ng s|avos tor h|s attor||to just as Zod|ac had boastod. U|t|mato|y, though, tho assa||ant turnod out to bo 1od 3undy, not Zod|ac.
3ut 3tr|opoko was not dotorrod. |rom tho bog|nn|ng, Zod|ac's occu|t bont had tasc|natod h|m. 1ho shor|tt oxam|nod d|agrams-a sor|os ot
arrangod st|cks d|scovorod at a murdor s|to a|ong som|-romoto |ranz va||oy load. Was th|s a w|tchcratt symbo|? 1ho st|cks tormod a squaro and
a roctang|o jo|nod togothor to |nd|cato a human t|guro. lns|do tho roctang|o woro two stonos, and outs|do, two moro pobb|os. |our st|cks ran around
tho outor odgos. 3tr|opoko thought tho dos|gn m|ght roprosont tho b|ack mag|c 3oa| ot vassago.' vassago |s a m|ghty pr|nco who doc|aros th|ngs
past, prosont, and tuturo and d|scovors what has boon h|ddon. A |oca| toonagor c|a|mod |t was a dos|gn ho mado to show h|s g|r|tr|ond tho shapo
ot h|s now tra||or, but |t st||| m|ght bo a w|tch s|gn. Zod|ac a|so usod othor osotor|c symbo|s |n h|s codos-dots such as thoso usod |n astro|og|ca|
horoscopos. 1ho noar|y |nv|s|b|o Zod|ac scarco|y noodod w|tchcratt-tho 3anta losa murdoror was powortu| onough to hott bod|os ovor a d|tch
and hur| thom cons|dorab|o d|stancos down a h|||s|do. W|tchos ma|| b|oody swatchos ot c|oth to tho|r onom|os. 3o d|d Zod|ac.
3orko|oy Ch|ot ot lo||co Wos lomoroy was |ntorostod |n tho occu|t ang|o too. |o had wr|tton to tho 0opartmont ot 1ust|co, OCCl3, on |obruary
14: Enc|osod aro t|vo photographs ot var|ous s|gns photographod |n a rura| (va||ojo) aroa. l|oaso dotorm|no |t tho onc|osod photographs
roprosont s|gns |n w|tchcratt. lt so, p|oaso dotorm|no what oach |nd|v|dua| s|gn's s|gn|t|canco |s |n mutua| casos ot |ntorost.'
lt's h|gh|y doubttu| that w|tchcratt m|ght bo |nvo|vod w|th Zod|ac,' 0av|d l|co assurod mo, as tho lccoo Rooo proh|b|ts harm to anyono,
|nc|ud|ng an|ma|s.'


| drovo to va||ojo to ask 3orgoant lynch about Zod|ac aga|n, hop|ng ho m|ght roca|| somoth|ng now. l roca||od how, attor tho lako 3orryossa
stabb|ngs, lynch had |ssuod a pub||c appoa| to Zod|ac to surrondor. Wo w||| soo that ho gots ho|p and that a|| h|s r|ghts aro protoctod,' prom|sod
lynch. [Zod|ac| |s obv|ous|y an |nto|||gont |nd|v|dua|. |o knows that ovontua||y ho w||| bo takon |nto custody. 3o |t wou|d bo bost that ho g|vo h|mso|t
up botoro tragody |s wr|tton |n b|ood.' l sat down |n h|s darkonod d|n|ng room. l th|nk thoro woro t|vo ot us |n tho |nvost|gat|on buroau,' ho bogan
sott|y. l th|nk what roa||y happonod was wo woro spond|ng so much t|mo and go|ng so many p|acos that l guoss thoy got d|ssat|st|od w|th tho way |t
was bo|ng hand|od . . . whon wo t|rst startod on th|s caso thoro was th|s guy Goorgo-ho usod to go down to tho cottoo shop [whoro 0ar|ono |orr|n
wa|trossod|. |o was try|ng to dato hor, but tor somo roason 0oo [0ar|ono's n|cknamo| d|dn't want to havo anyth|ng to do w|th h|m. Constant|y
bothor|ng hor and to||ow|ng hor. 0oo was doath|y atra|d ot h|m. 1ho who|o |nvost|gat|on or|g|na||y soomod to tocus on th|s guy.' Goorgo hadn't
v|s|tod h|s tam|||ar wator|ng ho|o, 1ack's |angout, s|nco tho 1u|y |ourth shoot|ngs. loxt tho|r soarch |od lynch and h|s partnor to tho Kat lad on
3acramonto 3troot, Ka|sor 3too| |n lapa, thon to tho last|mo bar |n 3on|c|a. Vo and Ed lust,' sa|d lynch, wo tound out ho qu|t tho last|mo, and
wont up to Yountv|||o. l got a doscr|pt|on ot h|m trom h|s |and|ady, Vrs. v|o|ot loo|or. |o was t|vo toot sovon, w|th a stocky bu||d and a dark
comp|ox|on. K|nd ot p|ump w|th dark stra|ght ha|r. Untortunato|y, wh||o Goorgo had a wator-ro|atod |ast namo, ho had an a|rt|ght a||b| too.' A
0ocombor 8, 1004, 3o|ano County |a|rt|o|d po||co roport, 242, lC 3attory, gavo Goorgo's wo|ght thon as a moro 127 pounds.
ln va||ojo, wo chockod ovorybody out,' lynch conc|udod. Onco l got a ca|| trom somoono who sa|d Zod|ac ||vod on Arkansas 3troot. l drovo ovor
thoro and tound a man whoso on|y connoct|on was that ho'd pa|ntod stars on h|s co|||ng, |nc|ud|ng tho l|tt|o 0|ppor. Evoryono was a suspoct and no
ono was sato.' Evon |n tho d|mnoss, l saw tho to|| tho caso had takon on lynch.
5aturday, JuIy 24, 1070
| watchod Eorman d|o |n my s|oop tor o|ght wooks,' lnspoctor Armstrong to|d tho pross, roca|||ng lo||co Ott|cor |orman Goorgo. Goorgo had
boon gunnod down |n tho stroot |n lovombor ot 1000. |o d|od a vory s|ow and pa|ntu| doath. . . . Whon l |oavo tho ott|co at n|ght l torgot tho job
comp|oto|y. l novor d|scuss my work at homo . . . wo||, l can't roa||y. l t|nd othor ways to unw|nd.' Armstrong bocamo a man who cou|d novor s|t st|||, a
man constant|y |n mot|on. ||na||y, ho burnod out on |om|c|do. 1ho noxt day, Armstrong transtorrod to tho 3unco 0|v|s|on, |oav|ng 1osch| as tho |ast
roma|n|ng 3an |ranc|sco po||coman work|ng tho Zod|ac caso.
At |oast a yoar botoro ho |ott |om|c|do, 3||| just d|dn't want to do |t anymoro,' 1osch| sa|d. low that l'm tho on|y ono work|ng on |t, l novor |ot a
day go by w|thout romombor|ng Zod|ac. lt's gotton to bo moro porsona|. Evory day l wondor what bocamo ot h|m.'
3|x cab dr|vors had boon murdorod s|nco 3t|no's k||||ng |n 1000 and s|x suspocts had boon arrostod and tr|od. ||vo woro conv|ctod ot t|rst
dogroo murdor, ono ot socond dogroo. 1ust ton days attor 3t|no's sonso|oss murdor, 1osch| and Armstrong had |nvost|gatod anothor Yo||ow Cab
dr|vor s|ay|ng on|y b|ocks away . . . dr|vor shot |n tho hoad . . . wa||ot sto|on, cab ||ghts |ott b|az|ng . . . ong|no runn|ng. A row ot br|ght|y co|orod sh|rts
||ttor|ng tho s|dowa|k.' 1osch| and Armstrong qu|ck|y nabbod a 1ondor|o|n busboy |n bod w|th h|s g|r|tr|ond. 3ho had naggod h|m about monoy, so
ho t|aggod down a cabb|o, ho|d h|m up, and shot h|m dur|ng a strugg|o. l took twonty-sovon do||ars ott h|m,' tho cha|n-smok|ng youth sa|d, thon
throw my .22 rovo|vor down a storm dra|n. l know l'd got caught. l |ott my t|ngorpr|nts a|| ovor tho cab. l'vo got a rocord so l know |t was on|y a mattor
ot t|mo botoro you p|ckod mo up. 3uro, l too| bad about |t . . . ospoc|a||y tor h|s w|to and ||tt|o g|r|. Whatovor l got, l got com|ng. You don't k|||
somoono and not pay tor |t. You soo, l novor wantod to soo tho |ns|do ot a ja|| aga|n.' On|y 3t|no's k|||or st||| roma|nod at |argo. lt bogan to |ook as |t
Zod|ac m|ght w|n h|s |otha| choss match w|th tho po||co s|mp|y through attr|t|on.
Vy mom and l,' a 3outhorn Ca||torn|a ros|dont |ator to|d mo, v|s|tod Vr. A||on |n Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta| a|most ovory 3aturday, and whon ho
was ro|oasod ho ovon stayod at our houso just north ot Atascadoro and wost ot 3an lu|s Ob|spo. . . . l romombor whon ho stayod at our houso, ho
stayod |n my mom's room w|th hor. 3ho a|ways sa|d that noth|ng happonod, and l tond to bo||ovo hor, s|nco l romombor h|m as not a vory soxua|
porson. Vr. A||on was vory good to a|| ot us k|ds. |o spont a |ot ot t|mo w|th my brothors and us g|r|s. |o taught us bas|c va|uos, ho was an av|d non-
dr|nkor and non-smokor. |o had a |ot ot sma|| pots. |o ospoc|a||y ||kod kangaroo rats, and had a porm|t to koop thom and do rosoarch. |o taught
my brothor how to dr|vo, shoot, t|x cars, and do a|| ot thoso othor guy th|ngs. |o usod to go to h|s var|ous tra||ors, and thoy usod to go targot
shoot|ng |n tho mounta|ns and r|vor bottoms ot lorthorn Ca||torn|a. Vr. A||on was an oxport marksman.'
Wh||o A||on was |ncarcoratod, Zod|ac rotusod to d|o, ||v|ng on |n spocu|at|on, |n ovory dark shadow a|ong a |ako and |n a|| our hoarts. lt Zod|ac
had s|mp|y tadod away, good mon ||ko 1osch|, Armstrong, Vu|anax, lynch, lar|ow, and Avory had boon boaton.
1uoaday, Auguat 24, 1070
1ho 1005 bIuo vo|kswagon van bus had boon |n and out ot tho garago on A 3troot sovora| t|mos. On 1uno 28, 1070, |ts ownor had tho motor
ovorhau|od tor $b20.74. ln 1u|y, W||trod loon|k, managor ot tho Gorman Car Contor oast ot Vorcod, not|cod tho van back aga|n. A t|x-|t t|ckot sa|d
tho roar ||ghts woron't work|ng. 1ho voh|c|o has ground prob|oms,' loon|k oxp|a|nod, but |ts ownor d|d not ask to chock tho hoad|amps. 1ho ownor
roappoarod on August 2, say|ng ho noodod a vo|tago rogu|ator and battory. 1hoso woro |nsta||od tor $80.0b. On 1uosday, August 24, ho roturnod
tho battory. lt cost too much,' ho comp|a|nod, and that attornoon |nsta||od h|s own now battory.
Around 8:00 l.V. tho van's ownor, a torty-ono-yoar-o|d 3anta losa 1un|or Co||ogo toachor, c||mbod boh|nd tho whoo|. |o was ta||, s|x toot throo
|nchos, 100 pounds, w|th brown ha|r and hazo| oyos. An ox-so|d|or, ho had sorvod at |ort |am||ton, low York. ln 10b0, ho'd roco|vod an oar|y
ro|oaso trom tho Army as an ovorsoas roturnoo. 3|x yoars |ator, ho bocamo an Eng||sh toachor and part-t|mo art |nstructor.
lt was a c|oar n|ght, tho road ahoad was dry. |o was not undor tho |nt|uonco ot barb|turatos or a|coho|. |o had just oaton. Go|ng on|y t|tty, t|vo
m||os undor tho spood ||m|t, ho took h|s van oastbound onto an oxprossway w|th no stroot||ghts. ||ghway 12 bogan as two |anos soparatod by a
torty-toot-w|do d|v|dor str|p, roa||y on|y d|rt w|th grass and woods, thon abrupt|y bocamo a tour-|ano d|v|dod oxprossway. At 8:80 l.V., just whoro tho
h|ghway curvod wost ot Wr|ght load, tho van's hoad||ghts b||nkod out. At tho start ot tho d|v|dod soct|on, tho vW oasod onto tho contor d|v|dor and
drovo a|ong thoro tor a d|stanco. 1ho van |gnorod tho curvo, kopt go|ng stra|ght, and t|ow across tho d|rt d|v|dor |nto tho wostbound |ano.
A man on routo to a tr|ond's homo |n 3obastopo| ontorod tho po|nt whoro tho two wostbound |anos morgod to ono. |o cou|d c|oar|y soo tho
hoad||ghts ot othor voh|c|os |n tho oastbound |anos. Oh, my God!' ho cr|od whon ho saw tho van cross stra|ght |nto oncom|ng tratt|c. 1horo was no
brak|ng act|on, on|y ||ght sk|d marks about two toot |ong just botoro |mpact. 1ho van co|||dod hoad-on |nto a 1072 1oyota travo||ng wost |n tho #1
|ano. 3oth voh|c|os bouncod n|no toot |nto tho #2 |ano and camo to rost on tho north aspha|t shou|dor |oss than throo thousand toot oast ot Vorcod
Avonuo. 3oth dr|vors woro p|nnod |n tho|r cars. At 8:b0, tho t|ro dopartmont oxtr|catod thom. 1ho woman dr|vor |n tho 1oyota wou|d bo OK.
At 0:00 l.V. thoy whoo|od tho toachor |nto tho 3anta losa Vomor|a| |osp|ta| Emorgoncy loom and doctors bogan work|ng on h|m. 0oputy
0urham spoko w|th 0r. larson. 1ho wounds woro sovoro: a toar ot tho por|card|a| sac ot tho hoart and |ott pu|monary vo|n . . . abras|on ot tho
zygomat|c arch, mu|t|p|o tracturos ot tho r|ght |owor oxtrom|ty, a tracturo ot tho |ott h|p and r|ght arm, mu|t|p|o tracturos ot tho ank|o, |acorat|on |ott
|owor |og, rad|a| and u|na on r|ght. 1hoy cou|dn't koop h|s b|ood prossuro abovo 00. At 1:2b A.V. tho toachor d|od on tho oporat|ng tab|o. 3hor|tt
and Coronor 0on 3tr|opoko ru|od tho causo ot doath to bo: 3hock duo to mu|t|p|o traumat|c |os|ons.'
0urham rota|nod tho toachor's wa||ot and porsona| proporty. 1ho on|y addross thoy had on h|m was a l.O. box |n 3anta losa. 1ho doputy ran a
1028 rog|strat|on chock, and |oarnod that tho v|ct|m ||vod |n a tra||or homo |n 3obastopo|. At 0:80 A.V., 0urham spoko w|th tho toachor's ox-w|to
and d|scovorod ho had boon hav|ng somo op||opt|c so|zuros contro||od by mod|cat|on. At 8:00 l.V. lnvost|gator 3|obo, |ntorostod |n |toms |ns|do
tho tra||or, soa|od |t. lt wasn't unt|| lovombor 8 that po||co roturnod tho proporty, not|ng tor tho|r rocords: land|ord and Ex-w|to aro go|ng to |tom|zo
th|ngs |n h|s room and storo thom at |and|ord's p|aco to troo tho room.' Why d|d po||co koop tho toachor's possoss|ons so |ong? Woro thoy
connoctod w|th tho 3anta losa murdors? A docado wou|d pass botoro l tound out.
Friday, Auguat 27, 1070
At midnight, 5an |ranc|sco 3uporv|sor 0|anno |o|nsto|n, work|ng |ato at C|ty |a||, oponod tho |ast ot hor ma||. 0|d you m|ss mo?' a noto road.
Was busy do|ng somo notar|ous dastard|y work, tor wh|ch l am vory wo|| su|tod.' 3ho rang tho po||co, thoy ca||od 1osch|, and at b:00 A.V.,
unshavon and b|oary-oyod, ho hust|od upsta|rs to study tho |ottor. 1h|s |sn't trom Zod|ac,' ho oxp|a|nod. lt's 'O|d 1om' p|ay|ng gamos aga|n. l'vo got
an ont|ro t||o on O|d 1om's bogus |ottors. Odd|y onough, ho |sn't drunk whon ho wr|tos h|s Zod|ac |ottors. 1ho typ|ng |s tar too o|aborato tor a guy
who |s saucod. And a guy who koops do|ng a th|ng ||ko that whon ho's sobor has gotta havo somoth|ng wrong w|th h|s hoad. |o's k||||ng h|mso|t
w|th a|coho|.' 1ho dotoct|vo arrangod tor tho VcCau|oy C||n|c to troat 1om tor ma|nutr|t|on, tr|od to got h|m |nto lapa undor a soct|on ot tho Wo|taro
and lnst|tut|on Codo about bo|ng a dangor to h|mso|t. |owovor, 1om, an o|d pro, got h|mso|t a wr|t, and o|ght days |ator a judgo droppod h|m back
|nto tho 1ondor|o|n. l v|s|tod O|d 1om |n h|s t|oa-b|tton hoto| room, tound h|m cur|od up on a ur|no-sta|nod mattross. |o was tota||y obsossod w|th tho
caso. lt that mado h|m crazy, thon wo a|| woro.
1osch| st||| had sovon yoars |ott unt|| h|s m|n|mum rot|romont dato. l'm watch|ng tho ma||box,' ho sa|d, to soo |t l got a sovonth-ann|vorsary card
trom Zod|ac.' An ad had run |n that morn|ng's Cbroolc|o: ZO0lAC Your partnor |s |n 0EEl lEAl E31A1E. You'ro noxt. 1ho lmpor|a| W|zard can
savo you. 3urrondor to h|m or l'|| torm|nato your caso. l.A.'
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tho voico ot zodiac
Friday, Novombor 5, 1070
1oachi bumod into Kar| Va|don (l|outonant V|ko 3tono' on 7bo 5troots o 5oo lrooclsco). 1ho actor was on |ocat|on at tho po||co
|dont|t|cat|on buroau, shoot|ng a scono w|th costar V|chao| 0oug|as. Va|don roca||od 1osch| trom a moot|ng tho prov|ous yoar and ha||od h|m. You
had that unusua| ups|do-down ho|stor and gun,' ho sa|d. l had novor soon anyth|ng ||ko |t.' 1hoy spoko ot tho job ||ko two cops. l'|| got Zod|ac
somoday,' 1osch| vowod to Va|don. And l'|| br|ng h|m to just|co. 1hat's my mot|vat|on-just|co. l'm not a vongotu| typo, but whon a ||to |s takon,
thoro must bo just|co. |o has takon s|x ||vos, who knows how many moro? l work w|th doath, sorrow, and tragody. Yot l ||ko my job bocauso |t's a
usotu| ono. l br|ng |n k|||ors tor soc|oty's judgmont. l|ng|ng bo||s and knock|ng on doors, good o|d-tash|onod po||co work. 1hat's what doos |t. l'vo
ovon gotton ro||g|ous-typo |ottors whoro thoy to|| mo to pray, to ta|k to God, and thon l'|| catch Zod|ac, thoy say. 1hoso poop|o don't know thoy'ro
ta|k|ng to tho b|ggost bo||ovor around.' lt was a spooch ho not on|y gavo otton, but bo||ovod |n h|s hoart.
1ho Zod|ac caso |s ||ko tho unso|vod 3|ack 0ah||a murdor |n los Ango|os,' 1osch| to|d mo |ator. 1ho ch|ot dotoct|vo |n that caso a|ways sa|d ho
wou|d know tho k|||or |t ho quost|onod h|m by moans ot ono socrot quost|on ho novor rovoa|od-l'vo ho|d a coup|o ot th|ngs back trom tho pross too.
. . . l romombor moot|ng C||nt Eastwood wh||o ho was mak|ng Llrty lorry, an a|most shy porson . . . tadod joans, a 1-sh|rt, wh|to tonn|s shoos, and
ho was a star. And 3tu losonborg, tho d|roctor ot 7bo Loogblog Po|lcomoo. Wa|tor Vathau was wondortu|, 3ruco 0orn torr|t|c |n that t||m. 3tu took
a cab and mot us at a murdor scono. 'l don't know how you do th|s,' ho sa|d. 'Vy God!''
1wo months |ator, tho |ouso 3o|oct Comm|ttoo sought out tho nat|on's top |nvost|gators and |nv|tod 1osch| to part|c|pato |n a socond |ook |nto
tho assass|nat|ons ot 1ohn Konnody and Vart|n luthor K|ng, 1r. |o doc||nod. 1ho ass|gnmont wou|d havo takon h|m away trom Zod|ac tor two
yoars. As Chr|stmas approachod, 1osch|'s mood ||ghtonod. Ono ot tho cr|mo |ab poop|o snappod a cand|d shot ot h|m gr|nn|ng on tho phono and
woar|ng to||ow lnspoctor lotoa G||tord's Zobra-pattornod hat.


For yoara, amatour s|ouths had gropod tor any c|uo that m|ght unmask Zod|ac. ||s uso ot Eng||sh was a va|uab|o |oad. A U.C. 3orko|oy ||ngu|st|cs
protossor, oxam|n|ng Zod|ac's uso ot vornacu|ar, conc|udod ho was ot Eng||sh or Wo|sh oxtract|on. Eng||sh cartoon|st 1|m Ungor, who drow tho
synd|catod str|p lormoo, was onco a 3r|t|sh po||coman. 1ho |ottors trom Zod|ac show ho |s a man trom tho north ot Groat 3r|ta|n,' Ungor sa|d. Ot
courso, wo know ho spoaks w|th no accont, but ho may havo ||vod thoro.' A 3r|t|sh po||co car curront|y |n sorv|co was ca||od tho Zod|ac,' |ts hood
|ns|gn|a a crossod c|rc|o. Author lancy Ashbaugh to|d mo: '1|t W|||ow' |s a song sung by Eng||sh mothors |nstoad ot 'lock-a-byo-3aby.' Zod|ac
mont|ons popporm|nt and 'phompt|t. ' Zod|ac moans pomt|ts, a torm tor cand|os. 'G|vo tho ch||d a pomt|t [v|o|ot squaros and |avondor squaros|.'
1horo aro pomt|ts |n A|lco lo oooor|ooo.' A m|nd roador statod, Zod|ac |s dot|n|to|y ot Gorman-lr|sh ancostry.'
Wr|t|ng |n tuturo tonso-l w||| . . . l sha||,' Zod|ac a|so usod purposotu| m|sspo|||ngs. Was thoro a man |n tho caso who, |n h|s da||y ||to, hab|tua||y
m|sspo||od words |n a mock|ng, taunt|ng, or jocu|ar mannor? 3po|||ng m|stakos |n tho throo-part cryptogram m|ght not bo oncrypt|ng m|stakos, but a
h|ddon mossago. Zod|ac had usod oxtra |ottors such as tho r |n torrost' and o |n oxpooronco' and om|ttod |ottors such as tho s |n dangorous.'
Us|ng thoso d|vorgoncos, Zod|ac butt 1. 3. 0ah|gron was ab|o to spo|| 3c|onco |s mystor|ous ls|s,' but adm|ttod that sk|||od anagram|sts m|ght t|nd
bottor comb|nat|ons.
A|ong w|th odd|y spo||od words, X's ran through Zod|ac's |ottors: X'mas' and 3upor X.' 1ho c|rc|od 8 |n tho |ottor m|ght bo a 1aurus or Cancor
symbo|. 1osch|, h|mso|t a Cancor, had gotton |n tho hab|t ot rogu|ar|y p|ck|ng up astro|ogy magaz|nos hop|ng ono m|ght prov|do an ovor|ookod c|uo.
An astro|ogor, us|ng tho datos whon Zod|ac had struck or ma||od |ottors, tr|od unsuccosstu||y cast|ng h|s horoscopo backwards. 1hat way l can
ascorta|n h|s b|rth dato.' Anothor was suro Zod|ac was a Capr|corn. 3aturn |s tho ru||ng p|anot ot Capr|corn and Zod|ac's act|v|t|os aro t|od to
corta|n ovonts |n 3aturn,' ho sa|d.

look |n tho Chron|c|o,' 1ohn |. Grovo adv|sod, and soo what tho horoscopo rocommondod on days ho k|||od. Attor a||, ||t|or wou|dn't movo
w|thout h|s astro|ogor's okay. . . . Capp|os aro usua||y good spo||ors, and h|s orrors cou|d bo a ruso to throw ovoryono ott tho track. Zod|ac
appoars to bo strong|y attoctod by tho d|co natura|s 7 and 11, tho |attor ospoc|a||y. Apart trom gamb||ng and tho occu|t h|s assumod namo may
bo |ntorro|atod w|th h|s |ovo ot o|ovon. 1ho word Zod|ac |s dor|vod trom tho anc|ont Grook Zod|akos. 1ho |o||onos had no soparato numbor|ng
systom, oach a|phabot|ca| |ottor hav|ng a numor|ca| va|uo. l was amazod whon l computod tho numor|ca| va|uo tor Zod|akos and tound |t to bo
1111. ls Zod|ac awaro ot th|s? |o probab|y |s. |o may bo crazy or a dopor or both, but ho |s no|thor stup|d nor ||||torato.'

lt tho numbor o|ovon was |mportant to tho k|||or, what d|d two|vo moan to h|m? 1horo woro two|vo s|gns to tho Zod|ac. Zod|ac's naturo (and that ot
most sor|a| k|||ors) was to c||p and co||oct stor|os about h|mso|t. 3|nco buy|ng throo papors a day m|ght attract unduo attont|on, ho m|ght havo homo
subscr|pt|ons to thom a||. 1ho Exomloor had not on|y bur|od Zod|ac on pago 4, but boggod h|m to surrondor to thom (an unw|so suggost|on to a
madman who onjoyod bo|ng |n contro|). Zod|ac novor wroto thom aga|n. lo||co m|ght |ook tor a man who had many subscr|pt|ons, but canco|od tho
Exomloor.
Wodnoaday, Narch 80, 1077
AIIon had now sorvod th|rty months-two yoars and t|ttoon days at Atascadoro. |o was roturnod to tho 3onoma County 1a|| to proparo tor a Vay
18, 1077 probat|on hoar|ng. |o wa|vod that r|ght.
1uoaday, Auguat 80, 1077
Loigh had aont a tota| ot 1b0 days |n tho 3onoma County 1a||. 3otwoon thoro and Atascadoro ho had boon boh|nd bars tor two yoars, tour
months, and twonty-t|vo days. 0ur|ng a|| that t|mo not ono ottonso attr|butab|o to Zod|ac had boon comm|ttod. 1ho attacks |n 3anta losa had
coasod, no now bod|os woro d|scardod bo|ow |ranz va||oy load, no gonu|no |ottors trom Zod|ac had boon roco|vod. Evon as |ato as th|s n|no
hundrodth day ot lo|gh's capt|v|ty, a noto-a sontonco-a s|ng|o word postmarkod trom outs|do Atascadoro wou|d havo romovod A||on trom tho
suspoct ||st. 3ut Zod|ac's |ast |ottor had boon roco|vod throo tu|| yoars botoro-1u|y 8, 1074.
ln tho attornoon, a 3onoma County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont doputy ushorod lo|gh downsta|rs. 1ho|r hoo|s ochood |n tho |ong |mporsona| ha||ways.
1ho doputy arrangod wh|to p|ast|c numora|s, #4-7-0-8-2, bo|ow lo|gh's taco tor an l.0. mug shot. |o was garbod |n pr|son c|othos, h|s mustacho
and goatoo now show|ng gray. ||s oxpross|on was scow||ng, though tho noxt day ho was to bo a troo man. A tr|ond ot m|no saw a d|ttoront
oxpross|on |n tho samo photo. l th|nk ho |ooks sad,' sho sa|d.
Ca||torn|a |aw ontorcomont author|t|os, undor 3oct|on 200 ot tho 3tato lona| Codo, ro||od on conv|ctod sox ottondors to koop tabs on
thomso|vos by not|ty|ng po||co whon thoy movod. 3|nco tho stato had no ontorcomont program, |t was no surpr|so that on|y a handtu| ot tho mu|t|tudo
ot d|schargod ottondors woro curront|y rog|storod. Atascadoro ott|c|a|s not|t|od tho pr|son rog|stry and tho rog|stry not|t|od va||ojo author|t|os that
A||on was on tho stroots aga|n. 1ho noxt stop was up to h|m. |o roturnod to h|s cub|c|o, h|s stops ocho|ng down tho ha||s, h|s |mago rot|octod tu||
|ongth |n tho h|gh|y po||shod t|oor b|ggor than ovor.
Wodnoaday, Auguat 81, 1077
Liboratod trom Ataacadoro, lo|gh A||on wont to stay w|th tr|onds |n laso lob|os. 1ho to||ow|ng day 1osch| roco|vod a typod |ottor trom h|m, tho
t|rst mont|on ot Zod|ac w|th|n rocont momory. K|||ors |nvar|ab|y try to |njoct thomso|vos |nto tho |nvost|gat|on,' l sa|d to 1osch|. |avo any ot tho
suspocts ovor ottorod to ho|p you catch Zod|ac? W|th h|s d|sda|n ot tho po||co, Zod|ac wou|d bo |rros|st|b|y drawn to ottor to catch h|mso|t.'
On|y ono,' ho sa|d.
And l bot |t was typod.'
Yos, |t was. lt just arr|vod.' |o soarchod h|s dosk. A br|ght shatt ot ||ght cut through tho gr|my w|ndow. 1ratt|c craw|od s|ugg|sh|y a|ong 3ryant
3troot. 1ho o|d s|gn t|ashod |ts rod noon |n br|ght sun||ght, OK 3All 3Ol03-OlEl 24 |OUl3-WE 3lEClAllZE ll 1lA||lC.' 1osch| tound
tho |ottor and road a|oud: lt l can ovor bo ot any ho|p to you just |ot mo know. l'm sorry l wasn't your man, but l'm out now and l'vo pa|d my dobt to
soc|oty. [s|gnod| lo|gh A||on.'
3orry l wasn't your man!'' sa|d 1osch| |n wondormont. A noto ||ko th|s, w|th |ts mock|ng tono, was oxact|y tho k|nd ot |ottor Zod|ac wou|d wr|to.
|o's tho ono,' l sa|d.
3ack at tho Cbroolc|o, a s|ck, unpostmarkod |ottor s|gnod w|th a Zod|ac symbo| arr|vod that attornoon. Evon crank |ottors ||ko O|d 1om's woro
troatod sor|ous|y. Actua||y, any Zod|ac |ottor, no mattor how obv|ous a hoax, a|ways croatod a st|r. lo poss|b|||ty cou|d bo d|sm|ssod. lo||co
|av|shod attont|on on oach bocauso Zod|ac's handpr|nt|ng may havo changod ovor tho yoars.

lll 0O l1 3ECAU3E l 0OlE l1 21 1lVE3 l CAl1 31Ol 3ECAU3E EAC| 1|A1 l Klll VAKE3 l1 WOl3E Al0 l VU31 Klll VOlE
VAl l3 1|E VO31 lllZE0 GAVE lll lElvEl GlvE VY lAVE. . . .'

What porvors|ty drovo anyono to copy Zod|ac? |uturo copycats had darkor mot|vos and b|ood|or hands. 1hoy wont turthor than |m|tat|ng wr|t|ng-
thoy actod on tho Zod|ac cr|mos thomso|vos.
1uoaday, January 8, 1078
AIIon roturnod to va||ojo. Wator 1own had changod ||tt|o-|y|ng c|oan, spraw||ng, and mystor|ous as a|ways. lobort lou|s 3tovonson onco sa|d,
va||ojo typ|ca| ot many sma|| Ca||torn|a towns-a b|undor.' ||rst th|ng, lo|gh app||od as a t|oot mochan|c to 3on|c|a lmport Auto 3orv|co. |o was
honost about h|s past. l sorvod two yoars and a ha|t at Atascadoro,' ho adm|ttod. Attor thoy h|rod h|m at $0.1b an hour, ho rovod tho h|||s try|ng out
h|s w|ngs. |o was soom|ng|y unawaro tho soarch tor Zod|ac had not abatod |n h|s absonco. 1ho samo hounds woro st||| how||ng and |oap|ng a||
about h|m and across tho wators |n 3an |ranc|sco. 3ut on a nat|ona| |ovo|, tho |3l tocusod on now Zod|ac suspocts:

At 3utta|o, low York. W||| quost|on an |ntormant rogard|ng h|s know|odgo ot and bas|s ot h|s a||ogat|on ot Zod|ac's act|v|t|os, and why ho
cons|dors h|m a suspoct |n tho ZO0lAC caso,' road a bu||ot|n. At 1acksonv|||o, at 1avaros, ||or|da. W||| adv|so lako County as a poss|b|o
ZO0lAC suspoct. W||| obta|n photos ot subjoct and turn|sh to 3acramonto, and a|so to 3utta|o. AlVE0 Al0 0AlGElOU3.'

1ho gray stra|ts appoarod |cy |n tho morn|ng. lo|gh parkod whoro a causoway across tho lapa l|vor and tho stra|ts jo|nod va||ojo at tho wost to
an |s|and. |o gazod toward Varo ls|and. ln Wator 1own's oar|y days, a bargo transport|ng a hord ot ||vostock had ovorturnod. Gonora| Var|ano
Guada|upo va||ojo, an oar|y Ca||torn|a |and baron, had roscuod a wh|to maro sw|mm|ng tor tho |s|and and chr|stonod tho cay ls|a do |a Yogua
-ls|and ot tho Varo.'
Across tho wator, batt|osh|ps moorod a|ongs|do throo-t|orod warohousos w|th br|ck smokostacks. 1ho lava| 3h|pyard was va||ojo's pr|nc|pa|
|ndustry, sorvod by th|rd-, ovon tourth-gonorat|on workors. 0ur|ng Wor|d War ll |t roturnod a thousand ropa|rod sh|ps to duty and manutacturod throo
hundrod submar|nos, dostroyor oscorts, sub tondors, and |and|ng cratt. 1ho Wost's o|dost lava| |nsta||at|on assomb|od batt|osh|ps ||ko tho
Co|lorolo, cru|sors ||ko tho Cblcogo. lt was tho t|rst lac|t|c yard to bu||d atom|c-poworod subs. 1ho sh|pyard, comp|oto|y so|t-conta|nod,
manutacturod ovoryth|ng |t noodod trom br|cks to r|vots. A||on was oqua||y so|t-sutt|c|ont. |o gazod |ong|ng|y toward tho soa, drovo |nto work, and
got bad nows. lmport Auto 3orv|co was |ay|ng h|m ott. 3o soon?' sa|d lo|gh. 3us|noss has just boon too s|ow,' sa|d tho managor. A||on c|onchod
and unc|onchod h|s t|sts at tho hopo|ossnoss ot |t a||.
Friday, AriI 28, 1078
On Nonday, aomoono had droppod a |ottor w|th too much postago and s|gnod Zod|ac' |nto a ma||box. lts postmark dos|gnatod a 3anta C|ara or
3an Vatoo County or|g|n. On |r|day, Apr|| 28, tho Cbroolc|o roco|vod |ts t|rst Zod|ac |ottor s|nco 1074. lt |t was not a hoax, tho k|||or had boon
o|sowhoro tor a|most tour yoars. 1ho |ottor mot a|| tho usua| roqu|romonts ot a gonu|no Zod|ac commun|cat|on. 3ut |t had a torcod |ook about |t, and
qu|to qu|ck|y cr|os ot |oax!' wont up. 3horwood Vorr||| |n 3acramonto ru|od |t authont|c. |or a wh||o so d|d 1ohn 3h|moda, 0|roctor ot tho losta|
Cr|mo laboratory, Wostorn log|ona| Ott|co, 3an 3runo. Evontua||y 3h|moda rovorsod h|s pos|t|on and s|dod w|th oxport 1orry lascoo, c|a|m|ng |t
to bo a c|ovor hoax. l wantod |t to bo authont|c, but as t|mo wont by, my doubts about tho |ottor |ncroasod. 1ho cunn|ng torgory wou|d causo agony
tor ovoryono.
|o's |urk|ng somowhoro,' 1osch| to|d tho pross, and |t scaros tho ho|| out ot poop|o, |nc|ud|ng my w|to. 1ho caso has put cons|dorab|o stra|n
upon my tam||y. Vy throo ||tt|o g|r|s woro not b|g onough |n 1000 to approc|ato tho magn|tudo ot tho caso, but thoy woro o|d onough to hoar stor|os
trom tho|r schoo|matos that tho|r daddy was work|ng on a caso about a dangorous murdoror. 1hoy wou|d como and to|| mo thoy woro atra|d that
somoth|ng horr|b|o wou|d happon to mo. 1hoy ||vod w|th th|s toar. Ot a|| tho casos l havo hand|od, th|s ono |s roa||y a porsona| caso. . . . |o's p|ay|ng
tho ogo gamo, try|ng to taunt us. . . . l try not to |ot th|s bothor mo, but |t's trustrat|ng. Wo havo not g|von up. 1ho caso |s workod upon anyt|mo
somoth|ng |s torwardod to us and wo act upon |t. 1ho surrondor box |s st||| opon.'
Nonday, Nay 15, 1078
| waan't aurriaod a popu|ar t||m ||ko 7bo Exorclst drow Zod|ac out back |n '74,' 1osch| to|d mo. 1h|s guy |s a roa| nut on mov|os.' l showod h|m
an anonymous |ottor sont to mo-oxact|y tho k|nd tho ogot|st|ca|, pub||c|ty-mad k|||or m|ght wr|to: 1o Ed|tor, or who ovor |s |n chargo ot tho Zod|ac,'
|t sa|d. |avo you ovor cons|dorod mak|ng a short t||m about tho Zod|ac?

l|ko somo ot thoso ||tchcocks, you know whoro you havo to como to your own conc|us|on tor an ond|ng as to who |s tho k|||or? lt a muv|o
cou|d bo mado, |t can bo shown |n ono ot thoso sma|| thoators whoro most|y sox muv|os aro shown so that |t w||| |ook ||ko somo unknown
thought ot tho |doa just to mako monoy on somoth|ng that so||s. . . . As l |ook at |t, s|nco tho Zod|ac takos so much pr|do |n h|mso|t tor h|s work,
|o'|| probab|y |ovo tho thought ot a muv|o about h|mso|t, and s|nco ho too|s shuro knowbody knows h|m, thoro |s no roason tor h|m not to go
and adm|ro h|mso|t. . . . 1hank you-no namo . . . sorry tor tho moss, but l'm k|nd ot |n a hurry, l havo work to do.'

1uoaday, Nay 10, 1078
Bocauao ot turor ovor tho Apr|| hoax |ottor, cr|os tor Zod|ac's capturo |ntons|t|od. 3an |ranc|sco ros|donts put lo||co Ch|ot Char|os Ga|n undor
torr|t|c prossuro to so|vo tho caso. |o askod |3l 0|roctor W||||am |. Wobstor to ana|yzo s|x Zod|ac cryptograms ma||od to |oca| papors |n 1000.
Ga|n wroto:

1hroo ot thoso woro subsoquont|y brokon but tho othors roma|n unso|vod. Wo roquost that a now attompt bo mado to broak thoso c|phors-
ElClO3E0:
1. lhoto copy ot 'Zod|ac' |ottor w|th 18 charactors. 'Vy namo |s--.'
2. lhoto copy ot 'Zod|ac' |ottor w|th 81 charactors. 8. lhoto copy ot cryptogram oxcorpt trom |ottor. 4. Copy ot throo brokon
cryptograms.'

|3l attompts to docrypt, us|ng tho o|d koy as part ot a comb|nat|on cryptosystom, ta||od, as d|d ||noar and routo transpos|t|on. Exports oxam|nod
tho t|rst and |ast ha|vos tor a cyc||c uso ot var|ants, d|d hand anagramm|ng w|th tho mossago as wr|tton or backwards or wr|tton co|umnar|y. 1hoy
road |t as t|rst ||no torward and socond ||no backward. 1hoy ran a s||d|ng word through tho mossagos. 1hoy tr|od concontratod anagramm|ng
-took, |ook, book, cook, shook, hook . . .' A|| ondoavors woro non-product|vo. 1osch| was not too surpr|sod. l|ko many po||comon, ho had no
groat ta|th |n tho o||t|st buroau.
Friday, Nay 10, 1078
|n tho moantimo, Ga|n obta|nod |3l |ab rosu|ts on h|s pot|t|onod compar|son ot tho Zod|ac |ottors. 1ho Ouost|onod 0ocumonts oxam|nor
cons|dorod s|xtoon man||a to|dors conta|n|ng tho |ottors botwoon Octobor 18, 1000, and Apr|| 24, 1078. 1ho oxport ronumborod thom O 8b through
O 00. (1ho l|vors|do |ottors, |nc|ud|ng tho dosktop, woro stud|od soparato|y |n photograph|c torm and |abo|od Oc100.) 1ho roport, |n |onghand,
road:

1ho handpr|nt|ng on tho O 8b-Oc100 |ottors show a w|do rango ot var|at|on and var|ous wr|t|ng spoods. Add|t|ona||y, port|ons ot tho
mator|a|, part|cu|ar|y tho throo l|vors|do |ottors, may havo boon d|sgu|sod or do||borato|y d|stortod. |or tho abovo roasons, tho handpr|nt|ng
oxam|nat|on ot thoso |ottors was |nconc|us|vo. |owovor, cons|stont handpr|nt|ng charactor|st|cs woro notod |n tho O 8b-Oc100 |ottors wh|ch
|nd|cato that ono porson may havo proparod a|| ot tho |ottors |nc|ud|ng tho l|vors|do |ottors and tho mossago tound on tho dosk top |n tho
l|vors|do caso.'

A month |ator Ga|n roquostod tho 3ohav|ora| 3c|onco Un|t at Ouant|co rov|ow tho |ottors' contonts and dovo|op a psycho|og|ca| prot||o ot Zod|ac.
lator l ca||od to soo |t Chonoy ovor wroto any |ottors to lo|gh A||on. l cou|dn't ho|p but not|co that your pr|nt|ng rosomb|os Zod|ac pr|nt|ng,' l sa|d.
Cou|d Zod|ac bo copy|ng your handpr|nt|ng?' Vaybo!' sa|d Chonoy. 3otoro chang|ng to porm|t m|crot||m, uppor and |oworcaso |ottor|ng was
standard dratt|ng pract|co.' Chonoy, an ong|noor, rotorrod mo to 7ocbolco| Lrowlog (Go|sacko, 3poncor, and V|tcho||, Vacm|||an, 4th od|t|on).
1hough l novor got a |ottor trom h|m w|th doub|o postago,' ho sa|d, lo|gh typod h|s |ottors and roc|pos, m|sspo|||ng corta|n words on purposo.'
A||on bogan moot|ng w|th h|s paro|o ott|cor, 3ruco l. lo||o, 0oputy lrobat|on Ott|cor, County ot 3o|ano. lo||o not|cod that A||on cons|stont|y woro
o|d-tash|onod p|oatod pants to tho|r contoroncos. 1ho|r t|rst month|y moot|ng was troub||ng to lo||o and uncomtortab|o tor A||on. 1ho paro|o ott|cor
attomptod to soo just what wou|d sot h|m ott, throaton|ng h|m w|th a roturn to ja|| |t ho d|d not cooporato moro tu||y. 1h|s brought a |owor|ng ot h|s
hoad and a rotra|n ot l wou|dn't ||ko that at a||.' A||on's |mpropor ro|at|onsh|ps w|th ch||dron had not conc|udod o|thor. Whon lo||o t|rst v|s|tod A||on's
homo w|th h|s partnor, l|oyd, tho paro|oo had a|| tho no|ghborhood ch||dron out tront r|d|ng b|cyc|os. lo|gh had thom c|rc|o tho|r car wav|ng rod t|ags
to d|roct tho ott|cors |nto tho dr|voway. |o a|so ma|nta|nod a tr|ondsh|p w|th a n|no-yoar-o|d that wou|d on|y coaso whon sho roachod s|xtoon.
Ono ovon|ng, lo||o gazod out h|s apartmont w|ndow at tho 3odoga comp|ox whoro ho ||vod. 1wo stor|os bo|ow, tho smo|| ot ch|or|no and suntan
o|| dr|ttod upward. loxt to tho |ntorm|ttont|y spark||ng poo| lo|gh was ho|d|ng hands w|th a ||tt|o g|r|-a d|roct paro|o v|o|at|on. lo||o roa||zod that
lo|gh had to||owod h|m homo attor tho|r soss|on. |or somo roason tho ox-conv|ct was try|ng to |nt|m|dato h|m or taunt h|m by h|s c|oso prox|m|ty to
a ch||d. Why? lo||o mado somo ca||s, |oarnod tho g|r| was lo|gh's cous|n, and u|t|mato|y |ot tho mattor pass. 3hort|y attorward, ho |oarnod that A||on
was a sor|ous Zod|ac suspoct.
ln tact tho day l tound out,' ho to|d mo, l was homo |ook|ng at cop|os ot tho Zod|ac |ottors. A|| ovon|ng l kopt gott|ng thoso ca||s whoro somoono
wou|d just broatho. l kopt to|||ng my g|r|tr|ond, 'l th|nk that A||on knows that l know and that ho knows that l know ho knows.' l to|d h|m:
'Arthur, you'ro suspoctod ot bo|ng tho Zod|ac.'
'l know,' ho sa|d.
'What do you th|nk about that?'
'l th|nk that was a roa| m|snomor to do that to mo. l th|nk |t was unta|r.'
'lt was?'
'Yoah.'
'|avo you road tho roports?'
'Yoah, l know what thoy'ro ta|k|ng about and that's a|| a pack ot ||os.'
'Wou|dn't tho porson who was tho Zod|ac too| that |t was a pack ot ||os?'
'lrobab|y. Who |n ho|| |s go|ng to adm|t to bo|ng tho damn Zod|ac.''
|o to|d lo||o that on tho day ot tho |artno|| and 3hopard stabb|ngs, ho was supposod to bo at lako 3orryossa catch|ng ground squ|rro|s to
d|ssoct. Amaz|ng co|nc|donco,' lo||o romarkod. |o was a|so d|sturbod by lo|gh's monta| ova|uat|on. 3as|ca||y, Arthur |s an oxtromo|y dangorous
porson,' ho to|d mo |ator. |o |s soc|opath|c and possossos an |ncrod|b|y h|gh l.O. A||on |s ropross|ng vory doop hatrod and |s |ncapab|o ot
tunct|on|ng w|th womon |n a norma| way.' Apparont|y, attor h|s 1071 o|| rot|nory quost|on|ng, lo|gh, at tho urg|ng ot h|s tam||y, had boon ova|uatod by
psych|atr|sts at U.C. 3orko|oy and lang|oy lortor. 1hoy had workod up monta| roports on tho pr|mo suspoct trom Vay 1078 unt|| 3optombor 20,
1074, whon ho had boon t|rst cons|dorod capab|o ot murdor, dangorous.' 0octors had |ookod tor |nd|cat|ons ot so|t-mut||at|on dr|vos and a
d|srogard tor tho sanct|ty ot human ||to. 1hoy notod h|s |mpu|s|vonoss.
l askod lo||o |t ho had soon a ||ght tab|o or on|argor at lo|gh's houso on any ot h|s v|s|ts. l suspoctod Zod|ac had projoctod gr|ds through an
on|argor onto h|s b|ocks ot c|phor to a||gn thom so portoct|y. Yos,' lo||o sa|d. l roca|| soo|ng an on|argor |n h|s homo.' 3ut ot courso thoro had to
bo ono. Whoovor Zod|ac was, ho had to havo accoss to a ||ght tab|o, gr|ds to pos|t|on h|s symbo|s, a 1-squaro and tr|ang|o and othor dratt|ng too|s.
Ethan W. A||on had boon a drattsman tor tho c|ty ot va||ojo. 3uch |toms woro tho too|s ot h|s trado. As a protoss|ona| art|st, l know that tho Zod|ac
|ottors, tho 840-symbo| codo |n part|cu|ar, wou|d tax tho most oxpor|oncod crattsman.
lo|gh's got a now motorcyc|o now,' lo||o to|d mo, app|o-groon [a co|or c|oso to Chor| 1o 3atos's ||mo-groon vW |. lt's not rog|storod |n h|s
namo, but a tr|ond's. And ho's got a now job too. lo|gh to|d mo how much ho hatos work|ng tor a ||v|ng. 1o|d mo torcotu||y. 3ut whon ho choosos ho
can projoct a ca|m and roasonab|o tront. |o's work|ng part-t|mo at tho Ca||torn|a |uman 0ovo|opmont Corporat|on [1004 Var|n 3troot| as a son|or-
c|t|zon a|do. '|or $4.00 por hour,' lo|gh oxp|a|nod, 'l tako son|ors to and trom hosp|ta|s, |nspoct and |nsta|| socur|ty dov|cos |n tho|r homos.'
3ocur|ty dov|cos-that's m|ghty |ntorost|ng. As tor lo|gh's brothor, lon, ho's now a c|ty p|annor. |o's st||| worr|od about h|s brothor, but raro|y has
any moro contact w|th tho po||co.'
Ono ovon|ng somot|mo |ator, l drovo out to tho t|rst va||ojo cr|mo scono-lako |orman load. Othor v|s|ts had boon at m|dn|ght, tho t|mo ot tho
murdors. 1on|ght tho w|nd tromb|od tho troos a|ong tho road. 1ho |andscapo, |ost and tound |n ovory curvo, was t|na||y swa||owod up |n wh|to tog.
Attor A||on's ro|oaso trom pr|son, goss|p aga|n mont|onod a b|g man rov|ng noar tho wator pumps and |ako. |o scoutod, pract|cod h|s shoot|ng,
and c||mbod through quarr|os whoro ho cou|d d|vo. A|| ot Zod|ac's murdors had boon wator-or|ontod-3|uo lock 5prlogs (oor||y rom|n|scont ot
A||on's o|d schoo|, va||oy 3pr|ngs), Rlvorsloo, Loko 3orryossa, Loko 3troot (h|s roquostod t|rst dost|nat|on |n lau| 3t|no's cab), and Loko |orman
load. 1hough l tound tho lako |orman doub|o murdor s|to v|rtua||y unchangod, ono a|torat|on had boon mado. 1ho ||tt|o gravo| |ano just past tho
cha|n-||nk tonco |oad|ng to lump |ouso #10 now had a namo. A br|sk w|nd roso, rutt||ng tho stand|ng wator as l mado my way to tho gato to road
Wator lano.' 1hat to|d mo that a docado ago Zod|ac had boon oxtraord|nar||y tam|||ar w|th va||ojo. |o had so|octod an unmarkod path that t|t h|s
man|a tor wator-namod s|tos. |o know a|| tho socrots ot Wator 1own.
1uoaday, Juno 27, 1078
And atiII wo roco|vod t|ps portray|ng what sort ot guy Zod|ac m|ght bo . . .' l too| that ho m|ght havo a b|ko or motorcyc|o,' a 3an |ranc|sco art
d|roctor suggostod. . . . |s bordor|ng on gon|us . . . untappod and untra|nod porhaps, but monta||y supor|or to tho ways |n wh|ch ho has boon ab|o to
mako a ||v|ng . . . that ho |s hard|y an accoptod |nd|v|dua| at a||, but cons|dorod cur|ous, tomporamonta|, and a soc|a||y ||m|tod porsona||ty. ||s sp||t
porsona||ty |s tod da||y by |nsu|ts and tr|ngo know|odgo . . . ot wh|ch ho |s a m|sorab|o spoctator, not part|c|pant. |o |s, |n my |mag|nat|on, 8b to 40
yoars o|d. |o |s doath|y atra|d ot womon or |mpotont. |o |s, |t tho man |s gu||ty ot tho wastotu|, sonso|oss cr|mos you'vo had to roport, |n d|ro nood
ot |ovo. |o a|so noods ho|p. Untortunato|y, ho a|so noods to bo caught.'
Ass|stant |3l d|roctor 1homas Ko||ohor, 1r., adv|sod Ch|ot Ga|n on 1uosday that thoy had boon ana|yz|ng tho unso|vod Zod|ac c|phors s|nco tho|r
acqu|s|t|on, part|cu|ar|y tho 840-symbo| c|phor. 1ho laboratory w||| cont|nuo ana|ys|s ot thoso c|phors as t|mo porm|ts. You w||| bo not|t|od
|mmod|ato|y ot any pos|t|vo rosu|ts.' Cryptographors soarchod tor h|ddon c|phors and mossagos. ln|t|a| |ottors ot words, t|rst, socond, th|rd |ast
|ottors ot words, ||no bog|nn|ngs, ||no ond|ngs,' thoy roportod, d|d not spo|| anyth|ng.' 1horo woro no oxtranoous mark|ngs, no |ndontat|ons, no
|nv|s|b|o wr|t|ng. As tor Zod|ac, ho was |nv|s|b|o too.
Nonday, JuIy 17, 1078
Attor controvoray ovor tho Apr|| Zod|ac |ottor, lnspoctor 1osch| was roass|gnod to lobbory 0ota||. An untoundod a||ogat|on that ho had wr|tton
tho |ottor causod h|s transtor. lo||co ott|c|a|s omphat|ca||y don|od roports that lnspoctor 0avo 1osch|, who has |nvost|gatod tho Zod|ac caso tor
n|no yoars, ovor was suspoctod ot torg|ng tho |atost |ottor attr|butod to tho murdoror,' roportod tho Assoc|atod lross.
low Vr. 1osch| w||| know what |t too|s ||ko!' A||on to|d lo||o through c|onchod tooth attor ho road ot tho transtor. lo|gh st||| romomborod h|s
d|sm|ssa| trom tho rot|nory b|ttor|y. As tor 1osch|, a groat wo|ght was ||ttod trom h|s shou|dors.
Wodnoaday, JuIy 10, 1078
Avory waa among tho m|ss|ng too. lau| Avory and Kato Co|oman who wroto tho s|zz||ng oxposo ot 3|ack lanthor v|o|onco |n tho 1u|y 10 Now
7lmos, havo gono 'out ot tho aroa' attor roco|v|ng tho prod|ctab|o throats,' wroto |orb Caon. 1ho bogus |ottor rooponod o|d wounds, dr|v|ng tho
popu|aco to sook c|osuro on tho |ong-unso|vod caso. Zod|ac t|ps quadrup|od. 1ho Zod|ac was shot to doath by 3an |ranc|sco po||co |n Varch ot
1070,' a roador |ntormod Caon, about tour months attor ho sot tho Gart|and |oto| t|ro that k|||od th|rtoon poop|o.' loxt day, an anonymous
typowr|tton |ottor trom los Ango|os a|so arr|vod at tho Cbroolc|o:

l am tho ZO0lAC and l am |n contro| ot a|| th|ngs,' |t road. l am go|ng to to|| you a socrot. l ||ko tr|ct|on tapo. l ||ko to havo |t around |n caso l
nood to truss somoono up |n a hurry. . . . l havo my roa| namo on a sma|| mota|||c tapo. You soo, wh||o you havo |t |n your possoss|on, l want you
to know |t bo|ongs to mo and you th|nk l may havo |ott |t acc|dont|y. l am ath|ot|c. lt cou|d bo sw|m t|ns, or a p|oco ot scuba goar. 3ut maybo you
p|ay choss w|th mo. l havo sovora| choap sots |n c|osots a|| ovor. l havo my namo on tho bottom ot tho ||d w|th tho scotch tapo. . . . Vy tapo |s
wa|t|ng tor mo a|| ovor Ca||torn|a. 0o you know mo? l am tho ZO0lAC and l am |n contro|.'

Nonday, JuIy 80, 1078
AIIon, whiIo driving w|th a suspondod ||conso on 1u|y 80, was |nvo|vod |n an acc|dont |n Vondoc|no |nvo|v|ng a car ||consod ZE3 b77. 1ho 3tato
|arm |nsuranco undorwr|tor who |nsurod A||on's car know h|m porsona||y. 3ovora| days |ator, a woman approachod tho agont's dosk at tho lohnort
lark rog|ona| ott|co, stood s||ont|y tor a momont, thon askod about obta|n|ng acc|dont t||o #01b0bb0b080. 1hat was lo|gh A||on's t||o. Why?' tho
agont askod. 3ocauso thoy'ro watch|ng any act|v|ty go|ng on about th|s man,' sho sa|d. 3o carotu| not to got yourso|t |nvo|vod w|th |ntormat|on
about h|m. 1hoy'|| want to know what you'ro up to. 1wo tourtoon-yoar-o|d g|r|s havo d|sappoarod |n tho va||ojo aroa, but l sor|ous|y doubt lo|gh's up
to anyth|ng s|nco ho's bo|ng watchod so c|oso|y.'
Wodnoaday Auguat 28, 1078
A tow daya oar||or, 1osch| had s||ppod and tracturod h|s ank|o on an o||y spot |n tho po||co garago. |o chatod at anyth|ng that took h|m trom work.
Anx|ous|y, ho consu|tod a bono spoc|a||st. 1osch|,' tho doctor jokod, ovory cop l know wants to oxtond h|s d|sab|||ty t|mo a b|t moro and horo you
want to got r|ght back to work.' 1osch| on|y sm||od and roturnod to tho job w|th h|s spoc|a| jo||y-shoo sott wa|k|ng cast on. 3y wook's ond, ho was
||mp|ng a|ong on h|s bandagod toot as br|sk|y as ho norma||y wa|kod.
Ut|||z|ng tho contont ot authont|c Zod|ac |ottors, tho 3ohav|ora| 3c|onco Un|t (33U), hoadquartorod at Ouant|co, v|rg|n|a, w|th|n tho |3l lat|ona|
Acadomy, attomptod to dovo|op a bottor psycho|og|ca| prot||o ot tho k|||or. losu|ts w||| bo torwardod to your d|v|s|on tor transm|tta| to roquost|ng
agoncy whon comp|otod,' 33U not|t|od tho 3an |ranc|sco |3l |oadquartors. 1h|s 1ra|n|ng 0|v|s|on ot tho 1ust|co 0opartmont had boon
ostab||shod |n tho oar|y 1070s. 3ut how many sor|a| k|||or casos has tho |3l so|vod-|t any?' sa|d ono agont pub||c|y.
1ust as Avory and 1osch| woro putt|ng Zod|ac boh|nd thom, Capta|n Kon lar|ow ot tho lapa 3hor|tt's Ott|co was bocom|ng |ncroas|ng|y
obsossod. Vany ot tho |oads wo woro or|g|na||y b|ossod w|th,' ho to|d mo |n our |ntorv|ows ot August 2b, 1078 and August 12, 1080, havo
bocomo o|d and dotor|oratod to tho po|nt whoro thoy don't havo much va|uo anymoro. l st||| th|nk Zod|ac |s out thoro somop|aco. l somot|mos |ook
out tho w|ndow and wondor how c|oso wo'vo como to h|m at t|mos. Wo ratt|od so many cagos and k|ckod so many bushos a|ong tho way, wo must
havo boon noar h|m at |oast onco.'
1hoso days lar|ow thought about ono part|cu|ar man. l'vo a|ways boon h|gh on h|m,' ho to|d mo. Wo novor had onough ov|donco to br|ng h|m |n
and ro|| h|s pr|nts. 1ho moro wo startod |oan|ng on h|m, tho moro natura||y dotons|vo ho got. 1ho t|rst coup|o ot t|mos wo ta|kod to h|m ho was vory
opon, thon |t got to tho po|nt whoro |t was 'E|thor do somoth|ng or |oavo mo a|ono!' |o camo down to comp|a|n and saw Avory at tho Cbroolc|o.
1ho t|rst t|mo wo wont ovor to h|s p|aco by tho wator, wo woro thoro sovora| hours. vory |nto|||gont porson, vory |ntorost|ng porson. |o d|dn't m|nd
ta|k|ng about h|s past.' 1ho cops sat down and passod h|m cop|os ot photos ot Zod|ac's v|ct|ms. 1ho suspoct roa||zod thoy woro not on|y gaug|ng
h|s roact|ons, but try|ng to got h|s pr|nts. 3o ho p|ckod up tho p|cturos, |ookod thom ovor, bogan to hand thom back, thon sa|d, Oh, l'm sorry, l got
t|ngorpr|nts a|| ovor thom. lot mo w|po that ott tor you.' And ho w|pod thom ott.
|rom bonoath a ||ght brown, rodd|sh-t|ntod 3ustor 3rown ha|rcut, tho an|matod taco ot O||vor |ardy poorod out at tho cops. 1ho oyos dart|ng
boh|nd dark-r|mmod g|assos woro pop-oyod as a noon s|gn, but h|gh|y astuto. 0ur|ng tho pro|ongod quost|on|ng tho suspoct, though occas|ona||y
ta|||ng s||ont on sons|t|vo subjocts, dom|natod tho convorsat|on. |o just ta|kod a m||o a m|nuto,' lar|ow to|d mo. |o had mo so contusod l cou|dn't
ovon wr|to a roport whon |t was ovor. 1h|s guy takos ovor whon you'ro around h|m and ta|ks.' 1ho suspoct spoko ot h|s two |ovos-ong|noor|ng and
show bus|noss. |o had dono b|t parts |n mov|os |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a and, ||ko Zod|ac, cou|d quoto G||bort and 3u|||van by roto: l spont two
soasons s|ng|ng grand opora and l'm a vorac|ous roador. l am ono ot thoso s|ngu|ar poop|o b|ossod w|th a|most tota| roca||. l can romombor tho
oxact addross and to|ophono numbor ot tho houso l ||vod |n |n 1oxas |n 1080. l can romombor a|| tho o|d Klog Koog and Lroco|o p|cturos and
whoro l saw thom.'
|o has a [Vodo| 1b 1o|opr|ntor| 1o|otypo mach|no |n h|s ||tt|o basomont thoator,' lar|ow to|d mo. 1hat's a samp|o ot pr|nt|ng trom h|s [loya|
portab|o| typowr|tor. . . . |o d|d havo throo months ot codo schoo| and has got an a||as that l th|nk |s actua||y h|s roa| namo. l don't th|nk wo woro
ab|o to ostab||sh th|s through a 3tato 0|v|s|on ot lub||c 3atoty chock. A tr|ond ot m|no l wont to tho |3l Acadomy w|th d|d somo background
|nvost|gat|on. |o was supposod|y born |n lubbock County, 1oxas. . . .'
Whoro tho torm 't|dd|o and tart around' |s usod,' l sa|d. And ho can sow. |o has dos|gnod and sown costumos |n |o||ywood.' 1ho subjoct had
|ost h|s mothor at ago t|vo and trom thon on was on tho outs' w|th h|s tathor, a woa|thy o|| man.'
1horo |s a|so a cort|t|cato on t||o tor h|s a||as,' sa|d lar|ow. 3ack |n 1oxas a doctor just t||od a b|rth cort|t|cato and that was |t, not ||ko today's
dato and ago. 3o as wo spoak, thoro's st||| somo quost|on as to whothor or not thoso two aro ono and tho samo |nd|v|dua|. A do|ayod cort|t|cato
was t||od |n lrobato Court show|ng that ho was born |n 1028 ooo 1020.
A |oca| guy |s so conv|ncod that th|s man |s tho Zod|ac that ho startod h|s own book and thon wont to tho to|ov|s|on poop|o and h|rod an attornoy.
|o was go|ng to b|ow tho wh|st|o on th|s guy Androws as a rospons|b|o
b
l to|d h|m you bottor bo suro-thoro a|n't no way |n ho|| that l can provo |t!
You'ro just go|ng to |oavo yourso|t w|do opon tor a ||bo| su|t. And t|na||y tho to|ov|s|on poop|o backod ott too bocauso l havon't hoard any moro about
|t trom thom. 3os|dos, wo woron't ab|o ostab||sh that Androws had any sort ot prot|c|oncy w|th guns.' lorvous, tomporamonta|, tho suspoct onco
sa|d, What l havo |s bottor than sox!' |o to|d a 3ambo's lostaurant wa|tross ho was go|ng to como back and b|ow hor |ogs ott.' Avory
dotorm|nod that th|s man was a studont at l|vors|do C|ty Co||ogo,' cont|nuod lar|ow, but l was novor ab|o to cont|rm that. 1horo's h|s apartmont |n
3an |ranc|sco, tho ono that was supposod|y undorwator. [On Apr|| 20, 1070, Zod|ac wroto that tho bus bomb ho kopt storod |n h|s basomont had
boon a dud. l was swampod out by tho ra|n wo had a wh||o back,' ho oxp|a|nod.| |o workod at tho 3an |ranc|sco A|rport-as a mattor ot tact ho
wou|d havo boon work|ng thoro about tho t|mo ot Chor| 1o 3atos's murdor |n Octobor 1000. Wo||, l'|| to|| you, |t ho |s not tho Zod|ac, l'|| tako ono just
||ko h|m.'
1wo months botoro tho t|rst Zod|ac murdors, tho subjoct had co|or-tu||y romarkod, l to|t tho smartost th|ng l cou|d do wou|d bo to pu|| an Anton la
voy. |o cou|dn't mako |t as a bar organ|st, so ho |ookod at h|mso|t |n tho m|rror ono day and sa|d, 'l am a charactor.' 1hon ho h|rod a pross agont
and bocamo 3atan. l am a charactor too, r|ght ott tho o|d scroon, but l can't attord a pross agont. l am a|so humb|o-bocauso l soo how absurd th|s
gamo |s!' Zod|ac had wr|tton, l am |nsano, but tho gamo must go on.'
Vy tr|ond, |ay lo|son, spoko w|th Androws |n 3an |ranc|sco. ||s car at tho t|mo ot tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs murdors was a wh|to lonau|t
Caravo||o, a car s|m||ar to tho Corva|r |n appoaranco.' Wo |oarnod Zod|ac was not th|s man, but thoro was a ||nk ot sorts-ho had a v|ntago mov|o
thoator. lo||co thought so too. 1hoy comp||od a ||st ot ovoryono who ovor workod thoro. l d|scovorod tho to||ow|ng: 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo, a
t||m that |nsp|rod Zod|ac, had p|ayod thoro |n Vay 1000. Attor 1anuary 1, 1000, tho thoator had gono to |r|day n|ght show|ngs and Zod|ac had
bogun attack|ng on 3aturdays. 0ar|ono |orr|n, tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs v|ct|m, had wr|tton two namos hor notobook-lo|gh' and vaughn.' lobort
vaughn was tho namo ot tho s||ont-mov|o organ|st at tho Avonuo 1hoatro. 3oth ho and Avory's suspoct had workod thoro s|nco Varch 1008. Was
th|s a thoator Zod|ac troquontod rogu|ar|y? l doc|dod to pay anothor v|s|t thoro and t|nd out.
Friday, 5otombor 1, 1078
CIaaaic cara arkod on tho ra|n-s||ck stroot mado tho s||ont-mov|o pa|aco at 20b0 3an 3runo Avonuo hard to m|ss. 1ho thoator's |argo domod
co|||ng had onco boon docoratod |n a 3pan|sh mot|t. low, around a chando||or r|ght out ot 7bo Pbootom o tbo Oporo, an art|st had pa|ntod a|| tho
symbo|s ot tho Zod|ac.
lar|ow's suspoct managod tho thoator, ox|st|ng |n gontoo| squa|or to t|nanco h|s pass|on tor t||ckor|ng s||onts and oar|y ta|k|os. |o dotrayod costs
by oxh|b|t|ng un|quo contomporary t||ms. 1ho prov|ous wook ho had shown a 8-0 thr|||or, Voo lo tbo Lork. On |r|days lhotop|ays and Concorts
w|th tu|| Wur||tzor accompan|mont' woro toaturod. |ans t|ockod to thoso oar|y latho |roros |||ms, 0. W. Gr|tt|th ono-roo| 3|ographs. 1hoy adorod
stars ||ko Vary l|cktord, l|ono| 3arrymoro, 0oug |a|rbanks, and 3ustor Koaton.
Wadd||ng ||ko Char||o Chap||n, round-backod, ro|y-po|y, and bandy-|oggod, tho suspoct roamod tho a|s|os bo||ow|ng load to Vanda|ay.' At any
socond h|s two-hundrod-pound, t|vo-toot-o|ght-|nch tramo throatonod to burst trom a tux throo s|zos too sma||. |o roc|tod 3hakospoaro |n a
boom|ng vo|co. 1ho surv|v|ng v|ct|m at lako 3orryossa had charactor|zod Zod|ac's vo|co as ||ko that ot a studont . . . w|th somo k|nd ot draw|, but
not a 3outhorn draw|.' Androws adm|ttod that though h|s own vo|co was modorato |n sound, that |s, not h|gh- or |ow-p|tchod, l havo somoth|ng ot a
g|tt ot m|m|cry-l can |m|tato W. C. ||o|ds and havo dono both ma|o and toma|o vo|cos on tho rad|o-and l just onjoy what a pompous ass l am. . . .
l may |ook OK on tho outs|do, but |ns|do . . .'
Wh||o vaughn, tho organ|st, pumpod on a m|ghty Wur||tzor p|po organ (Zod|ac had mont|onod tho p|ano-og|nast' on h|s ||tt|o ||st' ot potont|a|
v|ct|ms), lar|ow and Avory's |ntorost|ng t|nd bocamo tho projoct|on|st. Attor tho doub|o toaturo thoy r|ppod down a handpr|ntod to|t-t|p-pon postor
advort|s|ng 1ho 3|g larado w|th 1ohn G||bort and lonoo Adoroo.' 3omoono at tho thoator drow thom tor tho constant|y chang|ng b|||s. l rotr|ovod
anothor trom tho guttor and took |t to Vorr||| |n 3acramonto. |o stud|od tho handpr|nt|ng. W|th tho oxcopt|on ot tho throo-stroko K |t's a good
match,' ho sa|d, boam|ng. 1hat's tho c|osost Zod|ac |ottor|ng l'vo soon!' lot on|y m|ght tho thoator's d|scardod postors havo prov|dod Zod|ac w|th
h|s a|phabot ot pr|ntod |ottors, but tho Acadomy 3tandard |oador on oach str|p ot t||m was t|tt|ng|y a crossod c|rc|o.
Wodnoaday, Octobor 17, 1078
| drovo ovor tho Go|don Gato 3r|dgo toward 3anta losa |n a stoady downpour. l stoppod a|ong tho way and parkod amongst tho gray
warohousos whoro tho thoator managor had onco kopt h|s warron ot connoctod apartmonts. 1ho bu||d|ng had boon rodono and ropa|ntod, tho o|d
||no ot ma||boxos |n tho courtyard takon down, and h|s gadgot-c|uttorod rooms (mov|o oqu|pmont, thoator soats, rows ot 8b-mm monochromo t||m-
procoss|ng mach|nos) ompt|od. 1|mo was march|ng on and Zod|ac was no c|osor to bo|ng caught than a docado ago.
lo|gh was nowhoro around h|s tra||or whon l got thoro. E|ghtoon days oar||or ho had coasod |nsta|||ng homo socur|ty dov|cos and qu|t h|s job as a
son|or-c|t|zon a|do |n va||ojo. Cou|d lar|ow and Avory's suspoct and lo|gh A||on bo work|ng togothor?' a po||coman suggostod to mo. Chock out
tho poss|b|||ty, howovor romoto, that thoro |s a connoct|on botwoon tho two.' 1ho thought ot somo sort ot Zod|ac contodorato was novor tar trom my
m|nd. l had not|cod tho odd spac|ng |n tho Zod|ac |ottors: |o p|ung od h|m so|t . . . wand or|ng.' lt rom|ndod mo not on|y ot s|gn pa|ntors who d|d
ono |ottor at a t|mo, but somoono tak|ng d|ctat|on, wr|t|ng oach sy||ab|o as thoy camo, str|ng|ng thom togothor ||ko a cars on a tra|n and w|th no
rogard to sonso.
1huraday, Octobor 18, 1078
BiII Armatrong rotirod trom tho 3|l0. l cou|d too| tho t|ro had gono away,' 1osch| sa|d ot h|s partnor. l romombor, whon ho |ott |om|c|do |n |ato
'7b, ho to|d mo, '1osch|, l'vo stood ovor my |ast body.' |owovor, tho t|ro was st||| burn|ng |ns|do mo.' 1ho samo day A||on bogrudg|ng|y bogan
soo|ng a monta| hoa|th protoss|ona|.
As a cond|t|on ot h|s ro|oaso trom Atascadoro, lo|gh had boon roqu|rod to soo 0r. 1homas lykott, a 3anta losa psych|atr|st
0
lr|or to tho|r t|rst
moot|ng, lo|gh, as ho had |n pr|son, probab|y combod tho ||brary. ln tho 1000s ho askod Chonoy, Aro thoro books on how to d|sgu|so your
handpr|nt|ng and chango your appoaranco?' Chonoy sa|d, l'm suro thoy ox|st.' lt mado sonso ho wou|d now bono up on propor rosponsos to
psych|atr|c tosts. Undor prosont |aw, a tragmontod man such as Zod|ac cou|d not bo cons|dorod |oga||y |nsano. 0|v|d|ng sano' trom |nsano'
bocomos d|tt|cu|t w|th murdorors who soom rat|ona|, cohoront, and contro||od,' wroto 0r. 1osoph 3atton, and yot whoso hom|c|da| acts havo a
b|zarro, apparont|y sonso|oss qua||ty.'
Un||ko sch|zophron|cs, a soxua| sad|st such as Zod|ac doos not oxh|b|t obv|ous aborrat|ons, but takos cons|dorab|o pa|ns to appoar norma| and
avo|d capturo. Ot a|| murdorors, ho |s most ||ko|y to ropoat h|s cr|mo.' Attor tho t|rst k||||ng, thoso |nto|||gont k|||ors bocomo amaz|ng|y prot|c|ont at
concoa||ng thomso|vos. 1hoy tako groat pa|ns to appoar norma|, but otton porvorso|y throw susp|c|on upon thomso|vos. 1ho cat-and-mouso gamo
w|th tho po||co ovontua||y bocomos tho pr|nc|pa| mot|vo tor tho cr|mos. 3oh|nd a sm|||ng, socrot|vo tacado, ho too|s vast|y |ntor|or, host||o, anx|ous,
and porsocutod. Yot that porvorso urgo to ca|| attont|on to h|mso|t as Zod|ac |s an |tch a|most |mposs|b|o not to scratch. Or was lo|gh's socrot that
ho on|y tboogbt ho was Zod|ac?
lo ono knows what croatos a compu|s|vo k|||or-a m|ss|ng sox chromosomo? -an ovont dur|ng tho t|rst s|x months ot ||to? Whatovor tho causo,
tho cond|t|on |s |ncurab|o. Cruo|, rojoct|ng paronts and poors croato prossuros oxprossod |n ch||dhood by bod-wott|ng, shop||tt|ng, and an|ma|
torturo. W|th tho awakon|ng ot puborty, tho angor man|tosts |tso|t |n ovor-|ncroas|ng and c|ovor|y concoa|od acts ot sad|sm. 3hor|tt 3tr|opoko's
pr|vato|y comm|ss|onod psycho|og|ca| prot||o statod Zod|ac was a wh|to, unmarr|od man undor th|rty-t|vo yoars o|d who torturod an|ma|s, had a
pass|vo tathor and dom|nant mothor, and may havo spont t|mo |n a monta| |nst|tut|on.' Voanwh||o, lo|gh A||on cont|nuod to day-droam |n h|s tra||or
and basomont. 0wo|||ng |n an oscap|st wor|d ot sc|onco t|ct|on and tho occu|t, arrogant|y |nto|orant ot poop|o, ho tondod to sot h|s own ru|os. l'vo
boon ab|o to porsona||y study sovora| ot thoso [sor|a| k|||ors| vory c|oso|y,' 0r. lundo to|d mo. 3|anch|'s rosponsos on psycho|og|ca| tosts aro
a|most vorbat|m ||ko Kompor's. 1ho who|o sort ot th|ng ot soo|ng an|ma|s torn apart and b|ood and an|ma| hoarts.'
A psycho|og|st work|ng undor cond|t|ons ot A||on's paro|o ova|uatod lykott's tosts and t|nd|ngs. Whon ho gavo tho suspoct a projoct|vo tost, a
lorschach (|nk b|ot) tost, lykott was warnod to |ook tor answors that conta|nod tho |ottor z. 1ho odds ot moro than ono answor bog|nn|ng w|th z aro
vory romoto,' tho ana|yst to|d dotoct|vos botoro tho lorschach tost. l don't oxpoct any.' 1ho t|rst two m|rror |magos lo|gh was shown rom|ndod h|m
ot a zygomat|c arch.' 1ho ana|yst was shakon by th|s. |o wont on. What do you soo |n th|s?' At tho ond ot tho tosts, ho tound that A||on had g|von
t|vo z rosponsos, tar outs|do tho norm. Cabdr|vor lau| 3t|no had boon woundod |n tho zygomat|c arch by Zod|ac.
A doctor's roport on lo|gh had sa|d, |o's potont|a||y v|o|ont, ho |s dangorous,' and ho |s capab|o ot k||||ng.' 1ho samo ana|yst thought A||on had
t|vo soparato porsona||t|os.' 3p||t porsona||t|os wou|d oxp|a|n how ho passod a ||o-dotoctor tost, why h|s handpr|nt|ng d|d not match Zod|ac's. 1ho
psych|atr|sts' conc|us|ons woro mount|ng: lo|gh |s oxtromo|y dangorous and |s a soc|opath . . . |s h|gh|y |nto|||gont and |ncapab|o ot tunct|on|ng w|th
womon |n a norma| way . . . has a potont|a| tor dangor.' ln tho|r pr|vato soss|ons, 0r. lykott d|scovorod tho v|o|ont s|do ot h|s now pat|ont's naturo.
Any k|nd ot accusat|on sot h|m ott. 1ho subjoct ot h|s mothor or pr|son onragod h|m. lo|gh bocamo dotons|vo, shak|ng w|th angor unt|| ho roga|nod
contro|, thon bocamo sarcast|c. ||s romarks, |cy, though w|tty, woro packod w|th puns and doub|o moan|ngs. lmmaturo, so|t-contorod, w|th a strong
ogo, ho had a taunt|ng way ot spoak|ng, but was capab|o ot groat porsona| charm. Whon A||on spoko ot Zod|ac, ho to|t porsocutod. Worst ot a||, ho
cr|od-|ong hoartrond|ng moans. 3otwoon sobs, 0r. lykott to|t A||on was ropross|ng vory doop hatrod.' 3ut on anothor |ovo| lo|gh acod ovory
porcopt|on tost trom b|ocks to puzz|os. 1h|s guy can |ook at somoth|ng, t|guro |t out |n a mattor ot m|nutos, and do |t w|th tho |oast amount ot onorgy
and ottort,' ono oxport had sa|d. And ho |aughod at othor poop|o tor stumb||ng through tho samo task.' A||on took h|s psych|atr|c tosts undor duross
and a|ways |n tho samo mannor: |o wou|d not sm||o or show omot|on and wou|d spoak |n a |ow, moasurod monotono.' A||on's paro|o ott|cor,
3ruco lo||o, camo to know th|s monac|ng, tocusod monotono wo||.
lykott's soss|ons w|th A||on woro conductod as a tavor to l|outonant 1|m |ustod ot tho va||ojo l.0. and lo||o. lykott was |n tho m|dd|o ot
study|ng lo|gh whon a now pat|ont was s|gnod on-a young woman. 3ho dos|rod to bo hypnot|zod as part ot a tra|n|ng program tor a soc|a|
rohab|||tat|on group sho was organ|z|ng |n 3anta losa. lykott wo|comod hor, unawaro that sho was lo|gh A||on's s|stor-|n-|aw, Karon. Whothor or
not tho po||co suggostod Karon soo tho samo thorap|st as hor brothor-|n-|aw |s opon to spocu|at|on. 3ut |ustod, hoad ot tho lnto|||gonco Un|t, was
w||y. 1hrough h|s man|pu|at|on or not, somohow Karon ondod up w|th lykott. 0ur|ng tho|r soss|ons sho romarkod about a chom|st brothor-|n-|aw
and h|s dark s|do. lykott saw tho man constant|y proyod on hor m|nd. As Karon oxpoundod moro ot hor |mpross|ons and susp|c|ons, lykott bogan
to roa||zo tho charactor sho was skotch|ng soomod tam|||ar.
|o spoko ot man as truo gamo,' sho sa|d. Onco ho and h|s brothor got |n an argumont ovor d|nnor. |o |oapod on h|m and bogan chok|ng h|m.'
What's th|s?' thought lykott. 1hat sounds just ||ko Arthur lo|gh A||on. 1ho potont|a| tor dangor |s just tho samo.'
1huraday, Novombor 10, 1078.
Dr. Rykott had Karon back |n. |o p|acod hor undor a doop hypnos|s conductod by |ustod and l|outonant larry |aynos ot tho Concord l.0.
|aynos, tra|nod by tho lAl0's law Entorcomont |ypnot|c lnst|tuto, had hypnot|zod ono ot v|ct|m 0ar|ono |orr|n's baby-s|ttors back on 1uno 10,
1077. 0oos |t mattor how much t|mo has passod s|nco tho |nc|dont?' askod lykott.
lo,' rop||od |ustod, who gont|y uncovorod a numbor ot |argo crysta|s ho kopt swathod |n sott b|ack tabr|c. Each g||ttor|ng gom hung trom a
s|ondor cha|n. |aynos |nducod a hypnot|c tranco by sw|ng|ng or sp|nn|ng a crysta|. 1h|s t|mo, whon Karon roca||od tho chok|ng |nc|dont ovor d|nnor,
sho saw somoth|ng now.
1horo was a socond t|guro,' sho sa|d.
A socond t|guro?' sa|d |ustod. 1ho b|g b|ond ott|cor |oanod torward. lykott put down h|s pon.
|o was on top ot lon as wo||,' sho sa|d. l cou|d soo a socond ghost|y t|guro ot lo|gh on top ot my husband, anothor |dont|ty. lt was as |t ho woro
a socond lo|gh A||on. Whon lo|gh stood up, ho soomod to chango |nto yot anothor porsona||ty, ||ko 1oky|| and |ydo.' A sourco to|d mo, lo|gh was
a tw|n whoso brothor d|od at b|rth.' 1hon Karon roca||od tho papor sho had soon |n lo|gh's hand |n lovombor ot 1000. 1h|s was tho noto sho had
mont|onod to 1osch| and Armstrong yoars botoro. |ustod and |aynos woro corta|n sho was doop|y undor and not tabr|cat|ng tho v|s|on. |ypnot|sts
havo to carotu| not to g|vo subt|o, unw|tt|ng suggost|ons to a porson undor hypnos|s and croato what thoy want to t|nd. 3omot|mos |t's d|tt|cu|t to
d|st|ngu|sh what |s |n a porson's m|nd trom what you aro putt|ng thoro,' sa|d |aynos.
lt was covorod w|th strango ||nos ot symbo|s,' sho sa|d. 'What's that?' l askod h|m. '1h|s |s tho work ot an |nsano porson,' ho rop||od. 'l'|| show |t
to you |ator.' |o novor d|d, and rop|acod |t |n a gray mota| box ho kopt |n h|s room.'
|aynos, lykott, and |ustod woro dosporato to soo what had boon on that papor. 3ut how? lt had boon dostroyod |ong ago. 1hoy doc|dod to soo
|t Karon cou|d rodraw thoso arcano symbo|s undor hypnos|s. ln automat|c wr|t|ng, sho s|ow|y drow tour ||nos ot symbo|s. Automat|c wr|t|ng was
norma||y spraw||ng and uncontro||od, but Karon's was stra|ght, gr|d||ko-||ko Zod|ac's codos. 1ho symbo|s c|oso|y rosomb|od tho th|rd ||no ot tho
Zod|ac 840-charactor c|phor ma||od to tho Cbroolc|o on lovombor 8, 1000. As tho mosmor|c soss|on progrossod, sho spoko moro and moro
about lo|gh. Karon bogan to shako and tromb|o. |or knuck|os wh|tonod. |ustod had |aynos br|ng hor out ot tho tranco. Attorward, |n h|s ott|co, ho
showod mo tho wr|t|ng. 1hough l wasn't a||owod to photocopy poss|b|o ov|donco, l was a||owod to copy |t down as oxact|y as l cou|d. loproducod
tor tho t|rst t|mo horo aro tho symbo|s Karon wroto:
|ypnos|s was popu|ar at th|s t|mo, but by tho 1080s stato |aw ontorcomont agonc|os wou|d raro|y uso |t as an |nvost|gat|vo too|. ln 1082 tho
3upromo Court wou|d curta|| tho scopo ot tost|mony trom w|tnossos who had boon hypnot|zod, doom|ng such accounts |nhoront|y unro||ab|o. lator,
Ca||torn|a |aw wou|d bo shapod to tho court's doc|s|on-hypnos|s cou|d bo usod on|y to c|ar|ty |ntormat|on g|von botoro a porson was hypnot|zod.
1ost|mony obta|nod undor hypnos|s cou|d on|y bo usod |n court attor a judgo has ru|od that tho ov|donco cou|d not bo acqu|rod by any othor moans.
lotont|a| tor dangor,' lykott had thought. lncroas|ng|y, tho doctor bocamo moro approhons|vo ot h|s pat|ont and h|s dark sonso ot humor.' At
tho bog|nn|ng ot tho month, ho had askod h|s brothor, a 3an |ranc|sco po||coman, to |ook |nto tho mattor. 1ho ott|cor askod 1osch| and tho rop|y
was anyth|ng but roassur|ng. l romombor 0r. lykott's brothor com|ng up to mo,' sa|d 1osch|, a roa||y swoothoart ot a guy, roa||y stra|ght up tront.
lo gamos. |o wantod somo |ntormat|on tor h|s brothor and so l to|d h|m, 'Wo to|t strong|y thon [August 1071| and now that A||on was our bost
suspoct. Wo cut h|m |ooso |n 1072 bocauso wo woron't ab|o to t|nd any phys|ca| ov|donco connoct|ng h|m to tho cr|mos. Wo d|d ovoryth|ng wo
cou|d w|th tho guy. lorsona||y, my gut too||ng |s that ho |s tho man. 1o|| 0r. lykott that whon ho ta|ks to lo|gh, do |t |n a p|aco that ho can got out ot |n
a hurry . . . and abovo a||-don't mako h|m angry.' 1ho ott|cor roportod back to h|s brothor. l'vo tound out ho's tho pr|mo suspoct, |n tho Zod|ac
caso,' ho sa|d. lykott b|ockpr|ntod tho word soc|opath' by A||on's namo |n tho|r noxt to |ast soss|on. 1ho torm moant ho was so|t|sh, |mpu|s|vo,
and unab|o to |oarn trom oxpor|onco. |o to|t ho was abovo mora| codos and |aws and was tho most ||ko|y typo ot murdoror to ropoat h|s cr|mos.'
Voro unsott||ng, lo|gh had caught mo watch|ng h|m moro than onco. lator, on Varch 12, 1080, l was wa|t|ng |n a darkonod car on 1onnossoo
3troot as ho drovo by. |o s|owod a|ongs|do. l turnod and |ookod d|roct|y |nto h|s oyos.
Friday, Novombor 17, 1078
Loigh, aa a mombor ot tho lac|t|c Vu|t|-hu|| lac|ng Assoc|at|on, sa||od on|y ono ot tho boats h|s mothor had bought h|m. |o storod tho socond, an
adaptod boat that ran on unknown tuo|,' o|sowhoro.
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||s tan stat|on wagon, #XAV 400, sat by tho curb unusod. On 0ocombor 81, 107b, ho had
rog|storod a spoc|a| construct|on tra||or to bo usod as a campor.' Whoro ho kopt |t no ono know. lumor had |t |t was storod |n a tr|ond's woods.
Ono ot A||on's 1071 chocks, mado out to 1a||troo 1ra||or 3torago, suggostod ho was ront|ng spacos tor tra||ors somowhoro o|so.
You know, [lh||| 1uckor was quost|onod by our dopartmont,' sa|d Goorgo 3awart, |o was a|ways a protty stra|ght shootor. Whon ho |ott Gvl0,
l wasn't too much youngor than ho was. l know h|m. l know h|s tam||y. lt l woro to say, just to guoss, l wou|dn't th|nk ho had anyth|ng to do w|th
Zod|ac.' Whon A||on workod at Gvl0, noxt to tho po||co dopartmont, ho cou|d havo had accoss to roports, po||co tochn|quos, and day-to-day
goss|p. Onco a po||co group|o, a|ways a po||co group|o.
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auaocta
Friday, Novombor 24, 1078
1hough [uggIing caaoIoada ot robbor|os, lnspoctor 1osch| st||| to|t an a||og|anco to tho Zod|ac caso. 3otwoon lovombor 20 and lovombor 24,
ho roco|vod a typ|ca| numbor ot phono t|ps on h|s tormor caso. 1ho t|rst ca|| was trom an unomp|oyod troo|anco wr|tor who soomod |n too much a
hurry to got to moot mo,' 1osch| sa|d. l thought about not go|ng on my own t|mo to moot h|m, but l ca||od tho guy back and doc|dod ho was s|ncoro
about g|v|ng mo |ntormat|on. |o was an ox-lYl0 man h|mso|t, and ho sa|d ho cou|d soo how tho Zod|ac caso attor ton yoars had roa||y gotton to
bo an ogo th|ng whon you'ro so |nvo|vod as l was.
'lt anyono |n tho country dosorvos to mako tho arrost on Zod|ac,' ho sa|d, '|t's got to bo 0avo 1osch|.' l thankod h|m, but s|nco l was ott|c|a||y ott
tho caso, rotorrod h|m to 1ack 1ordan. loxt, a |ady namod Katr|na ca||od. 3ho had gotton short shr|tt at 3|l0. 1o sot hor m|nd at oaso, sho sought
mo out. 3ho had a suspoct |n m|nd, an ox-boytr|ond who had acc|donta||y d|od |n 1078. |ortunato|y, l d|dn't havo to rotor to tho t||os. l had tho
|ntormat|on |n my hoad and answorod hor quor|os |n about throo m|nutos. ||na||y, at wook's ond, a 0.A.'s |nvost|gator stoppod mo |n tho o|ovator.
'l'vo got somo |nto on an o|d caso ot yours,' ho wh|sporod. 'l want to ta|k on|y to you on |t.' l ||stonod and comm|ttod tho t|p to momory. 3o, l can
novor got away trom tho Zod|ac caso and l do not th|nk l ovor w|||. lt's bocomo part ot my ||to-on and ott duty.'
On tho morn|ng ot lovombor 24, up at lako 3orryossa, C|ndy, a wa|tross work|ng at Voskow|to Cornors Gonora| 3toro, watchod a strango man
ontor. |o sat down |n tho roar and starod at hor so |ong ho mado hor norvous. ||na||y, sho approachod h|m. Can l got you anyth|ng?' sho askod.
0o you know you'ro a vory good-|ook|ng woman,' ho rop||od. 3ho wont back to tho countor. Attor a t|mo ho |ott. On|y thon d|d sho roca|| that n|no
yoars oar||or, on tho torr|b|o day two lUC studonts woro attackod, a s|m||ar-|ook|ng man had boon dr|nk|ng a Coko at tho samo tab|o.
lo||co or|g|na||y attr|butod tho 1071 murdor ot lynda Kanos, anothor lUC cood, to Zod|ac's hand. l havo a|ways boon hauntod by th|s man|ac
Zod|ac,' a lUC graduato to|d mo, bocauso l was attond|ng lUC |n Angw|n dur|ng tho t|mo 3ryan |artno|| and Coco||a 3hopard woro stabbod.
1h|s was a vory traumat|c th|ng to happon to anyono . . . but ospoc|a||y whon |t took p|aco so c|oso to homo. l attondod hor tunora| at tho lUC
sanctuary, wh|ch had a mass|vo turnout, and wondorod |t tho k|||or cou|d bo thoro socrot|y do||ght|ng |n tho pa|n ot a|| who woro gr|ov|ng tor Coco||a.
1ho po||co [and |3l| thought so too and took oxtons|vo photos ot tho crowd at Coco||a's tunora|.
l a|so romombor vory wo|| tho lynda Kanos |nc|dont. l romombor tho day hor car was tound-rad|o st||| on-but no lynda. l romombor tho ||ght
snowta|| tho noxt morn|ng, tho barr|cados, tho horsoback possos, tho b|oodhounds, and po||co ask|ng tor vo|untoors trom lUC and othors |n tho
v|c|n|ty to ho|p soarch tho ruggod aroa by toot. lt sont ch|||s through my sou| as l romomborod tho count|oss t|mos l havo travo|od w|ndy, |ono|y O|d
|owo|| Vounta|n load . . . not to mont|on tho count|oss t|mos l havo dr|von up to lako 3orryossa a|ono and spont tho day wrappod up |n a book
wh||o bak|ng |n tho hot sun. At tho t|mo most ot tho |oca|s bo||ovod tho k|||or was 'W|||y tho Woodchoppor' at tho baso ot O|d |owo|| Vounta|n load
whoro |t moots 3||vorado 1ra||. W|||y got h|s namo bocauso ho cou|d bo soon most ot tho t|mo at h|s houso chopp|ng t|rowood. lynda usod to stop
and chat w|th h|m on hor way back to campus trom town v|a O|d |owo|| Vounta|n load.' Zod|ac, much to our ro||ot, had not boon |nvo|vod. ln 1071,
|n lapa 3upor|or Court, Wa|tor W||||o tho Woodcuttor' W||||ams was conv|ctod ot Kanos's murdor. |or b|oodsta|nod c|oth|ng had boon tound |n h|s
homo.
1huraday, Docombor 7, 1078
AIIon had boon dr|v|ng on a suspondod ||conso. ln tho morn|ng h|s now dr|vor's porm|t (#3O 07-28b2) bocamo ottoct|vo just as |om|c|do
lnspoctor 1amos 0oasy roco|vod tho koys to that tough ||tt|o numbor ca||od Zod|ac. 0oasy, torma||y ot tho 3|l0 Gang 1ask |orco, hunkorod down
to tako on tho job ot t|o|d|ng Zod|ac t|ps. Gathor|ng |oads on an unso|vab|o caso was charactor-bu||d|ng, but tut||o. An |ntormant rang 0oasy trom
Canada, c|a|m|ng that a now-docoasod A|b|on, Ca||torn|a, pub||c satoty ott|cor, rot|rod ||ro Ch|ot la|ph lorry, had boon Zod|ac. |o a||ogod lorry
had ownod a Zod|ac-sty|o hood. 1ho t|p bocamo moro |ntr|gu|ng whon 0oasy attomptod to chock lorry's pr|nts.
Nonday, Docombor 18, 1078
1ho tunny thing about |t |s,' 0oasy sa|d, wo tr|od to chock th|s guy's t|ngorpr|nts through h|s agoncy's pr|nt t||os and tound out that thoy had no
pr|nts on rocord tor h|m. lo|thor d|d tho 3tato 0opartmont ot 1ust|co. lo|thor d|d tho |3l. Wo camo up tota||y b|ank on th|s guy's pr|nts. 3pooky.'
0oasy and Capta|n lar|ow know thoy had to conv|nco a 0.A. to |ssuo a court ordor to oxhumo lorry's body and tako pr|nts. |o wondorod how |ong
t|ngort|p r|dgos surv|vod undorground. Can you succosstu||y ||tt pr|nts trom a corpso?' 0oasy |nqu|rod ot tho|r pr|nt man.
W|thout onough |ntormat|on to obta|n a soarch warrant, thoy conductod two oxp|orat|ons ot tho homo w|th lorry's w|dow's porm|ss|on. 0ur|ng tho
t|rst oxp|orat|on, thoy turnod up an |||oga| s||oncor tor a .22-ca||bor p|sto|. 1ho w|dow sa|d that hor husband, r|ght out ot tho b|uo, onco askod hor an
odd quost|on,' sa|d 0oasy. 'Aron't you atra|d, go|ng to bod ovory n|ght w|th tho Zod|ac?'' 0oasy pausod to s|gh, thon addod, Wo thought wo woro
gott|ng protty c|oso at that po|nt. 3omot|mos you got a too||ng |n tho p|t ot your stomach and you say to yourso|t, 'You just can't o||m|nato a suspoct
who |ooks good |n ovory othor rospoct just bocauso ho's too o|d.' l to|d hor on our socond tr|p that wo had on|y a tow moro quost|ons that wo wantod
to chock up on, just to sat|sty our m|nds. 3ho wasn't too happy about |t, but sho |ot us do |t. l to|d hor that |t wo d|dn't t|nd what wo woro |ook|ng tor,
wo wou|dn't bo back, and wo havon't. lt just wasn't thoro.' ln va||ojo, lo|gh A||on co|obratod h|s socond b|rthday s|nco |oav|ng pr|son.
Wodnoaday, Juno 18, 1070
PoraonnoI Ordor: Catain'a Ordor #21 Ettoct|vo 0800 hrs., lnspoctor 0av|d 1osch|, #1807, prosont|y ass|gnod to lawnshop 3oct|on, lroporty
Cr|mos 0|v|s|on, |s ass|gnod to tho lobbory 3oct|on. Capta|n Char|os A. 3chu|or, Command|ng Ott|cor, lorsona| Cr|mos 0|v|s|on.'
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
Nonday, 5otombor 17, 1070
1hough Loigh accumuIatod no moro boats, h|s ||st ot tra||ors cont|nuod to grow. 1ho un|vorsa| houso tra||or 1osch| and Armstrong had soarchod
was on|y ono ot many. Anothor spoc|a|-construct|on campor, #G38808, was kopt |n an unknown |ocat|on. Wh||o lo|gh ||vod |n h|s tra||ors, sa||od,
and t|ow h|s p|ano, l spoko aga|n w|th h|s l.O.
3as|ca||y, Arthur |s that |ntorost|ng |n that ho has accoss not on|y to tho voh|c|os ho owns, but to thoso ot h|s tr|onds. A|most any voh|c|o ho wants.
||s mothor has a Vorcodos. |o's got a wh|to '02 vW Karmann Gh|a now-just ||ko |artno||'s. l wondor |t own|ng a car oxact|y ||ko tho lako
3orryossa v|ct|m's |s a subconsc|ous ca|| tor attont|on.' lo|gh had rog|storod tho car's ||conso, #0XW 180, on|y o|ght days ago. An |dont|ca| auto
had attractod Zod|ac at tho v|rtua||y dosortod |ako, s|gn|ty|ng to h|m that potont|a| v|ct|ms woro p|cn|ck|ng on a narrow pon|nsu|a.
0ur|ng tho summor, lo|gh's ch||dhood tr|ond |aro|d |uttman had dr|von h|s vW 0ashor by va||ojo to |ntroduco h|s o|ght-yoar-o|d son, lob, to
A||on. |aro|d had marr|od lo|gh's tr|ond, Kay. l had soon |aro|d p|ay tootba|| and sw|m,' Kay to|d mo. l know who ho was, but l d|dn't know h|m. At
tho ond ot my t|rst yoar at jun|or co||ogo, a mutua| tr|ond |ntroducod us. |o had como back to soo tho coachos. |o ottorod mo a ||tt homo and l took
|t. l ottorod h|m cottoo and ho accoptod. l d|dn't know how to mako cottoo and ho d|dn't dr|nk cottoo. |o drank |t anyway. 1hat was tho bog|nn|ng ot
tho |ovo story.'
lo|gh was ||ko a grandpa t|guro,' lob roca||od, a ta||, hoavysot, ba|d|ng man who ||vod |n tho basomont ot an o|d houso.' lob p|ayod w|th h|s
ch|pmunks wh||o lo|gh |oadod w|ro traps |nto tho trunk ot tho|r car. lo|gh |ott tho cagos at var|ous rost stops on tho|r way to lako County. l hopo l
don't got caught,' ho romarkod s|y|y, l no |ongor havo a va||d trappor's ||conso.' lob took a qu|ck ||k|ng to h|m. |o was qu|to tunny,' ho roca||od.
lo|gh to|d groat stor|os at n|ght whon tho throo ot us starod at tho stars and trootops cocoonod |n our s|oop|ng bags. 3y day, ho wou|d ontorta|n
mo . . . by do|ng somorsau|ts ott an o|d d|v|ng board |nto tho sh|mmor|ng mo|tod snow bo|ow wh|ch sprayod |n ovory d|roct|on upon h|s |mpact. |o
||mpod on oarth, but was an acrobat |n tho a|r and wator. l|ko a t|sh, ho usod to snoak up on mo undorwator |n tho k|dd|o soct|on ot tho |ako and
grab my submorgod |ogs-ho cou|d ho|d h|s broath tor an otorn|ty, so l novor know whoro ho was.'
1ho tr|o p|ckod up tho st|||-ompty cagos as thoy hurt|od north to 3|uo lako. At tho choap moto| whoro thoy stayod, lo|gh showod ott by d|v|ng |nto
tho moto| poo| and sw|mm|ng tho por|motor ot tho poo| undorwator tor noar|y two m|nutos. 1oward tho ond ot tho|r stay lo|gh s|ammod tho car door
on lob's too. 1ho boy bogan to woop. You'ro tough and bravo,' lo|gh to|d h|m. Vost boys your ago wou|d havo cr|od. You aron't a s|ssy.' Attor
that thoy woro roa| tr|onds. lob v|s|tod h|m at Aco |ardwaro and ato w|th h|m and h|s tathor at tho cornor l|Ol.
1huraday, Octobor 11, 1070
A ma[or coin shop robbory had occurrod on lrv|ng 3troot and 1osch| had boon soarch|ng tor w|tnossos. |o roa||zod |t was tho tonth ann|vorsary ot
h|s most daunt|ng caso. At 0:20 l.V., |nstoad ot go|ng homo, ho stoppod to ro||vo o|d momor|os on tho cornor ot Wash|ngton and Chorry. |o hoard
tho ovon|ng nows b|ar|ng trom a noarby homo as t||o tootago ot tho 3t|no murdor unro||od. As ho drovo away, 1osch| cou|d not oscapo tho sonso
that ho had not boon a|ono on that dark cornor among tho so|omn mans|ons.
Wodnoaday, Octobor 81, 1070
On EaIIowoon, Loigh rog|storod oootbor spoc|a|-construct|on tra||or, #VE80880. Why so many |n so many p|acos and what d|d ho koop |n thom?
Corta|n|y, ho toarod a socond soarch, and know such an |nqu|s|t|on must como ovontua||y. |owovor, ho toarod somoth|ng moro than any |ntons|vo
|nspoct|on ot h|s droary basomont. Any paro|o v|o|at|on m|ght romand h|m to Atascadoro, wh|ch ho droadod abovo a||. locont|y, l hoard, on o|d
lako |orman load whoro tho lorthorn Ca||torn|a Zod|ac had bogun back |n 1008, a boy was tound shot botwoon tho oyos and a g|r| strang|od.
Nonday, January 28, 1080
Loigh, aIroady wroatIing w|th wo|ght and b|ood prossuro prob|oms, now batt|od a grow|ng a|coho| and v|s|on prob|om. |a|t|ng|y, ho stro||od tho
short d|stanco trom h|s |rosno 3troot homo to 1181 1onnossoo 3troot-h|s now job at Aco |ardwaro. |o |ator c|a|mod Varch 10 as h|s t|rst day,
but actua||y bogan 1anuary 28. 3tovo |arshman was h|s now boss, 0oan 0rox|or h|s suporv|sor. 0rox|or |mmod|ato|y put lo|gh |n chargo ot so|||ng
o|octr|ca| supp||os. Evontua||y, |arshman wou|d mako A||on a buyor tor tho gardon and too| dopartmont. ||gh|y oducatod, tho tormor conv|ct know
ho was worth moro than tho $b.8b an hour thoy woro pay|ng h|m. Ou|to qu|ck|y, ho bocamo d|ssat|st|od |n anothor aroa. Work|ng ovory day but
3unday gavo h|m no t|mo tor othor th|ngs.
A |ottor do||vorod to tho Cbroolc|o that morn|ng road: 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng, l havo movod to h|ghor country tor my noxt v|ctom good |uck
Zod|ac.' 1ho roturn addross on tho onvo|opo was guoss?' 3ut tho postago was not oxcoss|vo and tho |nk rod, not b|uo-anothor copycat. ln
3acramonto, l v|s|tod 3horwood Vorr|||, Cl8l's handwr|t|ng oxport. Vorr||| had boon born and brod to tho |nvost|gat|vo buroau. ||s tathor, 3orko|oy
lo||co 3orgoant C|aronco 3. Vorr|||, oponod Cl8l |n 1018. Vy tathor was a ||tt|o to||ow,' Vorr||| sa|d. |o was t|vo toot o|ght |nchos, wo|ghod about
140 pounds dr|pp|ng wot. Whon thoy |obb|od tho b||| to opon tho stato buroau, thoy sot |t up w|th a board ot managors. An |ndopondont agoncy-
thoy had a shor|tt, a ch|ot ot po||co, and a d|str|ct attornoy who woro appo|ntod by tho govornor tor staggorod torms. ln thoory, no ono porson or
board cou|d got contro| ot tho ott|co. Vy dad wasn't go|ng to tako tho c|v|| sorv|co oxam but h|s boss, Ch|ot August vo||mor, ono ot tho most
progross|vo ott|cors at tho t|mo, |ns|stod. 0ad camo up horo, oponod tho agoncy (1anuary 1, 1018). |o d|od |n 1040 and ho'd boon at Cl8l a|| that
t|mo.'
lt was Ch|ot vo||mor who oncouragod 3an |ranc|sco wr|tor 0ash|o|| |ammott to spocu|ato whothor or not |t was poss|b|o to transtor t|ngorpr|nts
trom ono p|aco to tho othor. |ammott doc|dod pr|nts cou|d bo torgod succosstu||y by |am|nat|ng a sot ot pr|nts onto t|ngort|ps, as ho had a
b|ackma||or do |n h|s story 3||ppory ||ngors.' Zod|ac had wr|tton that ho usod g|uo on h|s t|ngort|ps. Was th|s tho socrot ot tho unmatchab|o pr|nts
on 3t|no's cab, tho phony c|uos Zod|ac c|a|mod ho |ott boh|nd tor po||co to t|nd?
Vorr||| had wantod to bo a ba||p|ayor, but |nstoad |oarnod handwr|t|ng ana|ys|s undor Char|os |. 3tono, tho stato's t|rst documonts oxport. |o'd
boon ch|ot ot po||co ot 3akorst|o|d botoro that,' Vorr||| sa|d. Vy dad h|rod h|m to bo ass|stant ch|ot, but put h|m |n chargo ot Ouost|onod
0ocumonts. |o took mo as|do whon l graduatod trom h|gh schoo| and to|d mo, '1horo aro no documonts schoo|s. Ca||torn|a w||| grow and w|th
growth comos ||t|gat|on and w|th ||t|gat|on comos tho nood tor documonts oxam|nors.' l stud|od psycho|ogy and sc|onco, and attor work|ng tor sovon
yoars took to tho courtroom. ln 1088, l wont to work tor Ouost|onod 0ocumonts and thoy put mo undor 3tono.'
3ocauso Zod|ac wroto |n manuscr|pt |nstoad ot curs|vo,' Vorr||| sa|d, that prosonts somo |doa ot h|s actua| ago.' 1oach|ng ot that sty|o ot wr|t|ng
had boon cont|nod to a tow so|octod schoo|s |n tho U.3. (such as l|oasant va||oy Grammar 3choo| |n Camar|||o, Ca||torn|a). ln 1000, thoso
studonts wou|d havo just turnod th|rty-t|vo. 3horwood was study|ng a v|c|ous p|oco ot hoax ma|| addrossod to |orb Caon. A hugo star|ng oyo,
do||borato m|sspo|||ngs-Wo havo sucho tun on tho way horo. Wo k||| man|o h|tchh|kors so s|ow to danso'-and commonts about hot |rons ochood
oar||or Zod|ac |ottors. 1h|s |s tho socond s|m||ar noto wo'vo roco|vod,' sc|onco roportor 0avo loar|man had wr|tton |n a Cbroolc|o momo. lt
sooms unusua||y ug|y so l thought maybo tho |3l to|k wou|d want to bo awaro ot |t.'
What l |ook tor whon mak|ng an ana|ys|s var|os,' Vorr||| oxp|a|nod. lt a porson has a pocu||ar sty|o ot wr|t|ng, maybo ono or two charactor|st|cs
w||| t|p you ott. l just d|d ono yostorday. 1horo woro sovora| s|m||ar|t|os, but thoro woro sovora| b|g d|scropanc|os, wh|ch ru|os |t out. low th|s |s tho
samo way you mako an |dont|t|cat|on |n t|ngorpr|nts. lt you havo onough po|nts, a part|a| pr|nt otton conta|ns two|vo charactor|st|c po|nts and no
s|gn|t|cant d|ttoronco, you havo an |dont|t|cat|on. 1ho avorago pr|nt has about t|tty r|dgo charactor|st|cs. 1ho samo th|ng happons |t you t|nd onough
|nd|v|dua| handwr|t|ng charactor|st|cs |n a porson's handwr|t|ng and no s|gn|t|cant d|ttoronco, you havo an |dont|t|cat|on. 3ut any ono s|gn|t|cant
d|ttoronco wou|d throw |t out. You'd havo to d|scard |t. You may too| that |t's st||| tho samo guy, but ho mado a goot. low a s|gn|t|cant d|ttoronco |s
ono that can't bo roasonab|y oxp|a|nod.'
Zod|ac m|ght havo momor|zod a sor|os ot just such goots' and usod thom cons|stont|y |n h|s |ottors. 1ho s|gn|t|cant d|ttoronco trom h|s truo
wr|t|ng m|ght bo oxp|a|nod |t ho had tra|nod h|mso|t to mako thoso goots.
What's so unusua| about tho k Zod|ac makos?' l askod.
1hat was ono ot tho th|ngs at t|rst wo thought was cons|stont,' sa|d Vorr|||, but Zod|ac got away trom |t. |o mado |t |n throo parts, but s|nco thon
ho's mado thom ||ko you or l m|ght mako thom.' lt that k had boon w|ndow dross|ng, thon |t was anothor |nd|cat|on that Zod|ac's wr|t|ng-that
chockmark||ko r, that curs|vo o a|ways on tho vorgo ot ta|||ng ovor, and that throo-stroko k-cou|d bo a purposotu| tabr|cat|on. At t|mos l suspoctod
Zod|ac had a contodorato who wroto tho actua| |ottors.
A handwr|t|ng oxport ana|yzod Zod|ac's wr|t|ng:

3oo thoso |oopod 'd's? 1hat moans ho's arrogant and proud and a|so doosn't too| socuro about h|mso|t. V|sspo|||ng words ||ko 'noso' |s an
ottort at d|sgu|so, an ottort to mako tho |ottor soom anonymous . . . whon you comb|no h|s vory rushod wr|t|ng, |nd|st|nct |ottors, var|ab|||ty |n tho
spac|ng, var|ab|||ty |n tho |ottor s|zo, that wou|d bo an |nd|cat|on ot a man|c-dopross|vo. ln add|t|on to that tho wr|t|ng s|ants downward at tho
ond. Evon |t ho starts up by tho ond ot tho ||no most ot tho |ottors havo ta||on down, wh|ch bo |nd|cat|vo ot a doprossod stato. . . . Zod|ac tonds
to dot h|s '|'s vory c|oso to tho stom . . . whoro tho wr|t|ng |s bog|nn|ng to ta|| ovor tho '|' dots aro st||| ta|r|y carotu||y dottod. . . . |o |s a|so a vory
|ono|y porson and |s vory sons|t|vo to cr|t|c|sm wh|ch moans ho m|ght got upsot |t you ca||od h|m crazy |nstoad ot c|ovor.'

5unday, January 27, 1080
What ia it about 3an |ranc|sco?' |amontod |orb Caon. What |s |t that sooms to attract tho droamors and dov|ants, kooks and craz|os. 3an
|ranc|sco sooms to bo tho |ast sanctuary tor tho root|oss |n |ts to|oranco tor ovory torm ot ||tosty|o.' 1ho aroa had boon |nt||ctod w|th a b||ght ot sor|a|
k|||ors, k|dnapp|ngs, urban guorr|||as, ro||g|ous cu|ts, and po||t|ca| assass|nat|ons. Char||o Vanson rocru|tod h|s tam||y trom |a|ght-Ashbury's drug
cu|turo and t|owor ch||dron. 1ho rog|on attractod 1uan Corona (murdoror ot twonty-t|vo trans|ont |aborors), 1ohn l|n|oy |raz|or (who k|||od t|vo to ha|t
po||ut|on), and |orbort Vu|||n (who s|ow th|rtoon |n a doad|y tour-month orgy to provont a stato-dostroy|ng oarthquako). ln tho 3ay Aroa tho 3lA
k|dnappod latr|c|a |oarst and usod cyan|do bu||ots to s|ay Oak|and 3choo| 3upor|ntondont Varcus |ostor. 1ho low Wor|d l|borat|on |ront, tho
Zobra K|||ors, 1|m 1onos's loop|o's 1omp|o, 0an Wh|to, and Zod|ac a|| ca||od tho onv|rons homo.


Avory and 1oachi tr|od to torgot Zod|ac. 3o d|d l, ospoc|a||y at tho bog|nn|ng ot a now docado. Wo know a ||tt|o moro now. ln tho 1070s sor|a|
k|||ors woro st||| a ro|at|vo|y now phonomonon. ln tho 1080s ottorts to undorstand and prot||o v|o|ont ropoat ottondors bogan |n oarnost. On 1u|y 11,
1084, tho 1ust|co 0opartmont wou|d proposo a spoc|a| un|t at Ouant|co, v|rg|n|a, to bo ca||od tho v|o|ont Cr|m|na| Approhons|on lrogram-
vlCAl. |3l agonts-psycho|og|sts, psych|atr|sts, and rogu|ar |nvost|gators-poo|od tho|r rosourcos, tho|r jobs to mako psycho|og|ca| portra|ts ot
sor|a| rap|sts, ch||d mo|ostors, arson|sts, and k|||ors. lntorv|ows w|th mass murdorors and soxua| dov|ants m|ght oxp|a|n what mot|vatod thom to
comm|t tho|r atroc|t|os. U|t|mato|y vlCAl, to uncovor uncaught ropoat murdorors ||ko Zod|ac, dovo|opod vorba| and monta| p|cturos ot sor|a| k|||ors.
||rst, thoy ||stod tra|ts thoy ho|d |n common. Zod|ac, a comb|nat|on ot hodon|st|c and contro|-or|ontod typos, was tochn|ca||y an organ|zod nonsoc|a|
ottondor.'
Organ|zod k|||ors aro ca||od nonsoc|a| bocauso thoy o|oct to bo soc|a||y |so|atod,' wroto oxport Grog |a|||s. A|though thoy aro otton g||b and
charm|ng thoy may too| nobody |s qu|to good onough tor thom. 1hoy . . . aro otton qu|to c|ovor. Voro so|t-assurod than tho d|sorgan|zod asoc|a|
ottondor, thoso k|||ors aro w||||ng to travo| tar to t|nd tho|r v|ct|ms.'
Nonday, Narch 8, 1080
AIIon haa a tr|ond l havon't to|d you about botoro,' l|outonant |ustod ot tho vl0 oxp|a|nod, and ho sooms to havo cont|dod |n h|m that ho |s tho
Zod|ac k|||or and to|d h|m dota||s ot somo ot tho murdors. l'd ||ko to put that tr|ond, 1|m, undor hypnos|s. 1h|s |s tho samo man A||on mot at tho
3onoma Auto larts 3toro and wroto trom Atascadoro. lomombor? lo|gh was hop|ng that Zod|ac wou|d k||| aga|n and c|oar h|m. Wh||o lo|gh and
1|m woro dr|nk|ng ono ovon|ng, A||on a||ogod|y contossod ho was Zod|ac. |o ottorod to tost|ty, but got co|d toot. |o's atra|d ot A||on and h|s w|to
has boggod h|m not to spoak w|th us. Evontua||y, A||on d|d as much as toss up to a socond man at tho storo.'
3ut no|thor w|tnoss was ovor hypnot|zod, and ||ko so many |oads, th|s ono was pursuod no turthor. lo|gh cont|nuod hunt|ng |n tho h|||s-carv|ng
out tho hoarts and ||vors ot capturod squ|rro|s and stor|ng thom |n h|s troozor. Cou|d tho doath mach|no' |n Zod|ac's basomont havo boon a
rotoronco to a troozor compartmont that ho|d tho bod|os ot d|ssoctod ch|pmunks? 1h|s d|smombor|ng ot b|rds, squ|rro|s, and m|co by tho
amb|doxtrous chom|st t|t tho pattorn ot sor|a| k|||ors who torturod and k|||od an|ma|s. |o had g|von |t a now tw|st-mask|ng h|s d|ssoct|ons w|th an
assortmont ot sc|ont|t|c porm|ts.
Nonday, AriI 21, 1080
Loigh'a Iiat ot voh|c|os grow. |o rog|storod a 100b 3u|ck sodan, a b|uo 3ky|ark, #VlZ 0b7. And ho st||| had tho Karmann Gh|a, gray Corva|r, throo
spoc|a|-construct|on tra||or campors, and two sa||boats. |o had roportod|y ownod a brown Corva|r |n 100b s|m||ar to tho car Zod|ac usod dur|ng tho
|ourth ot 1u|y murdor. |owovor, though lo|gh onco ownod a 10b7 |ord, ho may on|y havo boon g||mpsod |n lh|| 1uckor's 10b8 |ord sodan, wh|ch
1uckor had g|von h|m porm|ss|on to dr|vo. l otton c|rc|od by tho |rosno 3troot homo and saw h|s tan stat|on wagon parkod |n tront, unusod. Vost ot
tho t|mo lo|gh workod w|th|n wa|k|ng d|stanco at Aco |ardwaro, though l know ho hatod wa|k|ng bocauso ot h|s ||mp and ta||on archos.
10
arthur Ioigh aIIon
5aturday, JuIy 20, 1080
|n tront ot Aco |ardwaro, t|vo whoo|barrows woro ||nod up bonoath a postor ot a sm|||ng 3uzanno 3omors. 3ho was drossod |ncongruous|y |n a
3anta outt|t. lns|do, lo|gh was no |ongor soc|udod |n tho roar. |o mannod tho tront rog|stor, convors|ng w|th customors |n a |oud vo|co. 1ho namo
lEE' was sown noat|y ovor tho |ott broast pockot ot h|s orango work coat. ||s boss, 3tovo |arshman, |n|t|a||y ordorod tho corroct spo|||ng
(lElG|'), but tho shortor vors|on was choapor. l noodod moro samp|os ot A||on's handwr|t|ng, but |t was bocom|ng d|tt|cu|t to tr|ck h|m |nto pr|nt|ng
anyth|ng. A||on was p|||ng boxos ot t|ro oxt|ngu|shors as a tr|ond ot m|no approachod.
Cou|d you ho|p mo t|nd thoso |toms?' |ay askod. |o stackod throo moro boxos w|thout |ook|ng up. lt l ho|p you, w||| you ho|p mo?' ho sa|d
do||borato|y. |o p|ckod up a sma|| baskot, t|||od |t w|th hor supp||os, and tossod hor ||st on top. Cou|dn't you wr|to an |tom|zod roco|pt tor mo?' sho
sa|d. Ono ot thoso poop|o at tho tront rog|stors w||| ho|p you,' ho rop||od. l'm not author|zod to do that. |avo a n|co day.'
l spoko aga|n to A||on's paro|o ott|cor. A sons|t|vo young man, lo||o had boon d|sturbod by var|ous monta| ova|uat|ons ot h|s paro|oo. A||on's
tosts matchod tho prot||o a lapa 3tato psych|atr|st, 0r. loont| 1hompson, had drawn up. [Zod|ac's part|cu|ar typo ot psychos|s| croatos a
doopon|ng ho|p|ossnoss,' 1hompson commontod, trom wh|ch tho v|ct|m occas|ona||y rousos h|mso|t by a torr|t|c output ot psycho|og|ca| onorgy . . .
and |t to that pr|vato wor|d ot tho sch|zophron|c |s addod tho parano|d's do|us|on ot porsocut|on or grandour, thon somot|mos that d|stortod wor|d
bocomos a p|aco whoro murdor |s born.'
|o |s an oxtromo|y dangorous porson,' lo|gh's ana|ys|s road. |o |s soc|opath|c and possossos an |ncrod|b|y h|gh l.O. . . . 3ubjoct |s ropross|ng
vory doop hatrod and |s |ncapab|o ot tunct|on|ng w|th womon |n a norma| way.' |o |s a |onor, |nopt at ostab||sh|ng any soxua| ro|at|onsh|ps boyond
thoso ot ch||dron.'
l ta|kod w|th Arthur about h|s mothor,' A||on's paro|o ott|cor to|d mo, and that's ono ot tho major th|ngs |n h|s thorapy and tho way ho ro|atos to
||to. l approach th|s trom tho aspoct ot a paro|o ott|cor and contrary to tho |mago ot mo, l'm protty much |nto how poop|o aro and what changos
mot|vato thom. 3as|ca||y, Arthur |s that |ntorost|ng.'
0o you th|nk ho hatos h|s mothor?' l askod, roca|||ng lo|gh's commonts at Atascadoro.
Oh, yoah. |o abso|uto|y hatos hor,' sa|d lo||o w|th too||ng. 3ho's |n hor s|xt|os and wou|d say to lo|gh about tho tathor, '|o novor takos caro ot
h|s tam|||a| rospons|b|||t|os. A|| mon aro a|| assho|os. . . . You'ro just ||ko a|| othor mon. You'ro th|s, you'ro tho othor.' Yoars ot that comp|oto|y
domo||shod lo|gh's ab|||ty to havo rogu|ar hotorosoxua| ro|at|ons w|th an adu|t toma|o. Ono ot tho th|ngs ho doos troquont|y |s whon h|s mothor says,
'Why aro you tho way you aro?' ho says, '1ho roason l'm a|| tuckod up |s bocauso ot you. You mado mo tho way l am!' And sho too|s roa||y gu||ty and
tho gu||t comos out and sho rotusos to do anyth|ng to stop whatovor bohav|or ho's |nvo|vod |n, at |oast whatovor bohav|or that sho knows about.'
1ho lYl0's top psycho|og|st, |arvoy 3ch|ossborg, prot||od 3on ot 3am and roachod t|nd|ngs that app||od to Zod|ac. 1ho |nsp|rat|on tor a|| h|s
hato and rovongo |s much moro ||ko|y to bo a woman-a mothor, s|stor, or g|r|tr|ond who rojoctod h|m. ||stor|ca||y such man|acs do d|sappoar.
1ack tho l|ppor was novor capturod, nor was tho moro rocont 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac k|||or.' Zod|ac wou|d havo a soduct|vo, dom|nant mothor who
g|vos attoct|on and rojoct|on orrat|ca||y. 3or|a| murdoror Ed Kompor, a s|x-toot n|no-|nch-ta||, 280-pound murdoror ot womon, a|so tantas|zod about
k||||ng h|s mothor. 3ovon toma|o v|ct|ms |n 3anta Cruz woro surrogatos. |o savod hor tor |ast. |or sco|d|ng tonguo no |ongor wou|d d|sapprovo ot
h|m.
3oxua| sad|sts, bocauso ot tho|r contusod soxua| |dont|ty, possoss a groat undor|y|ng hatrod ot womon. Zod|ac's omot|ons woro as tang|od as a
strand ot 0lA-v|o|onco to h|m was |ovo, |ovo was v|o|onco. |o was unquonchab|o |n h|s b|ood |ust, and tho on|y succosstu| ro|at|onsh|p Zod|ac
cou|d ovor havo w|th a woman was murdor.
1ho s|stor-|n-|aw know tho psych|atr|st,' cont|nuod lo||o, know that sho was rovoa||ng th|ngs tho tam||y wantod to koop socrot, but as a good
c|t|zon to|t ob||gatod to como torward. A||on had a|ways cons|dorod hor an |ntor|opor.' lo||o, to koop trom t|xat|ng on A||on, cons|dorod othor Zod|ac
suspocts. 1horo was th|s g|r|, 1u||o,' ho to|d mo, who had run away trom hor homo |n Orogon and ta||on |n w|th a |o||'s Ango|s gang mombor. Ono
day sho to||s mo that thoro won't bo any moro Zod|ac k||||ngs or |ottors. '1horo was th|s guy who hung around w|th us. |o wasn't a mombor ot tho
Ango|s, just a hangor-on,' sho sa|d. '1h|s guy says ho's tho Zod|ac and l bo||ovo h|m. l know ho's tho Zod|ac, but ho O.0.'d |ast yoar on horo|n-r|ght
horo |n va||ojo.' 1ho g|r| had d|vorcod (hor husband was trom va||ojo), and gono back to ||vo |n Orogon w|th hor ch||d. 3ho sa|d on|y that tho guy
woro g|assos and p|a|d sh|rts. 3ho d|dn't romombor h|s namo.' 1ho |o||'s Ango|s connoct|on rang a bo||. ln|t|a||y, 3orgoant lynch suspoctod two
|o||'s Ango|s had comm|ttod tho lako |orman load murdors. On throo d|ttoront occas|ons, ho and h|s partnor had thrown thom |n ja|| tor gas
stat|on robbor|os. 1hoy shot poop|o,' lynch sa|d mattor-ot-tact|y, but aro |n pr|son now.'
1ho noxt ovon|ng, 3unday, l parkod across trom Aco |ardwaro. |ramod |n tho ||ght ot tho w|ndow, A||on stood out as an orango b|otch |n tho
tw|||ght. l watchod as ho stockod a pog board w|th o|octr|ca| cords. Was th|s Zod|ac, undor g|ass and |n p|a|n s|ght tor a|| to soo? Whon lo|gh qu|t
tho storo at 0:1b, ho was woar|ng a dark navy w|ndbroakor such as Zod|ac woro dur|ng tho 3t|no murdor. l askod lo|gh's boss, 3tovo |arshman,
tor samp|os ot lo|gh's pr|nt|ng. |o angr||y rotusod, but l |ott boh|nd my bus|noss card w|th my now un||stod phono numbor whoro A||on cou|d soo |t.
|rom that po|nt on, l roco|vod hang-up ca||s at m|dn|ght ovory 3aturday n|ght. 1hoy woro unsott||ng, ovon tr|ghton|ng, but l d|d not chango tho
numbor. l d|d not want to |oso ovon that tonuous contact w|th tho suspoct.
Friday, Auguat 8, 1080
| agroo tho k|||or |s koop|ng h|s own t||o and momontos goograph|ca||y qu|to a d|stanco trom whoro ho ||vos and works,' ono roador suggostod.
Zod|ac d|dn't stop k||||ng dur|ng somo yoars. lorhaps ho changod omp|oymont and that causod h|m to k||| o|sowhoro occas|ona||y. ln tho
workp|aco ho |s m||d, d|scountod and comos across as s||ght|y d|stractod. l bot h|s payott |s not |n murdor|ng spoc|t|ca||y, as much as |n h|s
know|odgo that ho |s t|na||y powortu| onough to havo somo momontous |mpact on othors' ||vos. |o can contound tho po||co and tho bost m|nds |n
h|s aroa, thorotoro ho |s smartor than anybody. |o can k|||, thorotoro ho ox|sts.'
A||on, d|ssat|st|od w|th h|s job at Aco, app||od tor an adu|t-oducat|on c|ass attor work. 1ho c|ass schodu|o st||| gavo h|m |r|day ovon|ngs ott- tho
t|mo Zod|ac had dono somo ot h|s k||||ngs. 3ut as months passod, ho bocamo moro d|sonchantod.
Friday, Novombor 14, 1080
| don't aoo any poss|b|||ty ot advancomont,' lo|gh oxp|a|nod to 3tovo |arshman. l work ovory wookond and on|y got ono day ott a wook.' 1hus,
A||on ros|gnod h|s job at Aco |ardwaro, novor roa||z|ng what a staunch dotondor ho had |n |arshman.
5aturday, Novombor 15, 1080
Loigh'a now [ob as a warohouso suporv|sor |n 3on|c|a at 3poctro Chromo Graph|cs pa|d $b an hour, |oss monoy than ho had boon mak|ng, and
tho job was tarthor away. Undor h|s now boss, |arr|ot |urba, ho coord|natod supp|y, roco|pt, do||vory, and d|str|but|on |n and out ot tho p|ant. lo|gh
wroto lo||o about tho now job. 1ho |ottor carr|od too much postago and tho handpr|nt|ng on tho onvo|opo s|antod downward ||ko Zod|ac's. lt was
a|most as |t ho wantod mo to th|nk ho was gu||ty ot bo|ng Zod|ac,' sa|d lo||o. A|| l cou|d got out ot th|s guy was a typod |ottor. And vory noat. 3y tho
way, our chom|st's |nto toot-poworod p|anos now.' lo||o |aughod. |o's actua||y try|ng to bu||d ono that t||os, ovon w|th h|s wo|ght and b|ood
prossuro prob|oms. 3ut lo|gh's h|gh|y suggost|b|o. ||s |ntorost |n man-poworod t||ght probab|y camo trom a namo-sako, 3ryan A||on. last yoar ho
bogan to|||ng tr|onds ho was cons|dor|ng bu||d|ng a toot-poworod p|ano.' On 1uno 12, 1070, 3ryan A||on, a v|sa||a ros|dont, succosstu||y crossod
tho Eng||sh Channo| |n a b|cyc|o||ko a|rcratt, tho Gossamor A|batross.'
And ot courso,' cont|nuod lo||o, whon that young g|r| was abductod |ast yoar wo thought ot A||on r|ght away. lot on|y was ho dr|v|ng a wh|to van
||ko tho ono soon, but ho to|d mo ho was |n that aroa and had ong|no troub|o. lt roa||y had mo go|ng tor a wh||o, but tho po||co tound tho guy who d|d
|t.
lo|gh's |ncrod|b|y strong. Whon ho workod at tho [3onoma| auto parts storo ho was a|ways gott|ng hass|od by tho guys thoro and ho darod a guy
to como at h|m. A||on p|ckod up tho guy and hur|od h|m across tho room |nto a stack ot ompty cardboard boxos.'
A tow t|mos whon lo|gh and l wou|d bo com|ng back trom somop|aco,' Kay |uttman roca||od, wo'd soo a gang squar|ng ott |n a t|ght and ho
wou|d say, 'Oops! Gotta hurry up and tako you homo so l can chango my c|othos and got back tor tho t|ght! l koop cha|ns |n my trunk tor such
ovonts.' And so that's what ho'd do.' Ono t|mo lo|gh took on a who|o gang that had oar||or harassod h|m,' |aro|d |uttman roca||od. |o had
w|tnossod many ot lo|gh's tur|ous, youthtu| outbursts. |o ground out tho |oador's oyo w|th a thumb, sond|ng tho othor mombors t|oo|ng.' 3andy
lanzaro||a |ator to|d mo, lomombor tho story ot lo|gh k|ck|ng tho sh|t out ot tho t|vo mar|nos on a 3an |ranc|sco stroot? Wo||, ho had onormous
phys|ca| strongth. 1hat was a truo story.'
ln 3an |ranc|sco a porsona| ad appoarod |n tho Cbroolc|o: 3lG 'Z' Wo|comos 3|g 'A'. lorm|ss|on grantod.' And |n 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac
cont|nuod to proy on 1osch|'s m|nd. |o roca||od tho days whon lon A||on wou|d ca|| to oxpross h|s toars. |o just cou|dn't t|guro out why va||ojo
l.0. had coasod |ook|ng |nto h|s brothor,' 1osch| to|d mo. What had happonod? l novor know and |t bothorod mo.'
3y 1080,' 1ohn 0oug|as wroto, l'd boon at Ouant|co a tow yoars and had somo rosoarch undor my bo|t whon l |oarnod tho |3l wantod to tako
anothor |ook at tho body ot Zod|ac ||toraturo. l romombor gott|ng a t||o ot |ottors to |ook at, and l had sovora| convorsat|ons w|th Vurray V|ron ovor
tho t|nor po|nts ot our ana|yt|ca| approachos. 3otoro wo cou|d got too doop|y |nvo|vod, howovor, tho |ottors woro pu||od. l novor d|d t|nd out what
promptod tho ronowod |ntorost at tho 3uroau, or what causod our |nvo|vomont to bo canco|od.'
low advonturos occas|ona||y took 1osch|'s m|nd ott Zod|ac. ||s oncountor w|th 3an |ranc|sco's |uman ||y 3and|t' was ono. |o's s|x toot ono,
20b pounds,' ho to|d mo. low that's ono b|g t|y. W|th a|| h|s robb|ng goar-sk| mask, surg|ca| g|ovos, hoodod jackot, and sawod-ott shotgun, ho
was oor||y rom|n|scont ot Zod|ac |n costumo. And th|s b|g t|y |s qu|to acrobat|c. Wo ca||od h|m and h|s partnor tho |uman |||os bocauso ot tho|r
dar|ng mob|||ty on top ot o|ovators and tho|r cunn|ng |n manouvor|ng hoto| o|ovators as thoy w|shod. l novor saw such an |ngon|ous mothod ot
robbory botoro. W|th an obv|ous know|odgo ot o|ovator o|octr|ca| c|rcu|try, thoy t|rst d|sconnoctod tho o|ovator a|arm bo|| and omorgoncy phono.
1hoy rodo atop tho o|ovators, thon trappod tho|r v|ct|ms botwoon t|oors. 3omot|mos thoro can bo as many as twonty-t|vo poop|o squoozod |nto
thoso o|ovators and |t thoso |uman |||os str|ko, thon thoy w||| got a b|g scoro. l'vo got to adm|t |t takos guts to r|do 'shot-gun' on top ot an o|ovator
on tho twonty-t|tth t|oor. |||ng|ng opon tho oscapo trap |n tho o|ovator root, tho |||os covorod tho|r v|ct|ms w|th a shotgun, |oworod a ma|| sack,
ordorod tho guosts to t||| |t w|th va|uab|os and crod|t cards, thon drow tho sack up. 1hoy struck at tho |uxury |o||day lnn and a wook |ator at tho |yatt
|oto|. l was k|ddod by ovory cop l saw. '|oy, 0avo, catch any t||os today?''
1osch| kopt tabs on any uso ot tho sto|on crod|t cards. At ono po|nt,' ho to|d mo, l was just two days boh|nd tho |||os whon l hoard trom lort|and
that thoy had a suspoct w|th ono ot tho sto|on cards-tho |||os woro t|na||y gott|ng s|oppy. 1hon tho A|amoda County cops p|ckod up two othors
try|ng to uso sto|on cards. lt broko tho caso tor mo. l not|t|od tho East 3ay cops that l had anothor suspoct |n custody |n lort|and and suggostod thoy
to|| tho ma|n suspoct, |n tho 3anta l|ta 1a|| |n A|amoda County, that 3an |ranc|sco was go|ng to book h|s brothor tor robbory. 1ho p|an workod. 1ho
k|d broko and protoctod h|s o|dor brothor. 3o now thoy'ro say|ng at tho |a|| ot 1ust|co, '1horo'ro no t||os on 0avo.''
Nonday January 12, 1081
| undoratand Loa lundb|ad had a guy ho ||kod a |ot,' l mont|onod to 3orgoant Vu|anax at h|s va||ojo homo. A choory t|ro crack|od |n tho t|rop|aco.
0oor hoads starod back at us w|th g|assy oyos. lundb|ad had gono to a monta| |nst|tut|on at Atascadoro |n 107b and como back and sa|d, '1hat's
tho guy. '1hat's Zod|ac and wo can't do a th|ng about |t.''
Wo||, l workod protty c|oso|y w|th los,' Vu|anax to|d mo. |o was |nc||nod to got roa| h|gh on a suspoct whoro l wasn't.'
Was th|s lo|gh?' l askod Vu|anax.
1hat was tho on|y suspoct l ovor dovo|opod that l had any strong too||ngs about,' sa|d Vu|anax. ||s tathor was a rot|rod commandor or
||outonant commandor |n tho lavy, a much-docoratod sorv|coman. ln tact, ho workod tor tho c|ty tor a wh||o. O|d-t|mo tam||y, rospoctod. |o was an
ass|stant ong|noor or somo damn th|ng tor tho c|ty. l d|dn't know h|m. A||on was down on tho t|rst Zod|ac murdor. 0own at l|vors|do at that co||ogo.
3ut th|s was a |ong t|mo ago and what was th|s, 1000? And th|s |s ott tho top ot my hoad.'
|o was work|ng at an Aco |ardwaro storo |n va||ojo.'
l don't th|nk thoro's anyth|ng to provo now, but at tho t|mo l was roa| h|gh on h|m. l th|nk Armstrong and 1osch| woro too. A|so l|co|a|.'
0|d you ovor havo anyono bos|dos A||on?'
1ho on|y ono that ovor turnod mo on was A||on.'
0o you th|nk Zod|ac |s st||| a||vo?'
Wo had numorous moot|ngs and |t's tho consonsus ot tho group that tho guy |s o|thor doad or |n a monta| |nst|tut|on or pona| |nst|tut|on.'
Ot courso that's whoro A||on was trom 107b unt|| 1077.'
l wasn't awaro ot that.'
And what l thought was |ntorost|ng |s that attor 1osch| and Armstrong quost|onod h|m |n h|s tra||or, wo stoppod gott|ng |ottors at tho Cbroolc|o.'
ln va||ojo,' ho sa|d, wo wroto dota||od roports and 0avo and 3|||, thoy d|dn't. 1hoy'd scratch |t on a p|oco ot papor.'
|ow d|d you porsona||y got onto A||on?'
3omo poop|o who know h|m . . .'
Oh! 1ho two guys ho to|d ho was go|ng to bocomo Zod|ac.'
Yos.'
What gots mo about that |s that |t's such damag|ng tost|mony. l undorstand ono ot tho mon m|ght havo had a mot|vo to ||o |n that A||on
supposod|y had mado |mpropor romarks to h|s daughtor. 1hat mado mo doubt |t a b|t.'
Wodnoaday, January 14, 1081
AIIon romainod tho bost suspoct. Outs|do ot h|s adm|ss|on that ho had boon |n l|vors|do, po||co had torrotod out no concroto ov|donco ot h|s
prosonco |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a whoro Zod|ac c|a|mod to havo k|||od othors. lo|gh's tam||y had to|d us somoth|ng about lo|gh bo|ng around tho
l|vors|do aroa |n tho m|dd|o or |ato s|xt|os,' sa|d 1osch|. l was surpr|sod that [va||ojo l|outonant 1|m| |ustod sa|d, '|orgot about l|vors|do
bocauso wo can't p|aco lo|gh A||on |n tho aroa.' Ot courso, yos, ho was thoro. A||on's own tam||y had to|d us that ho had spont t|mo |n tho l|vors|do
aroa and was tam|||ar w|th 3outhorn Ca||torn|a, but thoy woron't too suro oxact|y what ho was do|ng bocauso ho was on h|s own a |ot.'
lo|gh stayod w|th tam|||os down south botoro and attor Atascadoro,' l to|d 1osch|. |o workod |n tho aroa, otton drovo to l|vors|do on wook-
onds tor car racos, and |ator ho t|ow a p|ano thoro. On Vonday, Vu|anax cont|rmod A||on was at l|vors|do C|ty Co||ogo |n 1000 whon tho murdor
occurrod.'
1osch| s|ghod. Wo woro tho t|rst onos to appr|so Vu|anax ot lo|gh, vory, vory br|ot|y, whon tho tam||y t|rst camo to us,' ho sa|d. 1hoy had
a|roady scannod lo|gh vory br|ot|y. Vu|anax's oyos roa||y poppod. |o actua||y thought wo had h|m. 1o th|s day wo st||| may. Vu|anax ||kod A||on vory,
vory much. 1ack was so h|gh on A||on |n thoso days wo woro work|ng w|th h|m. |o sa|d ho had novor como across a bottor-|ook|ng suspoct. 1hat's
tho way l to|t a|so. Wo |ott A||on's t||o |n our mota| t||o cab|not, two man|||a tour-|nch onvo|opos ot mator|a| on A||on, and wo just put |t away w|th much
rogrot. Wo just d|dn't know whoro to go. 1ack says ho has an |nch-and-a-ha|t t||o at h|s houso. Cou|d |t bo ho has |ntormat|on that novor got |nto tho
t||o at va||ojo? lt's a b|t trustrat|ng to roa||zo that wo had to put h|s to|dor back |n our t||os.' A||on's |ndo||b|o prosonco trackod a|| ovor tho south-|n
lomona, |omot, 1orranco, 3an 3ornard|no, laso lob|os, l|vors|do, and 3an lu|s Ob|spo. lo||co had no substant|a| ov|donco that ho was |ott-
handod.
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1huraday, January 15, 1081
Othor oIicomon boaidoa 1osch| and lar|ow had chor|shod suspocts. ||ghway latro|man lyndon lattorty poggod Zod|ac as a ros|dont ot
|a|rt|o|d, a town oast ot va||ojo. 3|nco 0ocombor ot 1000, a |a|rt|o|d copycat had boon d|spatch|ng typod |ottors to tho Cbroolc|o:

1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng l just nood ho|p l w||| k||| aga|n so oxpoct |t any t|mo now tho [noxt| w||| bo a cop . . .'

1wo days |ator ho wroto aga|n, onc|os|ng a draw|ng ot a kn|to t|t|od 1ho 3|ood|ng kn|to ot Zod|ac,' lago t|tty-n|no ot an astro|ogy book, Loy-by-
Loy lorocost or Coocor and a horoscopo torocast tor loo. l just nood ho|p l w||| k||| aga|n . . . l just want to to|| you th|s stato |s |n troub|o . . .' ho
wroto.
|arvoy ||nos, a tormor Esca|on, Ca||torn|a, po||co ott|cor, bo||ovod ho had tound Zod|ac. ln lovombor 1078, wh||o tak|ng n|ght-schoo|
cr|m|no|ogy |n 3onora, ho stumb|od across roports ot a t||rtat|ous man who approachod two 3outh lako 1ahoo womon |n 1071. A yoar oar||or,
poss|b|o Zod|ac v|ct|m 0onna lass had d|sappoarod trom thoro. lntr|guod, ||nos |nqu|rod at tho hoto| whoro sho workod as nurso and camo up
w|th a suspoct who had stud|od bas|c codos at rad|o schoo|. |o had boon arrostod mu|t|p|o t|mos s|nco 1040, and |n 1000 ||vod noar whoro lau|
3t|no had p|ckod up Zod|ac. ||nos |ator to|d loro Copy, Vy suspoct |s tho Zod|ac. Evory t|bor, ovory part ot my bo|ng to||s mo ho |s tho Zod|ac
K|||or.' A to|ov|sod c||p showod a pa|r ot s||ppor-c|ad toot-tho suspoct rotr|ov|ng h|s morn|ng papor. ||nos's boon chas|ng th|s guy through vogas
cas|nos w|th a v|doo camora,' a cop to|d mo, scroam|ng, '|o's tho Zod|ac!'' 3ut Zod|ac was s|x toot ta||, 240-p|us pounds, and about th|rty-t|vo.
||nos's suspoct was throo |nchos shortor, n|noty pounds ||ghtor, and two|vo yoars o|dor.
Was thoro a connoct|on botwoon lass and somoono trom l|vors|do? 1ho thoory was that Zod|ac had boon a tormor k|dnoy d|a|ys|s pat|ont ot
0onna's whon sho workod at l|vors|do's Cottago |osp|ta|. |or roommato, 1o Anno Goottscho (Got-3ho), had a|so boon a d|a|ys|s nurso s|nco
107b. 0onna had novor to|d mo about any such porson,' sho to|d mo. |or tam||y, though, askod mo tho samo quost|on. Wo workod on tho samo
surg|ca| ward at lottorman Gonora| |osp|ta| |n tho lros|d|o [whoro Zod|ac had boon |ast soon| and sovora| corpsmon thoro woro g|v|ng t|y|ng
|ossons ovor |n |ayward. Wo usod to go t|y|ng w|th two mon trom l|vors|do |n 1070.'
Whoro was th|s?'
Oh, r|ght horo |n 3an |ranc|sco.'
3an |ranc|sco?' Vu|anax had to|d mo that 0ar|ono |orr|n had a|so gono t|y|ng w|th two mon, but ho'd novor chockod thom out. lo|gh A||on t|ow.
l don't know |t l can romombor tho|r namos,' 1o Anno sa|d. 0onna was horo |n 3an |ranc|sco trom |obruary to 1uno ot 1070. 3ho movod to lako
1ahoo to work and throo months |ator van|shod. 0onna was k|nd ot na|vo, and not vory oxpor|oncod w|th mon. 3ho was oas||y drawn away. 3ho
was hookod on gamb||ng. 1hat's why sho wont up thoro. 3ho ||kod to sk| and ||kod to gamb|o, so sho took tho job |n tho cas|no hoto| [tho 3ahara
|oto|, 3tato||no, lovada| as a t|rst-a|d omorgoncy nurso. l wont up a|ono to moot hor ovor tho wookond, hav|ng ta|kod to hor oar||or |n tho wook.
3ho had movod to a now apartmont, so that's why wo woro moot|ng at tho hoto| on 3aturday n|ght. 1hat was tho t|rst day sho had tho apartmont and
l d|dn't havo tho phono numbor. l was supposod to moot hor whon sho was gott|ng ott work, and sho wou|d show mo whoro sho ||vod. 3ho was
nowhoro to bo tound so l stayod |n a moto| ovorn|ght and thon |ookod somo moro. l d|dn't know what to do. lt wasn't ||ko hor to just not show up.
Whon l camo back to tho c|ty 3unday n|ght w|thout t|nd|ng out anyth|ng, l don't know why l d|dn't ca|| tho po||co. l was young, l guoss.'
0onna's o|dor s|stor, Vary, to|d mo, 0onna was a|ways poop|o's tavor|to nurso. 3ho usod hor crod|t card on 3aturday [3optombor b, 1070| and
wont to work that n|ght. 3ho workod trom s|x at n|ght to two |n tho morn|ng. 3ho was wr|t|ng tho |og ot tho day at 1:4b A.V. (tho |ast poop|o sho saw
woro tho 3ont|oys trom 3an |ranc|sco). As |t ondod 'comp|a|ns ot,' [c/o|, hor pon just tra||s down tho pago, draggod trom tho |ast word sho wroto to
tho bottom ot tho pago as |t sho had boon |ntorruptod. lt was not s|gnod.' 0onna's car was |ator tound parkod noar hor now apartmont.
An un|dont|t|od ma|o ca||or rang 0onna's |and|ord and omp|oyor and sa|d that sho wou|d not bo roturn|ng bocauso ot |||noss |n tho tam||y. 1hoy
had roco|vod a phono ca|| that sho had an omorgoncy at homo,' sa|d 1o Anno, and whon hor boss ca||od homo to hor mom, sho sa|d, '1horo's no
|||noss |n tho tam||y. 1hat ca|| |s a ||o.' 1hat's whon wo know. And wo wont thoro that n|ght.' 1ho tam||y t|ow out trom 3|oux |a||s, 3outh 0akota. Wo
wont to 3an |ranc|sco and 1o Anno mot us at tho a|rport and drovo us to 1ahoo,' sa|d Vary. And sho had boon up thoro to soo 0onna. l had boon
on vacat|on w|th Vom and my tour ||tt|o k|ds and wo woro thoro just two wooks botoro labor 0ay. 1hon 1o Anno wont up thoro to soo hor tor labor
0ay, and so wo wont up 3unday n|ght. Wo cou|dn't got a word out ot anyono at tho cas|no-whoro sho was or what was go|ng on. As tor tho po||co,
thoy wou|dn't ovon put |t out as a m|ss|ng porson unt|| torty-o|ght hours had passod. 1ho po||co had boon |n tho apartmont and soarchod |t. Wo wont
back up on tho th|rd ot Octobor and camo back on Vonday tho t|tth. 1horo was somoono 1o Anno and 0onna woro dat|ng trom 3acramonto. 1horo
was a phono ca|| 3outh lako po||co had roco|vod trom 3acramonto, but ho novor ca||od back.' 1o Anno sa|d, |or s|stor had a pr|vato dotoct|vo
pursu|ng tho |nvost|gat|on tor yoars, but thoy novor tound hor-ovor! lt was vory strango.'
What was roa||y strango,' lynch to|d mo, |s somo guy camo up to va||ojo l.0. ono n|ght and ho was drunk. |o sa|d ho had boon try|ng to roport
0onna lass's d|sappoaranco to 3|l0, but apparont|y tho guy was a hoavy dr|nkor and whon ho had gono thoro thoy'd thrown h|m out. |o know
thoro had boon a prov|ous murdor |n va||ojo by tho Zod|ac so ho camo up horo to roport. l ta|kod to h|m tor a |ong t|mo, but l can't th|nk ot that guy's
namo. Or tho namo ot tho mus|c|an ho thought was |nvo|vod, but that orchostra was |n 1ahoo at tho t|mo th|s g|r| d|sappoarod. 1hoy novor tound hor
d|d thoy? lo.'
1horo was a tonuous 1ahoo connoct|on w|th lo|gh A||on. A tr|ond ot lo|gh's had bought a hoto| thoro, and lo|gh m|ght havo boon v|s|t|ng h|m tho
n|ght lass van|shod. And l tound a connoct|on to tho 1008 murdors ot lobort 0om|ngos and l|nda Edwards noar 3anta 3arbara. 0onna |ott 3|oux
C|ty, wont to V|nnoapo||s,' sa|d Vary, thon wont to 3anta 3arbara and workod. 1hoy took th|s doctor oast to th|s b|g convont|on, and whon sho
camo back sho wont to 3an |ranc|sco to lottorman Gonora|. 1ho pay was good, but sho got awtu||y t|rod ot tho hours-wookonds, n|ghts. |or
tr|onds trom 3anta 3arbara had movod up thoro to lako 1ahoo. 'Oh, wo havo tho portoct job tor you. Como on up and jo|n us and ||vo w|th us.' And
so that's what sho d|d tor tho summor.'
Undor lorsona|s' |n tho Cbroolc|o l spottod th|s ad:

ZO0lAC, Wo ottor a lat|ona| and |ntorostod torum to hoar your story as you w|sh |t to|d. Wou|d ||ko to |ntorv|ow you w|th comp|oto
anonym|ty. Contact 1|E AOUAllAl AGE magaz|no 270 Wor|d 1rado Contor, 3| 04111.'

1hoy gavo a |oca| numbor and stat|onod a workor by tho phono |n caso Zod|ac shou|d ca||. 1ho workor m|ght st||| bo wa|t|ng.
Nonday, January 10, 1081
Aa NuIanax and l drovo to 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs, l watchod storm c|ouds swoop|ng |n trom tho 3an lab|o 3ay. Vost ot thom l'd got a spoc|mon ot
tho|r handwr|t|ng,' sa|d Vu|anax, oxp|a|n|ng how ho procossod Zod|ac suspocts, and havo Vorr||| chock |t out. E|thor that or tho phys|ca|
doscr|pt|on was so tar ott |n ago or somo such th|ng whoro |t cou|dn't |og|ca||y bo tho suspoct.'
You mont|onod th|s 1ommy 'loo' 3outhard?' l sa|d.
Vu|anax |aughod. 1hat 3outhard,' ho rop||od, was ono ot tho oar|y suspocts. A sorv|coman at Varo ls|and, as l roca||. l d|dn't |nvost|gato h|m.
lynch and lust conductod tho |nvost|gat|on on h|m. 3|x wooks or a coup|o ot months attor th|s [3|uo lock 3pr|ngs| shoot|ng happonod thoy camo
up w|th h|m. |o |ookod protty good tor a wh||o.'
3outhard ||vod at homo w|th h|s mom,' lynch addod, and woro th|ck-|onsod g|assos. |o a|so ||vod downtown |n an apartmont. Wo had a
burg|ary caso on tho guy and l tack|od h|m at a rostaurant. |o was a roa| oddba||. |o cut h|s wr|sts whon l arrostod h|m, and was |ator k|||od
downtown |n a bar shoot|ng on v|rg|n|a 3troot.'
Zod|ac racod down to lapa attor tho stabb|ngs at lako 3orryossa and rang up tho po||co trom a pay phono on|y tour-and-ono-ha|t b|ocks trom
tho po||co stat|on. lar|ow tound tho |ocat|on |ntr|gu|ng. A guy horo |n lapa |s vory prot|c|ont at mak|ng bombs,' ho to|d mo, and happons to trado
at tho barborshop d|roct|y across tho stroot trom tho booth whoro tho ca|| was mado.' lo||co tochn|c|an |a| 3nook, rushod |n h|s dust|ng ot a wot
pa|m pr|nt on tho roco|vor (ho was noodod at lako 3orryossa), toarod botch|ng tho job. |o usod a comb|nat|on ot a hot ||ght and b|ow-dry|ng to
acco|orato tho procoss, got somo pr|nts trom tho phono booth
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and sont thom to tho |3l. 1ommy loo 3outhard was tho t|rst thoy tr|od to match. 1ho
|3l ldont|t|cat|on 0|v|s|on rop||od on Octobor 28, 1000:

3ovon |atont t|ngorpr|nts, throo |atont pa|m pr|nts and ono |atont |mpross|on wh|ch |s o|thor a t|ngorpr|nt or a part|a| pa|m pr|nt appoar |n tho
subm|ttodphotographs and aro ot va|uo tor |dont|t|cat|on purposos. Wo comparod thoso pr|nts to 1homas loonard 3outhard-no |dont|t|cat|on
was ottoctod. Wo cou|d not ru|o h|m out conc|us|vo|y s|nco wo do not havo h|s pa|m pr|nts.'

latont pr|nts rocovorod trom tho lako 3orryossa v|ct|m's Karmann Gh|a woro comparod w|th tho comparab|o aroas ot tho |atont pr|nts. Aga|n no
|dont|t|cat|on w|th 3outhard was ottoctod. 1ho |3l tostod tho lapa phono booth's pr|nts aga|nst Zod|ac's t|rst |ottor to tho va||ojo 7lmos-loro|o
bocauso somoono's pr|nts woro rocovorod trom that |ottor. 1ho pr|nts d|d not match tho car, cab, or booth t|ngorpr|nts. Or 3outhard's.
Friday, Nay 15, 1081
C|&| in 5acramonto bocamo tho c|oar|nghouso tor a|| tuturo Zod|ac |nvost|gat|ons. A docado oar||or lau| Avory, |n a cont|dont|a| momo to h|s
od|tor, Abo Vo|||nkott, had suggostod just such a contra||zat|on. 1osch| at tho t|mo had a|roady boon concornod about Avory. l th|nk ho wants to
bocomo moro than an |nvost|gat|vo roportor,' ho to|d mo. l th|nk ho ovontua||y wants to run th|s |nvost|gat|on.' 1osch| was r|ght:
l mot w|th Attornoy Gonora| [Evo||o 1.| Youngor tor 4b m|nutos,' Avory wroto cont|dont|a||y, out||nod tho Zod|ac caso |n somo dota|| and
proposod to h|m that tho 3tato 0O1 tako ovor and coord|nato tho |nvost|gat|on ot tho caso by torm|ng a spoc|a| Zod|ac 3quad mado up ot
dotoct|vos trom tho var|ous c|t|os and count|os wh|ch havo actua| or h|gh|y poss|b|o Z murdors.' 1hroo days |ator Avory sont Youngor a rosumo
ot tho caso, wr|t|ng that l am oagor to bog|n ass|st|ng |n tho tormat|on ot your 'Zod|ac 3quad' and to p|an |ts d|roct|on.'

3|nco a mu|t|tudo ot jur|sd|ct|ons, count|os, and dopartmonts woro |nvo|vod, tho|r rocords had to bo gathorod and roorgan|zod. Vany t||os woro
m|ss|ng, scattorod ovor tho stato, h|ddon |n basomonts and att|cs or takon away as momontos. lnspoctor 0oasy porsona||y drovo tho 3|l0's t||os
to 3acramonto. On Vay 1b, at 7:11 A.V., po||co and |3l agonts arrostod 0av|d Carpontor as tho 1ra||s|do K|||or at h|s 3an |ranc|sco homo. 1h|s
w||dornoss murdoror shot and stabbod h|kors on Vount 1ama|pa|s abovo tho Go|don Gato, at lo|nt loyos 3oashoro, and |n tho 3anta Cruz
torosts. lntorost|ng|y, Carpontor had h|ntod to accomp||cos that ho was Zod|ac-an |ntr|gu|ng poss|b|||ty. lhotos ot Carpontor trom 1000 w|th
g|assos and crow cut boro a str|k|ng rosomb|anco to Zod|ac's wantod postor. Carpontor had boon |n pr|son whon somo Zod|ac |ottors woro
ma||od. 3ut dur|ng tho 1ra||s|do attacks po||co had ru|od Carpontor out as a suspoct bocauso stato computors ||stod h|m as bo|ng |n ja||. ln roa||ty,
ho was ||v|ng |n a ha|tway houso and wa|k|ng tho stroots ot downtown 3an |ranc|sco.
Anothor r|dd|o-tho |nottons|vo ox-conv|ct stuttorod bad|y, wh||o tho 1ra||s|do K|||or d|d not. |owovor, at h|s 3an 0|ogo tr|a|, Carpontor oxp|a|nod,
Whon l s|ng [and ho sang|, l don't stuttor. Whon l wh|spor [and ho wh|sporod|, l don't stuttor. Whon l got roa||y angry! [ho roarod| l don't stuttor!' 1ho
jury drow back |n torror. Carpontor tho 1ra||s|do K|||or was a d|ttoront porson than Carpontor undor contro|. lorhaps Zod|ac was somoono o|so too
whon ho wroto h|s |ottors-an |nottons|vo porson who, trom day to day, no ono suspoctod.
Anothor suspoct, V|ko, a s|x-toot-ta||, oyog|ass-woar|ng ox-lavy-man, had movod tho day ot tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs murdor,' Vu|anax to|d mo.
|o ownod a 0-mm and a .4b-ca||bor gun and, ||ko A||on, workod at Un|on O||. Whon ho got too oxc|tod ho wou|d put h|s thumbs aga|nst h|s noso
and scroam. Ear|y on, wo had boon |ook|ng tor a 1aurus and V|ko was a 1aurus. ||s no|ghbor vor|t|od ho was tam|||ar w|th lako 3orryossa. 3ut
that wont nowhoro. |o d|d |ook good tor awh||o.'
1huraday, Octobor 8, 1081
Fow outaido tho |3l guossod tho Unabombor ox|stod. At tho ond ot a s|xtoon-month por|od ot |nact|v|ty, tho nat|on's t|rst domost|c torror|st struck.
|o p|acod a bomb |ns|do a |argo papor-wrappod parco| at Utah's 3onn|on |a||, whoro |t was sato|y dotusod. On an Apr|| morn|ng t|ttoon yoars
honco, whon 1od Kaczynsk| was capturod |n a romoto, snowbound Vontana cab|n, tho Unabombor wou|d bocomo an |mportant Zod|ac suspoct. lt
was not hard to soo why.
l was tho t|rst ono to do that story,' l|ta W||||ams, K1vU-1v Channo| 1wo roportor, to|d mo. l d|d |t ||ko a wook attor ho was arrostod. l got tho
t|ngorpr|nt guy out |n Wa|nut Crook to |ook at Kaczynsk|. 1hoso |3l guys l know woro |augh|ng at mo-'Oh, thoro's no way. lt can't bo.' l sa|d, 'Como
on, ho roa||y t|ts as Zod|ac. 1hat strango tam||y, mathomat|ca| m|nd ... chom|ca| bombs ... ''
1ho |mp||cat|on was that Zod|ac had van|shod bocauso ho had bocomo tho Unabombor. |oro aro roasons why that m|ght bo truo. 3oth woro
p|po-bomb-makors. 3oth ma||od po||co taunt|ng |ottors w|th too much postago, boastod ot tho|r |nto|||gonco, and prom|sod d|ro consoquoncos |t
tho|r words woro not pub||shod. 1ho Unabombor wroto tho 7lmos, throaton|ng to br|ng down a Ca||torn|a jot||nor w|th a bomb, thon adm|ttod |t was
a joko.' Zod|ac prom|sod to b|ow up a schoo| bus w|th an o|octron|c bomb, but rosc|ndod h|s prom|so.
Kaczynsk| had boon a protossor at UC 3orko|oy trom 1007 to 1000, whon Zod|ac bocamo act|vo. 1od ros|gnod 1uno 80, 1000, and Zod|ac t|rst
wroto tho Cbroolc|o a month |ator. 1ho Unabombor oxp|odod h|s t|rst cont|rmod bomb on Vay 20, 1078, and a month attorward Zod|ac a||ogod|y
wroto h|s |ast |ottor. Kaczynsk| wroto tho 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor a month |ator. 1ho two woro m|||tary goar-tho Unabombor m|||tary tat|guos,
Zod|ac a lava| costumo. 3oth usod d|sgu|sos, a hoodod swoatsh|rt, a hood. lnoxp||cab|y, thoro woro t|mos whon tho Unabombor and Zod|ac
s|mp|y stoppod wr|t|ng and k||||ng. 3oth woro asoxua| bo|ngs w|th dom|nant mothors and absont tathors. 3oth undorstood tho comp|ox|t|os ot codo.
Codo |s noth|ng moro than mathomat|cs and Kaczynsk| was a br||||ant mathomat|c|an. At 3orryossa tho surv|v|ng v|ct|m roportod that Zod|ac
c|a|mod to bo an oscapod conv|ct trom o|thor Co|orado or 0oor lodgo, Vontana. 0oor lodgo |ay s|xty m||os trom whoro Kaczynsk| ovontua||y bu||t
h|s |so|atod cab|n |n l|nco|n, Vontana.
|owovor, oqua||y compo|||ng roasons conv|ncod mo that Kaczynsk| was oot Zod|ac. ln 1078, tho Unabombor, |n h|s gu|so as tho 1unkyard
3ombor,' was us|ng match hoads and rubbor bands to croato h|s bombs. l|no yoars oar||or Zod|ac had ma||od tho Cbroolc|o o|octron|c and
chom|ca| bomb d|agrams tar moro soph|st|catod than tho Unabombor's a docado |ator. Wou|d Zod|ac rogross and |oso tho ab|||ty to croato
advancod bombs? Voro than ||ko|y, by 1078, ho wou|d bo bu||d|ng bottor bombs. 1ho Unabombor roma|nod unknown tor so |ong bocauso ho d|dn't
wr|to tho pross. 1ho pub||c|ty-hungry Zod|ac a|ways usod h|s murdors to ga|n pub||c|ty |mmod|ato|y attorward. 1ho Unabombor wroto tho Exomloor,
d|sgu|s|ng h|mso|t as |C.' Zod|ac, w|th tow oxcopt|ons, took pa|ns to |dont|ty h|mso|t as Zod|ac, and vor|t|od h|s |dont|ty by prov|d|ng cont|dont|a|
tacts or p|ocos ot b|oody ov|donco.
1ho Unabombor targotod groups-computor oxports and sa|osmon, bohav|ora| mod|t|cat|on|sts, gonot|c|sts, ong|noors, and scho|ars. 3ut h|s
bombs woro do||vorod |n such a way that anyono cou|d havo oponod thom. ln 1087, ho |ott a bomb |n a 3a|t lako C|ty park|ng |ot tor anyono to t|nd.
Zod|ac's targots woro a|ways spoc|t|c w|th r|g|d roqu|romonts. |o sta|kod h|s v|ct|ms-young |ovors, studonts by |akos on spoc|a| days-w|th a
d|ttoront woapon oach t|mo. Kaczynsk| was obsossod w|th wood and wood-ro|atod namos, wh||o Zod|ac was obsossod w|th wator and wator-
ro|atod namos. Kaczynsk| |ovod naturo-ho apo|og|zod to a rabb|t tor shoot|ng |t. Zod|ac |ovod to hunt an|ma|s and progrossod to poop|o as w||d
gamo. ln 1007 Kaczynsk| was |n Ann Arbor at tho Un|vors|ty ot V|ch|gan gott|ng a socond doctorato whon throo l|vors|do |ottors woro wr|tton by
Zod|ac and postmarkod |n l|vors|do. ln 1071, Kaczynsk| movod to l|nco|n, Vontana, and was ||v|ng thoro whon Zod|ac |ottors at that t|mo carr|od
3ay Aroa postmarks. Zod|ac's oxcoss|vo postago was ongondorod by a rush tor pub||c|ty, wh||o tho Unabombor's stamps sorvod two usos. 1ho
va|uo and subjoct ot tho stamps woro a numor|ca| codo |nd|cat|ng tho typo ot bomb |ns|do and a symbo||c statomont. 1ho socond uso was to d|roct
tho t|ow ot tho parco|. Ovorpost|ng mado corta|n tho packago wou|d not bo roturnod to tho t|ct|ona| sondor, too ||tt|o postago |nsurod that tho bomb
wou|d rovort to tho roturn addross-tho actua| targot, a sc|ont|st on tho Unabombor's h|t ||st.
1ho phys|ca| appoaranco ot Zod|ac and |nnor work|ngs ot h|s m|nd prosont tho b|ggost d|ttoroncos botwoon h|m and tho Unabombor. Zod|ac,
|umbor|ng' and boar||ko,' d|ttorod cons|dorab|y trom Kaczynsk|'s |anky and gaunt tramo-148 pounds, t|vo toot n|no |nchos ta||. Zod|ac, phys|ca||y
powortu|, had a paunch, stood c|oso to s|x toot, and wo|ghod around 240 pounds. 1hough Kaczynsk| kopt a journa| |n codo (spood||y so|vod by tho
|3l), |t comparod |n no way w|th tho |ntr|cato, unbroakab|o c|phors ot Zod|ac nor w|th h|s handwr|t|ng.
1ho Unabombor's own words ottor tho b|ggost d|ttoronco. ||s man|tosto's tono |s t|at, un|mag|nat|vo. Whoro aro Zod|ac's c|ovor turns ot phraso
and |magory tr|ghton|ng onough to ga|van|zo a c|ty? 1ho protossor |n Kaczynsk| |octuros us, wh||o Zod|ac's co|ortu| oxpross|ons and momorab|o
uso ot popu|ar cu|turo aro |ntondod to tr|ghton, bu||y, and myst|ty-not |nstruct. ||s |ottors possoss an |ron|c, b|t|ng qua||ty that ovort|ows w|th
mo|ancho|y, ovon dospa|r. 1hoy ch||| anyono who roads thom. Whon Zod|ac was angry, wo to|t |t.
Zod|ac gavo h|s mot|vos tor k||||ng as co||oct|ng sou|s tor tho attor||to' and tho thr||| ot hunt|ng poop|o. 1ho Unabombor's apparont |ack ot mot|vo
mado tho soarch tor h|m d|tt|cu|t. Zod|ac obv|ous|y hatod womon. Kaczynsk|, to tho ond, droamod ot a w|to and ch||dron, and onv|od and dotostod
tho brothor who turnod h|m |n tor possoss|ng that domost|c b||ss. Kaczynsk|'s truo hatrod was rosorvod tor thoso |n tho acadom|c wor|d who had
surpassod h|m. Zod|ac was mastor ot a|| woapons, tho Unabombor on|y ot bombs, wh|ch ho had troub|o mak|ng |otha|. Zod|ac had an |nt|mato
know|odgo ot va||ojo. Kaczynsk| d|d not. l|ko a po|sonor, Kaczynsk| |mag|nod tho doath agon|os ot h|s v|ct|m trom as groat a d|stanco as poss|b|o.
3y gun, by kn|to, by ropo,' Zod|ac got as c|oso to h|s v|ct|ms as ho cou|d.
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
Friday, Nay 22, 1081
| waa torminatod trom 3poctro Chromo Graph|cs |n 3on|c|a (w|th oo warn|ngs or contoroncos) qu|to by surpr|so,' lo|gh sa|d ot h|s Vay 22 t|r|ng.
|o suspoctod ho cou|d put h|s t|ngor on tho roason. l bo||ovo my prob|om startod throo wooks pr|or whon l dostroyod a ro||-down door w|th a tork||tt.
1ho ost|mato was $2800.'
1uoaday, Juno 80, 1081
| am intoIIigont, hardwork|ng, honost, dopondab|o, and punctua|,' lo|gh wroto, app|y|ng tor othor work. l am |ook|ng tor a job whoro l can |oarn
and advanco myso|t |n tho |ong torm and hopo you w||| cons|dor thoso po|nts |n ova|uat|ng my app||cat|on.' |o was askod, |avo you ovor boon
conv|ctod ot a to|ony or a m|sdomoanor?' Yos,' ho answorod, l comm|ttod ono count ot lC 288 and was sont to a stato hosp|ta| tor two yoars. l
am now st||| tak|ng thorapy as was roqu|rod by tho courts.' ||s app||cat|on, roco|vod 1u|y 1, 1081, was pr|ntod noat|y-a|| tho g's woro stra|ght and
a|| tho o's curs|vo. 1horo was ovon a throo-stroko k.
Wodnoaday, JuIy 8, 1081
AIIon anarod a now job on h|s o|d stamp|ng grounds-a 3on|c|a |ndustr|a| park at tho ond ot lako |orman load. lo|gh's tr|onds to|d mo ho otton
parkod at a promontory whoro lako |orman load |ntorsocts ||ghway 21, northoast ot tho 3on|c|a-Vart|noz 3r|dgo. |o poppod opon a Coors,
drank, and scannod loo ls|and, lyor ls|and, and a hundrod soa|od batt|osh|ps d|sma||y r|d|ng tho|r anchors |n 3u|sun 3ay bo|ow. 1ho gray
ontombod t|oot, mothba||od romnants ot Wor|d War ll, probab|y mado h|m th|nk ot h|s tathor and h|s own ta||od submar|no caroor. |o st||| hatod
work|ng, but tho now pos|t|on gavo h|m amp|o t|mo to dr|nk, v|s|t h|s tra||ors, and mako subt|o d|gs at tho po||co. |o cont|nuod to woar a Zod|ac
sk|n-d|v|ng watch and a Zod|ac r|ng. |o cont|nuod to mont|on Zod|ac to h|s tr|onds, |oav|ng a tra|| ot h|nts scattorod boh|nd.
|o startod h|s car and swung onto tho ruttod road. At homo, a |ottor had s||d down tho ma|| s|ot |nto h|s basomont. Attor a |ong do|ay, ho was
go|ng to roco|vo h|s bacho|or ot sc|onco dogroo trom 3onoma 3tato. Author|t|os st||| had not soarchod that dank and droary basomont whoro
bombs and a doath mach|no' m|ght bo storod.
1hough d|abot|c, Arthur lo|gh A||on bogan dr|nk|ng boor trom a quart jar. |o rodo h|s groon motorcyc|o, |a|d out romodo||ng p|ans tor h|s homo,
and bought moro books on o|octron|c goar, maps, and tho occu|t. |o stud|od b|rdhousos, and cont|nuod bu||d|ng a p|ano. 0r. lykott roportod
rogu|ar|y on lo|gh's progross and rohab|||tat|on. Approhons|vo ot h|s pat|ont, tho doctor p|ayod tapod oxcorpts ot tho|r soss|ons tor a 3anta losa
cop. |o was shakon too. Evontua||y, lykott t|od to a w||dornoss hosp|ta|. Evoryono who camo |n touch w|th Zod|ac was hurt |n somo way. Goorgo
3awart to|d mo tho b|zarro story.
1ho doctor had como to bo||ovo that Zod|ac was h|s pat|ont,' sa|d 3awart, and mado hours ot tapos wh|ch ho wantod to pub||sh. |o had tapos
that A||on had mado c|a|m|ng to bo Zod|ac. A||on had ta|kod to h|s doctor about putt|ng bamboo stakos |n p|ts around h|s houso. 1ho sharponod
onds, covorod |n manuro, wou|d both wound and |ntoct, ovon k|||. l wont up and |ntorv|owod lykott at somo san|tar|um. |o was |n a w||d aroa and
kopt |ook|ng trant|ca||y |n oach cornor. 'look out tor tho snakos,' ho cr|od, danc|ng about. '1ho snakos-ovorywhoro.' l |aughod, thon jumpod. l
|ookod, and thoro roa||y was a ratt|osnako. 1ho b|ggost ratt|osnako l'd ovor soon-r|ght by my boot-ratt|osnakos a|| ovor tho jo|nt. God, tor a
psych|atr|st, ho was goot|or than a bodbug.' Or just tr|ghtonod?
ln oar|y 1070, |ong botoro lo|gh bogan soo|ng 0r. lykott, a rumor c|rcu|atod |n 3an |ranc|sco that Zod|ac had |ost a |ottor addrossod to a
psych|atr|st ho was thon soo|ng. A||ogod|y, |t conta|nod a doath throat to tho doctor's tam||y. A passorby tound tho |ottor and turnod |t ovor to tho
po||co, who |ntorv|owod tho doctor. 3ocauso ot protoss|ona| cont|dont|a||ty ho rotusod to namo h|s pat|ont, a 3ay Aroa ros|dont. W|th|n th|s doctor's
t||os, somo bo||ovod, |ay tho roa| namo ot Zod|ac.
Wo wont down and saw loto loyos,' 3awart cont|nuod. |o was ono ot tho producors ot 1obooy Corsoo or 1ooporoy. 3omohow th|s guy got
|nvo|vod w|th lykott, 3anta losa cops, and a|| th|s gooty stutt. lt was abso|uto|y b|zarro tho stutt thoy woro do|ng. 1hoy woro gonna protoct th|s 0r.
lykott bocauso Arthur lo|gh A||on was gonna como k||| h|m. 1hoy thought ono ot tho ||outonants on tho 3anta losa lo||co 0opartmont was |n
cahoots w|th lo|gh A||on. Attor l t|n|shod th|s l wondorod, 'Aro thoso guys prankstors? Aro thoy just that parano|d?' Crazy stutt. lt was to tho po|nt
whon l dovo|opod a|| th|s-th|s guy |n 3anta losa d|dn't want to ta|k to mo. l was vory stra|ghttorward. 'l'm rot|rod. l'm work|ng th|s as a pr|vato
contractor tor tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont |om|c|do lnvost|gat|on 0|v|s|on and l want to ta|k to you.' Wo||, ho wou|dn't ta|k to mo |n 3anta losa.
|o |ns|stod on moot|ng mo |n lota|uma, and ho mot mo w|th h|s partnor, a young to||ow. 1h|s guy, th|s cop, was roa| k|nd ot supor|or-act|ng, as |t l
woro a dummy. 1hat's t|no. 1o got what l want, l'|| tako that tack. And so wo sat thoro and wo chattod.'
1ho ma|n guy |n th|s th|ng |s somobody just too b|g. |o'|| got you and ho'|| k||| you,' ho to|d 3awart.
Wo||, to|| mo who |t |s,' 3awart sa|d.
l won't,' ho sa|d.
Wa|t a m|nuto, pa|,' 3awart sa|d. You'ro a work|ng cop and you'ro to|||ng mo you won't to|| mo somoth|ng that's gormano to my |nvost|gat|on.'
l won't.'
Wo||, |ot mo to|| you what's go|ng to happon. l'm go|ng to go back and spoak to Capta|n Conway and Capta|n Conway |s go|ng to our ch|ot ot
po||co and say, '1horo's a 3anta losa cop that won't cooporato w|th an |nvost|gat|on.' Our ch|ot ot po||co |s go|ng to ca|| your ch|ot ot po||co and l
can bot you do||ars to doughnuts, to||a, you'|| t|nd yourso|t s|tt|ng |n an ott|co and to|||ng mo what l want to know. 3o mako |t oasy on yourso|t and to||
mo now.'
lo.'
Wo||, you'|| hoar trom mo.'
loxt day, suro as sh|t, that's what happonod,' 3awart to|d mo. 1h|s guy was ordorod |n tho ott|co. Wo a|| sat down. |o t|na||y to|d us who th|s
roa||y bad guy was-who turnod out to bo [a supor|or ott|cor|. 1ho roason ho was a roa||y bad guy |s bocauso h|s backyard backod up to lon
A||on's. 1hat's no b|g doa|. lon A||on was a lorth 3ay c|ty p|annor. Wo |ntorv|owod tho ott|cor and lon A||on and thoro was noth|ng to |t. l got somo
handwr|t|ng out ot somo guy out ot 3anta losa-not ro|atod to tho psycho|og|st, that was sont to mo by th|s guy's g|r|tr|ond. l |ookod at |t. lt's a doad
r|ngor. 1ho way ho mado h|s [chock mark| r's and ovoryth|ng. 3ut l tako |t to tho handwr|t|ng poop|o and th|s was a |ottor that says, '|oy, honoy, l
want to got back w|th you.' lt wasn't a throaton|ng |ottor. |o was a k|nd ot ha|t-assod sta|kor and wou|dn't |ot hor go. Anyway l took |t to tho
handwr|t|ng guy and ho says, '0ot|n|to|y not.' 1hoy must know what thoy'ro do|ng, but l'vo soon th|ngs |n A||on's handwr|t|ng that |ook good to mo.'
Wodnoaday, Fobruary 17, 1082
1oachi had boon hav|ng a ||tt|o d|scomtort trom rocont surgory. 1ho month botoro, an u|cor had brought on mass|vo |ntorna| b|ood|ng. |o had
boon rushod by ambu|anco to Ch||dron's |osp|ta|, but was now rocuporat|ng at homo-road|ng, rost|ng, ||ston|ng to 3|g 3and rocords on tho
storoo, and do|ng a |ot ot wa|k|ng and th|nk|ng about tho unso|vod caso. |or a man who oxco||od |n basoba|| and baskotba||, any |nact|on was
pa|ntu|. 1horo |s no po||co work bo|ng dono on Zod|ac at a||,' ho comp|a|nod. l know th|s tor a tact.' l spoko to |rod 3h|r|sago at 0O1. l|ko l say, l
havo gotton so many damn ca||s on th|s lo|gh A||on,' 3h|r|sago sa|d. l spond my t|mo try|ng to do background. l don't want to bo |ott ho|d|ng tho
bag, tho |ast porson on tho caso. . . . look, A||on m|ght bo tho guy. l'm not say|ng ho's not. |o goos to ||brar|os and doos a |ot ot rosoarch on cr|mos
aga|nst womon. Evory |nvost|gator l'vo ta|kod w|th th|nks |t's h|m. l road ovoryth|ng l can about tho guy.'
An Orogon man suggostod po||co cou|d catch Zod|ac by croat|ng a t|ct|ona| story that tho k|||or was a|roady |n custody. 0upod by tho t|ct|ona|
arrost,' ho sa|d, wo cou|d trap h|m ||ko a b||nd dog |n a moat houso.'
1huraday, Nay, 20, 1082
|n Novombor 1081, ov|donco |n tho s|xtoon-yoar-o|d Chor| 1o 3atos murdor |nvost|gat|on had como to ||ght.' l|vors|do po||co ass|gnod tour
|nvost|gators tu||-t|mo and, bo||ov|ng thomso|vos c|oso to a so|ut|on, d|spatchod an out||no to tho 0.A.'s ott|co. 3ho had a coup|o ot boytr|onds and
thoro's ono guy |n part|cu|ar. Wo'ro conv|ncod tho k|||or m|ght bo h|m,' thoy arguod. 3|nco lovombor 1008, thoy had boon conv|ncod ono ot Chor|
1o's tormor boytr|onds or rojoctod su|tors was hor k|||or. A||ogod|y ho'd had scratchos on h|s taco (Chor| 1o had c|awod hor assa||ant's taco) and
had braggod about comm|tt|ng tho cr|mo. lot on|y was thoro not onough ov|donco to chargo h|m, but tr|onds a||b|od h|m. 1ho 0.A.'s ott|co toro [tho
out||no| apart trom tho|r po|nt ot v|ow,' sa|d Ch|ot v|ctor 1onos, add|ng, 1ho porson wo bo||ovo rospons|b|o tor tho s|ay|ng ot Chor| 1o 3atos |s oot
tho |nd|v|dua| othor |aw ontorcomont author|t|os bo||ovo rospons|b|o tor tho so-ca||od 'Zod|ac' k||||ngs.' 1onos bo||ovod Zod|ac had boon |n tho aroa,
but takon crod|t tor a k||||ng ho had not comm|ttod. Capta|n lrv Cross, |nd|cat|ng tho sovon-month do|ay |n |ottors, a|so suggostod Zod|ac had boon
try|ng to cap|ta||zo on tho pub||c|ty.
1uoaday, Nay 25, 1082
| caIIod [Dotoctivo} 3ud Ko||y |n l|vors|do th|s morn|ng,' 1osch| to|d mo. |o had ca||od |n rosponso to Ch|ot 1onos's pross contoronco. |o
cou|dn't g|vo mo tho|r suspoct's namo, but thoy too| thoy know who k|||od tho 3atos g|r|. 3omo now |ntormat|on dovo|opod |n tho |ast throo months
and tho suspoct doos not chock out as Zod|ac. 1h|s suspoct was |ookod at back whon tho murdor occurrod. l askod Ko||oy |t tho|r guy was ovor |n
tho 3ay Aroa ovon tor a short t|mo. Answor: 'lO.' 1ho|r suspoct has ||vod |n l|vors|do a|| tho t|mo.
3ooms tho l|vors|do l.0. has on|y a c|rcumstant|a| caso aga|nst tho|r |oca| man,' sa|d 1osch|. lo phys|ca| ov|donco can t|o h|m to tho caso.
Ko||oy says tho l|vors|do County 0|str|ct Attornoy doos not ||ko tho caso and |s vory hos|tant about |ssu|ng a murdor comp|a|nt. Ko||oy says tho
caso w||| probab|y novor go to tr|a|.'
l|vors|do l.0. st||| had a s|ng|o strand ot ha|r caught |n tho watch-band ot tho pa|nt-spattorod mon's 1|mox Chor| 1o had torn trom hor attackor.
lo||co storod tho ha|r |n a rotr|goratod ov|donco |ockor. Ono day a conc|us|vo tost m|ght bo dovo|opod to o|thor c|oar or |ncr|m|nato tho|r suspoct.
1ho |oca| man had had troquont brushos w|th tho |aw. A socrot psycho|og|ca| ova|uat|on ot 3atos's murdoror had boon comp|otod o|ovon yoars
oar||or tor tho l|vors|do 0.A. 1ho ch|ot psycho|og|st ot lat-ton 3tato |osp|ta| doscr|bod 3atos's k|||or as:
[3o| hyporsons|t|vo . . . that v|rtua||y any ||tt|o m|sporco|vod act cou|d bo b|own up out ot a|| proport|on to tho tacts. |o |s obsossod and
patho|og|ca||y prooccup|od w|th |ntonso hatrod aga|nst toma|o t|guros-a|| tho moro so |t ho soos tho young woman as attract|vo. 3ocauso ot
h|s own unconsc|ous too||ngs ot |nadoquacy, ho |s not ||ko|y to act out h|s too||ngs soxua||y, but |n tantasy. . . . l wou|d ||ko to omphas|zo that
thoro |s a roa| poss|b|||ty that ho can bocomo hom|c|da| aga|n.'
3horwood Vorr||| showod mo a cont|dont|a| handwr|t|ng ana|ys|s ho had proparod lovombor 24, 1070, tor Ch|ot ot tho 3uroau A. l. Cottoy and
l|vors|do lo||co Ch|ot l. 1. K|nkoad. |o had stud|od oxamp|os ot tho l|vors|do suspoct's wr|t|ng.
An oxam|nat|on ot onc|osuros [caso # 80-|-b80| A through E [throo onvo|opos and |ottors, photograph ot a noto s|gnod 'rh' on dosk,
photographs ot t|vo namos bog|nn|ng w|th |, two |ottors addrossod to an acqua|ntanco ot tho suspoct, sovon pagos oxomp|ar wr|t|ng and
mator|a| ot tho pr|mo l|vors|do suspoct| rosu|tod |n tho to||ow|ng conc|us|ons:
1. lt was t|rst dotorm|nod that tho handpr|nt|ng on tho onvo|opos and |ottors ot onc|osuro A was by tho samo porson who proparod
tho handpr|nt|ng appoar|ng on tho dosk, a photograph ot wh|ch |s onc|osuro 3 ot th|s roport.
2. A compar|son ot th|s mator|a| w|th tho Zod|ac |ottors rovoa|od many charactor|st|cs wh|ch rosu|tod |n tho conc|us|on that
onc|osuros A and 3 woro |n tact proparod by tho samo porson rospons|b|o tor tho Zod|ac |ottors.
8. 1ho t|vo namos bog|nn|ng w|th | cou|d not bo |dont|t|od w|th any ot tho othor mator|a| subm|ttod.
4. 1ho |ottor postmarkod |n |obruary ot 1008 appoars to havo boon drawn by a |ottor|ng sot and doos not contorm w|th any ot tho
mator|a| subm|ttod. 1ho handpr|ntod |ottor postmarkod 1anuary 17, 1008 addrossod to tho suspoct's tr|ond |s st||| |n a d|ttoront porson's
handpr|nt|ng but doos not contorm w|th any ot tho othor mator|a| subm|ttod. lt doos, howovor, conta|n numorous d|vorgonc|os trom tho
handpr|nt|ng ot tho l|vors|do 3uspoct and dot|n|to|y was not proparod by h|m.'

Ono th|ng was corta|n-tho ll0's pr|mo suspoct's handpr|nt|ng d|d not match tho l|vors|do |ottors. Vorr||| ru|od that Zod|ac olo wr|to thoso
|ottors.
Wodnoaday, Juno 2, 1082
At 5onoma 5tato Un|vors|ty, lo|gh A||on ott|c|a||y roco|vod h|s bacho|or ot arts dogroo |n b|o|ogy w|th a m|nor |n chom|stry.
Wodnoaday, Juno 0, 1082
At hia Nontgomory 3troot |aw ott|co, 3o||| droppod a tapo |nto h|s mach|no. A p|oasant ovon|ng to you, Vo|v|n V. 3o||| . . . (ha, ha, ha, ha, ha),' an
anonymous vo|co cack|od. OK, numbor ono . . . l had thought poss|b|y wo m|ght got togothor and moot and ta|k. l am at tho po|nt |n th|s act|v|ty that l
havo gotton |nto somohow. |ow, l don't know. Why, l havo no |doa. low what you shou|d do |s pu|| up a cha|r and s|t down w|th your cottoo or toa . .
. and ro|ax bocauso l am about to to|| you tho Goddamnodost story you havo ovor hoard. lumbor ono, our common |ntorost |s tho |ntorost ot tho
Zod|ac k|||or.
low th|s caso has boon go|ng on tor ovor two|vo yoars. 0ur|ng that t|mo-(tho roason my vo|co |s go|ng down |s l'm turn|ng th|s rad|o down.
W|th th|s h|||b|||y mus|c you can't hoar yourso|t th|nk). Anyhow, at ono po|nt |n thoso photostat|c cop|os that l havo ot tho Zod|ac k|||or thoro's
rotoronco . . . thoy'ro ta|k|ng ot tho cop. . . . 'Ovor tho yoars tho t|vo thousand poop|o ho has |ntorv|owod, tho throo thousand t|ps, tho two thousand
poss|b|o suspocts . . . ' Anyhow, wo'ro ta|k|ng thoro ot a|most ovor ton thousand |toms a|ono. low l know whoro tho Zod|ac |s. l know who tho
Zod|ac |s. l know how to |dont|ty tho Zod|ac.
|or ovor a twonty-yoar por|od l havo had a s|ncoro |ntorost |n symbo|s, symbo|s ot a|| k|nds. . . . Ono wook l wont to a t|oa markot and saw th|s
r|ng, wh|ch l pa|d s|xty do||ars tor. 1ho r|ng has no |dont|t|cat|on marks ot any country. 1ho r|ng prosontod a cha||ongo, and so l sa|d, 'l'm go|ng to
t|nd out ovoryth|ng thoro |s to know about th|s r|ng and tho symbo|s on |t.' Ovor a por|od ot tour to t|vo months l was |a|d ott and startod rosoarch|ng
tho r|ng tor many hours |n tho ||brary. l havo my own ||brary, about a thousand books.
Each symbo| on top ot tho r|ng corrospondod to sovon d|ttoront symbo|s-a tota| ot th|rty-sovon symbo|s that ro|atod to chom|stry and astro|ogy.
1ho undors|do ot tho r|ng had moro symbo|s. 1ho guy who woro th|s must havo roa||y boon somoth|ng. lt had boon tho r|ng ot a b||nd lorso god. 1ho
th|ngs that havo happonod bocauso ot th|s r|ng aro unbo||ovab|o. l'm |ay|ng th|s stutt on ya bocauso l know ot your s|ncoro |ntorost tho |ast t|mo tho
Zod|ac was act|vo . . . you'ro tho vory bost ot attornoys |n tho U.3. today. low tho roason that th|s cop cou|d not catch Zod|ac or ovon ro|ato to h|m
|s bocauso ho has such a sp|r|tua| background, such a roasonab|o amount ot |nto|||gonco. |o |s tho most |nto|||gont man |n tho Un|tod 3tatos today.
|o comos trom t|ro, ho roturns to t|ro. |ow aro wo go|ng to |dont|ty th|s guy? |o has a r|ng on h|s t|ngor docoratod w|th a s|gn ot tho Zod|ac. 1hat
s|gn, tho s|gn ot tho Zod|ac, |s tho s|gn ot tho ox. low romombor wo||, my s||m tr|ond (hoh, hoh, hoh), h|s tu|| powor cons|sts |n tho powor ot words
and tho jumb||ng ot words. ||s mothod ot attack on thoso |nnocont young poop|o was not ot a tronta| assau|t. ||s attack was t|rst w|th tho kn|to, thon
w|th tho gun, tho ropo, thon rovort|ng back to tho kn|to tor tho b|ood r|tua| |tso|t. 1ho Zod|ac's r|ng |s a b|ood stono, a dark|shgroon stono w|th
spr|nk|os ot rod, and |s govornod by Vars. 1ho b|ood stono and tho ox aro connoctod. 0ar|ono |orr|n had soon Zod|ac k||| somoono (a tact not
w|do|y known unt|| tour yoars |ator).'
1ho spoakor know ot a Zod|ac r|ng such as A||on had worn s|nco tho murdors bogan, a r|ng compo|||ng Zod|ac to do horr|b|o th|ngs. 1ho unknown
vo|co m|ght not bo Zod|ac, but h|s romarks about a Zod|ac r|ng woro tru|y unsott||ng.
1huraday, Octobor 11, 1084
| roaIIy didn't th|nk th|s t|ttoonth ann|vorsary ot tho 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac k||||ng wou|d st|r up th|s much |ntorost,' 1osch| sa|d.
|orb Caon wroto:
1|Ul30AY, OC1. 11, |s a spoc|a| annvy. tor lo||co lnspoctor 0avo 1osch|. On that day |n 1000, 1b yrs. ago, 1osch|, thon ass|gnod to
hom|c|do, was summonod to Wash|ngton and Chorry, whoro a Yo||ow Cabb|o had just boon murdorod. |our days |ator, a b|oody swatch ot tho
v|ct|m's sh|rt and a |ottor trom 1ho Zod|ac arr|vod at tho Chron|c|o-and thus bogan tho str|ng ot st||| unso|vod Zod|ac k||||ngs, most ot thom
accompan|od by taunt|ng |ottors. 1ho |ast ono to 1osch| sa|d s|mp|y 'VE-87 (k||||ngs). 3.|.l.0.-0.' Attor s|ay|ng tho Yo||ow dr|vor, 1ho Zod|ac
prosumab|y tadod away |nto tho noarby lros|d|o torost. |o cou|d bo wa|k|ng down Varkot 3t. th|s vory m|nuto. . . .'
Wodnoaday, JuIy 8, 1085
Attor thirty-two yoara on tho torco, twonty-t|vo ot thoso as a po||co |nspoctor, 0avo 1osch|, now t|tty-two, qu|ot|y rot|rod. |o had a|roady roa||zod
h|s ||to's droam whon ho jo|nod tho torco |n 10b8, spond|ng sovon yoars as a patro| ott|cor |n tho l|chmond 0|str|ct Vy dad a|ways sa|d that |t l was
a cop, l'd a|ways havo a paychock to br|ng homo. |o sa|d l'd novor got r|ch, though. |o was r|ght.' As a hom|c|do |nspoctor, 1osch| won go|d,
s||vor, and bronzo moda|s ot va|or. l st||| cons|dor tho Zod|ac caso tho most trustrat|ng ot a|| my casos. l roa||y bo||ovo |t gavo mo b|ood|ng u|cors.'
3ut ho was proud ot contr|but|ng to tho so|ut|on ot anothor caso that had a Z' |n |t-tho Zobra murdors that c|a|mod tho ||vos ot two|vo 3an
|ranc|scans botwoon 1078 and 1074. l'm grat|t|od that l was part ot a toam that brought that torr|b|o caso to a succosstu| conc|us|on.'
1osch| spont t|vo yoars |n lobbory 0ota||, roco|v|ng po||co comm|ss|on honors as a |oro|c Ott|cor' on |obruary 22, 1084. 1hon ho transtorrod
to tho 3ox Cr|mos 0ota|| whoro ho spont a yoar. low, attor work|ng ovory cr|mo aga|nst porsons thoro was, |nc|ud|ng Aggravatod Assau|ts, ho was
rot|r|ng to bocomo hoad ot socur|ty at tho Watorgato apartmont comp|ox across tho 3ay |n Emoryv|||o noar 3orko|oy. W|th|n a yoar ho wou|d a|so
bo a ||consod pr|vato dotoct|vo. What ho d|d not know was that tho Zod|ac caso was oo|y bo| ovor.
5unday, January 10, 1080
5omo ot tho va||ojo po||co agroo w|th author lobort Graysm|th, somo do not,' wroto roportor Gono 3||vorman on my just ro|oasod book Zooloc:
va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont 0otoct|vo 3orgoant 1ack Vu|anax-who had |nhor|tod tho |orr|n caso trom 3orgoant 1ohn lynch, d|ttors trom h|s
prodocossor on tho |nc|us|on ot ono ot tho k||||ngs. Vu|anax bo||ovos tho lako |orman, 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs lark, lako 3orryossa and 3an
|ranc|sco tax|cab attacks woro a|| dono by tho samo man, that tho man was Zod|ac, and th|s |s tho man [lo|gh A||on| to whom Graysm|th gavo tho
namo '3tarr.''
l don't th|nk thoro |s any doubt on thoso,' sa|d Vu|anax. A|though l baso my conc|us|ons, at |oast |n part, on a |argo amount ot c|rcumstant|a|
ov|donco. Wo m|ght t|nd out whon moro poop|o road th|s book. Graysm|th d|d a good job and l agroo w|th h|m. 1ho book actua||y prov|dod mo w|th
|ntormat|on. l d|dn't know what lapa po||co had. l wasn't contactod but two t|mos by [0otoct|vo 3orgoant lar|ow|.
Graysm|th mont|onod tho |ack ot |ntormat|on-trad|ng among po||co dopartmonts as a prob|om,' roportod 3||vorman. |o sa|d |n h|s book, 'l
thought to myso|t that lynch had c|oarod A||on bocauso ho d|d not match lynch's v|sua| |mpross|on ot tho k|||or.' lynch says th|s was truo. '|rom
t|mo to t|mo your m|nd changos,' ho says, 'but corta|n th|ngs st|ck, such as doscr|pt|ons ot tho k|||or g|von by v|ct|ms who o|thor surv|vod or surv|vod
|ong onough to ta|k.' lynch a|so bo||ovod thoro was moro than ono k|||or.
l bo||ovo that Zod|ac |s probab|y st||| a||vo,' sa|d Ott|cor l|chard |ottman. lt ho'd d|od thoro wou|d bo ov|donco tound |n a p|aco whoro ho ||vod.
1ho coronor wou|d havo como |nto |t. 3o l th|nk ho's st||| a||vo.'
Why, |n that caso, havo tho Zod|ac-typo cr|mos soomod to havo stoppod?' askod 3||vorman.
l don't know ho's not k||||ng,' |ottman sa|d. Ono ot h|s |ast corrospondoncos sa|d ho wasn't go|ng to ta|k about |t anymoro, tako tho crod|t tor |t
anymoro. 1h|s |s Graysm|th's op|n|on too.'
lam, 0ar|ono |orr|n's s|stor, subjoct ot throaton|ng ca||s ovory yoar on tho ann|vorsary ot hor s|stor's doath, sa|d, Zod|ac |s dot|n|to|y a||vo. l
don't th|nk ho's do|ng any moro k||||ngs. l th|nk whon ho saw tho po||co gott|ng c|osor, ho stoppod. l havo road Graysm|th's book tour t|mos. 1h|s
book has roa||y joggod my momory-so much. l'd road two pagos and th|nk and th|nk.'
Wodnoaday, Fobruary 12, 1080
A twonty-yoar omIoyoo ot tho 3onoma 3hor|tt's 0opartmont, rot|rod now and stay|ng at hor mothor's va||ojo homo, wroto mo. On your 1v
|ntorv|ow,' sho sa|d, you t|od |n tho sovon g|r|s who woro tound murdorod |n tho 3anta losa Aroa |n 1072-78 to tho Zod|ac k||||ngs. l tound th|s
|ntorost|ng bocauso tho 3hor|tt's 0opartmont |n 3onoma County novor d|d. l a|so agrood w|th you that tho d|ttoront po||co agonc|os d|d not
cooporato w|th ono anothor or sharo any |ntormat|on that thoy m|ght havo that wou|d t|o |n w|th what anothor county m|ght havo had.'
On August 2b, 1070, wh||o work|ng |n tho coronor's ott|co, 3onoma County, sho |oarnod ot a rout|no tratt|c acc|dont tata||ty, a hoad-on co|||s|on on
||ghway 12 botwoon 3anta losa and 3obastopo|. 1ho docoasod was a torty-ono-yoar-o|d hoavysot ma|o schoo| toachor. |o had taught not on|y at
3anta losa 1un|or Co||ogo, wh|ch many ot tho v|ct|ms attondod, but lapa 1un|or Co||ogo and othor surround|ng count|os |nc|ud|ng 3an Ouont|n.
l bo||ovo ho had prov|ous|y taught |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a,' sho o|aboratod, but h|s on|y ro|at|vos ||vod |n tho East. Among tho possoss|ons |n h|s
van woro draw|ngs ot somo ot tho sovon v|ct|ms |n tho 3anta losa aroa, wh|ch portrayod thom |n hog-t|od pos|t|ons. lnc|udod w|th thoso draw|ngs
woro tho|r namos and soxua| protoroncos. 1horo was a|so a backpack bo|ong|ng to ono ot tho v|ct|ms. 3|nco tho shor|tt |s a|so tho coronor, tho
doputy turnod ovor h|s t|nd|ngs to tho 0otoct|vo 3uroau whoro |t was p|acod |n ov|donco and tho mattor qu|ck|y droppod. 1ho doputy sa|d, 'As |ong
as ho's doad, tor h|s tam||y's sako, thoro's no po|nt |n ru|n|ng h|s roputat|on. ' 3os|dos, |t thoy doc|arod h|m doad and a now |oad camo up across
country, tho dotoct|vos wou|dn't got to go on anothor tr|p.'
3ho turthor oxp|a|nod that, as a gonora| ru|o, tho docoasod's bo|ong|ngs aro usua||y |tom|zod and ro|oasod to tho noxt ot k|n. ln th|s caso,
howovor, not ovoryth|ng was |tom|zod, on|y what was |n h|s pockots woro roturnod to h|s ro|at|vos. 3y now,' sho sa|d, tho ov|donco has |ong boon
dostroyod. Whon l |ott yoars ago, thoy woro |n tho procoss ot m|cro-t||m|ng tho coronor t||os and thon dostroy|ng tho t||o |tso|t. Wo a|ways kopt tho
dr|vor's ||conso a|ong w|th a coronor photograph |n tho coronor's ott|co. 1ho t||o that was opon to tho gonora| pub||c at that t|mo d|d not conta|n
ovoryth|ng on t||o |n tho County C|ork's ott|co. |owovor, tho County C|ork a|so wantod to got r|d ot Coronor t||os and about 1070 or '80 wo
d|scont|nuod t|||ng thom w|th tho County C|ork. ||s t|ngorpr|nts shou|d bo on t||o |n 3acramonto. . . . l th|nk |t ho was roa||y tho Zod|ac that ho cou|d
a|so bo t|od |nto tho l|vors|do murdor bocauso ot h|s omp|oymont as a toachor down thoro.'
3ho gavo mo h|s namo and caso t||o numbor. Was th|s tho murdoror ot tho young womon who passod noar lo|gh A||on's tra||or |n 3anta losa?
lo|gh had boon a studont at 3anta losa 1un|or Co||ogo. Cou|d ho havo had a contodorato a|| a|ong, wr|t|ng tho |ottors tor h|m, ono that had d|od |n
a h|ghway crash wh||o ho was |n Atascadoro and cou|d wr|to no |ottors oxonorat|ng h|m?
Whon tho toachor's w|dow was cata|og|ng h|s proporty,' a 3anta losa |nvost|gator to|d mo, sho camo across draw|ngs ot poop|o bo|ng
wh|ppod. 1ho skotchos suggostod tho husband had boon |nvo|vod |n 3 8 V. 1ho |nstructor had drawn h|mso|t as a woman and |abo|od |t w|th tho
toma|o vors|on ot h|s own namo. Ch|ot Wayno 0unham to|t tho docoasod man m|ght havo somoth|ng to do w|th K|m Wondy A||on's doath.' K|m, a
3anta losa 1un|or Co||ogo studont, had |ast boon soon Varch 4, 1072, h|tch|ng north on 101.
l'vo actua||y got a photocopy ot two ot tho draw|ngs thoy tound,' 3orgoant 3rown to|d mo yoars |ator. |o drow K|m and ho drow h|mso|t as
'|roda.' |o drow th|s othor g|r| and thoso two g|r|s had c|assos w|th h|m. And ho had th|s ha|r |n h|s wa||ot. 1hoy tostod |t, but |t wasn't K|m's. l don't
th|nk tho toachor d|d |t. Vaybo, but l doubt |t. l road h|s |ottors. Ono |nvost|gator thought that tho toachor had th|s sox/s|avo th|ng go|ng, wh|ps and
cha|ns and a|| th|s wo|rd stutt, and ho was obsossod w|th b|g-broastod womon. |o probab|y taught K|m, and whon sho shows up doad, ho bocamo
roa||y obsossod w|th hor. A wo|rd dudo.'
Wodnoaday, Nay 14, 1080
Piocoa ot tho puzz|o bogan to ta|| togothor tor 3orgoant 1ohn 3urko ot tho 3anta losa l.0. Wo havo a ton-man toam who havo boon koop|ng a
two-month survo|||anco on an |nd|v|dua|,' ho to|d mo. 0avo logrow [a tr|ond ot 3hor|tt 3utch Car|stodt| and Gary Cronshaw and l havo boon go|ng
through h|s t||o. |o was bookod at tho ja||houso |n 107b and was woar|ng a Zod|ac watch. |o's s|x toot ta||, 240 pounds. 3orn |n |ono|u|u. l'|| g|vo
you h|s namo |n a momont. . . .'
You don't havo to-ho was born |n 1088.'
Yos, lo|gh A||on. lt was tho wo|ght that throw us at t|rst, but thon |ast n|ght l not|cod that at tho t|mo ot tho k||||ngs th|s man wo|ghod 180 pounds.
What |s unusua| about th|s guy |s that wo havo h|s 200 sox rog|strant t||o . . . thoso aro brokon up |nto an A|pha t||o and what wo ca|| tho t|vo-by-o|ght
soct|on, a ||st ot l.0. charactor|st|cs. 1h|s |s tho t|rst man l'vo ovor soon to havo both c|ass|t|cat|ons. ||s rog|strat|on |s attachod to h|s A|pha t||o. |o
gavo h|s addross horo |n 3anta losa at h|s brothor's. Wo m|ght bo ab|o to got h|m tor ta|||ng to roport a movo undor tho sox rog|strat|on |aw. ln tho
murdors horo |n 3anta losa thoro |s somoth|ng l th|nk no ono o|so knows. On a|| tho bod|os woro tound t|brous ha|rs. Wo tound match|ng ha|rs |n
A||on's trunk |n h|s car. You know what thoy woro?'
What?'
Ch|pmunk ha|rs.'
Amaz|ng.'
l know whon l got ott work |ast n|ght-got homo a ||tt|o |ato at s|x o'c|ock-my w|to was gott|ng roady to go to work. 3ho can't put on hor makoup
stand|ng, so sho s|ts on tho countortop |n tho bathroom w|th hor toot |n tho s|nk. Whon sho hoard what l sa|d about ch|pmunk ha|rs, sho to|| ott tho
countor. l had to catch hor. A||on was us|ng ch|pmunks to ont|co k|ds. Wo||, lt's not ovor t||| tho tat man s|ngs.'
1huraday, Nay 22, 1080
With tho ubIication ot what l had |oarnod about Zod|ac ovor a docado, an onthus|ast|c army ot puzz|o so|vors woro attractod to tho hunt-my
|ntont|on trom tho start. As t|mo passod, po||co t||os, sproad to tho tour w|nds, bogan to show up |n tho hands ot nov|co dotoct|vos. Zod|ac butts dug
thom trom garagos and att|cs, ||ttod thom trom trash cans and c|osot sho|vos. Each day brought a t|na| so|ut|on c|osor-that momont whon
somoono, somowhoro wou|d rocogn|zo Zod|ac. 3ut attor somoono ma||od mo a b|oodsta|nod sh|rt ||ko 3t|no's, l d|scovorod l cou|d no |ongor opon
a s|ng|o |ottor. A 7lmos |ntorv|owor thought l appoarod uncomtortab|o drodg|ng up dota||s' ot Zod|ac. l adm|ttod to h|m l had not road a s|ng|o ono
ot tho thousand |ottors l had roco|vod tor toar ot gott|ng suckod |nto tho caso aga|n. l can't doa| w|th |t-|t's hard to oxp|a|n,' l to|d h|m. l don't want
to got phys|ca||y ||| aga|n. l can't do |t. lot now.'
War||y, l stud|od boxos ot man||a onvo|opos torwardod to mo-a dozon or so |ottors packod |ns|do oach. l oponod thom t|na||y, surpr|sod that,
w|th tow oxcopt|ons, most woro thoughttu|, |ngon|ous, ovon c|ovor. 1h|s 1hursday attornoon lo|gh A||on had a m|nor auto acc|dont. l had to wondor |t
ho was crack|ng up bocauso ot now |ntorost |n unmask|ng Zod|ac.
Friday, Auguat 8, 1080
1oachi, currontIy managor ot nat|onw|do G|obo 3ocur|ty, roco|vod a 3tato 3onato commondat|on tor |ong mor|tor|ous sorv|co. ||s joy was
damponod whon ho |oarnod lau| 3t|no's b|ood-b|ackonod sh|rt had van|shod trom w|th|n tho 3|l0. 1hroo months |ator to tho day, somoono got
|nto tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o and sto|o tho|r ont|ro Zod|ac t||o. l roca||od how Avory's Zod|ac t||o had a|so boon sto|on trom h|s car. l kopt m|no |n
tho satokoop|ng vau|t at 3ank ot Amor|ca.
1huraday, AriI 10, 1087
Zodiac might bo powortu|, |nto|||gont, and oxtraord|nar||y doad|y, but ho had a|ways |ackod or|g|na||ty. |rom costumo to woapons to mot|vo to codo
symbo|s, ho drow h|s porsona trom outs|do h|mso|t-most|y trom t||ms. Vov|o-mad to tho oxtromo, ho had thus tar ros|stod domand|ng a mov|o
about h|mso|t (though porhaps ho had, anonymous|y). 1wo t||ms had |nsp|rod h|s campa|gn ot torror-tho t|rst and most |nt|uont|a| mov|o suggostod
h|s ont|ro mothod ot oporat|on. |o had soon |t at a tormat|vo t|mo |n h|s ||to.
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zodiac'a dangoroua gamo"
Zodiac: hoodod, aocrotivo, proc|so-w|th a prod||oct|on tor b|zarro handmado woapons and unbroakab|o c|phors. A scont ot domon|c
possoss|on and br|mstono c|ung to Zod|ac. lnto|||gont, compu|s|vo, yot novor or|g|na|, ho p|ag|ar|zod h|s modus oporand| trom a watch taco, short
story, and t||m. ln h|s doc|phorod throo-part cryptogram ho oxp|a|nod h|s pr|mary mot|vat|on-an obsoss|on w|th l|chard Conno||'s thr||||ng
advonturo story 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo.'

l llKE KlllllG lEOllE 3ECAU3E l1 l3 3O VUC| |Ul,' Zod|ac had wr|tton. l1 l3 VOlE |Ul 1|Al KlllllG Wll0 GAVE ll 1|E
|OllE31 3ECAU3E VAl l3 1|E VO31 0AlGElOU3 AllVAl O| All 1O Klll. . . .'

lo|gh A||on troo|y adm|ttod ho |ovod Conno||'s short ta|o. lt was tho bost story l road |n h|gh schoo|,' ho oarnost|y to|d dotoct|vos |n that hot
rot|nory ott|co. Conno||'s story ox|stod as book and t||m. Wh|ch |nt|uoncod Zod|ac-pr|ntod story or mov|o? 3ubt|o d|ttoroncos |nd|catod wh|ch. lt
was poss|b|o to |oarn whon a torr|b|o thought cropt ||ko a snako' |nto Zod|ac's bra|n. 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,' pr|ntod |n Vorloty and
pub||shod by V|nton 3a|ch 8 Company |n 1024, won tho O. |onry Vomor|a| Award tor that yoar. 1ho pr|ntod vors|on, |nc|udod |n advonturo
antho|og|os and h|gh schoo| toxts ovor s|nco, goos ||ko th|s:
3angor la|nstord, a b|g-gamo huntor, ta||s ovorboard trom h|s yacht. 3trandod, ho hoars tho roport ot a .22, and th|nks tho huntor must havo
norvo to tack|o |argo w||d gamo w|th so ||ght a gun. |o moots Gonora| Zarott, a sad|st|c luss|an oxpatr|ato sportsman. Zarott (a namo s|m||ar to
Zod|ac) hunts at n|ght w|th d|ttoront woapons to mako tho hunt moro oxc|t|ng. Whon la|nstord says ho cons|dors tho Capo butta|o tho most
dangorous ot a|| b|g gamo, Zarott corrocts h|m, lo. You aro wrong, s|r . . . horo |n my prosorvo on [3h|p-1rap ls|and|, l hunt tho most dangorous
gamo. . . . Vy hand was mado tor tho tr|ggor, my tathor sa|d. . . . Vy who|o ||to has boon ono pro|ongod hunt. . . . l onjoy tho prob|oms ot tho chaso
[so| l had to |nvont a now an|ma| to hunt. l bought th|s |s|and, bu||t th|s houso [an anc|ont cast|o w|th towors and a gargoy|o-shapod door knockor|,
and horo l do my hunt|ng.' 3urround|ng aro jung|os w|th mazos ot tra||s, h|||s, and swamps. Evory day l hunt, and l novor grow borod now, tor l havo
a quarry w|th wh|ch l can match my w|ts.'
Zarott's most dangorous gamo' |s poop|o. |o prov|dos la|nstord w|th throo hours, hoad start and an oxco||ont hunt|ng kn|to.' |o choortu||y
acknow|odgos' h|mso|t dotoatod |t ho doosn't t|nd h|m by m|dn|ght ot tho th|rd day. lt la|nstord w|ns, tho gonora|'s s|oop w||| p|aco h|m on tho
ma|n|and. Armod on|y w|th a .22-ca||bor p|sto| and bow and arrow (A||on's hunt|ng woapons), Zarott pursuos h|s quarry. On tho t|rst n|ght Zarott
a||ows la|nstord to oscapo. la|nstord roa||zos ho |s sav|ng h|m tor anothor day's sport.
1ho t|na| batt|o |s p|ayod out |n tho mad huntor's bodroom. You havo won tho gamo!' ho says. l am st||| a boast at bay.' la|nstord cr|os, Got
roady, Gonora| Zarott,' and Zarott |s k|||od. 3ut tho wr|tton story |ackod tho costumo and pursu|t ot a young coup|o by gun and kn|to that had |nsp|rod
Zod|ac. Zod|ac's pr|mary mot|vat|on, that ga|van|z|ng t|ash po|nt, was a t||m, but wh|ch ono and |n what yoar?


|n a convoraation w|th h|s tr|ond lh|| 1uckor, A||on spoko ot a 104b t||m, A Oomo o Lootb.
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W|th |ts sta|k|ng by crossbow and Zod|ac-||ko t|t|o,
tho t||m was ||ko|y an |nsp|rat|on. Gonora| Kro|gnor's |nsan|ty |s attr|butod to a wound trom a Capo butta|o rathor than a nood to d|spo| borodom.
Othor adaptat|ons ot Conno||'s story to||owod.
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3ocauso W||||s O'3r|on's an|mat|on ot h|s g|ant apo, K|ng Kong, took too many months to comp|oto, producor Vor|an C. Coopor and d|roctors
Ernost 3. 3choodsack and lrv|ng l|cho| doc|dod to shoot a socond mov|o omp|oy|ng Koog's ox|st|ng sots and much ot |ts cast. lKO's s|xty-throo-
m|nuto-|ongb|ack-and-wh|to adaptat|on ot 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo was shot |n 1082, a yoar attor A||on's b|rth. 3croonwr|tor 1amos Ashmoro
Croo|man, wh||o rota|n|ng Conno||'s d|a|oguo, |ntroducod a soxua| patho|ogy to account tor tho cunn|ng Count Zarott's man|a-hunt|ng |nt|amod h|s
othor pass|ons. 1ho hunt as a procursor tor sox had ontorod tho oquat|on. 3ob la|nstord (1oo| VcCroa), an Amor|can b|g-gamo huntor roturn|ng
trom satar|, sw|ms to noarby 3h|p-1rap ls|and attor tako channo| ||ghts |uro h|s yacht onto a root. Count Zarott (los||o 3anks), archor, wa|tz
composor, and so|t-contossod barbar|an |n ovon|ng dross, |s tho portoct host. Costar |ay Wray (Evo 1rowbr|dgo) roca||od, . . . tho actor who
p|ayod Count Zarott w|th a jaggod scar across h|s torohoad had somoth|ng wrong w|th ono oyo and |t gavo h|m a roa||y scary oxpross|on.' 3anks's
taco prosontod two dramat|ca||y d|ttoront prot||os-tho |ott brut|sh, tho r|ght handsomo-tho rosu|t ot a sor|ous wound tho actor roco|vod dur|ng
Wor|d War l. ||s 1oky||-|ydo qua||ty dop|ctod tho sch|zophron|c qua||t|os ot a cu|turod man possossod by bost|a| dos|ros. God makos somo mon
poots,' Zarott oxp|a|ns. 3omo |o makos k|ngs, somo boggars. Vo, |o mado a huntor. . . .
Ono n|ght as l |ay |n my tont w|th th|s-th|s hoad ot m|no, a torr|b|o thought cropt ||ko a snako |nto my bra|n . . . hunt|ng was bog|nn|ng to boro
mo. Whon l |ost my |ovo ot hunt|ng, l |ost my |ovo ot ||to, my |ovo ot |ovo . . . what l noodod was not a now woapon, but a now an|ma|. . . . Wo
barbar|ans know that |t |s attor tho chaso and thon on|y that man rovo|s . . . you know tho say|ng ot tho Ogand| ch|otta|ns-'|unt t|rst tho onomy,
thon tho woman.' lt |s tho natura| |nst|nct. What |s woman? Evon such a woman as th|s unt|| tho b|ood |s qu|ckonod by tho k||| . . . ono pass|on
bu||ds upon anothor. K|||, thon |ovo. Whon you havo known that, you havo known ocstasy.'

|oro on my |s|and l hunt tho most dangorous gamo,' tho count to||s la|nstord and Evo. Wo aro go|ng to p|ay 'outdoor choss.' Your bra|n aga|nst
m|no-your woodcratt aga|nst m|no. Whon l was on|y st|rrup h|gh [my tathor| gavo mo my t|rst gun. . . . lt wou|d bo |mposs|b|o to to|| you how many
an|ma|s l havo k|||od.' A||on's tathor, a m|||tary man, gavo h|s son a r|t|o and taught h|m to hunt, and A||on was tho on|y Zod|ac suspoct who was an
archor. 1ho |mago that opons tho t||m |s a cast|o door knockor ot a 0y|ng Contaur, an arrow |n h|s broast. A wa|| pa|nt|ng abovo tho sta|rs dop|cts a
s|m||ar maddonod contaur, armod w|th a bow and arrow, carry|ng tho body ot a woman through tho woods. 1ho contaur |s tho astro|og|ca| symbo|
tor 3ag|ttar|us (lovombor 22-0ocombor 21), A||on's own zod|ac s|gn.
Zarott, h|s Cossack honchman, lvan, and a pack ot hounds hunt la|nstord and Evo. ln tho t||m tho hunt takos p|aco |n ono n|ght, not throo, and a
coup|o, not a s|ng|o man, aro huntod just as Zod|ac huntod coup|os. lt thoy o|udo Zarott |n tho |s|and's toggy jung|o, thoy w||| bo sot troo. W|th h|s
3atan|c b|ack hunt|ng outt|t, to|ds gathorod and c|nchod at wr|sts and ank|os, Zarott racos sw|tt|y through tho tog boh|nd a pack ot hounds. ln a
shoath on h|s |ott s|do |s a toot-|ong kn|to. 1ho scabbard |s docoratod w|th r|vots. ln h|s r|ght hand |s a proc|s|on h|gh-poworod r|t|o. lursuod |n tho
watory soct|ons-a swamp, a watorta||, tho coup|o t|na||y roach tho ocoan's odgo. 1ho woundod count d|os whon ho p|ungos ovor h|s ba|cony and |s
dovourod by h|s own ravonous hounds as la|nstord and Evo oscapo by boat.
3ocauso ot tho woapons (ospoc|a||y tho bow and arrow), tho costumo, wh|ch so c|oar|y |nsp|rod tho outt|t Zod|ac woro at lako 3orryossa, tho
n|ghtt|mo pursu|t ot a coup|o noar wator, tho concopt ot outdoor choss, and tho |mago ot tho 0y|ng Contaur, l am |nc||nod to th|nk th|s part|cu|ar t||m
most |nt|uoncod Zod|ac. And |t had p|ayod at tho Avonuo 1hoatro. 1hoso an|ma|s l huntod,' says la|nstord, now l know how thoy to|t.' W|th tho
|ono|y, un|ovod archor, tho o||to ox||o, Zod|ac had tound a rosonanco w|th h|s truo ||to.


Radio drama, at |ts zon|th dur|ng Zod|ac's youth, adaptod Conno||'s ta|o. 1ho most tamous rad|o vors|on appoarod on C33's 5ospooso,
3optombor 28, 1048. lts t|tty-o|ghth show starrod Orson Wo||os as Zarott and Koonan Wynn as la|nstord. 1acquos A. ||nko wroto tho scr|pt tor
producor-d|roctor W||||am 3p|or.
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Augmontod by sound ottocts, tu|| orchostra, and tho powor ot |mag|nat|on, rad|o adaptat|ons cou|d bo
torm|dab|o |nt|uoncos. A||on, ton at tho t|mo ot tho broadcast, wou|d havo boon |y|ng |n tho darknoss ||ston|ng that 1hursday n|ght, ||t on|y by tho g|ow
ot tho d|a|. 1ho stat|c ot tho broadcast t|||od tho room. A tormat|vo ago, ton.
l don't romombor wh|ch day wo had d|scussod '1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,' and hunt|ng poop|o,' Chonoy to|d mo, but somobody d|d a
to|ov|s|onprosontat|on us|ng that p|ot and l th|nk that's what wo d|scussod, that and tho tact that thoro was a book. 1ho p|ot has boon usod and
usod.'
1ho |nsp|rat|on tor Zod|ac's gun that projoctod a boam ot ||ght camo trom a to|ov|s|on show adaptod trom a story by W||||am C. Vorr|son. A
10b0s A|roo lltcbcock Prosoots starr|ng Vyron VcCorm|ck toaturod a young man w|th a t|ash||ght tapod to h|s r|t|o. 1ust shoot tor tho dark spot |n
tho ||ght and you w||| h|t your targot,' ho sa|d-oxact|y as Zod|ac wroto. |unt|ng sma|| gamo at n|ght, ho chancod upon two |ovors-rosu|t: acc|donta|
murdor. A vongotu| tathor says at tho conc|us|on, oyos g||ttor|ng: 1ho oxc|tomont ot a manhunt-tho most dangorous gamo!'
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
5unday, 5otombor 27, 1087
Arthur Loigh AIIon, |n sp|to ot t|nanc|a| prob|oms, |ackod tho w|||powor to ros|st a now purchaso. |o bought a $2,b00 toam, t|borg|ass u|tra-||ght
aorop|ano' w|th a to|d|ng-w|ng opt|on. l|kow|so, ho was compo||od to hoap on add|t|ona| paraphorna||a, and draw up b|uopr|nts tor c|ovor
mod|t|cat|ons. 3ut h|s dotor|orat|ng v|s|on drast|ca||y curta||od h|s act|vo ||tosty|o. ||s t|agg|ng phys|ca| stam|na, duo to grow|ng d|abotos and k|dnoy
prob|oms, anchorod h|m c|oso to |rosno 3troot.
K|dnoy ta||uro |s a s|ow procoss,' a nurso oxp|a|nod. lt's on|y |mm|nont attor yoars and yoars. You can havo |t most ot your ||to, but |t's on|y
toward tho ond ot tho d|soaso that you ond up on d|a|ys|s. lt doponds how bad your hyportons|on |s. 1hrough tho yoars tho d|abotos dostroys tho
b|ood vosso|s, causos thom to bo |oss ros|||ont, and so you got h|gh b|ood prossuro. 1hon tho h|gh b|ood prossuro dostroys tho k|dnoys and you
ond up on d|a|ys|s. 1ho v|s|on goos.
latura||y dr|nk|ng |s harmtu|. Your sk|n co|or has changod bocauso your k|dnoys aro not tunct|on|ng propor|y. And so you |ook sa||ow. 0|a|ys|s |s
not pa|ntu|, but |t |s dob|||tat|ng. You w||| got vory woak attorward, and usua||y not bo good tor anyth|ng tho rost ot that day. 1ho troatmont's tor throo
hours, throo t|mos a wook, tor as |ong as you ||vo. 3omot|mos |t's |ongor tor poop|o who dr|nk too much. lt thoy'ro |argo |nd|v|dua|s tho t|mo m|ght bo
oxtondod.'
Aga|nst doctor's ordors, lo|gh guzz|od boor trom a quart jar, scann|ng tho nowspapor whoro conjocturos about Zod|ac's tato st||| ragod. 1hoy
woro most p|ont|tu| on tho ann|vorsar|os ot tho attacks, a day such as today. Exp|anat|ons as to Zod|ac's whoroabouts rangod trom |mpr|sonmont to
doath to po||co prox|m|ty so c|oso Zod|ac darod not act. l|| hoa|th had hard|y boon cons|dorod |n tho oquat|on. 1hus tar, outs|do |aw ontorcomont,
A||on's namo had not boon ||nkod to Zod|ac |n pr|nt. lo traudu|ont |ntormant cou|d targot A||on |t ho hadn't hoard ot h|m. 3ut tho pr|mo suspoct st|||
t|auntod h|s connoct|on to tho caso-sav|ng art|c|os about Zod|ac and porvorso|y woar|ng tho Zod|ac watch and Z-omb|om r|ng. lt g|vo h|m
p|oasuro. Gradua||y, tho gon|o omorgod trom tho bott|o. 1ho |oak camo not trom tho mod|a, but tho |oca| po||co dopartmont. A subst|tuto toachor |n
3anta losa jun|or and son|or h|gh schoo|s bocamo concornod.
Vy occupat|on has g|von mo tho opportun|ty to obsorvo how |oca| toonagors havo roactod to your book about Zod|ac,' ho |ntormod mo. l'vo
soon cop|os pu||od out at troo road|ng t|mo |n c|assrooms a|| ovor town, but l novor had much |ntorost |n tho subjoct unt|| |ast spr|ng whon, at var|ous
t|mos, l ovorhoard studonts and statt mombors d|scuss|ng tho book. Apparont|y ono ot tho studonts |s tho son ot a |oca| po||coman, and word has
gotton around that tho man you ca|| '3tarr' works at |r|odman 3rothors |ardwaro |n south 3anta losa. 3omo ot tho k|ds soom to know tho man's
roa| namo, or th|nk thoy do.
1h|s causod mo to worry on two counts. ||rst tho man thoy th|nk |s '3tarr' may not bo h|m, and an |nnocont man's roputat|on |s bo|ng ground up |n
tho rumor m|||. 3ocond, tho man m|ght roa||y bo 3tarr and ho m|ght roa||y bo tho k|||or. 1h|s ra|sos tho unp|oasant |mago ot ||tt|o bunchos ot jun|or
h|gh k|ds troop|ng through |r|odman 3rothors on satar| to||ow|ng a dangorous parano|d. l'm sorry th|s sounds a b|t nogat|vo. l thought your book
was wo|| dono and l hopo your work |oads to tho k|||or's capturo.'
3orn |n 1071, |aro|d |uttman's son hadn't boon too tam|||ar w|th tho Zod|ac caso unt|| h|s tathor bogan to|||ng h|m about h|s o|d tr|ond, lo|gh
A||on. Attor my tathor sp|||od tho boans,' lob wroto, l road lobort Graysm|th's Zooloc. . . . l scarod myso|t to doath. l know oxact|y who 'lobort |a||
3ob' 3tarr' roa||y was. Attor d|gost|ng th|s horr|t|c roa||zat|on, l wou|d brag to my tr|onds rogard|ng a|| l had |oarnod trom Zooloc and my tathor's
(and mothor's) ta|os ot lo|gh's v|o|ont outbursts whon thoy woro young. l wou|d mako a|| tho connoct|ons. l wou|d, |n turn, scaro my tr|onds to doath
-thon broak tho |co by to|||ng thom how lo|gh wantod to mako rav|o||s tor my tathor and l, but |nstoad wo wont to l|Ol. On othor occas|ons my
0ad wou|d br|ng homo orangos trom lo|gh's troos, and l wou|d ottor thom to my tr|onds. Onco d|gostod, l'd rovoa| to my pa|s that thoy had just
oaton Zod|ac K|||or orangos (and aga|n thoy wou|d bo scarod to doath).'
Cra|g,'
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a young man, a|so |oarnod ot A||on through tho 3anta losa lo||co. ln tho |ato 1080s, ho and h|s dad v|s|tod A||on's houso on |rosno
3troot. A||on c|a|mod ho d|dn't know who had turnod h|m |n to tho po||co. Cra|g to|d h|m |t was Chonoy. l'm vory d|sturbod at tho thought ot that,'
lo|gh rop||od. 0on Chonoy |s capab|o ot porpotuat|ng thoso cr|mos and ho ovon tr|ghtons mo. 0on has a torr|b|o tompor.'
|o soomod to bo spoak|ng tor Zod|ac,' Cra|g sa|d |ator. |o c|a|mod that ho was tho ono who croatod tho Zod|ac codos, or at |oast tho codos
woro |nsp|rod by h|m. |o showod us h|s own codo, wh|ch |s tho ono ho apparont|y showod lon A||on's w|to. |o had othors that woro d|ttoront trom
what lon A||on's w|to saw.' Cra|g rocogn|zod a |ot ot tho symbo|s as bo|ng Zod|ac's. A||on to|d thom that tho Zod|ac c|phors ho had |n h|s
possoss|on woro tho or|g|na| work ot a conv|ctod murdoror ho had mot at Atascadoro. lt was wh||o l was work|ng thoro |n tho oar|y s|xt|os,' ho sa|d.
1hat much was truo. Yoah, Zod|ac got th|s trom th|s |nmato and |t |nsp|rod h|s c|phors.'
What do you moan?' askod Cra|g. What do you moan? |ow do you know that un|oss you'ro Zod|ac?'
A||on cont|nuod to draw susp|c|on to h|mso|t w|th such s|y commonts and appoarancos at cr|mo sconos. And t|mo was runn|ng out tor tho
|nvost|gators-n|notoon yoars had passod s|nco Zod|ac's |ast cont|rmod murdor, th|rtoon yoars s|nco h|s |ast |ottor. Wou|d that unso||c|tod |oad
||nk|ng lo|gh A||on to Zod|ac ovor como?
1uoaday, Octobor 28, 1087
CIairvoyant Joaoh DoLouiao c|a|mod ho'd boon tunod |nto tho hoodod oxocut|onor's thoughts tor noar|y twonty yoars. |o had onco psych|ca||y
onv|s|onod a box |n tho Zod|ac's possoss|on and adv|sod h|m to r|d h|mso|t ot |t. l wondorod |t lo|gh st||| had tho mystor|ous gray box ho a||owod no
ono to opon. 0olou|so thought tho k|||or m|ght bo a 3corp|o or Aquar|an bocauso ot tho t|guros 11-2 and 2-11, wh|ch ho kopt roco|v|ng.
1ransm|ss|ons rog|storod on 0olou|so's m|nd: a wh|to dog and horsos, |ono||noss, and an |ntonso hatrod ot tho po||co.
1ho Ch|cago-basod psych|c, known as tho lrophot ot 3poc|t|cs' bocauso ot h|s accurato prod|ct|ons, had rocont|y had a socond v|s|on. Zod|ac
|s ||v|ng noar 3orko|oy,' ho sa|d on Vonday. l rocont|y got a ca|| trom a 3ay Aroa woman who bo||ovod sho was dat|ng Zod|ac. A tow wooks attor
tho woman ca||od, l got an anonymous ca||. 'l'm back,' |t sa|d. 1ho woman prom|sod to ca|| mo back but novor d|d. 3ho may bo doad. l soo dangor
around hor. l don't too| that sho was putt|ng mo on. |o's out thoro now. |o's dat|ng and ho's k||||ng, but ho |sn't tak|ng crod|t anymoro. What ho's
do|ng now |s porsona|. |o too|s rojoctod by tho womon ho's soo|ng. l th|nk ho'|| ca|| mo soon. l can too| |t.' As |t |n rosponso to tho psych|c's
ontroat|os, a g|ovod hand droppod two |ottors |nto a 3an |ranc|sco ma||box on tho morn|ng ot Octobor 28. Addrossod to tho Cbroolc|o and Vo||ojo
7lmos-loro|o, both carr|od Zod|ac's tam|||ar sa|utat|on.
Wodnoaday, Octobor 20, 1087
1ho 1|mos-|ora|d rocoivod |ts |ottor and passod |t on to |rod 3h|r|sago, who had |t dustod tor pr|nts. Our guy has novor |ott a pr|nt |n tho past,' ho
sa|d. 3ut tho |3l had onco gotton a pr|nt slml|or to tho cab pr|nt on ono |ottor. l askod 3h|r|sago |t ho bo||ovod |n tho b|oody pr|nt. l don't know
myso|t,' ho sa|d. 1horo woro somo w|tnossos |nd|cat|ng that ho w|pod |t a|| ott.' A handwr|t|ng oxport ana|yzod tho pr|nt|ng on tho now |ottor
|mmod|ato|y. 1ho t|rst throo sontoncos road ||ko tho Apr|| 1078 |ottor. 1ho toxt sa|d:
0oar Ed|tor 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng l am crack proot. 1o|| horb caon that l am st||| horo. l havo a|ways boon horo. 1o|| tho b|uo p|gs |t
want mo l w||| bo out dr|v|ng around on |a||owoon |n my doath mach|no |ook|ng tor somo K|dd|os to run ovor Cars mako n|co woapons. . . . 1ho
p|gs can catch mo |t thoy can t|nd mo out thoro. 1ust ||ko |n tho mov|o: 1ho car. 1o|| tho k|dd|os watch botoro thoy cross tho stroots on
ha||owoon n|to. 1o|| 1och| my now p|ans Yours tru|y: [Zod|ac symbo|| guoss vl0-0'

K|m Kraus, a va||ojo mothor ot throo, hoard about tho now |ottor. Ono ot tho no|ghborhood boys actua||y brought a copy ot tho art|c|o down to our
houso and showod my ch||dron. lt tr|ghtonod thom.'
0ar|ono's tormor husband, 0oan, had no commont, but h|s prosont w|to, Kath|o, d|d. l'm just hop|ng th|s |s a|| a hoax,' sho sa|d, but maybo |t
Zod|ac surtacos-hopotu||y w|thout hurt|ng anyono-ho m|ght |oavo a now track that cou|d |oad to h|m bo|ng caught-and sook|ng ho|p. l can't
|mag|no somobody bo|ng qu|ot and stay back a|| th|s t|mo |t ho woro as batty as [Zod|ac| was. A guy as cocky and conco|tod as h|m wou|d havo |ot
|t bo known ho was busy aga|n.'
1ho on|y th|ng that wou|d koop th|s guy back |s tho po||co bo|ng c|oso,' l to|d roportor Gono 3||vorman. l th|nk tho po||co oro c|oso and l st|||
bo||ovo thoy aro go|ng to so|vo th|s. |rom what l saw, tho |ottor |ookod ||ko b|ts and p|ocos ot othor Zod|ac |ottors. 1horo's noth|ng or|g|na| about |t.
Zod|ac a|ways had a macabro bont to h|s wr|t|ng, and l don't soo |t horo. |o m|sspo||od 1osch|, and l can't |mag|no h|m do|ng that. Zod|ac, |n h|s
way, has a |ot ot rospoct tor 1osch|. 3ut l undorstand tho dos|ro to soo tho roa| Zod|ac surtaco. lt wou|d bo ono moro chanco tor h|m to s||p up. l'|| bo
tho t|rst to say so-l th|nk both |ottors aro takos.'
Unt|| Zod|ac |s caught, th|s toar w||| a|ways bo hang|ng ovor tho |orr|n tam||y-ovor a|| ot us |n tact,' sa|d Carmo|a (lo|gh) Koo|on, ownor ot
Carmo|a's Cato. ln 1000 sho had ownod Caosar's lta||an lostaurant and omp|oyod 0oan as a cook. Evory t|mo l got a crank ca||, Zod|ac crossos
my m|nd.' At m|d-month, 0ar|ono |orr|n's s|stor, lam, had d|scovorod a Zod|ac symbo| scraw|od |n b|uo to|t-t|p pon on hor tront door, and now a
throat to |a||owoon tr|ck-or-troators was pa|ntod on tho garago.
1huraday, Octobor 80, 1087
DOJ agrood. Catain Conway, ro||ovod tho |ottors woro hoaxos, nonotho|oss put oxtra patro|s on tho stroots |a||owoon Evo. |a||owoon was an
|mportant ho||day tor Zod|ac. va||ojo's 3|g Gamo' was trad|t|ona||y ho|d that day. Zod|ac had ma||od a throaton|ng |a||owoon card, and otton
mont|onod gamo.' 3p|r|t Wook tor tho 3|g Gamo |nc|udod symbo||c bur|a|' coromon|os ot tho 0r. 1amos 1. |ogan 3on|or ||gh 3choo|'s tootba||
toam. 3omo ot Zod|ac's v|ct|ms had boon |ogan ||gh studonts. va||ojo ||gh studonts stood watch ovor a cott|n that conta|nod a body'
roprosont|ng |ogan ||gh.
Vurdor suspoct 3hawn Vo|ton, a po||co group|o, contossod to po||co ho was ro-onact|ng a Zod|ac murdor whon ho strang|od 1oromy 3tonor.
Vo|ton's t|rst contact w|th tho po||co had boon whon ho took tho rosu|ts ot h|s own |nvost|gat|on ot a Zod|ac va||ojo murdor to |oca| dotoct|vos.
1|m lang, and Capta|n Conway and l mot w|th V|ko la||,' 3awart to|d mo, who was a 0.A. thon and |s now a judgo. 1horo was a k|nd ot
|ntamous caso trom our county, a k|d namod 1oromy 3tonor, a s|x-yoar-o|d, was abductod and u|t|mato|y tound doad |n tho 0o|ta. 1ho rospons|b|o
on that was a guy namod 3hawn Vo|ton. Vo|ton's tathor at ono t|mo a||udod to tho tact that Vo|ton wroto |ottors to tho nowspapor [||ko Zod|ac| and
h|s torm|no|ogy was somowhat s|m||ar to tho Zod|ac. 3omobody camo out w|th th|s ha|r-bra|nod |doa that ho was tho Zod|ac. 3ut ho wasn't, l can
assuro you ot that! Wo woro moot|ng w|th tho 0.A. at that t|mo to soo |t ho wou|d rot||o on 3hawn Vo|ton. 1horo had boon two tr|a|s on h|m and thoro
had boon two hung jur|os.' Vo|ton was ovontua||y conv|ctod. |o was tho t|rst murdoror |nsp|rod by Zod|ac. 1o our horror, ho wou|d not bo tho |ast.
1uoaday, Novombor 17, 1087
| tound it d|tt|cu|t to bo||ovo that such a horr|ty|ng murdoror as Zod|ac has not yot boon caught,' a roador to|d mo. Your wr|t|ngs on 3tarr [my
psoudonym tor A||on| corta|n|y conv|ncod mo ho |s Zod|ac. l bo||ovo that |t tho po||co had soarchod 3tarr's mothor's houso and ospoc|a||y tho
basomont thoy wou|d havo tound a|| tho ov|donco thoy cou|d poss|b|y havo wantod. 3y th|s t|mo, 3tarr has obv|ous|y h|ddon any ov|donco. |o a|so
t|guros prom|nont|y |n my m|nd bocauso Zod|ac |s obv|ous|y an |nto|||gont man who usos do||borato m|sspo|||ngs to throw ott tho po||co. 0|d 3tarr
havo a hab|t ot do||borato|y m|sspo|||ng words?' A good |doa. l chockod. lomarkab|y, l d|scovorod ho d|d.
3omo Zod|ac c|phors had novor boon so|vod. 3utts had not g|von up try|ng to crack thom. 1ho o|ghtoon charactors at tho ond ot Zod|ac's throo-
part cryptogram attractod tho most attont|on. luth Gorstankorn roarrangod thom to road somoth|ng othor than tho anagram lobort Emmott tho
||pp|o' most had a|roady d|scovorod. 3ho tound 3otoro l moot otorn|ty' and anothor poss|b|||ty-3otoro l moot thom l p|ty thom.' Anothor roador
sa|d:
1ho th|ng that ch|||od my b|ood was that ono ot tho symbo|s usod was a c|rc|o b|soctod by a cross, usod |n tho p|ott|ng ot what |s known as a
po|ar co-ord|nato. Vy suppos|t|on |s th|s, tho |ast o|ghtoon charactors [3EOll-E1EVE1||ll1l| |n tho August '00 c|phor |s not a namo, but
moro |mportant a |ocat|on that p|npo|nts tho murdoror's |ocat|on. 1ho |ottors aro |n actua||ty numbors |a|d out |n a|gobra|c tash|on on a graph
w|th tho graph bo|ng |a|d out on a north-south to oast-wost gr|d on pr|nc|p|o stroots or |andmarks |n tho 3an |ranc|sco aroa, w|th random |ottors
bo|ng |nsortod as a t|||or to mako tho ||no como out ovon |n rospoct to charactors por ||no. 0ono |n mathomat|ca| tash|on, tho accuracy ot th|s
graph cou|d oas||y p|npo|nt tho |ocat|on to a spoc|t|c |ocat|on |n a spoc|t|c room |n a spoc|t|c bu||d|ng.
Anothor po|nt-a|| o|ghtoon charactors aro numbors and that both coord|natos aro to||owod by numora|s attor tho doc|ma| po|nt. 1h|s typo ot
mathomat|ca| p|ott|ng |s w|do|y usod |n mochan|ca| ong|noor|ng and wou|d bo usod by anyono tam|||ar w|th sc|onco. 3|nco tho |oad|ng
suspocts had boon sa||ors at ono t|mo, tho charactors cou|d stand tor dogroos ot |at|tudo and |ong|tudo. 1h|s can bo usod attor componsat|ng
tor dov|at|on and var|at|on on a magnot|c compass to p|npo|nt a |ocat|on to w|th|n s|xty toot, p|us or m|nus. l wou|d, attor trans|at|on, uso an
a|rcratt map ot tho aroa ot summor 1000 v|ntago to p|ot tho |sogon|c ||nos propor|y, |nasmuch as tho |ocat|on ot tho oarth's magnot|c po|o doos
chango s||ght|y trom yoar to yoar. lat|tudo and |ong|tudo aro customar||y g|von as a sor|os ot numbors to||owod by a |ottor, |n dogroos m|nutos
and soconds.'

|owovor, oar|y on, cryptographor |onry Ephron roportod to 3orgoant lynch that tho o|ghtoon charactors woro symbo||c dust tossod |nto tho
oyos ot any wou|d-bo so|vor' to contuso and do|ay so|ut|on:
lo ono rocogn|zod that thoso moan|ng|oss charactors [nu||s| aro standard pract|co |n cryptography to t||| out ompty spaco and oqua||zo
groups |n s|zo (|n th|s caso to t||| out tho spaco nocossary w|th s|m||ar symbo|s |n ordor to mako tho th|rd part oxact|y tho samo s|zo as tho t|rst
two, a projoct obv|ous|y doar to tho hoart ot Zod|ac).' Ephron oxp|a|nod that ropot|t|ons ot symbo|s, d|graphs, and |ongor groups aro tho moans
by wh|ch c|phors aro so|vod: On tho bas|s ot troquoncy tho va|uo l shou|d havo had on|y two symbo|s, but bocauso ot tho troquoncy ot ls |n h|s
mossago, ho sw|tchod attor tho onc|phor|ng was bogun to us|ng tho squaro both ha|t-b|ack and tu||y b|ack, thus g|v|ng h|mso|t anothor symbo|
tor l and tor groator var|oty |n tho doub|o l's ho gavo up tho a|tornat|on rogu|ar|ty. 3ut my t|rst d|scovory on ana|ys|s was tho |dont|ty ot tho two
squaros and 3 (a|| tho symbo|s tor l). Zod|ac's symbo| tor A appoars, soom|ng|y by orror, as 3 and 3 as A. Voro dust |n tho so|vor's oyos!
1horo |s no m|stako thoro. |o was try|ng to contuso tho doc|phoror and ho d|d.'

lau| Avory st||| bo||ovod tho o|ghtoon charactors stood tor lobort Emmott.
Evorybody |ovos a good mystory,' ho sa|d. loop|o track mo down to ta|k about Zod|ac. l'm do|ugod w|th phono ca||s and wo|rd
corrospondonco.' lt's tho stutt |ogonds aro mado ot,' l rop||od. ln twonty yoars th|s caso w||| bo ||ko 1ack tho l|ppor. 3ut somot|mos l too| ||ko l'vo
croatod a monstor by wr|t|ng about |t.' lo,' sa|d Avory. 1ho roa| monstor |s Zod|ac h|mso|t.'
1o thoso around h|m, Zod|ac, a bordor||no psychot|c, m|ght appoar as wo|| contro||od and ca|m, ovon roasonab|o. |o protors tho pass|vonoss ot
p|cturos, 1v, and tho mov|os,' 0r. Vurray V|ron wroto. Zod|ac wou|d havo spont much ot h|s t|mo |n mov|o housos spoc|a||z|ng |n sadomasoch|st
and occu|t orot|c|sm.' Ono part|cu|ar mov|o had boon sot at tho un|quo p|aco whoro A||on's tathor workod, whoro W|ng Wa|kor shoos woro so|d,
and whoro lo|gh had spont t|mo v|s|t|ng and go|ng to tho mov|os. 1h|s socond |nt|uont|a| t||m |nsp|rod h|s |ottors. lt wou|d to|| us moro about Zod|ac.
lt to|d us whoro ho had boon.
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zodiac at troaauro iaIand
5troota namod 5turgoon, courts namod |a||but and ||oundor |ntorsoctod, and an Avonuo ot la|ms buttrossod tho |s|and's wost s|do. An
onc|osuro ot t||o and marb|o had onco boon tho |ounta|n ot Wostorn Wators. lt had cascadod botoro a sovonty-toot-h|gh torra-cotta-co|orod statuo
ot tho goddoss lac|t|ca. 1hon, 1roasuro ls|and had boon a c|ty ot ||ght, t|oat|ng upon tho wavos |n tho vory c||mos whoro lobort lou|s 3tovonson
onco trod. lt sh|mmorod br|ot|y at tho ond ot tho 1080s as a boacon ot poaco, t||ckorod, and thon wont out. 3ut tor a wh||o tho n|ght had boon ||t w|th
pasto| soarch||ghts |||um|nat|ng domos and towors, co|orod ||ghts woro rot|octod |n st||| poo|s and spark|od |n ta|||ng cascados.
1roasuro ls|and bogan as a sor|os ot jaggod surt-|ashod shoa|s north ot Yorba 3uona ls|and. lrova|||ng summor w|nds trom tho Go|don Gato
torcod workors to t|rst construct a ton-story soawa||. 1hoy massod thousands ot tons ot bou|dors to oroct a barr|or th|rtoon toot abovo soa |ovo|
around a squaro-m||o aroa. 1ho rosu|t|ng |agoon, a m||o |ong and two-th|rds ot a m||o w|do, was thon t|||od |n w|th twonty m||||on cub|c yards ot
soat|oor mud. A ramp soon connoctod 1roasuro ls|and w|th contra||y |ocatod Yorba 3uona ls|and and tho 3ay 3r|dgo. ||na||y, 3an |ranc|sco
doc|dod to ho|d |ts th|rd wor|d's ta|r on tho man-mado |s|and.
1ho Go|don Gato lntornat|ona| Expos|t|on ot 1080-40 oponod |n |obruary 1080. Undor br|ght b|uo sk|os, v|s|tors drovo across tho br|dgo or
camo by stoam torr|os to ontor Aztoc-lnca E|ophant Gatos.' 1ho Expos|t|on's toaturos |nc|udod lac|t|ca, hor hands ra|sod |n bonod|ct|on, tho tour-
hundrod-toot 1owor ot tho 3un, and 3onny Goodman's 3w|ng mus|c rock|ng an amusomont zono packod w|th ro||or coastors, torr|s whoo|s, and
nudo dancors. A tow months attorward, ||t|or |nvadod lo|and, and |ranco had ta||on by tho t|mo tho ta|r c|osod |n 3optombor 1040. 3an |ranc|sco
abandonod a|| p|ans ot convort|ng 1roasuro ls|and |nto a c|ty a|rport. Attor loar| |arbor, tho U.3. lavy transtormod |t |nto a lava| baso, bu||d|ng
upon tho dotonatod tragmonts ot lac|t|ca, convort|ng tho |a|| ot Wostorn 3tatos to a barracks, and turn|ng tho r|vor-boat Lo|to Ooooo |nto quartors
and c|assrooms. 1hoy mado tho |ood and 3ovoragos 3u||d|ng tho wor|d's b|ggost moss ha||,' a|torod tho |argo hangar||ko bu||d|ngs boh|nd tho
Adm|n|strat|on 3u||d|ng, and mod|t|od tho Expos|t|on's throo pormanont bu||d|ngs at tho south ond ot tho |s|and.
Attor tho war lava| Commandor Ethan A||on was stat|onod at th|s t|rst U.3. stop tor lavy mon roturn|ng at tho rato ot two|vo thousand a day. ln
1047, a tourtoon-yoar-o|d lo|gh A||on wandorod tho art|t|c|a| |s|and wh||o h|s tathor workod. 1ho lava| 3tat|on housod tour commands: tho lava|
loco|v|ng 3tat|on, lava| 3choo|s Command, tho lava| 3tat|on |tso|t (wh|ch adm|n|storod tho |s|and), and Wostorn 3oa |ront|or |oadquartors.
Vov|os changod da||y and cost on|y a quartor to soo. |o usod to watch mov|os at 1roasuro ls|and a|| tho t|mo,' a tr|ond ot lo|gh's cont|rmod. Vy
mom workod as a socrotary on 1roasuro ls|and and sho saw h|m thoro otton and may havo boon h|s 'dato' at tho mov|os. 7bo Exorclst was anothor
tavor|to ot h|s.'
|o saw a t||m about 1roasuro ls|and that bocamo a |ast b|uopr|nt tor Zod|ac-tho 1080 20th Contury-|ox t||m Cbor|lo Cboo ot 7roosoro ls|ooo,
starr|ng 3ydnoy 1o|or. ln tho 1000s |oca| KlOl-1v scroonod |ts sovonty-two-m|nuto |ongth cut to t|tty-n|no m|nutos. Zod|ac?' asks dotoct|vo
Char||o Chan (who |s arr|v|ng |n 3an |ranc|sco by p|ano trom |ono|u|u-A||on's b|rthp|aco). Yoah, ho's tho b|g shot |n tho spook rackot around
horo,' says anothor passongor. 0r. Zod|ac, a crookod mod|um drossod |n b|ack robos, usos h|s gu|so as psych|c consu|tant to b|ackma|| h|s
c||onts. |o answors tho phono, 1h|s |s Zod|ac spoak|ng,' carr|os an odd kn|to, and shoots a crossbow. Ono ot h|s v|ct|ms b|ock-pr|nts: CAl'1
E3CAlE ZO0lAC-' Evo Ca|ro roads tho m|nds ot assomb|od suspocts at a party and says, 0r. Zod|ac. l hoar tho namo 0r. Zod|ac |n h|s
thoughts. . . . l can't go on! l can't! l hoar doath among us! l'm tr|ghtonod! 1horo's ov|| horo! 3omoono horo |s th|nk|ng murdor!'
Zod|ac, says Chan, |s not ord|nary cr|m|na|. |o |s a man ot groat ogo. Cr|m|na| ogot|st t|nd p|oasuro |n |augh|ng at po||co.' Chan usos tho 5oo
lrooclsco Cbroolc|o and |ts po||co roportor, loto (0oug|as |ow|oy), to try to trap Zod|ac. l|A0lll C|AllElGE3 0l. ZO0lAC' appoars on tho
tront pago. A dappor mag|c|an, |rod lhad|n| (Cosar lomoro), ot tho 1omp|o ot Vag|c on 1roasuro ls|and, jo|ns torcos w|th Chan to oxposo
Zod|ac. l accopt your cha||ongo. . . .' Zod|ac rop||os |n a noto p|nnod to a wa|| w|th a kn|to. ln tho ond, lhad|n| turns out to bo Zod|ac.
|avor|to past|mo ot man |s too||ng h|mso|t,' Chan obsorvos. 3o tar no ono has co||octod [on tho cha||ongo|, not ovon tho groat 0r. Zod|ac.' Ono
bot you cou|d bo suro ot w|nn|ng was that Zod|ac had soon th|s t||m and boon |nsp|rod by |t.
Cbor|lo Cboo ot 7roosoro ls|ooo was lo|gh's tavor|to mov|o as a k|d,' h|s tr|ond 1|m to|d mo, and h|s dad workod on 1roasuro ls|and.'
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1uoaday, January 10, 1080
AIIon'a mothor, Bornico, d|od at ago o|ghty-throo. Vrs. A||on was doad by tho t|mo l got roa||y |nvo|vod |n tho caso,' va||ojo 0otoct|vo Goorgo
3awart |ator to|d mo. |or tho |ongost t|mo l was awaro ot A||on. As you know, tho ch|ot |nvost|gator on tho Zod|ac caso unt|| ho rot|rod was Vu|anax.
1hon, whon Vu|anax |ott, thoy turnod |t protty much ovor to mo. 0ur|ng th|s span ot t|mo, ovon whon Vu|anax was work|ng on |t, d|ttoront th|ngs wou|d
como |n. l m|ght bo s|tt|ng at my dosk and |t wou|d bo somoth|ng about tho Zod|ac. l'd o|thor mako a tow ca||s or do what had to bo dono on |t. Vost
ot thom woro gooty th|ngs. l'd to|| Vu|anax, 'l took th|s ca|| tor you. l don't th|nk |t's anyth|ng but horo's my roport on |t. 0o what you want w|th |t.' |o
wou|d t||o |t, but thon attor ho rot|rod l bocamo tho rocoptac|o tor a|| thoso k|nd ot ca||s. l wasn't act|vo|y work|ng tho caso at a||. Whon your book
camo out our ca||s wont up ton thousand porcont.
l havo cop|os ot [A||on's| handpr|nt|ng dono |n tho 3anta losa tra||or-whoro ho wroto |ott-handod. 1hon l so|zod a who|o bunch ot wr|t|ngs ho
had at h|s houso. |orms, |ottors to tr|onds-tho contont ot |t wasn't anyth|ng gormano to tho caso. lt was casua| handwr|t|ng ho wou|dn't bo try|ng to
d|sgu|so. lt was actua||y h|s handwr|t|ng. Wo turnod thoso ovor to our handwr|t|ng guy. |o |ookod at |t and sa|d |t's not tho Zod|ac's handwr|t|ng.
1hat's our b|ggost stumb||ng b|ock |n that caso. 1horo's a thoory that whon ho wont |nto h|s Zod|ac modo ho had a sp||t porsona||ty and bocamo a
d|ttoront porson.'
Ono oxport worr|od Zod|ac m|ght bo sch|zophron|c, h|s Zod|ac porsona awakonod, contro||od, or |nt|uoncod by tho |unar cyc|os and p|anotary
cyc|os. What |t ho doosn't know ho's Zod|ac?' tho man sa|d. 1horo woro |ong do|ays |n thoso murdors and |ottors,' l to|d 3awart. l a|ways cha|kod
|t up to tho tact that you got roa| c|oso and Zod|ac backod ott.'
1hat's my thoory too. 1hoy got roa| c|oso and ho sa|d, 'Oh, oh, l bottor not do anyth|ng.' A|so, thoro was a span ot t|mo whon ho was |n
Atascadoro and thoro woro no |ottors at a||.'
What was |mportant was that attor A||on's quost|on|ng at tho rot|nory, no |ottor ovor aga|n bogan, '1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng.' |rom thon on ho
s|gnod thom, 'Vo,' 'A C|t|zon,' or '1ho lod lhantom.' Attor lo|gh wont |nto Atascadoro, Zod|ac novor wroto anothor |ottor. 1hat's got to moan
somoth|ng.'
1ho noxt day a woman contactod mo. 1h|s |s a noto that was |ott tor mo |n a lyons lostaurant |n Ant|och by an o|dor man,' sho sa|d. |o sa|d ho
wantod to ho|p mo out w|th tho Zod|ac. 1ho handwr|t|ng |ooks to mo much ||ko tho Zod|ac's. 3|l0 has |t. l gavo |t to lnspoctor 0oasy, a|ong w|th a
tapo ho |ott to|||ng mo ho |s my socrot adm|ror.' 1ho mossago was |n oxco||ont Zod|ac pr|nt|ng and suggostod Zod|ac had boon a sta|kor:

3oxua| 3ad|st '01-'02 wh|to chovor|ot lmpa|a 3tocky man t|vo-toot, ton-|nchos, paunch 220 pounds. Watchod 2nd v|ct|m va||ojo-0ar|ono
|orr|n.'
Friday, 5otombor 1, 1080
Bawart rotirod trom tho va||ojo l.0., but was rota|nod on a contract-typo bas|s to to||ow up any now Zod|ac |oads that tr|ck|od |n. A wo||-rospoctod
dotoct|vo, ho had boon |oad |nvost|gator on tho 1080 |untor |||| lost 3top murdors. 0ur|ng tho span ot my caroor, l don't th|nk tho Zod|ac |s tho
most |ntorost|ng,' ho to|d mo. 3ack |n '70 a guy on tho most-wantod ||st camo to va||ojo, shot a grandmothor |n tho hoad, and was go|ng to k||| a
sovon-yoar-o|d k|d. l trackod h|m a|| ovor tho Un|tod 3tatos. 1ho ono l'm th|nk|ng ot |s tho ||shor Caso. lt was |nvo|vod w|th a synd|cato gang out ot
Kontucky. lt was supposod to bo tho most corrupt c|ty |n tho wor|d. l wont back thoro and workod w|th cops who mado a thousand do||ars a month
and ||vod |n mans|ons. You know thoy woro on tho tako. 3ut thoy know tho|r bus|noss. lt roa||y had a tw|st |n tho ond and |t l woro go|ng to wr|to a
story, l wou|d wr|to a story about that.'
Wodnoaday, Octobor 11, 1080
1oachi had workod a var|oty ot socur|ty jobs s|nco h|s rot|romont-Vount Z|on |osp|ta| on 0|v|sadoro, 3t. luko's Ep|scopa| |osp|ta| on Army. At
work on Octobor 11, ho oponod h|s morn|ng papor to |orb Caon's co|umn.
AlllvEl3AlY: 1oday, rot|rod po||co |nspoctor 0avo 1osch| w||| dr|vo to Wash|ngton and Chorry, park and obsorvo a tow m|nutos ot s||ont
contomp|at|on. At that vory cornor on Oct. 11, 1000-20 yoars ago-tho sor|a| k|||or who ca||od h|mso|t 1ho Zod|ac comm|ttod h|s |ast murdor,
shoot|ng a Yo||ow Cab dr|vor and d|sappoar|ng |nto tho lros|d|o, novor to bo soon aga|n. . . . 1ho Zod|ac's |ast taunt|ng |ottors to 1osch|
a|ways ondod w|th 'Vo-87. 3.|.l.0.-0.' A b|owout.'

Voanwh||o, amatour dotoct|vos, und|stractod by tho gr|m procoss|on ot othor murdors that po||co tacod, kopt attor Zod|ac:
l hopo that you havo boon cur|ous as to who |s wr|t|ng thoso stor|os and |ossons |n doc|phor|ng tho Zod|ac codo,' a 3an |ranc|sco man
wroto. ||rst, l'd ||ko ovory ono to know thoro |s a purposo tor my wr|t|ng |n th|s way. l know that thoro |s a God, and ho choosos mo to do h|s
work. 1ho Zod|ac Cr|mos aro not just anothor mass murdoror gono bozork, and on rampago, no, ovoryth|ng about h|s murdors suggosts
somoono who has p|annod ovory dota|| carotu||y, stop by stop. ln ovory commun|cat|on, ho has d|sp|ayod a c|ovor, ovon sat|r|ca| sty|o ot wr|t|ng.
1h|s wou|d soom that somoono ot oxtraord|nary |nto|||gonco |s comm|tt|ng tho murdors.'

Attor twonty yoars somo ot that contus|on was about to bo d|spo||od.
1huraday, Novombor 80, 1080
| wondor it you ovor hoard ot tho namo Arthur lo|gh A||on?' C|ty |a|| roportor 3ob lopp askod mo.
Yoah, suro. What happonod?'
loth|ng, oxcopt thoro's a woman who ca||od |n yostorday. 3ho's tho daughtor ot a woman who startod to ta|k to you sovora| yoars ago and thon
got pan|ckod and hung up. 3carod. 3ut now tho daughtor wants you to know that tho mothor |s w||||ng to ta|k about an Arthur lo|gh A||on. And that
namo k|nd ot rang a bo|| w|th mo a ||tt|o b|t. 3ho wantod to know how to got |n touch w|th you.'
l wou|dn't m|nd hoar|ng trom hor,' l sa|d.
Whoro do l romombor that namo trom? |o ||vod up north, d|dn't ho?'
l|ght. A scary guy.'
1hat's what sho sa|d. 3ho soundod |uc|d.'
Karon |arr|s ca||od. l'vo wa|tod l guoss yoars to contact you,' sho sa|d. lart|y bocauso my mothor's so atra|d ot anyono t|nd|ng out about |t.
3ho's vory atra|d ot th|s porson. Vy mothor know tho d|str|ct attornoy |n 3anta losa, 1ohn |awkos. l grow up w|th h|s ch||dron. |o sa|d, 'Yos, that |s
tho man wo'ro watch|ng.' l can undorstand your cur|os|ty |n want|ng to so|vo |t. l'd ||ko to t|nd out as much |ntormat|on as l can to g|vo you w|thout
|ott|ng my mothor know. 3ho novor roa||y know anyth|ng about h|m unt|| ho was arrostod tor mo|ost|ng a young boy who was tho son ot a tr|ond ot
h|s, a woman.
1hon, wh||o ho was |n Atascadoro, ho d|d wr|to to us and say, '1hoy suspoct mo ot bo|ng tho Zod|ac k|||or.' l romomborod ho |ookod ||ko 3ur| lvos
to mo. 1ust |ast wookond, ovor 1hanksg|v|ng, l d|d dr|vo by h|s houso. l hoard ho had boon work|ng at Aco |ardwaro but had |ost h|s job. l don't
th|nk ho's work|ng now. l had boon to h|s houso as a ch||d (l was an on|y ch||d) whon l was about sovon. l romombor h|m dr|nk|ng tho b|g bott|os ot
boor. Vy mothor was concornod bocauso ho was d|abot|c.
|o ||vod w|th a roommato tor a wh||o |n va||ojo-an Or|onta| man. l romombor too||ng moro unoasy about h|m than lo|gh A||on. |o was ot
mod|um bu||d and busy do|ng sma|| housoho|d choros. 3asod on somo wr|tton notos by my mothor, l th|nk [tho roommato| workod tor tho phono
company. . . . And l'm not suro |t wo woro at [lo|gh A||on's| mothor's houso or somo othor |ocat|on. l romombor h|m cook|ng a |argo pot ot ch||| and
wo ato that wh||o woro woro thoro. Wo wont sa|||ng w|th h|m on a catamaran. |o doos know how to mako sa||s and a|| that stutt.
Your book |s at homo. Vothor has a|| k|nds ot notos |n |t ot ovory |nstanco whoro sho romombors |nc|donts. |o had tho W|ng Wa|kor boots-tho
who|o b|t. 3ho know lo|gh throughout tho t|mo ho was |n tho lavy. 1ho on|y wr|t|ng samp|o sho has |s trom a yoarbook and that's tho on|y samp|o l
cou|d got ho|d ot. |o was a toachor at an o|omontary schoo|.
Vy mothor ca||od you onco and hung up. 3ho got scarod and d|dn't want to g|vo hor namo. 3ut l want to soo h|m aga|n tor somo roason. l want to
watch h|m.'
You bo vory carotu|,' l caut|onod. lt's a vory hypnot|c, obsoss|vo, and a||-consum|ng projoct. 1hat caso just oats at you. lt just doosn't |ot go.'
Vy mothor |s torr|t|od ot th|s man. |o dr|vos by hor houso somot|mos.'
locont|y?'
lrobab|y around tho t|mo ho got out ot Atascadoro. 3ho got an a|arm systom |n tho houso. |o st||| has tho Karmann Gh|a and a 3ky|ark ovor by
tho houso |n tho back ot tho dr|voway. 1hoy'ro watch|ng h|m aga|n accord|ng to tho shor|tt's dopartmont. Vy paronts know somoono who works
thoro-ho's a doputy. 1wo tourtoon-yoar-o|d g|r|s havo d|sappoarod and now thoy'ro watch|ng h|m aga|n. lt ho's tho ono . . . Oh, why can't thoy catch
h|m? l w|sh thoy cou|d catch h|m.
lo|gh usod to wr|to to my mothor w|th thoso lavy t|ag somaphoro symbo|s. And sho throw a|| that stutt away-l'd show you, but |t my mothor
woro to t|nd out . . . |o |ooks protty much how l romombor h|m |ook|ng. l wont by to try and soo h|m trom a d|stanco. 3ut ho wou|d rocogn|zo mo. l'm
th|rty yoars o|d, but whon l was a ch||d my taco |ookod tho samo. l |ook ||ko my mothor. l thought tor a momont, 'Oh, no. |o's soos mo!'
0ur|ng tho ho||days, such as |ast 1hanksg|v|ng, my mothor was vory norvous tor toar that lo|gh was |n tho aroa v|s|t|ng h|s brothor. |o usod to
dr|vo by my paronts' homo and stop and staro |n tho w|ndows trom tho stroot. 1hat's whon my mothor put |n an a|arm systom |n tho|r homo. . . . 3ho
was a|ways oxtromo|y protoct|vo, ospoc|a||y whon sho bogan to hoar trom lo|gh A||on aga|n wh||o ho was |n Atascadoro. 3ho usod to got
mystor|ous phono [hangup| ca||s so sho got an un||stod numbor.
Wh||o l was homo ovor |ast 1hanksg|v|ng, my mothor brought out your book w|th a|| k|nds ot papors |n |t. 3ho pu||od out an auto acc|dont roport
that lo|gh had rocont|y gotton |nto. |o h|t somo woman |n hor car . . . [|n Vondoc|no| tho acc|dont was h|s tau|t and ho had a suspondod ||conso.
[|o was not t|nod, but h|s 3tato |arm prom|um was substant|a||y |ncroasod.| As l sa|d, l drovo by h|s houso |n va||ojo tho day attor 1hanksg|v|ng. lt
was dayt|mo, but tho houso was dark |ns|do. On|y |n ono br|ot momont d|d l th|nk l saw a t|guro movo by tho w|ndow, but |t cou|d havo boon my oyos
p|ay|ng tr|cks on mo.
1horo woro a coup|o ot t|mos my paronts wou|d soo lo|gh A||on wa|k|ng |ong d|stancos down roads |n tho 3ay Aroa. 1hoy wou|d ottor h|m a r|do,
but ho wou|d a|ways rotuso. 1horo was ono po|nt |n t|mo, o|thor whon my mothor had just gotton marr|od or whon sho had v|s|tod h|m a|ono, that ho
sa|d, 'l'|| novor torg|vo you tor what you d|d.' Vy mothor to|d mo, 'l was too atra|d to ask h|m what.' 3ho |ot |t drop and novor pursuod what |t was.
3ho had novor throatonod to turn h|m |n or anyth|ng ||ko that. l bo||ovo ho's homosoxua|, so l don't know |t |t's bocauso sho marr|od my tathor. l don't
th|nk so. 1hat's a|ways puzz|od my mothor. |owovor, l th|nk lo|gh a|ways carod tor hor a groat doa|.'
lt's an 'outdoor choss match' botwoon an |nto|||gont soc|opath and tho po||co,' l to|d hor. l a|ways hopod that somoono wou|d bo road|ng my
book, bo||s wou|d go ott, and wo'd got that namo. l was at a d|nnor party w|th somo protossors 3unday and l sa|d, '3omoday somobody |s go|ng to
ca|| w|th that namo-out ot 2b00 suspocts, tho namo that l'm wa|t|ng tor w||| como. And horo's that ca||.'
l'vo wa|tod ovor s|nco your book t|rst camo out. l tr|od to got aho|d ot you onco, but you'd qu|t tho Cbroolc|o. 1ho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont to|d
mo thoy bought t|tty cop|os ot your book to uso as tho|r caso t||o. 1hoy gavo a|| tho po||comon a copy to bono up on tho caso. You tound a |ot ot
|ntormat|on tor thom.'
l tound |t a|| ovor tho stato. l was at tho Cbroolc|o ono day whon thoy woro romodo||ng. 1hoy ||ttod th|s box up. lt was just about to go down ono ot
tho chutos out tho w|ndow. lt was tu|| ot Zod|ac stutt. l'vo had that k|nd ot |uck a|| tho way through. As tor lo|gh, l th|nk as |ong as ho |s bo|ng watchod
by tho po||co you shou|d just koop your d|stanco.'
3ut whon l go by h|s houso, l don't soo anybody watch|ng h|m.'
1ho |mportant th|ng |s that ho th|nks ho's bo|ng watchod.'
Whon tho k|ds at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs woro shot,' sho askod, d|d A||on uso d|v|ng as an oxcuso, an a||b|?'
Yos. A||on was tho t|rst or socond suspoct thoy camo up w|th-a major p|ayor r|ght trom tho vory bog|nn|ng. lynch took A||on's a||b| at taco va|uo:
'Whoro woro you at tho t|mo ot tho murdor?' asks lynch. 'l was scuba d|v|ng,' says A||on. 'Can you provo |t?' asks lynch. And A||on goos ovor to tho
back ot h|s stat|on wagon and po|nts to tho tanks. And lynch says, '||no.' 1horoattor, ovory t|mo A||on's namo camo up, lynch wou|d say, 'l c|oarod
h|m.' lo|gh's a torm|dab|o guy. |o's no dummy.'
A||on's vory |nto|||gont. And an oxco||ont marksman.'
|ow do you know that?'
Vy mothor know h|m a|| through tho lavy. Vy mothor's tathor workod at Varo ls|and and sho usod to go to A||on's houso a|| tho t|mo. ||s mothor
was vory dom|noor|ng, vory torma|. 3ut my mothor a|ways ||kod |t thoro, bocauso sho grow up |n a vory poor tam||y and sho |ovod go|ng to h|s houso
bocauso ovoryth|ng was so n|co. And sho usod to ||ko lo|gh A||on. l don't know what happonod. Vy mothor w||| to|| mo |t l ask quost|ons |nnocont|y.
l'|| try and t|nd out moro. 1h|s caso has tasc|natod mo torovor. l guoss somo ot |t |s cur|os|ty, but l wou|d ||ko to soo |t ho's tho ono and can bo
brought to just|co. |o's novor adm|ttod to my mothor that ho was tho Zod|ac k|||or, but k|nd ot c|oso|y h|ntod. God, l w|sh sho had kopt tho |ottors ho
wroto hor. 3ut sho burnod thom. 3ho got so scarod ono day, sho sa|d, 'l throw thom |n tho t|rop|aco. . . . ' And whoro |s Zod|ac now? 0on't sor|a|
k|||ors usua||y want notor|oty? 1hat's what puzz|os mo.
l don't th|nk ot h|m as dangorous now-hoavy and |os|ng h|s s|ght. And l roca|| lo|gh was so good w|th ch||dron,' sho sa|d.
0on't bo too|od. l covorod tho '1ra||s|do Vurdor Caso' |n 3an 0|ogo. 0av|d Carpontor was such a cont|donco man-ho |ookod ||ko somobody's
grandtathor-ho stuttorod-woro th|ck g|assos-|t a||owod h|m to man|pu|ato h|s v|ct|ms, to p|ay on tho|r sympath|os. 1hat's tho way a |ot ot thom
work.'
l dr|vo by h|s houso,' sho conc|udod. lt's vory ont|c|ng. l just want to watch h|m. loxt t|mo wo spoak, l'|| to|| you how ho and my mothor mot and
moro about h|s |ottors.'
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arthur Ioigh aIIon
1uoaday, Octobor 81, 1080
A triond ot m|no runs a 0lA |ab,' sa|d a c|oso tr|ond ot Chor| 1o 3atos. |o says that tochno|ogy |s a yoar or so away trom bo|ng ab|o to match a
ha|r samp|o that has boon storod away tor ovor twonty yoars. l do not know how, and |t, tho ha|r that was tound was storod, but th|s cou|d bo tho koy
to so|vo hor murdor.' 3ud God|ng, anothor roador, ochood hor sont|mont. Your roport on tho l|vors|do murdor statod that tracos ot sk|n and t|ssuo
woro romovod trom bonoath tho v|ct|m's t|ngorna||s,' ho to|d mo. 3|nco that caso |s st||| opon, that ov|donco shou|d st||| bo ava||ab|o. lt |t has not
boon prosorvod |n torma||n, |t shou|d bo onough to portorm 0lA rop||cat|on ana|ys|s (lCl) and prov|do a 0lA prot||o ot tho l|vors|do k|||or.'
|owovor, |n ordor to prov|do a 0lA prot||o, tho to|||c|o ot tho ha|r, tho root, must bo prosont.
A docado |ator, tho l|vors|do suspoct roturnod br|ot|y trom out ot tho country. lo||co got a 0lA samp|o as ho touchod down at tho a|rport. 1ho
ha|r |s a |ong shot,' sa|d a spokosman, bocauso wo'ro not suro whothor that was tho suspoct's ha|r or not.' ln 0ocombor 2000, an astound|ng
th|rty-t|vo yoars attor 3atos's murdor, thoy got rosu|ts ot a 0lA ana|ys|s trom tho 0opartmont ot 1ust|co 0lA lab |n 3orko|oy. 1ho ha|r was not tho|r
suspoct's.
|ad Zod|ac comm|ttod tho 3atos murdor? As at lako 3orryossa and Gav|ota 3oach, tho ovork||| had boon horrondous. 3ut thoro woro
porcopt|b|o soxua| undortonos-3atos's c|othos had boon d|sarrangod. lt Zod|ac was not tho k|||or and had s|mp|y takon rospons|b|||ty |n a
contoss|on' |ottor, how had ho known tacts on|y tho k|||or cou|d know'? 1ho b|g th|ng |n l|vors|do back |n 1000,' a sourco oxp|a|nod, was drag
rac|ng. l usod to go drag rac|ng ovory wook and s|nco a |ot ot cops took part, l tound out a |ot ot dota||s about 3atos's murdor. lo|gh A||on was
down that wookond tor somo sort ot auto c|ub. Vaybo ho was thoro w|th h|s ||tt|o car and hoard somo ot thoso samo dota||s that l d|d. Who knows?'
Nonday, Narch 5, 1000
Loigh AIIon, doing somo wr|t|ng ot h|s own, sont a |ottor to tho young son ot a tr|ond. |o datod |t m|||tary-sty|o b/mar/1000.' |o sa|d:
0oar___: Yor moan o|' dad has boon koop|ng mo |ntormod ot your progross. congratu|at|ons on a|| tho noat th|ngs you'vo accomp||shod.
And l havo anothor accomp||shmont tor you-a g|tt horso, so to spoak. lamo|y l am g|v|ng you a toam ||borg|ass u|tra-||ght. l am boon
squoozod |nto a sma||or aroa, duo to hav|ng to ront out tho uppor part ot my houso, and s|mp|y must havo tho spaco. 3o, |t you can como up
w|th a U-hau| or such, you may hau| away a ($2,b00 |nvostod) aorop|ano tor troo. l w||| |nc|udo a s|ug ot assoc|atod paraphorna||a.
l havo mont|onod th|s to yor dad and ho sa|d ho'd pass a|ong tho |ntor. |o soomod to approvo but somot|mos ho torgots, honco th|s |ottor.
3o |t you can |ntorm mo as to your |ntorost, l wou|d approc|ato |t. l'|| havo to movo on |t vory soon. l havo a|| tho papor on tho p|ano, and thoro |s
a to|d|ng w|ng opt|on. l a|so havo somo |doas on t|n|sh|ng |t. You can't ||vo w|th a projoct a|| tho t|mo l havo w|thout gott|ng a tow |doas. |opo to
hoar trom you soon.
lo|gh A||on.'
1uoaday, Narch 0, 1000
Karon and | t|na||y spoko aga|n. 3ho was vory toartu|. ||rst sho |a|d out a ||tt|o tam||y h|story-hor grandparonts had como to va||ojo dur|ng tho
0opross|on and ondurod somo tough t|mos.' |or grandtathor workod as a sh|p wo|dor on Varo ls|and, wh||o hor grandmothor drovo a schoo| bus. l
roca||od Zod|ac's vondotta aga|nst schoo| busos. 3obb|o, Karon's mothor, was a d|vor whoso p|cturo otton appoarod |n tho va||ojo sports soct|on
botwoon 10b2 and 10b7. 3omot|mos A||on's p|cturo ran a|ongs|do hors. Vy mothor mot A||on whon sho was about two|vo or th|rtoon,' sa|d Karon,
whon sho had t|rst bogun d|v|ng. |o sorvod as a ||toguard at 1ho l|ungo, a va||ojo commun|ty sw|mm|ng contor, |n 10b1-b2. l th|nk ho was a
p|attorm d|vor and a wrost|or. 3ho dovo w|th lo|gh and tra|nod da||y. 3ho a|most mado tho O|ymp|cs |n |o|s|nk|, a|most a runnor-up, but sho dovo
out ot ordor and |ost tho chanco. |o dovo as wo||. |o had that |umbor|ng wa|k, vory c|umsy wa|k whon wa|k|ng down tho d|v|ng board. Vy mothor
a|ways ta|kod about that. Whon ho was a d|vor, ho |ookod torr|b|o unt|| ho |ott tho board and dovo. 1hon ho was vory gracotu| |n tho a|r. 3ut whon
wa|k|ng ho was torr|b|y |umbor|ng bocauso ot a tunny h|p. l'|| try and got a p|cturo ot lo|gh trom h|s d|v|ng days |n va||ojo.
3ho startod dat|ng h|m whon sho was about two|vo. |o was a|ways a good tr|ond. |o novor attomptod to k|ss hor-a k|ss-on-tho-torohoad k|nd
ot th|ng, and novor mado any soxua| advancos. l do know that wh||o 'dat|ng' h|m, |t was moro ot a vory doop tr|ondsh|p. [A||on adm|ttod that ho had
novor had a succosstu| ro|at|onsh|p w|th a woman.| 3obb|o marr|od Vark, a gymnast tor tho Un|vors|ty ot Ca||torn|a at 3orko|oy, |n 10b7 and hor
d|v|ng tra||od ott. 1hoy mot wh||o thoy woro both pract|c|ng on a trampo||no. Vark stud|od cr|m|no|ogy and wantod to bo a po||coman, but was just a
quartor |nch too short. 1oward tho t|mo sho mot my tathor and marr|od h|m, lo|gh A||on was rojoctod by tho lavy, a doop b|ow to h|m.
Lolgb A||oo oololto|y o|woys woro tbo log o|kor sboos. |o d|d woar p|oatod pants a|| tho t|mo. |o was vory c|oan cut. |o usod to uso a bow
and arrow tor hunt|ng, and was a|so an oxco||ont marksman |n tho lavy, ono ot tho bost |n h|s group. Vy mothor sa|d ho d|d know codo. |o not on|y
sowod wo||, but was a sa|| makor. |o was dot|n|to|y amb|doxtrous as l'vo watchod h|m mako t|sh|ng t||os. |o was a good typ|st too.
Anothor t|mo wo v|s|tod h|m, ho took us sa|||ng on h|s |ob|o Cat |n |a|t Voon 3ay. 3oth t|mos l not|cod how ovorwo|ght ho was. l know ho was a
d|abot|c, yot ho drank boor hoav||y out ot |argo bott|os. 3oth t|mos [wo v|s|tod|, my mothor was vory tonso. l was born |n 10b0 and whon wo v|s|tod
lo|gh, l th|nk l was around n|no or ton. lt so, th|s was dur|ng tho t|mo ho may havo boon a||ogod|y murdor|ng poop|o.
Vy mothor v|s|tod h|m a|ono. lt was tho t|rst t|mo sho d|d too| somo toar tor hor ||to bocauso ho askod hor, '0oos anyono know you'ro horo?' 3ho
answorod, 'Yos. Vy husband, knows l'm horo.' 3ho to|d h|m my tathor know, wh|ch ho d|d. And thon noth|ng happonod. 3ut attor that sho novor wont
back. And l don't know why sho wont to soo h|m |n tho t|rst p|aco. l just w|sh l know why sho had such concorn about lo|gh at tho t|mo. 3omoth|ng
was go|ng on and sho to|t sho had to soo h|m.' 3ho ca||od my tathor tho momont sho |ott h|s houso so that ho know sho had gotton out sato|y and
was on hor way homo.
As l undorstand h|s |ncarcorat|on at Atascadoro, |t was tor mo|ost|ng tho son ot a toma|o tr|ond ot h|s. 1ho boy was maybo anywhoro trom o|ght
to th|rtoon yoars o|d. |o to|d my mothor tho woman was just joa|ous ot h|s ro|at|onsh|p w|th hor son. l bo||ovo ho was dat|ng tho woman. |o sa|d that
was why sho had turnod h|m |n-joa|ousy. l th|nk ho spont about throo yoars |n Atascadoro.
Wh||o |n Atascadoro, l th|nk that's whon my mothor t|rst bocamo awaro ho may bo tho Zod|ac. |o wroto to hor that thoy suspoctod h|m ot tho
cr|mos. At ono po|nt, l th|nk my mothor ca||od h|m thoro and spoko to h|m. 3ho askod h|m d|roct|y |t ho was tho tho murdoror. l bo||ovo ho was
somowhat jov|a| about |t, but novor adm|ttod to tho cr|mos. |o [A||on| otton wroto to my mothor and usod tho s|gna|s usod by tho lavy [somaphoro|
t|ags at tho bottom ot tho |ottors. 1ho notos ho wroto hor woro dono |n b|uo-|nk-typo pons-to|t-t|p pons. 3ho throw away most ot tho oar|y |ottors. l
w|sh sho had kopt thom. 3ho burnod tho rost attor hor know|odgo ot A||on bo|ng sont to Atascadoro. Vy mothor a|so to|d mo attor road|ng your
book, that |t t|t that h|s brothor and s|stor-|n-|aw d|d try to turn h|m |n. 1horo was a b|oody kn|to |n h|s car and that's what roa||y got thom concornod-
that's what l was to|d. 3omo ot lo|gh's tr|onds woro a|so awaro ot what was go|ng on.
l w||| cont|nuo g|v|ng you any |ntormat|on l can got. l want to try and got dot|n|to datos or gonora| t|mos ot corta|n s|tuat|ons and t|nd out moro
dota||s ot h|s ro|at|onsh|p w|th tam||y mombors and my mothor. l w|sh l cou|d got my mothor to como torward to tho po||co, but |t's doubttu|. 3ut
maybo sho romombors moro about tho |ottors ho wroto to hor. 3omoth|ng that po|nts to h|m as tho rospons|b|o party. |o to|d my mothor ho a|ways
p|ckod up h|tchh|kors ospoc|a||y wh||o attond|ng 3anta losa 1. C. and 3onoma 3tato Un|vors|ty. 1h|s a|ways bothorod hor. |o p|ckod thom up on
tho h|ghways. l romombor tho two g|r|s d|sappoar|ng trom tho skat|ng r|nk and tho othor murdors. 1hoso bod|os d|scovorod on |ranz va||oy load
and |n Ca||stoga woron't tar trom my paronts' homo.
Oh, and anothor th|ng. |o a|ways d|d ta|k about '1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo' to my mothor. ln tact l havo road tho story as young g|r|, novor
roa||z|ng that th|s was a b|g part ot lo|gh's ||to. As tor a poss|b|o h|d|ng p|aco ot ov|donco, my mom mont|ons that A||on put up pano||ng |n h|s tra||or
-|t must havo boon tho va||ojo ono or 3anta losa ono. Vy mothor notos sho saw wh|to g|ovos |n h|s tra||or |n va||ojo and that ho d|d havo oootbor
tra||or |n 3odoga 3ay, an aroa ho know wo||.'
1osch| and Armstrong had novor boon to|d that.
Nonday, AriI 2, 1000
1wo BornaI Eoighta gardonors d|gg|ng at 1114 lowhattan Avonuo struck mota| about s|x |nchos down. 1hoy unoarthod a rusty mota| box and
pr|od |t opon w|th tho|r shovo|s. lns|do woro two hundrod st|cks ot crysta|||zod dynam|to that had boon bur|od tor yoars. 1ho 3|l0 transportod tho
oxp|os|vo to an |so|atod s|to and sato|y dotonatod |t. |ad Zod|ac's stash tor h|s throatonod bomb projocts boon d|scovorod at an addross ho had
onco had somo connoct|on w|th? l doubtod |t. 3ut somowhoro, Zod|ac st||| had bombs. Ono day, ho's go|ng to d|o and tho po||co w||| go through tho
basomont and t|nd guns and bombs-and tho caso w||| bo so|vod. lorhaps ono porson wroto tho Zod|ac |ottors and ono porson k|||od-on|y a s||m
poss|b|||ty. Zod|ac soom|ng|y actod a|ono at 3orryossa. As tar as po||co cou|d to||, ono man, tho k|||or, had wr|tton |n to|t-t|p pon on tho door ot h|s
v|ct|m's car and that pr|nt|ng matchod Zod|ac's.
5unday, AriI 1, 1000
You wantod to know wbo ho was,' anothor Zod|ac butt, 0an|o| l. K|o|nto|d, ottorod. l wantod to know wby ho was.
Zod|ac's mothor was vory protoct|vo . . . attoct|onato, but oxtromo|y mora||z|ng. ||s tathor-moro pass|vo d|d not havo a groat doa| ot
contact w|th h|m. 1o show attoct|on tho mothor tod h|m cop|ous amounts and tho stocky ch||d bocamo tat, tormontod by c|assmatos. ln
ado|osconco ho bocamo suttocatod by h|s mothor, unab|o to broak away. |o wou|d cont|nuo ||v|ng w|th hor. Condomnod by h|s mothor as ov||,
ho grow to hato hor. ||s too||ngs ot supor|or|ty ovor h|s poors |ntons|t|od. |o |s a m|||tary tot|sh|st, ||ko thoso who |mporsonato po||co ott|cors or
so|d|ors. Zod|ac was ra|sod w|th a vory c|oar sonso ot just|co, ot r|ghtoousnoss prova|||ng. 1hus ho camo to h|s 's|avos' concopt. 1o h|m, tho
way h|s poors troatod h|m was a gravo |njust|co, wh|ch cou|d on|y bo ropa|d by thom do|ng h|m sorv|co |n 'larad|co'-an attor||to w|th s|avos |s
a|ways, to Zod|ac, a parad|so. |o ga|nod a groat doa| ot wo|ght botwoon tho shoot|ngs on 1u|y 4 and stabb|ngs on 3optombor 27. |o ato,
thon murdorod. 1hon ato moro.'


Zodiac'a imagination waa a s|avo to popu|ar cu|turo. A|| tho p|ocos ot tho Zod|ac porsona had boon t|ttod togothor on tho pub||c stago. Ono
|ncrod|b|o |nsp|rat|on to h|m-bog|nn|ng August 10, 1000 (two wooks otor tho C|phor 3|ayor chr|stonod h|mso|t Zod|ac), 0|ck 1racy bogan
pursu|ng tho Zod|ac Gang' on tho com|cs pago. 1ho Zod|acs, |n b|ack hoods omb|azonod w|th wh|to symbo|s ot tho zod|ac, had drownod an
astro|ogy co|umn|st. 1attoood across tho taco ot tho|r |oador, 3corp|o, was an astro|og|ca| symbo| ot 3corp|o. l|ght-ha|rod and moontacod, ho not
on|y rosomb|od tho pr|mo suspoct, but a doscr|pt|on ot Zod|ac as vory round-tacod . . . ha|r combod up |n a pompadour.' On August 20, tho
Zod|acs ra|d tho po||co morguo. Vaskod torpodoos camo |n,' says tho b|udgoonod attondant, domandod tho corpso's sh|rt.' lator Zod|ac wou|d
stoa| a v|ct|m's sh|rt and ma|| port|ons to tho po||co. 1ho gang |s to|d, on 3optombor 24, 3corp|o has spokon. |o |s roady tor oporat|on wost
branch.' 1hroo days |ator Zod|ac stabbod two studonts at lako 3orryossa wh||o woar|ng a b|ack hood w|th a wh|to symbo|. 1ho 'Zod|acs' havo
dono |t aga|n!' 3corp|o crows. 1ho day ot 3t|no's murdor, Octobor 11, 3corp|o drunkon|y toasts h|s succoss. 1o jo||y ||'| o|d us-1' jo||y ||'| o|d
Zod|ac gang.' 1ho story ||no ondod lovombor 4, 1000.
3ut how cou|d Zod|ac havo soon 0|ck 1racy's oncountor w|th a Zod|ac cr|m|na| botoro pub||cat|on? Chostor Gou|d drow 7rocy s|x wooks |n
advanco to a||ow t|mo tor tho Cblcogo 7rlbooo 3ynd|cato to mako changos and ma|| proots to subscr|b|ng papors to s|zo, rotouch, ongravo |n
mota|, and pr|nt. lro-pr|ntod co|or 3unday soct|ons w|th tho samo story||no woro do||vorod wooks botoro that. lt Zod|ac workod at tho Cbroolc|o
thon ho m|ght havo had an advanco |ook. |o was a |ong t|mo roador ot tho str|p-1ho lurp|o Cross Gang' |n a 1080 soquonco woro b|ack hoods
w|th wh|to crossos on thom. l|ko 1racy, Zod|ac usod tho archa|c spo|||ng, c|ows.'
Voro |mportant|y, Llck 7rocy prov|dod Zod|ac w|th a way to avo|d |oav|ng pr|nts. lut a coat|ng ot th|s ||qu|d co||ophano on your t|ngors,' says a
gangstor. lt provonts t|ngorpr|nts and |t don't c|uttor up your sonso ot touch o|thor.' On |obruary 0, 1000 1racy oxp|a|nod b|ood typo ana|ys|s on a
toothp|ck |ott at a cr|mo scono. As you know, sa||vary socrot|on otton |s usod |n p|aco ot b|ood tor typo dotorm|nat|on. Your subjoct had a b|ood
typo A3.' 1hough 0lA tost|ng had not boon |ntroducod, thoro was a pr|mat|vo vors|on-A3O-lGV tost|ng. 3a||va cou|d spoak vo|umos about
Zod|ac and ho know that. Evon |n 1000, Zod|ac wou|d no moro havo ||ckod a stamp than ho wou|d havo torgotton to woar h|s g|ovos.
A com|c str|p and Zod|ac watch had prov|dod h|s namo and symbo|. Vov|os such as 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo and Cbor|lo Cboo ot
7roosoro ls|ooo had |nsp|rod and |nt|uoncod h|m. Ono promptod h|m to hunt humans, tho othor, sot on 1roasuro ls|and, prov|dod tho b|ack hood
and sa|utat|on tor h|s |ottors, ovon |nsp|rod Zod|ac's duo| by ma|| w|th tho Cbroolc|o. 3ut |t Zod|ac cou|d bo mot|vatod by popu|ar cu|turo, othors
cou|d bo |nt|uoncod by Zod|ac h|mso|t. lt was tho most shock|ng byproduct ot tho ont|ro caso. 3omoono c|a|m|ng to bo tho 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac
K|||or was shoot|ng poop|o |n low York C|ty. 3omohow ho know tho|r b|rth datos and prom|sod ono v|ct|m tor oach ot tho two|vo Zod|ac s|gns. Wo
toarod |t was tho or|g|na| Zod|ac, roturnod at |ast w|th guns b|az|ng.
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BoId hoadIinoa aaid |t a|| |n tho summor ot 1000: GUlVAl 1EllOllZE3 lEW YOlK-CAll3 3El| ZO0lAC. 3|O1 8 VEl, OlE
|A1AllY, WOUl0E0 A |OUl1| ll CEl1lAl lAlK.' Zod|ac was shoot|ng poop|o |n an o|ght-b|ock soct|on ot 3rook|yn and |n Contra| lark on
1hursdays at twonty-ono-day |ntorva|s.
Whon l was a dotoct|vo sorgoant,' V|ko C|ravo|o to|d mo, l ran tho tho Zod|ac caso horo. At that t|mo thoy gavo mo and my torty-n|no dotoct|vos
tho 3rook|yn lavy Yard. lot mo to|| you how tho caso dovo|opod. 3ut botoro l go |nto dota||-whon wo woro work|ng on our caso you know what wo
d|d? Wo wont out and bought a caso ot your book, Zooloc. l had a|| my dotoct|vos road |t to soo |t thoy cou|d cu|| anyth|ng that m|ght bo ot ho|p |n
our |nvost|gat|on.
lot mo go |nto 1000 tor you. At that t|mo l was a command|ng ott|cor ot tho cr|mos-aga|nst-son|or-c|t|zons squad |n Ouoons. l had a sma|| un|t-
o|ght dotoct|vos on tho boat. l camo |n at sovon o'c|ock ono morn|ng. A dotoct|vo [Andy Card|mono| trom n|ght watch (wh|ch works out ot tho
Ouoons hom|c|do squad r|ght down tho ha|| trom us) camo up and says, '3argo, wo had a shoot|ng ot a sovonty-o|ght-yoar-o|d man |ast n|ght and
ho's oxpoctod to ||vo. You gonna tako tho caso?'
'3uro, wo'|| tako tho caso,' l sa|d.
'3omoth|ng tunny,' ho says. 'l tound th|s noto on tho stop and |t had thoso rocks.' |o hands mo tho tuck|n' rocks-throo stonos. '1h|s noto was
noxt to |t.' lt was tho t|rst Zod|ac noto wo bocamo awaro ot. lt sa|d: '1h|s |s tho Zod|ac tho two|vo s|gn W||| d|o whon tho bo|ts |n tho hoavon aro
soon.' lt had a round c|rc|o w|th throo p|o shapos |n |t and a ||tt|o scr|bb|o. Wo d|dn't roa||y know what |t moant at tho t|mo.' 1ho k|||or had to||owod tho
v|ct|m, 1osoph lroco, a rot|rod |co do||vory workor, tor ton b|ocks and |nto h|s tront yard. |o askod tho o|d man tor wator and |t ho cou|d go |ns|do.
Why do you want to go |ns|do?' lroco askod. 3ocauso l'm co|d,' ho sa|d, thon shot lroco w|th a homomado z|p gun and ran toward E|dort 3troot.
3o whon wo got to tho scono that morn|ng,' cont|nuod C|ravo|o, un|torm ott|cors and tho dotoct|vos who workod tho m|dn|ght-to-o|ght sh|tt havo
rospondod. 1horo woro somo c|othos |n a hoap on tho t|rst stoop-th|s brown stutt whoro 1osoph lroco was shot |n tho back, and l to|d 0otoct|vo
3||| C|ark, '3|||y, chock thoso c|othos ovor thoro.' As ho's go|ng through ho says, '3argo, a round just to|| out.' 'lot's got |t to tho |ab,' l sa|d. Wo
canvassod tho b|ock. lt was a vory ros|dont|a| b|ock [87th load |n Woodhavon, Ouoons|, and wo camo up w|th a w|tnoss who saw a guy |n an Army
tat|guo jackot-tho w|tnoss bo||ovod h|m to bo b|ack-runn|ng down tho b|ock towards 3rook|yn. 1hat stroot sat r|ght on tho 3rook|yn-Ouoons
bordor.' ln Ca||torn|a Zod|ac k|||od on town bordors |n an ottort to croato contus|on and compot|t|on botwoon author|t|os ovor jur|sd|ct|on. 3o tho o|d
man was takon to tho hosp|ta|. |o was oxpoctod to surv|vo. l kopt sond|ng dotoct|vos back thoro ovory day to |ntorv|ow h|m.'
1ho low York Zod|ac murdors occurrod at tho ho|ght ot tho crack wars |n East low York, and tho 7bth lroc|nct, whoro two ot tho v|ct|ms woro
shot, avoragod a hundrod murdors annua||y. C|ravo|o cont|nuod. Zod|ac sa|d, 'A|| shoot |n 3rook|yn,' |n somo ot h|s subsoquont notos. |o a|so
usod to wr|to '880' or '0m' [n|no-m||||motor|, 'lll' [round-nosod |oad|, 'no groovos on bu||ot-no groovos on bu||ot-' 3y tho way, thoro was novor
any groovos on tho bu||ot. Zod|ac novor, ovor ||od about what ho sa|d |n any ot h|s |ottors.'
Was ho mak|ng h|s own ammun|t|on?' l askod.
lo, ho wasn't, but l too| ho may havo mado h|s own gun.' A z|p gun, mado ot duct tapo, wood, and p|pos ot var|ous s|zos tor d|ttoront ca||bors.
C|ravo|o |a|d out th|s chrono|ogy tor mo: 1h|s attack on lroco happonod on Vay 81. 3o now what happons-l tako a copy ot th|s noto and l go to
Ch|ot Vonk|n, Ch|ot ot 0otoct|vos tor Ouoons. 'Ch|ot,' l say, 'l had a strango shoot|ng |ast n|ght-ono ot my son|or c|t|zons got shot. l th|nk wo'ro
go|ng to bo ab|o to |ntorv|ow h|m whon ho gots ott tho rosp|rator. ' (3ut ho u|t|mato|y d|od throo wooks |ator trom |ntoct|on trom tho bu||ot. 3ut wo d|d
|ntorv|ow h|m.) l sa|d, 'l th|nk wo got a nut go|ng around horo. l hopo wo don't havo a socond 3on ot 3am.'
'Wo||, koop mo postod on th|s,' tho ch|ot sa|d. 1hat was Vay 81. On 1uno 10, l got a ca|| trom tho NowYork Post that a roportor [Anno Vurray|
got a |ottor sont down thoro. 1hoy taxod mo a copy. lt's our guy-|t's obv|ous|y tho samo handwr|t|ng-c|a|m|ng rospons|b|||ty tor throo pr|or
shoot|ngs. |o says ho shot a man w|th a cano |n tho stroot on Varch 8.' At 1:4b A.V., Var|o Orosco, torty-n|no, an |mm|grant trom Vodo|||n,
Co|omb|a, t|n|shod work at a m|dtown catotor|a, and |ott tho 1 tra|n at Croscont 3troot. |o pausod at tho cornor ot At|ant|c and 3hor|dan Avonuos
and not|cod a man |n a borot and bandana, drossod a|| |n b|ack, wa|k|ng boh|nd h|m. |o was ho|d|ng a homomado n|no-m||||motor gun. A|armod,
Orosco bogan hobb||ng away on h|s cano, but was shot |n tho uppor back.
1hon,' C|ravo|o wont on, Zod|ac says ho shot anothor man [1orma|no Vontonosdro, th|rty-tour| |n h|s |ott s|do |n tront ot h|s houso [at l|cho|s and
1ama|ca Avonuos |n Ouoons| on Varch 20 [at 2:b7 A.V.|. 1hon ho sa|d ho shot an o|d man w|th a cano on Vay 81-wh|ch matchos my caso, tho
lroco shoot|ng. 1hon ho says, 'A|| shoot |n 3rook|yn. ' 3o l sa|d, '|o was wrong about my guy bo|ng |n 3rook|yn. |o d|dn't know tho way tho map
gots a ||tt|o crazy r|ght on tho bordor. Obv|ous|y, whon ho shot th|s guy |n Ouoons, ho thought |t was |n 3rook|yn, but ho was about two hundrod yards
out ot 3rook|yn on tho Ouoons s|do. Wo startod chock|ng a|| tho hom|c|dos |n 3rook|yn. lono ot thom matchod up. 1hon wo chockod a|| tho t|rst-
dogroo assau|ts-and boom! Wo got two guys who woro shot and thoy sorvlvoo. 3o wo |ookod |nto thoso, and tho noxt morn|ng tho Ch|ot ot
0otoct|vos summonod us a|| down to h|s ott|co and ho doc|dod to g|vo mo tho caso w|th n|no dotoct|vos to |ook |nto th|s.
l'd stayod up a|| n|ght a|ong w|th a coup|o ot othor dotoct|vos and wo had como up w|th a thoory. 'look,' l sa|d, 'ho shot Varch 8, thon ho shot
aga|n Varch 20. 1wonty-ono days apart, a|| on a 1hursday, by tho way-and a|| |n tho oar|y morn|ng hours-botwoon 1:4b and 4:00 A.V. 3o thoro
was twonty-ono days |n botwoon tho t|rst and socond shoot|ng. 1hon s|xty-throo days |n botwoon my o|d man gott|ng shot-wh|ch |s throo |ntorva|s
ot twonty-ono.'
1ho low York Zod|ac wroto notos taunt|ng tho task torco, wh|ch u|t|mato|y numborod t|tty mon. |o vowod to k||| ono porson born undor oach ot
tho two|vo astro|og|ca| s|gns. 3o tar ho had shot a 3corp|o (Orosco, born Octobor 20, 1040), a Gom|n| (Vontonosdro, born Vay 28, 10b0), and a
1aurus (lroco, born Vay 20, 1012). 3o now horo wo aro,' C|ravo|o procoodod, s|tt|ng |n tho Ch|ot ot 0otoct|vos' ott|co on 1uno 20. l sa|d, 'Ch|ot, l
th|nk ho's go|ng to shoot aga|n. 1on|ght, attor m|dn|ght |s 1hursday and |t's twonty-ono days s|nco my o|d man got shot.' 3o ho g|vos mo th|rty
dotoct|vos and ovorybody on|y gots two squaro b|ocks-'causo a|| ot tho shoot|ngs aro w|th|n ha|t a m||o ot oach othor. Wo got tho stroots b|ankotod
and thon a|| ot a suddon-s|x o'c|ock |n tho morn|ng, l ca|| ott tho dota|| and l'm back at tho stat|on houso. l'm s|gn|ng ovorybody's ovort|mo s||ps and
l got a ca||. |o saw us |n tho no|ghborhood and jumpod on tho tra|n.' On tho n|ghts ot tho Zod|ac's t|rst throo attacks, throo star c|ustors-Or|on,
1aurus, and l|o|ados-woro a|| v|s|b|o. 1ho throo wou|d a|| bo soon aga|n on 1uno 21, 1000. 1ho po||co wa|tod, droad|ng tho outcomo.
1huraday, Juno 21, 1000
Zodiac atruck in Vanhattan on tho t|rst day ot summor. 1ho hoat was on |n 3rook|yn. 1o dodgo tho t|ghton|ng po||co not, ho took tho subway to
b0th 3troot and wont to Contra| lark about 7:00 l.V. lt wou|d bo qu|ot thoro. |o wa|kod around a tow hours unt|| ho saw larry larham, th|rty, a
tormor jan|tor, now homo|oss. Zod|ac had approachod h|s v|ct|m days oar||or to ask h|s astro|og|ca| s|gn-larham, born 1uno 20, 10b0, was a
Cancor. |o s|opt n|ghts on a park bonch boh|nd tho Contra| lark band sho||. Zod|ac sat down a tow bonchos away and wa|tod unt|| a tow poop|o
st||| thoro |ott. larham mado a mattross trom p|ocos ot cardboard and a p|||ow trom h|s dutto| bag. ||vo hours attor tho start ot larham's
astro|og|ca| por|od, and on tho cusp ot Gom|n| and Cancor, Zod|ac shot h|m |n tho uppor chost. |o to|dod a noto covorod w|th astro|og|ca| s|gns
undor a rock am|dst larham's moagor possoss|ons. ln tho |ottor l |ott,' tho k|||or sa|d |ator, l usod tho phraso l road trom tho oncyc|opod|a. lt was to
throw you ott tho track. . . . l just wantod to |ncroaso tho toar.'
Astro|og|sts tound thomso|vos batt|od |n dovo|op|ng a cohoront, star-basod thoory to prod|ct tho shootor's noxt movo. lrov|ous|y, thoy had ||nkod
tho attacks to tho t|rst and socond phasos ot tho moon, but on 1uno 21 tho moon had boon |n |ts |ast quartor. 1hon camo a start||ng hoad||no:
Export: Copy Cat Attackor Goos by Wost Coast 3ook.' l.Y.l.0. Combs 'Zod|ac' 1hr|||or tor C|uos,' a socond hoad||no road. 1ho low York
Zod|ac was us|ng tho 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac as a gu|do. lsycho|og|st Cand|co 3krapoc, a protossor ot cr|m|no|ogy at 1ohn 1ay Co||ogo ot Cr|m|na|
1ust|co, thoor|zod that tho gunman was lmltotlog tho Ca||torn|a k|||or:
|o's to||ow|ng an account |n tho book Zod|ac wr|tton by lobort Graysm|th,' sa|d 3krapoc. |o has soon tho book and road parts ot |t. 1ho
scopo s|ght, tho c|rc|o w|th tho cross |ns|do, tho draw|ngs, tho namo Zod|ac, tho astro|og|ca| compononts . . . como trom tho book. Wo aro
|ook|ng at an |nd|v|dua| who |s th|nk|ng tho samo th|ng ho road |n tho book. . . . W|th th|s k|nd ot bohav|or |t wou|d not bo uncommon tor tho
cr|mos to osca|ato, and thoro w||| bo shortor t|mo botwoon |nc|donts.'
Friday, Juno 22, 1000
Chiot ot Dotoctivoa 1osoph 3orro||| (1hat's 3orro|||. 1wo r's. 1wo |'s, boys.') onco |od tho 3on ot 3am' probo. 1ho strango c|rcumstancos soom
to ta|| undor tho zod|ac s|gns ot tho datos ot tho shoot|ngs,' ho sa|d. ln tho bog|nn|ng whon wo |ookod at that, |t was puro happonstanco. 3ut whon
you got tour out ot tour, you bogan to |ook at |t moro c|oso|y.' 1ho day attor larham was shot, tho NowYork Post roco|vod anothor noto trom
Zod|ac:
1h|s |s tho Zod|ac. l havo soon tho lost and you say
1ho noto 3ont to tho lost not to any ot
1ho 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac |ottors you aro
Wrong tho hand wr|t|ng |s d|ttoront |t |s
Ono ot tho samo Zod|ac ono Zod|ac
ln 3an |ranc|sco k|||od a man |n tho park w|th a
gun and k|||od a woman w|th a kn|to and k|||od
a man |n tho tax| cab w|th a gun'

lt was obv|ous trom |ook|ng at tho |ottor,' sa|d Post roportor K|oran Crow|oy, that Zod|ac was anx|ous to conv|nco ovoryono that ho was tho
samo Zod|ac who had k|||od poop|o |n Ca||torn|a yoars botoro.' Crow|oy wroto:
3o|ow tho d|atr|bo was a draw|ng ot a chubby Zod|ac |n a squaro-toppod oxocut|onor's mask, w|th h|s symbo| omb|azonod on h|s chost. 1o
tho r|ght ho doc|arod: 'Vo |n tho park, |s th|s s|m||ar no, Ono Zod|ac.' 1h|s was gott|ng |ntorost|ng. lt tho Ca||torn|a Zod|ac had como to low
York, |t was an |ncrod|b|o story. ln tact, |t was too good to bo truo. . . . |o wantod us to th|nk ho was a hoavy-sot, m|dd|o-agod wh|to guy trom
3an |ranc|sco. Or d|d ho actua||y bo||ovo that ho was tho Ca||torn|a Zod|ac ro|ncarnatod? 1ho |nc|donts ho doscr|bod, ospoc|a||y tho draw|ng
ot Zod|ac |n h|s oxocut|onor's mask, woro d|roct|y trom tho Graysm|th Zod|ac book. Graysm|th, whon l roachod h|m by phono |n Ca||torn|a, was
appa||od that somoono was apparont|y us|ng h|s book as a b|uopr|nt tor occu|t murdor. 1ho tormor po||t|ca| cartoon|st tor tho 3an |ranc|sco
Chron|c|o sa|d h|s |||ustrat|on ot tho or|g|na| Zod|ac |n a hood appoarod on|y |n h|s book.'
Crow|oy roachod mo at homo. Oh, my God, l too| torr|b|o,' l to|d h|m. 1h|s |s a copycat and not tho samo guy as ours. Whon l t|rst hoard about
tho shoot|ngs |n low York, l chockod up on a Zod|ac suspoct horo who had novor boon chargod. |o |s st||| horo.'
Anothor roportor wroto: |oartu| low Yorkors aro snapp|ng up cop|os ot Zooloc, tho 1080 bostso||or about a 3ay Aroa sor|a| k|||or,' Graysm|th,
who spont ton yoars rosoarch|ng tho book, |s horr|t|od that |t m|ght havo bocomo a how-to manua| tor torror, a macabro gu|dobook.' l hopo |t |sn't
so,' l to|d h|m too. l wa|tod a |ong t|mo attor Zod|ac ondod h|s k||||ngs botoro wr|t|ng th|s book tor just such a roason.'
Nonday, Juno 25, 1000
JowoIora aaw aaIoa ot b|rthstonos p|ummot as low Yorkors pondorod how Zod|ac had known h|s v|ct|ms' s|gns. lEW3 lElOl1:
lo||co aro to|||ng poop|o not to to|| strangors tho|r b|rthday. |our poop|o havo boon shot, targotod tor tho|r astro|og|ca| s|gns. 1oday ono ot
thom [1osoph lroco, h|s th|rd v|ct|m| d|od. 1ho gunman c|a|ms to bo tho Zod|ac K|||or ot 3an |ranc|sco tamo |n tho |ato s|xt|os, but po||co don't
bo||ovo |t. Voanwh||o t|tty low York dotoct|vos aro on tho caso, tho tab|o|ds aro go|ng crazy and prosumab|y low Yorkors aro ovon moro wary
ot strangors than usua|.'

1ho computor|zod systom,' lo||co Comm|ss|onor loo 3rown roassurod tho pub||c, onab|os us to mako suro wo capturo a|| tho t|ps, a|| tho
|ntormat|on that comos |n and g|vos us a chanco to pu|| |t up rap|d|y. 1ho systom omp|oys a ||ght scannor that porm|ts c|orks to tood |ntormat|on
trom |ncom|ng ca||s d|roct|y |nto tho computor tor handwr|tton notos.'
Zod|ac ll wroto, On|y Or|on [1ho |untor| can stop Zod|ac and tho 3ovon 3|stor. lo moro gamos, p|gs.' A map pub||shod |n tho tho Lol|y Nows
ovor|a|d a d|agram ot tho Or|on consto||at|on upon a map ot tho c|ty. 1ho t|rst throo shoot|ngs |n 3rook|yn |ay ovor tho part ot tho consto||at|on known
as Or|on's bo|t.
1huraday, Juno 28, 1000
Ono man, hia symbo|s, draw|ngs, and |ottors |dont|ca| to Zod|ac's, brought low York to |ts knoos. 3uch doad|y |m|tat|on was unprocodontod. l t|ow
to low York, chockod |nto tho Omn|, and v|s|tod tho cr|mo sconos. 1ho pross to||owod mo, s||pp|ng so many notos undor my door, l cou|d baro|y
opon |t. 1ho c|ty was torr|t|od. V|ko VcA|ary wroto |n h|s co|umn:
l mot w|th lobort Graysm|th, a tormor 3an |ranc|sco nowspapor guy. Graysm|th spont ton yoars |nvost|gat|ng 3an |ranc|sco's Zod|ac
sor|a| k|||or. 1ho or|g|na| Zod|ac was a much moro |otha| guy, 3on ot Zod|ac. lo ono knows moro about tho or|g|na| Zod|ac than Graysm|th.
3on ot Zod|ac has obv|ous|y road Graysm|th's book covor to covor. |o |s us|ng tho tomo as a gu|dobook to murdor . . . try|ng h|s bost to
|m|tato tho or|g|na| Zod|ac's ponmansh|p. 1hoy wr|to |n tho samo poor b|ack |ottor|ng. . . . 3owaro . . . Wo ||vo |n tho ago ot choap soquo|s.'

Wo havo |ookod at that book,' sa|d 3orro|||. 1ho low York Zod|ac k|||or probab|y has too. lnvost|gators ass|gnod to tho Zod|ac task torco
bo||ovo tho gunman sta|k|ng low York C|ty had road and cop|od parts ot Graysm|th's book.' Warron ||nck|o |n tho Exomloor sa|d, 3orro|||, who
to||ows Graysm|th's b|b|o as ro||g|ous|y as doos h|s quarry, has ru|od h|m a copy ot tho or|g|na| Zod|ac.'
A nows anchor, hor camoraman, and l hoadod |nto Contra| lark |n Vanhattan. 1ak|ng ono tw|st|ng turn attor anothor, wo noarod l|torary Wa|k
noar 72nd 3troot on tho oast s|do. lobody wou|d bo |n Contra| lark at m|dn|ght but tho oxtraord|nar||y too||sh and Zod|ac. Wo d|scussod tho caso
on tho bonch whoro larham had boon shot. low York |osp|ta| doctors st||| had tho tormor |ort Groono ros|dont on a rosp|rator |n tho|r trauma un|t.
1ho ||ghts abovo tho band sho|| cast |ong shadows across tho woodod path, as s||ont and dark as lako |orman load or 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs. l gavo
tho |ntorv|ow |ook|ng ovor my shou|dor. Wo dug a round out ot that park bonch,' C|ravo|o to|d mo. Wo tound a thumbpr|nt on tho bottom r|ght-hand
cornor ot h|s noto. 1ho park v|ct|m doscr|bod a man who |ookod ||ko [1v woathorman| A| lokor. lt was ot a guy who had askod tor h|s b|rthday, not
tho shootor. Whon you pross dotoct|vos tor a compos|to skotch to p|oaso tho pross, m|stakos ||ko that happon. 1ho skotch was wrong and wo know
|t. 3y thon |t was a c|tyw|do caso, not just capsu||zod on tho 3rook|yn-Ouoons 3ordor. 3o that's whon wo had torty-n|no dotoct|vos and wont at |t tho
who|o summor. Evory twonty-ono days whon |t wou|d ta|| on a 1hursday wo'd go out thoro w|th a sma|| army |n Vanhattan, Ouoons, and 3rook|yn.'
As l |ott to go to tho a|rport, l saw po||co soarch|ng Contra| lark, tho cr|sp darknoss ||t by t|ash|ng rod ||ghts. A toma|o workor and hor tr|onds at
tho a|rport thankod mo tor com|ng to low York to ho|p. 1hat a|ono mado tho tr|p worthwh||o.
1huraday, JuIy 12, 1000
Zodiac uaoa tho tra|ns. Wo'ro suro ot that,' sa|d tho po||co, tormu|at|ng p|ans to shut down tho subways and trap h|m |t ho struck aga|n. Cops
cuttod a subway taro-boator attor thoy tound a c|ty map covorod w|th Zod|ac symbo|s |n h|s pockot. |undrods ot ott|cors anx|ous|y wa|tod tor
Zod|ac ll to str|ko on h|s proorda|nod day. Wo had |n oxcoss ot 1b0-200 bod|os,' C|ravo|o sa|d, a m||||on suporv|sors-tho ovort|mo was
astronom|ca|. At ono po|nt wo had a hot ||no sot up. lt |ookod ||ko a 1orry low|s 1o|othon. Wo had ton cops who woro on ||m|tod duty-you know,
brokon wr|st, brokon ank|o, just s|tt|ng thoro tak|ng phono ca||s trom tho pub||c-|n oxcoss ot ton thousand to|ophono t|ps. Each ono was chockod
out. Whon oach ono was chockod out wo wont through tho book aga|n. And guoss what? Zod|ac wont undor. |o wroto a tow notos, taunt|ng us
-'moro gamos, p|gs. l'vo soon you out on E|dr|dgo lano |ook|ng tor mo, you aro not good. You w||| not got tho Zod|ac.'
|o wroto th|ngs such as th|s: '1h|s |s tho Zod|ac. 1ho t|rst s|gn |s doad. 1ho Zod|ac w||| k||| tho two|vo s|gns |n tho bo|t whon tho Zod|aca| ||ght |s
soon.' Wo woro |ook|ng at th|s noto tor months and woro ask|ng what tho tuck |s tho 'Zody-aca| ||ght'? l ca||od lA3A and l sa|d, 'Excuso mo, Vr.
3c|ont|st. ls thoro such th|ng as tho Zody-aca| ||ght?' 'lo,' ho says, 'but thoro |s tho Zo-d|o-|ca| ||ght.'
'What tho ho|| |s that?'
'Wo||, |t's rotractod part|c|os ot dust com|ng ott rotractod sun||ght, but you can't soo |t |n b|g c|t|os. You can soo |t down |n tho Car|bboan and on a
c|oar n|ght r|ght at dusk.'
'Whon do you soo tho Zod|aca| ||ght?' l askod.
'1w|co a yoar. lt comos out oar|y |n Octobor and |t comos out aga|n |n Varch.'
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3o th|s guy startod shoot|ng poop|o |n Varch, thon ho stoppod. Wo got th|s Octobor com|ng up, so |t's go|ng to bo |ntorost|ng to soo |t ho comos
back. |o a|so sa|d, 'Or|on |s tho ono who can stop Zod|ac and tho sovon s|stor,' wh|ch |s l|o|ados, wh|ch |s anothor consto||at|on. Out ot tho tour
poop|o ho shot, ho shot a|| ot thom |n tho torso-novor any hoad shots, and throo ot tho tour surv|vod. Ono guy has a round st||| |n h|m. lt's st||| too
c|oso to h|s sp|no to romovo.'
1huraday, Auguat 10, 1000
| roturnod to low York, stay|ng at 0ays lnn on b7th 3troot and wandor|ng tho stroots |n oar|y morn|ng. A garbago str|ko was |n progross. |oaps ot
rotuso, b|urry w|th t||os, moundod oach cornor. Zod|ac v|ct|m 0ar|ono |orr|n's s|stor, lam, stoppod da|nt||y ovor tho trash, ||tt|ng tho |ow hom ot hor
s||ky dross. 3ho appoarod on tho 5o||y 1osso Ropboo| 5bowand to|d how Zod|ac had changod hor ||to. A man, sho roportod, tr|od to pu|| hor car
koys trom hor |gn|t|on |n tront ot an Ant|och, Ca||torn|a, storo. |o brand|shod a kn|to and throatonod to abduct hor, but sho oscapod attor a strugg|o.
loca| po||co had boon skopt|ca| ot hor oar||or roports ot doath throats-a noto p|nnod to hor tront door that road 187' [187 |s tho Ca||torn|a lona|
Codo soct|on doa||ng w|th hom|c|do|, a cott|n do||vorod to hor door, a cross p|antod on hor |awn, and toddy boars w|th kn|vos stuck |n thom |ott on
hor stops. Ant|och lo||co 3orgoant 3ob lowo don|od thoy had d|sm|ssod lam's prov|ous comp|a|nts. Any and a|| roports ot that naturo aro a|ways
takon sor|ous|y,' ho sa|d. vornon |ockaby ot Ant|och was moro |rato. |o wasn't ro|atod to lam, but hundrods ot ca||ors had phonod h|s numbor
dur|ng tho |ast yoar.
Attor mak|ng good on a th|rd ot h|s throats, Zod|ac ll van|shod just as tho or|g|na| had. Wo wont at |t tor about n|no or ton months,' C|ravo|o to|d
mo, unt|| Ch|ot ot 0otoct|vos 3orro||| d|sbandod |t.' va||ojo 0otoct|vo 3awart, st||| on rosorvo to ho|p tho vl0 so|vo comp|ox hom|c|dos, sa|d,
Zod|ac's succoss |n h|s k||||ng and tho succoss ot most sor|a| k|||ors aro that thoy havo no connoct|on w|th tho|r v|ct|ms. lsychopaths ||ko th|s
usua||y outgrow |t |n tho|r |ator yoars and |ator ||to.' Was th|s tho caso w|th tho low York copycat? |ad ho outgrown h|s rago, gono undorground?
ln tho |ntor|m, l |oarnod lo|gh A||on was go|ng b||nd.
2b
arthur Ioigh aIIon
1huraday, Octobor 11, 1000
AIIon'a dotoriorating viaion, a s|do ottoct trom d|abotos mo|||tus and artor|osc|orot|c hoart d|soaso, had sor|ous|y |mpodod h|s act|v|t|os. 1hough
h|s k|dnoys woro ta|||ng, lo|gh |gnorod h|s doctor's adv|co to curta|| oxcoss|vo t|u|ds and watch h|s wo|ght. As monta| acu|ty docroasod, ho
oxpor|oncod occas|ona| musc|o cramps, t|ank pa|n, and musc|o tw|tch|ng. ||s sk|n took on a s||ght|y yo||ow-brown|sh d|sco|orat|on. lns|do, hoa|thy
as ovor, angor st||| b|azod.
long attor A||on's ro|oaso trom Atascadoro, a stattor, consumod w|th worry, contactod mo. ls Arthur lo|gh A||on st||| a||vo and |t so |s ho st||| a
Zod|ac suspoct?' ho askod. Apparont|y lo|gh had to|d tho Atascadoro statt ho was a Zod|ac suspoct. 1o your know|odgo, havo thoro boon
subsoquont ch||d mo|ostat|on chargos brought aga|nst th|s man? lt |s rocogn|zod |n tho monta| hoa|th t|o|d that ch||d mo|ostors aro notor|ous
roc|d|v|sts. 1ho mo|ostors l'vo workod w|th havo boon ropoat ottondors.' lor, w|th tho pass|ng ot yoars, had tho suttor|ng ot tho v|ct|ms |ossonod.
lsych|c trauma had ospoc|a||y boon v|s|tod on tho surv|v|ng 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs v|ct|m-V|ko Vagoau [Voy-bow|, |ast soon |n a va||ojo hosp|ta| on
August 10, 1000.
1hough h|s oporat|on had boon on 1u|y b, scars on tho r|ght s|do ot V|ko's nock and |ott chook shono ||v|d|y, mapp|ng a bu||ot's wandor|ng path.
|o was a study |n agony-jaw w|rod shut, |ott |og oncasod |n a cast to h|s h|p, r|ght arm and hand cr|pp|od by bu||ots-as ho starod at a s|ug,
t|oat|ng |n a so|ut|on |n a g|ass bott|o. 1hat s|ug had boon romovod trom h|s |ott th|gh. As soon as ho cou|d, ho d|sgu|sod h|mso|t and t|od va||ojo.
About ono and a ha|t yoars ago,' a ma|o nurso |n 3an 3ornard|no to|d mo, l saw V|chao| Vagoau as a pat|ont tor mu|t|p|o mod|ca| prob|oms
that appoarod to bo psychosomat|c, probab|y socondary to tho psycho|og|ca| scars ho roco|vod as a rosu|t ot h|s oncountor w|th Zod|ac. |o troo|y
vo|untoorod h|s assoc|at|on w|th Zod|ac and had scars cons|stont w|th tho doscr|bod wounds. As l roca|| ho had a run-|n w|th drugs and was a stroot
porson br|ot|y. l mot h|s t|ancoo, who |s a strong woman and soomod to bo g|v|ng h|m omot|ona| and phys|ca| support. 1hoy aro probab|y marr|od
now. |o to|d mo that [lako 3orryossa v|ct|m| 3ryan |artno|| was ||v|ng |n tho aroa and that ho had somo |ntroquont contact w|th h|m. l t|nd |t
|ntorost|ng that both Zod|ac surv|vors now ||vo |n tho aroa whoro tho Zod|ac murdors bogan.' |artno|| had doscr|bod Zod|ac as 22b-2b0 pounds.
Vagoau's t|rst doscr|pt|on was s|m||ar-tho man's bu||d was booty, hoavysot w|thout bo|ng b|ubbory tat.' |o appoarod to havo a |argo taco' and
was not woar|ng g|assos. |o wo|ghod 10b-200 pounds and was botwoon twonty-s|x and th|rty-s|x yoars o|d. |o was woar|ng a b|uo short-s|oovod
sh|rt.' 1hat soundod a |ot ||ko tho pr|mo suspoct.
On th|s twonty-t|rst ann|vorsary ot lau| 3t|no's murdor, 0avo 1osch| sa|d, l rot|rod |n 108b w|thout hav|ng tho p|oasuro ot road|ng [Zod|ac| h|s
r|ghts. Zod|ac was tho most batt||ng murdor caso |n our h|story.' W|th coast-to-coast Zod|acs at |argo, |t soomod unth|nkab|o that tho or|g|na| Zod|ac
cou|d |ot such an opportun|ty go by w|thout commont|ng on h|s low York countorpart. On|y tho most oxtromo advors|ty cou|d provont th|s prophot ot
doath trom g|oat|ng ovor tho pro||torat|on ot h|s obscono word. lo |ottor camo. Why?
1uoaday, Docombor 18, 1000
Loigh AIIon montionod tho Zod|ac |m|tator to h|s tr|onds. 3ut ho had othor th|ngs on h|s m|nd. l was |n va||ojo whon, on tho morn|ng ot h|s b|rthday,
ho donnod a swoator h|s mothor had kn|ttod, buttonod h|s lavy poa coat, and drovo to 0Vv to app|y tor a two-yoar ronowa| ot h|s C|ass C dr|vor's
||conso.
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1ho now ||conso st|pu|atod l31l: Corr lons,' but |n h|s dr|vor's photo lo|gh |s not woar|ng g|assos. |o cru|sod tho wator town |n h|s
vW, t|na||y park|ng at a go|t courso. l saw h|m turn up h|s co||ar aga|nst tho w|nd, as ho stud|od Wator 1own. l know ho was |nt|mato w|th a|| |ts
watory soct|ons and sa|t t|ats. lako Chabot losorvo|r sprang trom a dammod stroam a hundrod yoars ago. 1hon a storago c|storn |n W||d |orso
va||oy, twonty-two m||os northoast, bogan pump|ng wator to ||om|ng |||| rosorvo|r. 1oday, tho Gordon va||oy projoct and Cacho 3|ough lump|ng
l|ant s|akod Wator 1own's ond|oss th|rst. ||s oyos rovod across tho choppy bay, whoro tho hunt tor Zod|ac procoodod.
A||on was now undorgo|ng k|dnoy d|a|ys|s and suttor|ng trom d|abotos. |o wa|kod w|th a cano, had a hoart cond|t|on-poss|b|y a c|rcu|at|on
prob|om, and suttorod trom sovoro arthr|t|s. Zod|ac's w|thdrawa| had boon as myst|ty|ng as h|s arr|va|. Whon ho had appoarod twonty yoars ago,
thoro roa||y hadn't boon anyth|ng ||ko Zod|ac botoro. |o had capturod tho pub||c's ondur|ng |ntorost. Zod|ac was ono ot tho oar|y sor|a| k|||ors to
acqu|ro pub||c|ty,' sa|d lark 0|otz ot UClA. 1ho uso ot a |ogo and oncryptod mossagos mado h|m both wo||-markotod and ot |ntorost to |og|ons ot
poop|o who wou|d ||ko to so|vo tho mystory.' 3o d|d tho astro|ogy ang|o.
Zod|ac butt 0av|d l|co d|d a broakdown ot Zod|ac's s|gn|t|cant datos, but saw no astronom|ca| pattorn. |o suggostod to mo thoro m|ght bo an
ostro|oglco| pattorn, though, and on h|s computor, ana|yzod h|s t|nd|ngs w|th an Astr-b-O, 1rop|ca| Zod|ac program.
lt Zod|ac woro us|ng astronom|ca| ovonts such as tho W|ntor, 3ummor, 3pr|ng, and |a|| 3o|ar lngrossos,' ho oxp|a|nod, |t wou|d soom ||ko|y
that ho wou|d 'do h|s th|ng' on tho oxact day, and not p|us or m|nus 18 days. lot ovon |t ho woro us|ng tho 3|doroa| Zod|ac, wh|ch |s cons|dorod
(w|th an 3vl at 28 l|scos) to havo a d|ttoronco trom tho 1rop|ca| Zod|ac ot 28 dogroos (thoro's st||| about two dogroos to go botoro tho 'Ago
ot Aquar|us' rop|acos tho curront 'Ago ot l|scos'), as |t wou|d st||| bo ott. 1horo m|ght bo an oxp|anat|on, howovor. 3tat|st|ca| ana|ys|s on
ath|otos, us|ng tho 1rop|ca| Zod|ac, p|acod Vars at tho Ascondant (r|s|ng) and tho V|dhoavon (cu|m|nat|ng) moro otton than chanco a||ows, at
tho oh-t|vo |ovo|. 0octors and |awyors havo 1up|tor |n thoso 'zonos' |nstoad. 1hough an astro|ogor, l'd protor an astronom|ca| oxp|anat|on to an
astro|og|ca| ono. 1ho tormor ono can wo|gh and moasuro, tho |attor |s a||ogory and probab|||t|os.'

l|ko tho or|g|na| Zod|ac, low York's copycat sor|a| k|||or had van|shod w|thout a traco. l prayod tor a roso|ut|on to tho East Coast mystory. lt
wou|d d|spo| ha|t tho n|ghtmaro. ln h|story on|y 1ack tho l|ppor had h|s copycats-and now, Zod|ac d|d too.
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zodiac || roturna
1hough tho aoIution to Zod|ac ll |ay yoars away, |ot mo to|| you how |t ondod-as |t bogan, |n a b|azo ot bu||ots. On 1uosday, Varch 1, 1004, low
York C|ty po||co arrostod a young man who wou|dn't hurt a t|y,' pack|ng a homomado woapon. 1hoy automat|ca||y t|ngorpr|ntod anyono w|th a z|p
gun bocauso Zod|ac ll had usod ono. 3ut tho gun d|dn't work, so cops soa|od tho young man's t||o w|th tho pr|nts st||| |ns|do. |o roturnod to h|s
l|tk|n Avonuo no|ghborhood, whoro ho was known as 1ho vamp|ro.' Obsossod w|th a|| th|ngs m|||tary, 1ho vamp|ro' co||octod mart|a| hardwaro
and actod on occas|on as a po||co drug |ntormant. 3y day, ho c|osotod h|mso|t |n tho noar|y abandonod East low York apartmont bu||d|ng ho
sharod w|th h|s mothor and s|stor and somo squattors. |o ragod aga|nst drug usors who tratt|ckod tho squa||d bu||d|ng. 3y n|ght, ho wandorod tho
stroots, h|s 3|b|o c|utchod undor h|s arm.
Your Zod|ac, l th|nk, |s go|ng to bo caught,' l sa|d on 1od Koppo|'s Nlgbt|loo. l havo had that too||ng trom tho vory bog|nn|ng. |o has a|roady
boon soon by moro poop|o than ovor saw tho or|g|na| Zod|ac.' 1orry lachman, on tho samo program, mado an |ntorost|ng po|nt on boha|t ot tho
pross. Wo don't croato thoso s|tuat|ons. 1ho Zod|ac had shot two or throo poop|o botoro story ono appoarod. 3on ot 3am had murdorod botwoon
a th|rd to ha|t tho numbor ot poop|o ho wou|d ovor k||| botoro tho t|rst 3on ot 3am story appoarod. 3o, |t |s not as |t |t |s a ch|ckon and ogg th|ng.
3omot|mos thoso cr|mos havo boon unspoo||ng tor a wh||o botoro wo ovor got not|t|od ot thom or, |ndood, got |nto thom.'
On Vonday, August 8, 1004, my phono rang. 1horo's a th|rd Zod|ac,' loto loyos, a los Ango|os to|ov|s|on nowsman, to|d mo. A story out ot
low York |s that anothor porson c|a|m|ng to bo tho Zod|ac K|||or has wr|tton to tho Post doscr|b|ng a sor|os ot now shoot|ngs.'
Anothor or tho o|d ono back aga|n?' l sa|d. A th|rd Zod|ac-a copycat ot a copycat? What do thoy th|nk?'
1hoy say thoy don't want to say.' |o road mo tho Al roport:
'1h|s |s tho Zod|ac.' 1hoso words, |n a ch||d||ko scraw|, bocamo tho tradomark groot|ng ot a k|||or who t|||od tho low York summor ot 1000
w|th droad. low attor yoars ot s||onco, tho Zod|ac k|||or may bo back. ln 1000, tho Zod|ac vowod to k||| ono porson tor oach ot tho two|vo
astro|og|ca| s|gns . . . thon abrupt|y qu|t. 1h|s wook [August 1, 1004|, tho low York lost got a s|m||ar noto trom somoono c|a|m|ng to bo tho
Zod|ac, and dotoct|vos aro try|ng to dotorm|no whothor tho |ottor wr|tor |s tho k|||or or a copycat. 1ho |ottor wr|tor c|a|ms rospons|b|||ty tor t|vo
shoot|ngs that po||co sa|d |ott at |oast two poop|o doad botwoon August 10, 1002 and 1uno 11 ot th|s yoar. A|| ot tho attacks took p|aco |n tho
gonora| aroa ot tho 1000 shoot|ng. . . .'

K|oran Crow|oy phonod r|ght attor loyos. lt's tour o'c|ock |n low York r|ght now and |t's happon|ng aga|n,' ho sa|d, anothor Zod|ac. |o's shot
t|vo poop|o. lomombor tour yoars ago? 1h|s Zod|ac c|a|ms to bo tho or|g|na| guy who k|||od a|| tour. Obv|ous|y thoro aro thoso po|nts ot agroomont
botwoon tho |ottors and tho or|g|na| Zod|ac. . . . 0o you th|nk |t's poss|b|o ho's takon on tho porsona, m|ght th|nk ho's tho roa| Zod|ac?'
Whon th|s |m|tator camo out tor tho t|rst t|mo,' l sa|d, my mothor suggostod l say |n tho pross that th|s guy |s not Zod|ac. Whon l d|d ho stoppod.
Who knows, maybo ho roa||y bo||ovod ho was tho 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac. Or maybo ho d|dn't moan to k||| h|s v|ct|ms, on|y wound thom. Whon lroco
d|od, ho coasod k||||ng.'
lt's obv|ous to mo that ho's road your book. |o doos a box scoro. |o c|a|ms tour v|ct|ms tour yoars ago, t|vo now-a tota| ot n|no. 1ho po||co
cont|rmod that tho guy |n th|s shoot|ng-thoy got ono ba|||st|cs match-a .22-ca||bor-wh|ch was ||ko Zod|ac.'
Zod|ac usod a .22 |n h|s t|rst lorthorn Ca||torn|a murdor.'
0o you th|nk ho's us|ng your book as a 3|b|o? As tar as l can to|| ho |s.'
l too| awtu|. Vy purposo |n wr|t|ng tho book was to catch Zod|ac or got so c|oso that ho was sta|omatod. l th|nk wo succoodod. 3an |ranc|sco's
Zod|ac was ottoct|vo|y chockmatod. W|th pub||cat|on ot h|s story and a|| tho c|uos, w|th onhancod po||co scrut|ny, wo had no moro murdors, no moro
|ottors.'
|ow k|||ors had cop|od a novo|, dup||cat|ng t|ct|ona| cr|mos or V.O. |n roa| ||to. A tow |nstancos ot tact to||ow|ng t|ct|on: Agatha Chr|st|o's 7bo
Po|o lorso |nsp|rod a cr|mo. A mass murdoror who oscapod trom an asy|um usod hor book as a gu|do to comm|t acon|to po|son|ngs. 1. 0.
3a||ngor's Cotcbor lo tbo Ryo has shown up |n tho hands ot a numbor ot madmon-||nck|oy, 3ardo (who shot actross lobocca 3hator). |ormor
3orko|oy mathomat|cs protossor 1od Kaczynsk|, tho Unabombor, cop|od tho p|ot and ph||osophy |a|d out |n 1osoph Conrad's 7bo 5ocrot Agoot,
about a protossor who |s a bombor. l know ot no non-t|ct|on books |nsp|r|ng roa|-||to cr|mos. l mont|onod an art|c|o on tho subjoct, A Wr|tor's
l|ghtmaro,' to Crow|oy.
And |t's a wr|tor's n|ghtmaro tor you,' sa|d Crow|oy. 1hat somobody stud|od your book-that's horr|b|o. |or you, th|s |s ||ko tw|co-what tho
po||co don't know |s |t |t's tho samo guy or not. Wh|ch |s scar|or-that |t |s tho samo guy who camo back or |t |t's two d|ttoront onos?'
1wo poop|o that unba|ancod and suggost|b|o?'
Cont|dont|a||y,' sa|d Crow|oy, wo bo||ovo |t st||| may bo tho guy trom tour yoars ago. 1ho doscr|pt|ons sort ot match-l'|| got back to you on that.'
loxt day, ho to|d mo about a now Zod|ac c|phor |n tho Post. lt you put a hand m|rror on tho |ott s|do ot tho symbo|s you can soo how ho croatod
h|s now a|phabot. 1hoy |ook ||ko norma| nava| t|ags, but thoy'ro not. l and a tormor Army cryptographor docodod h|s mossago. l'|| road |t to you . . .
|ot mo g|vo you tho oxact word|ng. Ono ot tho roasons l was ab|o to crack |t opon-turns out thoy'ro m|rror |mago nava| s|gna| t|ags [basod on a
mar|t|mo systom ot lntornat|ona| ||ags and lonnants|-a|most a|| ot thom. Wo d|dn't know that. Wo d|d tho standard codo-broak|ng stutt. 1ho
symbo|s woro doub|od |n tho hor|zonta| p|ano, |n somoth|ng known as a '|ook|ng g|ass' a|phabot codo. lt was ||ko|y croatod by p|ac|ng a sma|| m|rror
on tho |ott s|do ot oach nava| t|ag symbo|. |o says, '1h|s |s tho Zod|ac 3poak|ng, l am |n contro| through mastory. 3o roady tor moro. Your's tru|y.'
Obv|ous|y, thoro aro d|ttoront po|nts ot agroomont botwoon tho |ottors ot tho or|g|na| Zod|ac. . . . 1ho po||co havo cont|rmod thoy'vo got ono ba|||st|c
match-.22-ca||bor, wh|ch was what Zod|ac usod. 1ho doscr|pt|on |s not a b|ack guy but that ot a dark-sk|nnod lat|no.'
1hat's vory d|ttoront than tho or|g|na| doscr|pt|on,' l sa|d. 1ho now ono cou|d st||| bo Zod|ac lll.' lot|rod lYl0 0otoct|vos A| 3hoppard and
1amos 1oda|d| suspoctod th|s was Zod|ac lll-ho d|d not sta|k h|s v|ct|ms as ho had dono |n 1000, but choso thom at random. 1ho 1000 Zod|ac
had a pattorn ot attack|ng on 1hursdays and |n |ncromonts ot twonty-ono and whon corta|n star c|ustors woro v|s|b|o |n tho sky. 1ho |atost Zod|ac d|d
not to||ow any pattorn. 1ho o|d Zod|ac a|mod tor h|s v|ct|ms' torsos, tho now a|mod tor tho hoad. 3ut both adm|ttod thoro woro onough s|m||ar|t|os
that |t cou|d bo tho samo man.


Auguat tho titth," V|ko C|ravo|o to|d mo, l got a ca|| say|ng, 'Zod|ac shot poop|o. |o's wr|t|ng notos. lt chocks out. |o's out thoro aga|n. What
was |ncrod|b|o about 1000 was [Zod|ac| has a|| tour v|ct|ms' astro|og|ca| s|gns on papor. 1o th|s day |t |s unknown how that happonod. What wo d|d
was wo dovo|opod prot||os on tho tour v|ct|ms that wo had back thon. What d|d thoy havo |n common? 0|d thoy go to tho samo drugstoro to got
tho|r proscr|pt|ons t|||od? 0o thoy go to tho samo barborshop? 0o thoy havo a ||brary card tor tho samo branch? Any common throad that wo cou|d
dovo|op. And do you know what? lo. 1horo was just noth|ng |n common w|th tho tour ot thom. Aro thoy a|| on wo|taro? lo, thoy woron't. 1ho on|y
th|ng thoy d|d havo |n common |s that thoro was somoth|ng wrong w|th a|| ot thom. 1ho t|rst guy wa|kod w|th a torr|b|o ||mp. |o had somo sort ot b|rth
dotoct. 1ho socond guy was drunk-ho was unconsc|ous-passod out on tho s|dowa|k |n tront ot h|s houso. 1ho th|rd guy was a sovonty-o|ght-yoar-
o|d man who usod to go wandor|ng around |n tho m|dd|o ot tho n|ght. |o had h|s days and n|ghts m|xod up. |o was a ||tt|o son||o. 1ho tourth ono
was as|oop |n Contra| lark on a park bonch.'
|o p|ckod tho ho|p|oss to shoot,' l sa|d.
3ut th|s guy horo |n 1004 |s h|tt|ng womon as wo|| as mon. 1h|s guy's stabb|ng. Wh|ch |s a |ot moro |nd|cat|vo ot your guy out thoro than our guy.
1hat's what g|vos mo tho croops about th|s. l th|nk tho 1000 guy and tho 1004 guy |s ono and tho samo. low |t's start|ng to |oan that way . . . thoy
ca||od mo at sovon o'c|ock |n tho morn|ng and askod mo a|| thoso quost|ons on to|ov|s|on. l had about t|ttoon m|nutos to road about |t |n throo
nowspapors and go on tho a|r. At that t|mo my gut too||ng to||s mo |t's not tho samo guy l |nvost|gatod |n 1000. 3ut now l'vo had a ||tt|o t|mo to soo
that noto and go ovor |t. 1ho handwr|t|ng |sn't tho samo, but whon you'ro doa||ng w|th somoono who's so psychot|c-h|s mod|cat|on cou|d bo
changod. |o cou|d havo just thrown tho pon |n h|s othor hand. Wo havo two match|ng thumbpr|nts on thoso 1000 |ottors, and you know tho low York
C|ty po||co dopartmont has tho |ACE3 3ystom-a computor|zod t|ngorpr|nt matchup systom. 1ho |atont-pr|nt oxam|nors usod to havo to do |t by
hand. low |t you'vo ovor boon arrostod, your pr|nt |s |n tho systom. lt you got a |atont pr|nt ott a |ottor you can match |t. 1horo's ono dotoct|vo
ass|gnod to just that-ho has tho pr|nts trom tho Zod|ac |n 1000 and ho cont|nuous|y puts |t |nto tho computor. 1horo woro ovor 8000 roports
proparod on tho caso. Evoryth|ng wont onto computor. lt your namo camo up oar|y on |n tho |nvost|gat|on, and now horo |t |s tour months |ator,
anothor dotoct|vo |s |ntorv|ow|ng somoono and that namo comos up. 3oom! lt wou|d match and you'd bo ab|o to cross-rotoronco and roport, '|oy,
th|s guy |ooks |ntorost|ng. An |ndopondont porson to|d us two months ago about a corta|n porson |n tho 3ronx. low somoono |n 3rook|yn |s
mont|on|ng tho samo namo as a poss|b|||ty. 3omo bo||s wou|d go ott.'
Exact|y what thoy shou|d havo dono w|th Zod|ac,' l sa|d, th|nk|ng ot lynch and Vu|anax's |nd|v|dua| roports on lo|gh A||on. lo|thor know ot tho
othor's quost|on|ng. Wo st||| d|dn't know who had boon tho or|g|na| t|pstor who suspoctod A||on, tho man or woman who d|roctod tho po||co to h|s
door. Onco moro l t|ow to low York, wondor|ng |t thoro was somoth|ng |n tho or|g|na| caso that m|ght |dont|ty Zod|ac ll. lot|rod 0otoct|vo 3orgoant
V|ko laco, K|oran Crow|oy, and l woro on tho Ro|oooo show. 1ho m|x ot tho corobra|-cops and authors-and tho pass|onato-v|ct|ms' mothors
and tam|||os-novor roa||y jo||s. What can you say attor a mothor has ta|kod about |os|ng hor ch||d? ln h|s codod mossago,' Crow|oy sa|d, Zod|ac
sa|d, 'l am |n contro|.' l'd ||ko h|m to provo |t by sond|ng anothor mossago, botoro ho hurts anyono o|so, bocauso l th|nk |t's t|mo tor th|s to movo on
to tho noxt phaso.' Crow|oy's story hoad||nod VAllAC GOE3 3Y 1|E 3OOK,' appoarod |n tho Post August 0. Undor a roproduct|on ot tho covor
was tho capt|on: |ow-to manua|, tho roa|-||to cr|mo story that may havo |nsp|rod Zod|ac ll.' Crow|oy wroto:
1ho Zod|ac k|||or may bo us|ng a 1080 book about tho or|g|na| 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac k|||or as h|s gu|do. lobort Graysm|th wroto tho bost-
so||or Zod|ac' about tho hoodod k|||or who torror|zod tho 3ay Aroa tor yoars bog|nn|ng |n 1008. . . . |our yoars ago, Graysm|th wont through a
s|m||ar oxpor|onco whon a low York gunman ca|||ng h|mso|t Zod|ac bogan h|s shoot|ng sproo.'

On August 12, 1004, po||co conc|udod that tho now commun|cat|on wos trom Zod|ac ll. |o had domonstratod |nt|mato know|odgo' ot tho
assau|ts-t|mo, p|aco, agos, and gondors ot tho t|vo v|ct|ms, |ocat|on ot wounds, and ca||bor ot guns (a .22 |n tour |nstancos and a .880 |n a t|tth).
3omo dota||s matchod, not a||. Ono v|ct|m had boon stabbod, not shot. latr|c|a |onto was kn|tod ovor a hundrod t|mos. Wo'ro puzz|od,' sa|d
3orro|||, but wo'ro ta|r|y suro |t's not a hoax.' lsycho|og|st 0r. 1oyco 3rothors sa|d ot Zod|ac's roturn: 1h|s |s somobody who |s tota||y powor|oss
and who |s t|nd|ng powor through pub||c|ty. ||s tantasy |s to mastor tho wor|d bocauso ho can't contro| h|s own ||to. |o wants to bo |n contro|. 1hat |s
h|s tantasy. |o probab|y doos not havo a tam||y or anyono who |ovos h|m.' A 3o||ovuo |osp|ta| torons|c psych|atr|st, V|chao| Wo|nor, sa|d, 1horo |s
th|s sonso ot bo|ng a huntor. |o |s try|ng to croato |ntr|guo w|th codos. |o wants to bo g|amorous bocauso ho's a |osor . . . thoro |s an o|omont ot
sad|sm about h|m. l th|nk ho's vory |ntorostod |n gott|ng attont|on . . . |t's vory coward|y.'
1wo yoars wou|d pass. On 1uosday, 1uno 18, 1000, a tow m|nutos past noon, 1ho vamp|ro,' d|straught h|s toonago s|stor was runn|ng w|th a
bad crowd, shotgunnod hor. A 011 ca||-a toma|o shot |n tho |og, l|tk|n Avonuo'-summonod low York paramod|cs. Vomonts |ator, an
ambu|anco squoa|od to a stop at tho U-shapod tront ot 2780 l|tk|n. Vod|cs p||od out, |oav|ng tho ong|no rac|ng. 1hoy startod tor tho th|rd-t|oor
apartmont. 1ho shootor |s st||| up thoro,' caut|onod a no|ghbor-a shot wh|zzod ovor tho|r hoads. Wo k|ssod tho concroto just as wo hoard that t|rst
shot,' sa|d paramod|c Chr|s 0oluca. load r|ppod jaggod ho|os |nto tho ambu|anco, othor shots r|cochotod ott tho s|dowa|k. Chunks ot br|ck t|ow.
Got down! 0own t|at!' Voro bu||ots, punctuatod by br||||ant muzz|o t|ashos, hammorod trom tho uppor w|ndow. At l.3. 1b0 across tho stroot,
studonts cr|od and duckod tor covor. Cops, guns drawn, convorgod on l|tk|n Avonuo and cordonod ott a n|no-b|ock aroa. |or tho noxt throo and
ono-ha|t hours, tho|r bu||ots, w|th mach|no gun-||ko rap|d|ty, answorod 1ho vamp|ro's.' 3u||ots cut trom abovo |n a murdorous arc, ch|pp|ng
masonry and p|nn|ng down tour ott|cors. Cops |n ho|mots and t|ak jackots whoo|od a mota| sh|o|d toward tho bu||d|ng as tho Emorgoncy 3orv|co
Un|t voh|c|o, armorod w|th bu||ot-proot goar, movod |n to roscuo tho tour mon.
3orgoant 1osoph |orbort, a t|ttoon-yoar po||co votoran, sott-spokon and noat, nogot|atod w|th tho shootor trom tho stroot bo|ow. l th|nk l w|||
surrondor,' tho shootor shoutod, woary ot pro|ongod batt|o. |rom tho root po||co |oworod a yo||ow t|owor buckot to tho apartmont. 1urn ovor any
woapons,' thoy ordorod. |o t|||od tho buckot throo t|mos-th|rtoon homomado guns, 3aturday n|ght spoc|a|s, dozons ot rounds ot ammo, sovon
hunt|ng and m|||tary-typo kn|vos, and a machoto. 1ho s|ogo ondod short|y attor 4:00 l.V. and 1ho vamp|ro,' |or|borto Edd|o' 3oda, was
arrostod. lns|do 3oda's room woro two tu||y constructod p|po bombs and a th|rd undor construct|on. An unoxp|odod bomb matchod throo rocont|y
|ott |n a 3rook|yn park|ng |ot. ||s ||brary was what thoy had boon to|d to |ook tor.
1b
3or|a| k|||ors otton road about othors to avo|d tho samo p|tta||s
that got thom caught.
3oda adm|ttod to shoot|ng h|s ha|t s|stor |n a wr|tton contoss|on. At tho bottom ot tho pago ho drow an |nvortod cross crownod by throo sovons. lt
just jumpod out ot tho pago,' |orbort sa|d. l noar|y to|| ott my cha|r. lt was tho handwr|t|ng! 1ho t's tho s's tho m's, tho way ho undor||nod corta|n
|ottors. 1hat, coup|od w|th tho symbo| ot tho |nvortod cross, mado mo roa||zo th|s was Zod|ac. l |mmod|ato|y rocogn|zod |t. . . . l had stud|od |t tor two
yoars.' 1ho symbo|s ||nkod 3oda w|th draw|ngs mado s|x yoars oar||or by Zod|ac ll, who had |ott a thumbpr|nt on tho |owor r|ght cornor ot h|s t|rst
|ottor. |orbort summonod 0otoct|vo lona|d A|ong|s, trom tho lYl0 |atont-pr|nt un|t, and askod h|m to br|ng a sot ot pr|nts to hoadquartors tor
compar|son. A|ong|s had momor|zod tho r|dgos and sw|r|s Zod|ac |ott on two notos.
About 8:80 l.V., ho scannod tho pr|nts through a magn|ty|ng g|ass. ||s oyos got br|ght, thon oxc|tod. At 1:20 A.V., attor s|x hours ot
|ntorrogat|on, 3oda s|gnod a contoss|on to a|| n|no Zod|ac attacks, c|a|m|ng to havo boon ovorcomo by urgos' to str|ko random|y. On|y by chanco
had Zod|ac ll appoarod to know somo ot h|s v|ct|m's astro|og|ca| s|gns. l just wantod to |ncroaso tho toar |n tho c|ty,' ho sa|d.
Zod|ac dotoct|vos woro surpr|sod. Wo thought that ho ||vod a|ono bocauso |t ho ||vod w|th somoono, wo t|gurod thoy wou|d havo ovontua||y g|von
h|m up.' 3a|||st|cs and sa||va tosts turthor ||nkod 3oda to tho Zod|ac shoot|ngs. |o had ||ckod an onvo|opo t|ap and lovo' postago stamps. 3oda
had stoppod shoot|ng poop|o attor 1004 bocauso ho |ost tho urgo.' On Wodnosday, 1uno 24, 1008, a jury do||boratod |oss than a day botoro
conv|ct|ng tho th|rty-yoar-o|d h|gh schoo| dropout ot throo counts ot murdor and ono count ot attomptod murdor. A month |ator, tho low York Zod|ac
was sontoncod to o|ghty-throo yoars |n pr|son. You'ro go|ng to d|o |n ja||,' sa|d 1udgo lobort 1. |anophy. 1ho Zod|ac novor ||od to us,' C|ravo|o
conc|udod. 1hat's tho saddost th|ng.' 3ack |n tog-shroudod 3an |ranc|sco no ono suspoctod a th|rd copycat was yot to como. Zod|ac lll's murdors
wou|d bo torr|ty|ng.
1ho hunt tor tho or|g|na| Zod|ac wont on. 3os|dos 3o||| tho attornoy, ho had mont|onod two othor poop|o |n h|s |ottors. Ono |n codo, lobort
Emmott tho ||pp|o,' tho othor Count Varco 3p|no|||. Was Zod|ac's |ottor a h|ddon mossago to somoono namod 3p|no|||' and cou|d wo t|nd a
3p|no|||' who had a connoct|on to lo|gh A||on?
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RaIh 5inoIIi, Iying |n a co|| on h|s t|tt|oth b|rthday, swoatod |nto tho th|n mattross. 1|m Ovorstroot, 3an 1oso l.0., had arrostod h|m as a suspoct
|n at |oast n|no armod robbor|os ot rostaurants. 3p|no||| know ho cou|d bo prosocutod as a caroor cr|m|na|. |o had boon arrostod |n Orogon |n
1072 tor a sor|os ot armod robbor|os ot rostaurants and sorvod two yoars ot a ton-yoar sontonco |n a pr|son thoro. |ac|ng a th|rty-yoar sontonco, ho
suggostod to Ovorstroot that ho had somoth|ng to trado. ln ja||, c|garottos, sox, and socrots woro throo pr|zod commod|t|os. 1ho bost k|nd ot
|ntormant |s a two-t|mo |osor torty-t|vo to t|tty who knows |t ho goos up ono moro t|mo ho's gong to d|o |n tho can,' sa|d a dotoct|vo. Whon ho turns
to us, ho has nowhoro o|so to go-ho bocomos as zoa|ous as a cop.' 1ho cops had a tw|st,' a hammor, on 3p|no||| and ho was work|ng h|s boot.'
l know tho roa| namo ot Zod|ac,' 3p|no||| sa|d t|na||y. lt was h|s aco.
3p|no||| bogan to ta|k |n hushod tonos and rap|d cadonco. 3ut tor a|| ho sa|d, |t was just onough to got Ovorstroot on tho hook. Ovorstroot roa||zod
3p|no||| m|ght bo |nvont|ng a story-a vory good chanco ot that. |owovor, ho cou|d not |gnoro what m|ght bo a va||d t|p. Zod|ac was tho b|ggost
caso thoro was. |o |ott a mossago tor rot|rod 0otoct|vo 3awart and 3awart rang h|m r|ght back. 3p|no||| |s curront|y |ncarcoratod |n tho 3anta
C|ara County ja||,' adv|sod Ovorstroot. |o won't d|vu|go what |ntormat|on ho has rogard|ng Zod|ac un|oss somo k|nd ot doa| |s mado rogard|ng tho
prosont chargos aga|nst h|m.' 3awart s|ghod. |o had hoard such c|a|ms about Zod|ac botoro. l'|| got back to you,' ho rop||od, and ca||od Conway.
1horo was th|s guy 3p|no||| ||v|ng |n 3an 1oso,' 3awart to|d mo |ator, pu||od a bunch ot st|ckups and thoy caught h|m and ho sa|d, 'Got aho|d ot
va||ojo l.0. l'|| to|| you a|| about a caso thoy'ro roa| |ntorostod |n.' 1hoy ca||od us, and Conway and l wont down and |ntorv|owod h|m on h|s b|rthday.'
va||ojo lo||co Capta|n loy Conway a|roady know 3p|no|||. ||s namo had boon prom|nont |n tho va||ojo aroa dur|ng tho tort|os, t|tt|os, and s|xt|os.
Connoct|ons w|th organ|zod cr|mo woro suspoctod.
Conway, a va||ojo po||co ott|cor s|nco 100b, had workod w|th Vu|anax, s|nco rot|rod. |o was prosont|y commandor ot tho lnvost|gat|on 0|v|s|on,
but tho n|ght |orr|n was murdorod and Vagoau torr|b|y woundod, ho had boon a sorgoant and ho and l|chard |ottman had boon tho t|rst
po||comon at tho scono. Conway porsona||y vor|t|od tho authont|c|ty ot doscr|pt|ons Zod|ac ma||od to tho pross back |n 1000. |o bo||ovod Zod|ac
had comm|ttod thoso shoot|ngs. An anonymous phono ca|| to tho va||ojo l.0. had boon mado trom a phono booth noar Arthur lo|gh A||on's homo
and noar whoro 1uckor kopt h|s car.
Conway and 3awart drovo to tho 3anta C|ara |ockup, chockod tho|r guns, and wont |n to soo 3p|no|||. |o was bo|ng ho|d on $b00,000 ba|| wh||o
awa|t|ng tr|a| on tho chargos. 1ho pr|sonor was anx|ous. 3p|no||| know how much troub|o ho was |n. 1hough ho cou|d go |n tor what amountod to ||to,
3p|no||| st||| rotusod to budgo. |o wou|d not namo tho |nd|v|dua| ho know as Zod|ac w|thout bo|ng ottorod a doa|. l want a|| chargos aga|nst mo
droppod,' ho |ns|stod.
Out ot tho quost|on,' sa|d 3awart.
Wo rotuso to mako any sort ot doa| ||ko that,' sa|d Conway.
And just how do you know th|s porson |s Zod|ac?' askod 3awart.
|o throatonod mo sovora| days botoro tho k||||ng ot lau| 3t|no, tho 3an |ranc|sco cabdr|vor. |o wantod to show mo how tough ho was. |o to|d
mo ho was go|ng to 3an |ranc|sco and k||| a cabb|o tor mo,' sa|d 3p|no|||. 1ho noxt day or so a cabdr|vor was k|||od |n 3an |ranc|sco and tho
Zod|ac took crod|t tor |t.' A po||co roport cont|rmod 3p|no||| and A||on had had t|ghts |n tho past.
Attor a |ong d|scuss|on, 3p|no||| agrood to g|vo Zod|ac's truo namo to h|s |awyor, Cra|g Konnody, a doputy pub||c dotondor ot 3anta C|ara
County. 1hroughout tho roma|ndor ot tho month, sovora| moot|ngs woro ho|d botwoon Konnody and h|s |mmod|ato boss, 3ryan 3chochmo|stor. 1ho
upshot was that no turthor |ntormat|on wou|d bo d|vu|god w|thout a dot|n|to doa| g|von to tho|r c||ont. 1h|s Conway and 3awart st||| rotusod to do.
1hoy cou|d p|ay hardba|| too. lt wou|d bo |ntorost|ng to soo who b||nkod t|rst.
1huraday, January 81, 1001
Conway rocoivod a ca|| trom Konnody. l can g|vo you tho namo that 3p|no||| has,' ho sa|d. 1ho othor s|do had cavod.
Conway wa|tod s||ont|y, a|though ho a|roady thought ho know tho answor.
lt's lo|gh A||on. Arthur lo|gh A||on.'
Conway |ot out a s|ow broath. |o a|roady know a|| about loo A||on. |o got 3awart on tho phono |mmod|ato|y. lEE' was |n tho Zod|ac c|phor. lt
was tho namo A||on had worn on h|s smock at Aco |ardwaro. Conway contactod lnspoctor Armstrong |n 3an |ranc|sco. Yos,' Armstrong sa|d,
ono ot tho pr|mary suspocts back |n tho oar|y 1070s was Arthur lo|gh A||on.' |o a|so vor|t|od that A||on's namo had novor boon pub||shod |n any
mod|a to h|s know|odgo. 1ho on|y porsons know|ng h|s namo woro |aw ontorcomont poop|o and on|y thoso |nvo|vod |n tho actua| Zod|ac
|nvost|gat|on, or somoono A||on m|ght havo braggod to such as mod|ca| porsonno| at Atascadoro and somo coworkors at an auto parts storo |n
3onoma.
Arthur lo|gh A||on and 3p|no||| woro acqua|ntancos way back whon,' 3awart to|d mo |ator, and ho [A||on| approachod h|m and to|d h|m ho
wantod to bo an ontorcor tor h|m. 1ho guy [3p|no|||| ownod a top|oss bar. |o adm|ttod ho was tho Zod|ac, sa|d 3p|no|||, and sa|d, '1o show you, l'm
go|ng to go to 3an |ranc|sco and k||| a guy.' 1hat was short|y botoro tho 3t|no k||||ng. 1hon ho supposod|y camo back and sa|d, 'l'm rospons|b|o tor
tho 3t|no k||||ng.' l know th|s guy 3p|no||| ta|r|y wo|| trom h|s cr|m|na| past. l d|dn't know whothor to bo||ovo h|m or not.'
3p|no||| m|ght havo |nvontod h|s story and boon try|ng to w|n tavor. Evon |t what ho sa|d was truo, |t was not so||d support|ng ov|donco that wou|d
ho|d up |n court. lt was tru|t trom a ta|ntod troo. 3ut how had 3p|no||| known to como up w|th tho namo lo|gh A||on |n tho t|rst p|aco?
Wodnoaday, Fobruary 0, 1001
Conway and Bawart drovo to tho 3tato 0opartmont ot 1ust|co, 3acramonto |om|c|do Un|t, to soo Agont |rod 3h|r|sago. 1h|s branch was
curront|y tho ropos|tory tor a|| tho Zod|ac casos |n tho mu|t|tudo ot jur|sd|ct|ons whoro tho k|||or had struck. A constant rotra|n trom amatour s|ouths
rogard|ng tho stato 0O1 was that somo at tho top |ovo| woro not a|ways rospons|vo to tho|r |ntormat|on and thoor|os. 1hoy don't a|ways tako my
|ntormat|on sor|ous|y,' ono to|d mo. |urthor ono guy c|a|mod that tho l|vors|do k||||ng |nva||datod my mator|a| and ho had proot Zod|ac d|d not k|||
Chor| 1o 3atos. |o c|a|mod tho |ntormat|on prov|dod by lam, 0ar|ono's s|stor, was not va||d as |t was too o|d. 1ho handpr|nt|ng l prov|dod by my
oxport was that '|t |ookod s|m||ar,' but attor a k||||ng |n Vart|noz, thoy sa|d |t was not Zod|ac's. Yot ho rotusod to a||ow tho othor oxport, Vr. Vorr|||, a
chanco to oxam|no sa|d handpr|nt|ng.'
1h|s was not 1osch|'s approach. 1ust |ot poop|o know you approc|ato gott|ng tho|r c|uos on how to catch Zod|ac,' ho to|d mo. l a|ways
acknow|odgo roco|pt ot a porson's |ottor, ospoc|a||y |t |t appoars to havo somo substanco or |s s|ncoro. l novor know whon l'|| got a |ottor that w|||
mako or broak tho caso.' 3h|r|sago gavo Conway a|| tho roports porta|n|ng to tho |nvost|gat|on ot Arthur lo|gh A||on, rocords that domonstratod
3an |ranc|sco dotoct|vos, spoc|t|ca||y Armstrong and 1osch|, had conductod tho pr|mary |nvost|gat|on on A||on. 1hoy spoko w|th Armstrong, thon
Conway contactod Vo| l|co|a|, now rot|rod. l|co|a| agrood w|th Armstrong that tho mod|a had novor rovoa|od tho namo ot loo A||on as a suspoct
|n tho Zod|ac |nvost|gat|on. 3awart to||owod tho |oca| papors dovotod|y. |o too know A||on's namo had novor boon ||nkod pub||c|y w|th Zod|ac.
3p|no||| had to havo had porsona| contact w|th loo A||on or w|th a c|oso tr|ond ot h|s. ln no othor way cou|d ho havo como up w|th tho namo.
Woro thoro any roasons tor 3p|no||| to ||o about tho |ntormat|on?' l askod 3awart. A grudgo? A ||ghtor sontonco ot somo sort?'
A||on had gotton |n a t|ght w|th 3p|no|||,' ho to|d mo. 3howod up at h|s houso and k|ckod |n tho door and boat h|m up. And yos, ho prov|dod tho
|ntormat|on |n oxchango tor a ||ghtor sontonco.'
1hrough 3acramonto, Conway roquostod tho |3l 0|roctor's a|d, 1o|otyp|ng tho to||ow|ng:
1ho |atont t|ngorpr|nt soct|on |s roquostod to prov|do 3acramonto w|th photographs ot a|| |atont t|ngorpr|nts dovo|opod dur|ng tho Zod|ac
|nvost|gat|on, latont Caso lo A-10042. 1ho |atont t|ngorpr|nt soct|on |s turthor roquostod to soarch tho |atont t|ngorpr|nts dovo|opod |n tho
Zod|ac caso through tho Automatod ldont|t|cat|on 3ystom and tho Automatod latont 3ystoms Vodo| and lat|ona| Un|dont|t|od latont |||o.
3acramonto |s not awaro ot tho roquostod soarch as prov|ous|y bo|ng conductod. 1ho photographs ot |atont pr|nts on t||o w|th tho ldont|t|cat|on
0|v|s|on aro bo|ng sought at tho roquost ot tho va||ojo Ca||torn|a lo||co 0opartmont, who |ntonds to run tho pr|nts, soarch through tho
Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot 1ust|co Automatod latont lr|nts 3ystom [All3|.'
Comparod aga|nst ovory suspoct |n tho Zod|ac caso, pr|sonors and m|||tary porsonno|, thoro was no match. |ow had Zod|ac dono |t?
1huraday, Fobruary 7, 1001
Bawart contactod Larry Ankron, a psycho|og|st tor vlCAl at Ouant|co. Ankron know a|| about Zod|ac. 3awart to|d h|m a|| Armstrong, 1osch|, and
Vu|anax had |oarnod back |n 1071, thon gavo h|m tho |ntormat|on that 3p|no||| had prov|dod-tho namo ot Arthur lo|gh A||on. 1ho buroau, as |t
turnod out, a|roady had a t||o (tho|r |argost s|ng|o t||o |n tho Zod|ac caso) on th|s |nd|v|dua|. ln Ankron's ost|mat|on, Zod|ac got as much p|oasuro
trom taunt|ng tho po||co and ro||v|ng h|s murdors through souvon|rs ho kopt as trom tho v|o|ont acts thomso|vos. Vy stud|os,' ho sa|d, show that
porsons who comm|t thoso typos ot cr|mos many t|mos koop souvon|rs or troph|os trom thoso cr|m|na| acts. 1hoy w||| tako somo typo ot art|c|o trom
tho|r v|ct|ms such as |dont|t|cat|on, p|ocos ot c|oth|ng, and so on. 1h|s |s so thoy can koop thoso |n a h|ddon p|aco and ro||vo tho |nc|dont many
t|mos ovor. 1hoy w||| koop journa|s and nowspapor c||pp|ngs ot tho cr|mos thomso|vos. 1hoso who koop thoso souvon|rs havo |ngon|ous h|d|ng
p|acos w|th|n tho|r ros|doncos such as ta|so wa||s, h|ddon satos, and so on. Vany t|mos thoso |nd|v|dua|s w||| havo a storago p|aco at anothor
|ocat|on whoro thoy koop tho|r souvon|rs.'
loss|b|y Zod|ac's troph|os woro undorwator at a s|to such as lako 3orryossa or |n tho wa||s ot a tra||or. Ankron bo||ovod tho k||||ngs woro st|||
go|ng on, or had gono on unt|| rocont|y. Attor a||, Zod|ac sa|d ho wasn't go|ng to wr|to anymoro and wou|d mako h|s k||||ngs appoar as acc|donts.
1ho on|y roason l can th|nk ot that tho murdors had stoppod,' ho sa|d, |s that tho man rospons|b|o had movod away [a|though tho Zod|ac cr|mos
comm|ttod o|sowhoro wou|d bo road||y |dont|t|ab|o bocauso ot h|s wo||-known V.O.|. |o m|ght havo d|od. Or tho po||co had como vory c|oso to
approhond|ng h|m.' Vany who had soon Zod|ac or boon part ot lo|gh A||on's a||b| had d|od mystor|ous|y. A carotakor's daughtor saw Zod|ac
spood|ng away trom 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs, and d|od sovora| yoars attor |n a car acc|dont. A |and|ady who cou|d havo prov|dod A||on w|th an a||b|
por|shod trom a hoart attack. Vr. W||||am Wh|to, a no|ghbor [whoso son jo|nod tho va||ojo torco|, had soon A||on roturn homo on tho day ot tho lako
3orryossa murdor, and d|od short|y attorward. |rank Gassor, tho raccoon huntor who had poorod |n tho wh|to lmpa|a on lako |orman load tho
n|ght ot tho murdors, por|shod |n a troak acc|dont, dy|ng suddon|y two yoars |ator whon ho struck h|s hoad on a cottoo tab|o.
You know,' 3awart to|d mo, whon you |nvost|gato so many casos you got to bo jadod to tho dogroo that you havo so many co|nc|doncos you just
don't bo||ovo |n co|nc|doncos attor a wh||o. Whoro thoro's smoko thoro's t|ro.' |o v|s|tod Aco |ardwaro, whoro A||on had onco workod, and
contactod lo|gh's coworkor Goorgo ||ob. An ox-c|ty omp|oyoo, ||ob had workod at tho Corporat|on Yard tor many yoars. ln h|s rot|romont ho was
work|ng at Aco |ardwaro.
0o you know Arthur lo|gh A||on?' askod 3awart.
l know h|m qu|to wo||,' sa|d ||ob. l v|s|t h|s homo a|most on a wook|y bas|s.' 1hough lo|gh's mothor had d|od, ho st||| kopt to h|s basomont
bodroom, though ho cou|d havo contro| ot tho ont|ro houso. ||ob too had soon A||on's guns. A numbor ot rovo|vors-l th|nk thoy'ro .22-ca||bor, and
at |oast ono som|automat|c p|sto|, but l don't know tho ca||bor.' 3ocauso A||on had boon arrostod by tho 3onoma County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont tor
mo|ost|ng a sma|| boy, tho suspoct was a to|on. Consoquont|y, ho was not a||owod by |aw to own any ot tho woapons ||ob had soon. 3ut |n tho
docado that ||ob had known A||on, ho had novor d|scussod tho Zod|ac caso w|th h|m. 1hat was puzz||ng. lo|gh had d|scussod |t w|th othors, ovon
|od poop|o to th|nk |n that part|cu|ar d|roct|on. 3awart caut|onod ||ob not to mont|on tho v|s|t, thon ro-|ntorv|owod a numbor ot poop|o who had
|ntormat|on about A||on. As much curront |ntormat|on about tho suspoct as poss|b|o had to bo gathorod botoro thoy controntod h|m.
loar tho dotachod garago on tho northoast s|do ot 82 |rosno 3troot sat a brokon-down b|uo Gonora| Votors-typo' auto. Accord|ng to ||ob's
|ntormat|on, A||on ownod an o|dor b|ack G.V. voh|c|o. ln tho dr|voway woro an o|dor-modo| wh|to Vorcodos-3onz and ||ght-b|uo vo|kswagon
Karmann Gh|a. A||on possossod a wh|to 3u|ck, and 0ar|ono |orr|n had boon to||owod by an Amor|can-mado wh|to sodan. A s||vor or |co-b|uo '00
Chovy w|th Ca||torn|a p|atos had boon soon at lako 3orryossa tho day ot tho attack.
1o got tho |ay ot tho |and, 3awart drovo ovor to 1b4b 3roadway, whoro A||on kopt a boat and tra||or. 1ho |ocat|on was a s|ng|o-story ros|donco on
tho wost s|do ot 3roadway. 1o tho north ot tho bu||d|ng stood a dotachod doub|o-car garago packod w|th housoho|d goods. 1horo woro storago
aroas-p|acos whoro A||on m|ght squ|rro| away |toms-a |argo |oan-to-typo storago shod torty toot |ong and twonty toot doop, and a socond
storago aroa at tho roar. Goorgo got out. 3oh|nd tho garago, w|nd wh|ppod grass |n a vacant t|o|d. 1ho scont ot tho 3ay was |n tho a|r. ln tho contor
ot tho t|o|d strotchod a twonty-two-toot-|ong b|uo and wh|to sa||boat on a tra||or, part|a||y drapod by a b|uo tarp. 3awart surropt|t|ous|y ||ttod tho tarp
and saw a Ca||torn|a ||conso numbor, lE872b. 1ho boat had s|oop|ng quartors on board, wh|ch wou|d a||ow a porson to stay at soa tor many days
at a t|mo. 3awart a|so obsorvod an opon sa||boat somo ton toot |ong. lt |ookod moro ||ko a rowboat,' ho sa|d. 3awart jottod down that ||conso
numbor too-0127|. 3oth woro rog|storod to lo|gh. ||s mothor had bought h|m tho boats, spo|||ng h|m just as h|s s|stor-|n-|aw had sa|d. A||on's
boon unomp|oyod and ||v|ng on gonora| ass|stanco tor somo t|mo,' Conway had to|d h|m. |o goos d|v|ng and racos |ob|o Cat sa||boats.' 3awart
doc|dod that |n add|t|on to a soarch warrant tor 82 |rosno, tho po||co shou|d at |oast soarch tho sa||boat. 3ut tho ov|donco thoy sought m|ght bo
sunkon somowhoro ott tho coast, bonoath b|uo |ako wators, or undor tho turg|d wators ot tho 0o|ta.
1uoaday, Fobruary 12, 1001
Whon Conway tiIod an att|dav|t tor a soarch warrant, ho was |ook|ng tor ov|donco kopt at tho |rosno 3troot homo that m|ght show that A||on had
comm|ttod a to|ony. loss|b|y, thoy woro a|roady too |ato to t|nd phys|ca| ov|donco. |owovor, an oxp|anat|on why tho murdors had stoppod soomod
rovoa|od. A||on was now |oga||y b||nd. |o was a vory ||| man,' Conway sa|d, ho was t|tty-ono or t|tty-two. . . . |o was oxtromo|y ||| and ho'd had that
|||noss tor somo t|mo. Evon though ho cou|d st||| got around ho was not vory mob||o, and thoro was a |ot ot tocus on h|m as a suspoct. 3o|ng a
suspoct, bo|ng |||, and |os|ng |ntorost-a|| adds up to tho oxp|anat|on as to why.' 1ho wby |n th|s caso was why Zod|ac coasod k||||ng and wr|t|ng.
Wo t|gurod ho wasn't a dangor to anyono,' Goorgo 3awart to|d mo.
On Attachmont lv, Conway ||stod tho |toms thoy woro soarch|ng tor. Any .22-ca||bor som|automat|c p|sto|s or any .22-ca||bor ammo, ||vo or
oxpondod, that may havo boon cyc|od through an automat|c p|sto| and cou|d bo ||nkod to tho doath ot tho lako |orman load v|ct|ms, 3otty lou
1onson and 0av|d |araday. Any porsona| ottocts ||nkod to v|ct|ms 1onson and |arraday, 0ar|ono |orr|n or V|chao| Vagoau, Coco||a 3hopard or
3r|an |artno||. 1hoy woro a|so sook|ng tho b|ack W|ng Wa|kor-typo boots, s|zo 10/ l, Zod|ac woro at lako 3orryossa dur|ng tho attack thoro. 1ho
uppor port|on ot thoso shoos was manutacturod by tho Wo|nbronnor 3hoo Company, tho 3UlElWEAl' so|os by tho Avon Company ot Avon,
Vassachusotts. 3oth tho A|r |orco and lavy |ssuod thom. Author|t|os woro spoc|t|ca||y |ook|ng tor any port|ons ox|st|ng ot lau| 3t|no's gray-and-
wh|to-str|pod sports sh|rt. ln a|| ||ko||hood |t wou|d bo sta|nod w|th b|ood. 3t|no's wa||ot and l.0. and Yo||ow Cab's koys had a|so boon takon by
Zod|ac on Chorry 3troot that Co|umbus 0ay. 3or|a| k|||ors had a prod||oct|on tor koop|ng souvon|rs ot tho|r cr|mos so that thoy m|ght ro||vo tho
momont.
Conway and 3awart noodod any t|roarm that m|ght show ov|donco ot hav|ng had a t|ash||ght attachod to |t, any 0-mm automat|c p|sto|s or 0-mm
automat|c ammun|t|on, ||vo or oxpondod, that may havo boon t|rod trom a 0-mm p|sto|. 1hoy wou|d try to ||nk th|s to tho murdor ot lau| 3t|no. 1hoy
||stod any kn|vos a toot |ong w|th a ono-|nch b|ado hav|ng r|vots |n tho hand|o and tapo around tho hand|o, and a b|ack oxocut|onor's hood wh|ch
covorod Zod|ac's hoad and hung down ovor h|s shou|dors a|most to h|s wa|st and was s|oovo|oss. A c|rc|o and cross woro pa|ntod wh|to across tho
chost. Conway dos|rod any d|ar|os or journa|s that A||on m|ght havo kopt that ||nkod h|m w|th Zod|ac or tho |nvost|gat|on to catch h|m. Any |tom that
had tho Zod|ac's symbo| ot a crossod c|rc|o on |t. |o mado ono |ast roquost |n h|s appoa|: Your Att|ant asks that attor tho sorv|co ot th|s soarch
warrant that tho 3oarch Warrant Att|dav|t and loturn ot 3orv|co bo soa|od by tho court. 1ho roason th|s roquost |s mado |s that tho Zod|ac caso has
had nat|ona| pub||c|ty and has boon ono ot tho tow casos that has so |nt|amod tho pub||c that |t wou|d sorvo no purposo tor tho nows mod|a to got
|ntormat|on trom th|s att|dav|t |t no chargos aro t||od. ln tho othor vo|n, |t chargos aro t||od, tho pub||c|ty trom th|s att|dav|t wou|d tond to mako |t
d|tt|cu|t to havo a ta|r tr|a|.'
lo||co had como to bo||ovo that Zod|ac was an unsoph|st|catod k|||or who contrary to tormor bo||ots d|d not sta|k h|s v|ct|ms-just camo across
thom |n |ovors' |anos. 3ut tho k|||or was vory tam|||ar w|th va||ojo and 3orryossa and tho surround|ng aroa, and v|ct|ms had comp|a|nod ot bo|ng
sta|kod botoro tho|r doaths.
l a|so thought sad|y ot A||on's |ost prom|so-at ono t|mo ho cou|d havo boon an O|ymp|c d|vor. l roca||od h|s yoarbook p|cturo and photos ot h|m
trom jun|or h|gh schoo| and tho 10b0s whon ho was a ||toguard at 1ho l|ungo. A c||pp|ng portrayod a vory s||m young man, 180 pounds, about to
|oap trom a d|v|ng board. lo|gh had boon t|t and handsomo, |ook|ng oor||y ||ko tho t|rst compos|to skotch ot Zod|ac. ln tho t|mo botwoon tho murdor
ot lau| 3t|no and h|s t|rst |ntorv|ow w|th 1osch| and Vu|anax, A||on had ga|nod so much wo|ght, h|s taco had bocomo so ow|-||ko, ho was comparod
to rotund 3ur| lvos tho to|ks|ngor-but A||on was st||| ro|at|vo|y young and lvos had boon an o|d man. As |t was, thoso days A||on was just gott|ng by
on h|s $b00-a-month d|sab|||ty chocks.
Wodnoaday, Fobruary 18, 1001
NuniciaI Judgo F. lau| 0acoy, 1r., va||ojo-3on|c|a, grantod a soarch warrant (#1070) tor A||on's homo at 82 |rosno 3troot and tho boat storod
at 1b4b 3roadway.
1huraday, Fobruary 14, 1001
Conway and hia mon sorvod tho warrant-rappod at tho door and stood oxpoctant|y |n tho br|sk morn|ng a|r. 1ho door oponod and an army ot
cops ontorod. Attor a|| thoso yoars, at |ast thoy wou|d t|na||y soo what was |n that dank tomb ot a basomont.
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tho aoarch
1huraday, Fobruary 14, 1001
|'m a nico guy,' sa|d A||on.
What |t l can provo you'ro a moan guy?' sa|d Conway.
lt you had somoth|ng on mo, you'd chargo mo,' A||on sa|d p|ac|d|y. |o |oanod on h|s cano. ||s oyos, hoav||y ||ddod, shono a |ustrous brown
bonoath a mass|vo brow-squ|rro|'s oyos. lo|gh's dog, 3ob|o, was at h|s toot. Conway pu||od out a cha|r and conductod tho |ntorv|ow upsta|rs
whoro lo|gh's paronts, 3orn|co and Ethan, had ||vod. 3cattorod a|| about h|m, ho saw tho dusty ant|quos and momontos ot |ong-ago gont|||ty.
lrosont|y, a young woman was ront|ng th|s uppor t|oor wh||o lo|gh ox||od h|mso|t to tho basomont. lo|gh, howovor, kopt somo ot h|s c|othos,
|nc|ud|ng shoos, |n tho upsta|rs back bodroom. 1horo was a rocord p|ayor |n tho upsta|rs d|n|ng room and downsta|rs bodroom, and many rocords
and accossor|os. |o had a 3harp 1v and a 3harp v|doo rocordor. |o had a socond v|doo camora, |onsos, a b|ack v|doo convort|b|o rocordor and
storoo adaptor, and many, many tapos. 1horo was a |ot ot pot oqu|pmont.
As ho probod, Conway |oarnod ||tt|o th|ngs-lo|gh was a gourmot cook. ||s sausago-mak|ng oqu|pmont was kopt on a h|gh sho|t |n h|s
bodroom. A hard-bound sausago book and supp||os (sp|cos, cas|ngs, otc.) woro |n tho |aundry room pantry. 1ho sho|vos ho|d numorous cook-
books. |o otton pr|ntod out roc|pos tor h|s tr|onds, and onjoyod purposo|y m|sspo|||ng words on on thoso roc|po cards. Wo cont|rmod th|s through
h|s brothor and othor ro|at|vos, that ho d|d thoso m|sspo|||ngs on purposo,' Conway to|d mo |ator. lt wasn't by acc|dont. |o'd wr|to roc|pos, tor
oxamp|o, and ho'd spo|| 'oggs'-|nstoad ot 'oggs,' ho'd spo|| |t 'a|gs.' And that was |ntont|ona|, just to got a chuck|o out ot poop|o who wou|d road |t.
|o d|d that cons|stont|y, do|ng that w|th a|| k|nds ot th|ngs.'
As thoy d|scussod h|s h|gh |nto|||gonco, A||on bocamo t||ppant. Oh, no!' ho sa|d w|th a |augh. l'm not g|ttod.' lator, |n a to|ov|s|on |ntorv|ow on
K1vU-1v, ho doscr|bod h|mso|t oxact|y that way. l om g|ttod.' l don't boozo anymoro,' ho sa|d, and adm|ttod h|s h|gh dogroo ot mochan|ca| ab|||ty.
l go to oxcoss w|th anyth|ng.'
Conway and 3awart doscondod |nto A||on's dark and droary basomont. lt was a|most musoum-||ko,' sa|d a dotoct|vo. lt |t woro a musoum, thon
thoy m|ght torrot out ro||cs ot Zod|ac's past. 1ho dotoct|vo's notos, |n |onghand, statod: vory dusty + c|uttorod. 3ooks stampod w/3's namo. 0ust
ovorywhoro.' 1horo was an Amana troozor and rotr|gorator, Vaytag washor and dryor, and camp|ng and t|sh|ng goar. Conway's mon unoarthod
tour boxos ot v|dootapos, a box ot aud|o roo| tapos, and ono cassotto rocordor |n tho basomont. 1hoy p|ayod a tow soconds ot oach ot tho tapos,
thon oxchangod stunnod |ooks. 1hoy c||mbod tho sta|rs and sat down and p|ayod a tapo tor A||on. 3croams ot pa|n t|||od tho room. Attor tho
rocordod cr|os coasod, Conway snappod tho mach|no ott. 1horo was a |ong pauso.
1hat's mo,' lo|gh sa|d.
0o|ng what?'
3pank|ng a young boy.'
What?'
A young boy who was to|gn|ng pa|n. l t|nd |t soxua||y st|mu|at|ng,' ho sa|d w|thout ombarrassmont. l adm|t to bo|ng a soxua| dov|ant. l do got
soxua| p|oasuro, cruo| p|oasuro, trom sad|st|c pornography.' |o not|cod tho |nvost|gators star|ng at h|m. Wo||, thoro's a |ot ot romorso tor ya,' ho
sa|d.
1ho samo k|nd ot scroams woro on othor tapos-tho cr|os ot yot unknown v|ct|ms? lt was d|tt|cu|t to to|| |t a|| woro k|ds, though that |n |tso|t was
cr|m|na| onough. 3o |ntatuatod w|th ch||dron was A||on that ho soomod unab|o to stay away trom thom ovon though |t m|ght moan bo|ng sont back to
Atascadoro.
lt l was Zod|ac,' ho sa|d omot|ona||y, l'd want to got |t ott my chost. Zod|ac wou|d bo judgod crazy. . . . Zod|ac doosn't ||ko to k|||. l'd rathor bo
doad than go to Atascadoro. l can't bo thoro. l hatod tho |ack ot troodom at Atascadoro-tho crazy poop|o. 1hoy p|ay m|nd gamos w|th you thoro.'
1ho soarch tor tho smok|ng gun cont|nuod. Among tho cobwobbod and yo||owod c||pp|ngs |n tho basomont, po||co torrotod out a co|umn by
3upor|or Court 1udgo 1homas l. |oa|y that lo|gh had sn|ppod short|y attor h|s ro|oaso trom Atascadoro. 1udgo |oa|y's lnsan|ty 0otonso,' an
updato ot tho Cr|m|na| lnsan|ty l|oa as a dotonso, had run |n tho Vo||ojo looopooooot Pross on 1anuary 10, 1070. |oa|y had c|tod loop|o v. 0row
as a rodot|n|t|on ot tho |oga| concopt ot madnoss. 1ho V'laghton lu|o, |ntroducod |n Eng|and |n 1848, |mposos a |oga| d|st|nct|on tor judg|ng |oga|
|nsan|ty-roqu|ros o|thor that an ottondor not know what ho was do|ng at tho t|mo ho comm|ttod a cr|mo, or not know |t was wrong or was undor a
do|us|on. Obv|ous|y, such a dotonso t|gurod |nto any stratogy A||on wou|d uso |t ovor tr|od and conv|ctod as Zod|ac. low York's 3on ot 3am, 0av|d
3orkow|tz, sontoncod to 81b yoars at Att|ca, attorward adm|ttod ho had takod h|s |nsan|ty. 1ho soarchors d|scovorod m|sco||anoous papors and
nows c||ps about Zod|ac. Among thom woro sovora| cop|os ot 1082 od|t|ons ot tho 7lmos-loro|o and tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o that conta|nod
Zod|ac stor|os. 0otoct|vos so|zod two cop|os ot tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o datod 1uno, 8, 1082, and a Cbroolc|o trom 1uno 0 ot that samo yoar.
Conway obsorvod that though lo|gh d|d a |ot ot ta|k|ng, ho roa||y novor sa|d anyth|ng. 1horo's so many ||os l caught h|m |n,' sa|d Conway, h|s
dony|ng th|ngs d|dn't havo any ro|ovanco anymoro. 1ho |ast |ottor that's attr|butod to tho Zod|ac was a coup|o ot months attor ho got out ot tho
Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta|. 1horo woro no |ottors whatsoovor dur|ng tho t|mo ho was |n Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta|.'
lo|gh don|od any |nvo|vomont |n tho Zod|ac murdors, but road||y adm|ttod that 3orgoant lynch had quost|onod h|m |n oar|y Octobor ot 1000. l
had p|annod to go to 3orryossa on that dato,' ho sa|d, but l changod my m|nd and wont to tho ocoan |nstoad.' |o sa|d noth|ng moro about tho
no|ghbor who had w|tnossod h|m roturn|ng homo tho day ot tho stabb|ngs. lor d|d ho mont|on tho no|ghbor's doath by corobra| thrombos|s-
mass|vo' sovontoon days |ator. Accord|ng to Conway, lo|gh was vory am|ab|o, ca|m, and cooporat|vo throughout tho |ntorv|ow.' 3ut dotoct|vos
brought up a mounta|n ot woapons trom tho basomont. Got a |oad ot th|s,' ono sa|d as thoy unoarthod a lugor .22 rovo|vor w|th s|x ||vo rounds. A
.22 rovo|vor. A lugor .44 3|ackhawk and t|vo rounds. A Co|t .82 automat|c and sovon rounds. A lom|ngton .22 short-ca||bor r|t|o, a 3tovons modo|
88b 12-gaugo doub|o-barro| shotgun, and a W|nchostor Vodo| b0 20-gaugo automat|c shotgun. W|nchostor 3upor, and m|sco||anoous ammun|t|on
tor .82-, .22-, .44-, and .80-ca||bor guns. A .22 automat|c c||p w|th throo rounds. A Var||n .22 r|t|o w|th a scopo. An ln|and .80-ca||bor r|t|o. 3|nco
A||on was an ox-to|on, possoss|on ot t|roarms was |||oga|.
1hon camo a b|ggor t|nd-Capta|n Conway's mon d|scovorod tour p|po bombs, a pr|mor cord, and sovon |mpact dov|cos (la||way 1orpodo).
1hoy torrotod out ono can ot b|ack powdor, part|a||y tu||, and somo Euroarms .44-ca||bor b|ack powdor, #188b7 var|oty. 1hoy rotr|ovod tho to||ow|ng:
two satoty tusos (groon, two ro||s oach, 08/ toot) and two ro||s ot orango satoty tusos, n|no non-o|octr|c b|ast|ng caps, two ono-|nch ga|van|zod
p|pos w|th ono ond cap, t|vo p|po throad compounds, s|x p|po v|sos.
lns|do a cardboard box thoy |ocatod bott|os ot potass|um n|trato, groon satoty tuso, two bott|os ot su|tur, two g|ass bott|os ot b|ack mator|a|, and
m|sco||anoous t|roworks. Yoars |ator, l wou|d t|nd myso|t ono day on tho ch|||y s|opos ot l|nco|n, Vontana, at tho Unabombor's t|ny cab|n. 3hort|y
attor Kaczynsk|'s arrost, po||co rocovorod |toms trom tho cab|n |dont|ca| w|th A||on's basomont chom|ca|s and t|r|ng dov|cos. 1hoy ovon unoarthod
a box conta|n|ng t|roworks.
l novor |ott bombs |n my basomont,' lo|gh ma|nta|nod.
Wo||, wo tound somo,' sa|d Conway.
l d|dn't ovon know thoy woro thoro.'
l|ston,' sa|d Conway. Wo havo your t|ngorpr|nts on tho p|po bombs undor your houso.'
lo, you don't,' ho sa|d w|th a sm||o. An ox-con |ott thom thoro n|no, ton yoars ago. |o's boon doad tor yoars.'
Conway was |ator askod, 0|d you |n tact t|nd t|ngorpr|nts?'
lot mo answor that th|s way,' ho sa|d. A||on t|rst don|od hav|ng any know|odgo whatsoovor ot any bombs ox|st|ng |n h|s basomont, and whon wo
to|d h|m ot h|s t|ngorpr|nts on tho bombs-wh|ch thoro wasn't, by tho way, thon ho had an oxp|anat|on ot how ho was c|oan|ng up tho basomont and
movod thom trom ono spot to anothor. 1hat's tho k|nd ot stutt wo wont through w|th h|m a|| tho t|mo.' A||on sa|d that tho bombs had boon storod
thoro ton yoars ago, wh|ch wou|d havo boon 1081, a dozon yoars attor Zod|ac braggod about a doath mach|no |n h|s co||ar. lnvost|gators rootod out
a Z|ppo ||ghtor w|th 0. E. 3randon' ongravod on |t. 3randon apparont|y was tho namo ot tho ox-conv|ct who had a||ogod|y |ott tho bombs, and ho
was vory much a||vo. 1ho |3l |ator spoko w|th tho ox-con. |o don|od hav|ng |ott sovora| bombs |n a tr|ond's basomont yoars ago.'
loxt thoy showod A||on a p|oco ot yo||ow, ||nod papor. lt conta|nod a monu tor mak|ng bombs. Who cou|d torgot that Zod|ac, on lovombor 0,
1000, had c|a|mod tho doath mach|no' wa|tod |n h|s basomont:
1ako ono bag ot ammon|um n|trato
tort|||zor 8 1 ga| ot stovo o|| 8
dump a tow bags ot gravo| on
top 8 thon sot tho sh|t ott
8 w||| pos|t|v|y vonta|ato any
th|ng that shou|d bo |n tho way
ot tho b|ast.
1ho doath mach|no |s a|| roady
mado. l wou|d havo sont you
p|cturos but you wou|d nasty
onough to traco thom back to
dovo|opor 8 thon to mo, so l
sha|| doscr|bo my mastorp|oco
to you. 1ko n|co part ot |t |s
a|| tho parts can bo bought on
tho opon markot w|th no quost
|ons askod.
1 bat. pow c|ock-w||| run tor
approx 1 yoar
1 photoo|octr|c sw|tch
2 coppor |oat spr|ngs
20v car bat
1 t|ash ||ght bu|b and rot|octor
1 m|rror
2 18 cardboard tubos b|ack w|th
shoo po||sh |ns|do and outo
tho systom chocks out trom ono
ond to tho othor |n my
tosts. What you do not know
|s whothor tho doath mach|no
|s at tho s|ght or whothor
|t |s bo|ng storod |n my
basomont tor tuturo uso.

l'vo novor soon that p|oco ot papor botoro,' A||on sa|d. l'vo novor soon thoso documonts botoro.' Conway addod tho yo||ow papor to h|s bounty.
0ur|ng most ot tho quost|on|ng lo|gh was ovas|vo, |oan|ng on h|s cano and sm|||ng. And ho was woar|ng a Zod|ac 3oa Wo|t Watch #20804-
anothor vors|on ot tho ono ho had worn at tho rot|nory twonty |ong yoars ago. Conway baggod |t noxt and put |t w|th tho yo||ow papor. 1hoy took
away ono cardboard box wrappod |n a brown p|ast|c bag w|th Vrs. E. W. A||on' pr|ntod on a |abo|. 1hon |nvost|gators d|scovorod a |ottor trom tho
0opartmont ot 1ust|co s|gnod by 1|m 3||vor say|ng that lo|gh was not tho Zod|ac k|||or.
3awart and Conway know A||on had torgod th|s |ottor. 1|m 3||vor to|d mo how A||on was work|ng |n tho pr|nt shop at Atascadoro, that was ono ot
h|s jobs,' sa|d 3awart. What a dov|ous m|nd. Wo tound a |ottor that |nd|catod |t was trom lnvost|gator 3||vor at tho 0O1. lt sa|d A||on had passod
tho po|y oxam and shou|d not bo cons|dorod as a suspoct |n tho Zod|ac caso. A||on ma|nta|nod that tho |ottor was authont|c. 3ubsoquont|y, ho
adm|ttod that ho had pr|ntod th|s |ottor wh||o work|ng |n tho pr|nt shop at Atascadoro. Wo a|so tound tho mastor tor th|s |ottor. 1ho torgod |ottor was
takon |n our soarch ot A||on's homo and not roturnod.'
1hoy dug up ono 3oars o|octr|c and ono portab|o Royo| moooo| typowrltor . ln 1000, Zod|ac had ma||od tho woakost ot many carbon cop|os,
mak|ng a match to a spoc|t|c mach|no doubttu|. l|vors|do po||co know tho mako, howovor-a loya| portab|o. 1ho |ottor Vorr||| bo||ovod Zod|ac
typod |n l|vors|do had boon dono on just such a typowr|tor. |owovor, s|nco Conway d|d not bo||ovo Zod|ac had boon |nvo|vod |n tho 3atos murdor,
|t ho|d no part|cu|ar |ntorost tor h|m. 1hoy rootod out a sma|| t|ash||ght-Zod|ac had sa|d that ho tapod a pon||ght to tho barro| ot h|s gun to g|vo h|m
an o|octron|c gun s|ght. 1hoy torrotod out a hunt|ng kn|to w|th a handmado shoath and r|vots-at lako 3orryossa Zod|ac had worn a hunt|ng kn|to |n
a shoat studdod w|th r|vots.
Friday, Fobruary 15, 1001
On tho aocond day ot tho soarch, po||co spadod up tho yard, rootod through an o|d gardon, and soarchod tho garago at tho roar. 1horo thoy tound
a |ob|o Cat catamaran and |ts tra||or, a 1horomo gas gr|||, a sta|n|oss-stoo| rot|ssor|o, powor too|s, spray oqu|pmont, lorta-lowor (wh|ch lo|gh
ca||od tho jaws ot ||to). A||on roma|nod coo| and co||octod. lt tho cat was not out ot tho bag botoro, |t corta|n|y was now. lo|ghbors cou|d hard|y
ovor|ook tho mass|vo po||co prosonco and tho roason thoy woro thoro. 1ho pross cou|d not bo tar boh|nd. 0otoct|vos soarchod ovory book on
lo|gh's sho|vos a|ong tho co||ar wa||, shak|ng tho pagos to soo what t|uttorod out. 1hoy woro most|y boat|ng and av|at|on pub||cat|ons and books.
1ho dotoct|vos rummagod through h|s porsona| bo|ong|ngs, rocords, and journa|s, |ook|ng tor a socrot d|ary or photographs.
An oxp|anat|on tor why somoono ||ko Zod|ac cou|d bo at tho murdor s|to tor on|y a short t|mo and yot havo dota||s,' 0r. lundo to|d mo, ono way
|s that a porson takos photographs and stud|os thom at tho|r |o|suro whon thoy got homo. ln that way thoy wou|d bo ab|o to g|vo dota||od
doscr|pt|ons ot c|oth|ng and yot got away trom tho murdor scono tast.' At ono t|mo a suspoct |n tho Zod|ac caso who workod tor tho po||co had
p||torod photos ot somo ot tho bod|os. Kompor, at h|s tr|a|, pr|dod h|mso|t on h|s mot|cu|ous dota||, romombor|ng namos, agos, doscr|pt|on ot
c|oth|ng, bod|os, and |ocat|ons, a|most as |t ho had a t|xat|on to roca|| spoc|t|cs. l|ko vachor tho l|ppor, onco thoy approhondod h|m tor ono k||||ng,
ho contossod to a|| tho othors |n an ottort to d|smay tho po||co, tak|ng |ov|ng caro |n h|s dota||od doscr|pt|ons.
3awart got a bu||d|ng |nspoctor, who |ookod around and was sat|st|od thoro was noth|ng h|ddon. 3omot|mo attor 1000 whon Chonoy v|s|tod,
A||on had bu||t a k|tchonotto |n tho basomont that cou|d havo concoa|od |toms. lt ho bu||t that, ho cou|d havo just as oas||y bu||t compartmonts. A||on
was known to h|do th|ngs |n that houso. Unknown to tho po||co, whon lon and lo|gh woro youngor, thoy usod to mako tho|r own homo brow and
h|do |t undor tho houso. Chonoy oxp|a|nod that thoro was an aroa undor tho ma|n ||v|ng aroa whoro you cou|d bond down and wa|k |n thoro and |t
prov|dod h|d|ng p|acos.
ln tho ond po||co tound no ov|donco |n tho yard, garago, or basomont ty|ng lo|gh A||on to Zod|ac. 1hoy wont ovor to 1b4b 3roadway and
soarchod tho boat on |ts tra||or. Aga|n, thoy d|scovorod noth|ng. l tound a|| tho tormu|as,' 3awart sa|d ot tho basomont soarch, oxact|y tho samo as
tho tormu|as Zod|ac sa|d ho was go|ng to m|x up . . . tort|||zor bombs-tormu|as tor ammon|a n|trato and stovo-o|| bombs-and a|| that. l oxpoctod
to t|nd moro, qu|to trank|y, but l d|dn't. 1horo roa||y wasn't a smok|ng gun.' Conway took tho most |ntorost|ng |toms |nto h|s custody, among thom
ma||-ordor cata|og pagos rogard|ng bombs, booby traps, and guns.' Zod|ac's lovombor 0, 1000, |ottor had |nd|catod that h|s k||||ng too|s woro
bought through ma|| ordor. latura||y, A||on wasn't woar|ng h|s Zod|ac watch as ho wavod good-byo bocauso Conway had takon |t w|th h|m. 1hat
3w|ss watch, manutacturod by a company dat|ng back to 1882, was a koy to tho caso. Othors thought so too.
A soaman, Kov|n Vooro, wroto mo trom 3aud| Arab|a: A tow months back, l saw an advort|somont tor Zod|ac watchos |n a |oca| storo. 1h|s |n
my m|nd |s too much ot a co|nc|donco, ospoc|a||y tho tact that tho|r |ogo |s oxact|y ||ko Zod|ac's! l had novor hoard ot tho watch unt|| l saw th|s ad,
and that |n |tso|t |s a c|uo bocauso l don't th|nk |t |s that common ot a watch.' A man to||ow|ng 3andy 3otts, a cockta|| wa|tross at tho Coronado lnn,
whoro 0ar|ono |orr|n ||kod to danco, had worn such an unusua| watch. Zod|ac,' sho to|d mo, got h|s namo trom tho c|ub noar 3acramonto ca||od
Zod|ac and tboo tound tho watch. |avo you soon tho caso tho Zod|ac watch comos |n? 1ho s|gn |s tho [crossod c|rc|o| and |t's |n a rod sat|n caso. l
tound |t |n a w|ndow ot somo usod storo |n Concord, Ca||torn|a, about 107b.'
3ut tho po||co soarch had not boon comp|oto|y untru|ttu|. 0otoct|vos had |oarnod moro about tho|r suspoct. 1hoy doducod trom a c||pp|ng that |t
A||on was ovor put on tr|a| as Zod|ac, ho |ntondod to uso an |nsan|ty dotonso. Attor thoy |ott, lo|gh wroto to tr|onds that ho oxpoctod to bo arrostod
any day and roturnod to Atascadoro. lo||co |ntondod to uso lo|gh's anx|oty about Atascadoro to tho|r advantago. low Conway and 3awart know
Arthur lo|gh A||on droadod pr|son moro than tho po||co.
1huraday, Fobruary 28, 1001
PoIico roarod with tho |3l tor a socond |ntorv|ow w|th A||on. 1ho |3l had dono an ana|ys|s ot tho va|ont|no's 0ay soarch and quost|on|ng. ln
tho|r noxt d|scourso w|th lo|gh ono ot tho dotoct|vos wou|d bo ass|gnod to push corta|n buttons. 1ho hammor was to bo A||on's possoss|on ot
bombs.' V|ko la||, 0|str|ct Attornoy ot 3o|ano County, t||od a mot|on to bo corta|n that |ntormat|on conta|nod w|th|n tho soarch att|dav|t and roturn
bo soa|od. |o and 0oputy 0|str|ct Attornoy |arry 3. K|nn|cut wroto that:
1ho poop|o horoby movo pursuant to Ev|donco Codo soct|ons 1040-1041 and loop|o v 3anchoz (1072) 24 Ca|. App. 8rd 004, 078 to soa|
port|ons ot tho att|dav|t tor tho soarch warrant horo|n. 1hoso port|ons conta|n ott|c|a| |ntormat|on and d|sc|osuro |s aga|nst tho pub||c |ntorost.
Ev|donco Codo 3oct|ons 1040-1041 prov|do that tho 0|str|ct Attornoy may assort a pr|v||ogo to rotuso to d|sc|oso tho |dont|ty ot |ntormors and
ott|c|a| |ntormat|on |n tho |ntorost ot just|co.'

1udgo 0acoy ordorod that port|ons ot tho att|dav|t bo b|ackod out and soa|od unt|| turthor not|co, though stato |aw ca||od tor d|sc|osuro to tho
pub||c ot any soarch warrant w|th|n ton days attor thoy aro |ssuod. |owovor, thoy had not rockonod on tho doggodnoss ot tho pross. 1ho namo ot
tho pr|mary Zod|ac suspoct was no |ongor a c|oso|y guardod socrot. 1ho no|ghbors' jaws woro mov|ng. 3oon, A||on's namo and taco wou|d appoar
|n tho papors and on to|ov|s|on.
Wodnoaday, AriI 17, 1001
An FB| momo notod that va||ojo had rosurroctod tho Zod|ac hom|c|do |nvost|gat|on: Adv|sod that thoy aro curront|y conduct|ng a background on a
poss|b|o suspoct Al1|Ul lElG| AllEl. va||ojo lo||co havo roquostod ass|stanco |n propar|ng an |ntorv|ow stratogy tor AllEl.' An |3l spoc|a|
agont had a|roady mot w|th Conway and 3awart on |obruary 28 and Varch 20, 1001, |n ordor to d|scuss spoc|t|cs ot tho|r |nvost|gat|on, and
obta|n ro|ovant documonts.'
1uoaday, Nay 21, 1001
AIIon had trionda |n tho south, had known thom dur|ng tho t|mo ho was |ncarcoratod at Atascadoro noar tho|r homo. low ho wroto thom. ||s
|atost |ottor,' ono ot thom to|d mo |ator, statos that tho po||co havo a now w|tnoss and that h|s p|aco was soarchod aga|n. |o was oxpoct|ng tho
po||co to p|ck h|m up anyt|mo. 1h|s was on|y a month or so ago.'
A||on gavo h|s t|rst nowspapor |ntorv|ow to tho 7lmos-loro|o's 1ack|o G|n|oy.
On va|ont|no's 0ay,' tho t|tty-o|ght-yoar-o|d suspoct sa|d, va||ojo po||co knockod on my door w|th a soarch warrant |n hand. 1hoso guys toro tho
who|o damn p|aco apart. l phonod thom ask|ng whon l was go|ng to got my stutt back, and thoy phonod two wooks |ator and sa|d thoro's somo now
damn|ng ov|donco. 1hoy sa|d thoy doc|dod to soarch my houso twonty yoars attor tho 3anta losa soarch ot my tra||or.
lt's a|| bocauso thoy got a ta|so t|p trom a man who |s tac|ng th|rty yoars |n pr|son on an armod robbory chargo. |o phonod down trom 1ahoo and
sa|d wo had a convorsat|on |n 1000, and l'd to|d h|m that l'd go down to 3an |ranc|sco and shoot a cabb|o. |o's a punk and a hood. l'vo novor
ta|kod to h|m |n my ||to.'
lt shou|d bo mont|onod,' sa|d 3awart, that la|ph 3p|no||| ownod a rostaurant |n tho lako 1ahoo aroa |n tho oar|y 1080s. lt |s apparont that A||on
must havo kopt track ot 3p|no||| as wo oovor to|d h|m 3p|no||| had any connoct|on w|th lako 1ahoo.' A probab|o Zod|ac v|ct|m had van|shod trom
lako 1ahoo |n 1070.
1h|s crap has hauntod mo tor tho |ast twonty-two yoars,' ragod A||on. 1ho po||co askod mo to tako a ||o-dotoctor tost dosp|to tho tact that l
passod ono |n tho 1070s. l took a ton-hour ||o-dotoctor tost and l passod tho goddamn th|ng. 3o thoy to|| mo, 'Wo||, you'ro a soc|opath, and you can
choat on ||o-dotoctor tosts.' 1ho Zod|ac k|||or |s thought to bo a soc|opath, somoono who has no consc|onco and takos soxua| do||ght |n k||||ng
poop|o, ospoc|a||y womon. l'm cons|dor|ng gott|ng |n touch w|th Vo|v|n 3o|||, tho 3an |ranc|sco attornoy. l'vo boon th|nk|ng about |t, but thon aga|n,
th|s has a|ways b|own ovor whon thoy don't t|nd anyth|ng.'
Ot a|| tho attornoys |n tho wor|d, A||on mont|onod tho ono that Zod|ac had phonod, wr|tton, and ottorod to surrondor to-Vo|v|n 3o|||. 3o||| and
Zod|ac wont way back. On Octobor 28, 1000, 3o||| chockod w|th h|s answor|ng sorv|co. ||s ma|d had |ott a mossago w|th thom that Zod|ac had
ca||od tho prov|ous n|ght wh||o tho attornoy had boon at tho lntornat|ona| |||m |ost|va|. 3o||| had gotton |n too |ato to hoar ot tho two ca||s Zod|ac
mado d|roct|y to h|s housokoopor. 1ho g|st was that Zod|ac wantod to moot w|th 3o||| at h|s homo. 3o||| knows whoro ho can moot |t |t's
proarrangod,' tho ca||or sa|d. Wh||o 3o||| had boon away |n Atr|ca, ho had gotton throo ca||s, two ot thom |ong d|stanco. |o wa|tod a|| day |n va|n tor
tho opportun|ty to sot up a socrot moot|ng. Worst ot a||, 3o||| toarod Zod|ac m|ght bo somoono who know h|m. An |nv|s|b|o man, obsossod w|th tho
h|gh-prot||o and t|amboyant attornoy, had |n a momont ot cr|s|s g|von h|m a c|uo ot tho t|rst ordor to h|s truo |dont|ty. 1o |oarn ot that wo havo to stop
back |n t|mo, to Octobor 22, 1000, and turbu|ont, torr|ty|ng days.
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Wodnoaday, Octobor 22, 1000
Boing a coIobrity," sa|d 3o|||, brought mo moro than my sharo ot crazy casos (that d|dn't pay mo a d|mo). 1ako, tor oxamp|o, tho |ong-d|stanco
1v romanco botwoon mo and tho notor|ous Zod|ac k|||or (who may st||| bo at |argo or, moro ||ko|y, on |co |n a pr|son whoro h|s psychopatho|ogy ||os
ma|n|y dormant).'
At 2:00 A.V., o|ovon days attor Zod|ac shot cabdr|vor lau| 3t|no, a man phonod tho Oak|and l.0. 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng....' ho sa|d,
domand|ng that o|thor 3o||| or |. loo 3a||oy appoar on 1|m 0unbar's KGO-1v ta|k show, A.V. |o had tr|od to ca|| tho show a tow wooks oar||or,
whon both |awyors had appoarod that morn|ng, but cou|dn't got through. lt was to|||ng that both mon woro cr|m|na| dotonso attornoys. l'|| contact
thom,' tho cop sa|d. 1ho 3an |ranc|sco po||co rang producor 3||| |ora| and ho ca||od 3o||| and 0unbar |mmod|ato|y, arrang|ng to start tho show a
ha|t hour oar||or than usua|. A KGO nows bu||ot|n was drattod: A||ogod 'Zod|ac K|||or' p|oads tor ho|p |n to|ophono ca||s to 'A.V.' lrogram w|th 1|m
0unbar.' At homo wo a|| watchod, wa|t|ng tor Zod|ac to ca||, wa|t|ng to hoar tho sound ot h|s vo|co.
Whon l omorgod trom my ponthouso on 1o|ograph ||||,' 3o||| roca||od, l tound tho p|aco surroundod by cops, ovon tho garago was tu|| ot cops.
1hoy oscortod mo down to KGO. 1horo, l a|so tound po||co ovorywhoro, ovon |n tho h|gh, dark aor|os ot tho 1v stud|o, whoro l cou|d soo tho g||nt ot
r|t|os at tho roady.' 3o||| carr|od on th|rtoon convorsat|ons that morn|ng. Ono d|d not go ovor tho a|r, a hos|tant, dr|tt|ng vo|co on tho ||no at 7:10 that
was abrupt|y d|sconnoctod. 1hat t|rst ca||or was trozon out by anothor, ca|||ng h|mso|t Zod|ac, who kopt tho ||no t|od up ovor tho noxt two hours. 3o|||,
though, roquostod a |oss om|nous sound|ng namo than Zod|ac. 3am,' ottorod tho ca||or. Attor oxchang|ng a tow words, tho boy|sh sound|ng 3am,
comp|a|n|ng ot b|ackouts and hoadachos, hung up, thon ca||od back. 3o||| thought th|s ono ot thoso raro casos whoro ono man |s acuto|y awaro ot
two porsons ||v|ng |ns|do h|s sk|n, ono ot thom an out|aw who can't ho|p k||||ng.' 3am sa|d ho wantod to ta|k to 3o||| bocauso ho d|dn't want to bo
hurt. Vy hoad achos,' ho cr|od. l'm so s|ck. l'm hav|ng ono ot my hoadachos.' 1hon ho gavo a ||tt|o scroam and sa|d, l'm go|ng to k||| thom. l'm
go|ng to k||| a|| thoso k|ds!' |o hung up and ca||od back, suggost|ng thoy moot at 10:80 A.V. at tho top ot tho |a|rmont |oto|. 3am throatonod to
jump |t anyono but 3o||| showod up. 3o||| suggostod O|d 3t. Vary's |n Ch|natown. 1hoy t|na||y agrood on 3t. v|ncont do lau|'s 1hr|tt 3hop at 0720
V|ss|on 3troot |n 0a|y C|ty. A rummago sa|o was bo|ng ho|d thoro |ator that morn|ng. 3o||| sot ott, crouchod on tho t|oor ot a po||co car a|| tho way.
0unbar roca||od tho scono at tho 1hr|tt 3hop. 0ur|ng that tr|ghton|ng oxpor|onco ho saw sharpshootors on tho root and submach|no guns h|ddon
undor pr|osts' hab|ts. 0unbar adm|ttod ho was scarod. l had a young tam||y and car paymonts to mako,' ho sa|d. |o onv|s|onod bo|ng caught |n a
ha|| ot |oad. lator, ho camo to th|nk tho ont|ro ovont may havo boon a pub||c|ty stunt. Voanwh||o, tho cop who had takon Zod|ac's 2:00 A.V. ca|| had
boon watch|ng tho show. |o was corta|n ho had spokon to tho roa| Zod|ac and that 3am's vo|co was not tho samo. 3o||| wa|tod torty-t|vo m|nutos,
but Zod|ac d|dn't show up. l don't wondor why,' romomborod 3o|||. An army ot po||co trom 3an |ranc|sco and 0a|y C|ty was thoro. 1ho cops had
boon mon|tor|ng 0unbar's ||no, and corta|n|y woron't go|ng to |ot th|s opportun|ty to catch tho Zod|ac and v|nd|cato thomso|vos botoro tho pub||c ... l
had a|roady mado a doa| |n advanco w|th tho 3.|. 0|str|ct Attornoy, 1ohn 1ay |ordon, not to pross tor tho doath pona|ty |t tho Zod|ac turnod h|mso|t
|n. l t|gurod that wou|dn't bo tho ond ot |t, howovor. 1ho Zod|ac, judg|ng trom h|s taunt|ng notos to tho po||co and tho pross, wantod pub||c attont|on. l
was suro ho'd ca|| aga|n. |o d|d.'
1huraday, Docombor 18, 1000
Zodiac caIIod tho attornoy's homo, but got h|s housokoopor nstoad.
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3ho oxp|a|nod that tho wh|to-manod attornoy was |n Vun|ch, Gormany, tor a
contoronco ot m|||tary tr|a| |awyors. l can't wa|t,' sa|d tho ca||or, who had |dont|t|od h|mso|t as Zod|ac. 1oday's my b|rthday. l'vo got to k|||!' |o hung
up abrupt|y.
On 0ocombor 18, 1000,' 3o||| roca||od, tho Zod|ac ma||od mo a br|ot noto w|sh|ng mo a happy Chr|stmas. l wont ott on satar| to Atr|ca. 3ut
wh||o l was thoro, tho Zod|ac, accord|ng to my housokoopor, phonod mo sovora| [moro| t|mos.'
5aturday, Docombor 20, 1000
1wo daya attor tho ca||, oxact|y a yoar attor tho t|rst lorthorn Ca||torn|a murdors, Zod|ac's |ottor conta|n|ng a squaro ot 3t|no's b|oody sh|rt arr|vod
at 3o|||'s homo. Unoponod, |t was torwardod down to h|s bus|noss ott|co to bo oponod by h|s socrotary. lt was addrossod Vr. Vo|v|n V. 3o||| 1228
Vtgy 3an |ran Ca||t.' loat|y to|dod |ns|do ot tho tour-by-sovon-|nch wh|to onvo|opo was a port|on ot 3t|no's b|ood-b|ackonod sh|rt and a mossago
|n to|t-t|p pon. A photocopy ot tho mossago was hand-carr|od by a |oga| assoc|ato to 3o|||, loom #208, tho 3ayorshott |oto|. 3o||| oponod |t w|th
unstoady t|ngors and road:
0oar Vo|v|n 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng l w|sh you a happy Chr|stmass. 1ho ono th|ng l ask ot you |s th|s, p|oaso ho|p mo. l cannot roach
out tor ho|p bocauso ot th|s th|ng |n mo won't |ot mo. l am t|nd|ng |t oxtroam|y d|t|cu|t to ho|d |t |n chock l am atra|d l w||| |ooso contro| aga|n and
tako my n|noth 8 pos|b|y tonth v|ctom. l|oaso ho|p mo l am drownd|ng. At tho momont tho ch||dron aro sato trom tho bomb bocauso |t |s so
mass|vo to d|g |n 8 tho tr|gor moch roqu|ros much work to got |t adjustod just r|ght. 3ut |t l ho|d back too |ong trom no n|no l w||| |ooso comp|ot
a|| controo| ot my so|t 8 sot tho bomb up.'
l|oaso ho|p mo l can not roma|n |n contro| tor much |ongor,' Zod|ac conc|udod, paraphras|ng W||||am |o|rons, tho 1040s l|pst|ck K|||or ot
Ch|cago.' |o|rons, a soxua| sad|st, |n a hoartrond|ng cry tor ho|p, had scraw|od on a m|rror |n ||pst|ck: |or hoavons 3ako catch mo 3otoro l k|||
moro l cannot contro| myso|t.'
lt appoarod Zod|ac was bo|ng sarcast|c |n quot|ng |o|rons, but 3o||| thought othorw|so. |o cons|dorod tho |ottor hoartto|t. l bo||ovo ho wants to
stop k||||ng,' ho sa|d. l havo carotu||y stud|od h|s |ottor . . . and l too| |t was wr|tton at a t|mo whon ho ca|m|y and rat|ona||y was cons|dor|ng tho tuturo.
|o knows ovontua||y ho w||| bo approhondod and that un|oss ho gots propor |oga| roprosontat|on, ho w||| most probab|y bo sontoncod to d|o |n tho
gas chambor. 1hat |s why ho |s cry|ng out tor ho|p. . . . Why has ho como to mo? |o wants to bo savod trom tho gas chambor. . . . l th|nk wo can do
somoth|ng tor h|m. . . . Wo m|ght got th|s guy and savo somo ||vos-|nc|ud|ng h|s. Vaybo wo cou|d conv|nco h|m ho wou|d got somo troatmont and
that ho wou|d not bo oxocutod.' 3o||| ottorod to br|ng a|ong a pr|ost, a doctor, or a psych|atr|st' and moot w|th Zod|ac |n tho 3an Var|no aroa or |n
lovada.'
3o||| tu||y ant|c|patod Zod|ac, who had gotton a|ong tamous|y w|th h|s housokoopor on tho phono, to bo s|tt|ng |n tho tront room w|th tho
housokoopor, wa|t|ng tor h|m, gott|ng on vory wo||.' |o wont on to lap|os to dotond a lavy doctor chargod w|th m|sappropr|at|on ot m|||tary
proporty. l'd ||ko to t|n|sh th|s caso |n lap|os,' sa|d 3o|||, but |t l got an urgont ca|| about Zod|ac l w||| go back to Ca||torn|a at onco. l'|| catch tho t|rst
p|ano back |t that |s what ho wants. l th|nk wo w||| havo anothor commun|cat|on trom Zod|ac soon.' Attor t|n|sh|ng a do||c|ous d|nnor ot groon rav|o||,
3o||| phonod Avory |n a transat|ant|c ca||. lt's m|ghty co|d |n lap|os,' ho sa|d. l havo tho nagg|ng too||ng that Zod|ac m|ght bo somoono who knows
mo.' 3o||| roturnod to Ca||torn|a, say|ng, Vy ma|d sa|d sho was vory ag|tatod to soo mo. 3ho knows h|s vo|co.'
1osch| and Armstrong rushod to 3o|||'s to d|scuss tho now |ottor. 3o|||, s||k handkorch|ot |n h|s broast pockot, |ronch cutts, s||vor watch cha|n on
h|s vost, boamod oxpans|vo|y. 3o||| was oxpoct|ng us, natura||y,' 1osch| roca||od, and ho sa|d, 'l'm go|ng to havo company, but don't worry about |t.
1hoy know l'm ass|st|ng tho po||co dopartmont.' 3o wo askod h|m, 'Wou|d you m|nd stopp|ng away trom your guosts?' Wo to|d tho man and woman
at tho tab|o, 'Wo'd ||ko to ta|k w|th Vr. 3o||| tor about ton or t|ttoon m|nutos and ho to|d us |t's OK. lt's about tho Zod|ac caso.' 3ho says, 'Oh, yos,
yos. Vo|v|n's to|d us a|| about |t.' lot on|y woro h|s d|nnor guosts rapt w|th attont|on, but l cou|d to|| 3o||| was |ov|ng ovory momont. |o was a|ways on
stago and a|ways tho star, ovon |n court. l roca||od how tho jury and ovon tho judgo wou|d turn tho|r hoads whonovor ho ontorod.'
1ho po||co stayod on tho caso,' sa|d 3o|||. 1hoy to|t tho Zod|ac may |ndood havo k|||od moro porsons than thoy'd or|g|na||y bo||ovod, |nc|ud|ng
ono young woman |n l|vors|do, Ca||torn|a, |n 1000 and anothor woman |n tho 3an 3ornard|no aroa |n 1007. And thon, |n 1071, thoy had a |oad that
took thom r|ght to l|vors|do Un|vors|ty's |aw schoo|.'
5unday, Juno 8, 1071
BoIIi'a noxt roaI-Iito brush w|th Zod|ac occurrod |n l|vors|do, whoro ho attomptod to strongthon Zod|ac's connoct|on botwoon tho 3ay Aroa and
3outhorn Ca||torn|a. 0oan Char|os Ashman phonod mo,' sa|d 3o|||, to say tho cops woro com|ng |nto tho schoo|, undorcovor, to chock out ono ot
h|s |aw studonts, a k|d who had onco throatonod a g|r| ho know and to|d hor ho was tho Zod|ac.'
3o||| know handwr|t|ng compar|sons had boon |nconc|us|vo. Undor tho gu|so ot do||vor|ng a |octuro, 3o||| hopod tho boy, s|tt|ng |n tho socond row,
m|ght ask a quost|on. ln that way, ho cou|d to|| |t h|s vo|co matchod Zod|ac's. Evory porson crowdod around tho studont was an undorcovor cop.
Attor tho spooch tho studont |oapod up and rushod to shako 1ho Groat Ono's' hand. You don't know how much l adm|ro you, Vr. 3o|||,' ho sa|d.
3o||| know |mmod|ato|y |t wasn't tho samo vo|co ho had hoard and doc|dod to sott|o tho mattor. |oy, k|d, aro you tho Zod|ac k|||or?' ho snappod.
1ho k|d soomod stunnod. What do you moan, s|r?' Aro you tho Zod|ac k|||or?' sa|d 3o|||. l hoar you usod to ca|| yourso|t Zod|ac.' 1ho cops
movod |n, anx|ous to hoar tho k|d's answor. lo,' ho sa|d. l d|dn't k||| anybody.' l bo||ovod h|m,' 3o||| sa|d |ator. 3o d|d tho cops.' As tor 3am, l
|ator tound h|m. |o was not Zod|ac, s|mp|y a troub|od young man ca|||ng trom a monta| hosp|ta|.
A va|uab|o c|uo |ay |n Zod|ac's |ong-d|stanco ro|at|onsh|p w|th 3o|||. At ono po|nt, though, tho k|||or soomod to havo sourod on h|m.
lt you don't want mo to havo th|s b|ast,' Zod|ac wroto Apr|| 20, 1070, you must do two th|ngs. 1 1o|| ovory ono about tho bus bomb w|th a||
tho dota||s. 2 l wou|d ||ko to soo somo n|co Zod|ac butons [s|c| wandor|ng about town. Evory ono o|so has thoso buttons ||ko . . . mo|v|n oats
b|ubbor, otc. Wo|| |t wou|d choor mo up cons|dorb|y |t l saw a |ot ot poop|o woar|ng my buton. l|oaso no nasty onos ||ko mo|v|n's 1hank you.'

Zod|ac soomod |rr|tatod at Vo|v|n 3o|||. 3ut why? loca|| that on 1hursday, 0ocombor 18, 1000, Zod|ac rang tho attornoy's housokoopor and
romarkod that today was h|s b|rthday. 1wo days |ator, 0ocombor 20, a |ottor trom Zod|ac arr|vod at 3o|||'s ott|co. 1ho |3l quotod that convorsat|on
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Koop |n m|nd that A||on had boon quost|onod by lynch two months botoro th|s ca|| and boon |ot go. lot unt|| h|s |ntorrogat|on at tho rot|nory twonty
months |ator wou|d ho bo a v|ab|o suspoct. Zod|ac had to|t comtortab|o |n g|v|ng h|s actua| b|rthday-0ocombor 18.
Locombor 18 wos Artbor Lolgb A||oo`s blrtbooy.
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Wodnoaday, Nay 22, 1001
1ho va||ojo 1|mos-|ora|d hoad||nod: 3|gns lo|nt to va||ojo Van, lnvost|gat|on |nto 3|zarro Zod|ac Vurdors Goos On.'
vAllE1O-va||ojo po||co so|zod p|po bombs, an undorwator Zod|ac watch and othor |toms oar||or th|s yoar trom tho houso ot a va||ojo
man who was a pr|mo suspoct |n tho st|||-unso|vod 1000-70 Zod|ac k||||ngs. lo chargos havo boon t||od aga|nst A||on tor possoss|on ot tho
oxp|os|vos, wh|ch ho sa|d bo|ongod to an ox-conv|ct who |s now doad. And tho po||co |nvost|gat|on roma|ns a mystory. ln 1071 3an |ranc|sco
po||co targotod A||on as tho pr|mo suspoct |n at |oast s|x unso|vod Ca||torn|a murdors and two attomptod k||||ngs |n tho 1000s. 1ho k|||or was
ca||od Zod|ac bocauso ot tho crypt|c mossagos ho |oadod w|th astro|og|ca| symbo|s and sont to tho nows mod|a and po||co |nvost|gators
dur|ng tho k||||ng sproo.
A sor|os ot crypt|c |ottors trom tho Zod|ac camo to a throo-yoar ha|t attor A||on's 3anta losa tra||or was soarchod, lobort Graysm|th notos
|n h|s 1080 book 'Zod|ac.' 3|m||ar|y, |n 107b, whon A||on was comm|ttod to an |nst|tut|on on a ch||d mo|ost|ng conv|ct|on, Zod|ac's
corrospondonco coasod tor two yoars unt|| h|s ro|oaso. 1ho ||nkod murdors ot h|tchh|kors around 3anta losa a|so camo to a ha|t, Graysm|th
notos. va||ojo po||co havo rotusod to cont|rm or dony any mot|vo tor roopon|ng tho |nvost|gat|on.'

0o l oxpoct an |mm|nont arrost |n rogards to Zod|ac?' sa|d va||ojo lo||co Ch|ot Gora|d Ga|v|n. lo, l do not. lt's an ongo|ng and sons|t|vo
|nvost|gat|on.'
A||on |ookod vory good,' 1osch| to|d tho pross. Wo soarchod a 3anta losa tra||or whoro ho ||vod part-t|mo |n 1072. 3ut an ana|ys|s ot h|s
t|ngorpr|nts d|d not match part|a| pr|nts tound on a Zod|ac v|ct|m's cab |n 1000. Wo cou|d not t|nd onough ov|donco on wh|ch to conv|ct A||on. l can't
d|scuss why A||on was d|sm|ssod as a suspoct.'
Wodnoaday, Nay 20, 1001
Lot mo toII you what's happonod horo,' loto loyos to|d mo. Apparont|y th|s suspoct [A||on| had a sor|os ot moot|ngs w|th a psycho|og|st |n
va||ojo. 1ho psycho|og|st was atra|d th|s guy m|ght k||| h|m. And ro|ayod th|s |ntormat|on on to a tr|ond and that's whoro |t a|| stands now. 1ho
psycho|og|st toarod tor h|s ||to. |o works tor somo |nst|tuto up thoro and ho gavo a|| th|s |ntormat|on. 1ho |ntormat|on |s out thoro r|ght now. 1hoso
poop|o aro try|ng to so|| mo tho |ntormat|on down horo |n l.A.'
0on't pay a ponny,' l caut|onod.
1hoy'vo got a sor|os ot tapos and a|| that,' ho conc|udod.
1apos?'
5aturday, Juno 1, 1001
1ho aamo individuaIa tr|od to so|| tho tapos to Uoso|voo Vystorlos and woro turnod down. 3ut loyos to|d mo, 1ho cops aro vory |ntorostod. 1ho
story |s thoro. 1horo was somo concorn that an ana|yst shou|d not rovoa| statomonts mado dur|ng pr|vato soss|ons.'
l th|nk that undor tho |aw,' l sa|d, |t a porson |s a dangor to soc|oty, an ana|yst can turn soss|on tapos ovor.'
1ho psych|atr|st's brothor |s a 3an |ranc|sco cop and thoy doc|dod to so|vo tho murdor on tho|r own,' sa|d loyos. 1hoy wont and stakod out
A||on's homo about o|ght or n|no months ago. A woman wont |n pos|ng as a roa|-ostato agont. |o got w|so to hor and startod scroam|ng and yo|||ng
at hor and chasod hor out ot tho houso. |o got tho ||conso numbor ot hor car. lt was rog|storod to hor mothor. 1wo days |ator, thoro was a doath
throat mado on hor mothor.
1ho psych|atr|st troatod A||on |n tho |ato 1070s as a cond|t|on ot h|s ro|oaso. 1hoy havo a|| th|s |ntormat|on. What thoy sa|d to mo |s that th|s guy
to|d thom moro than anyono knows who's not wo|| vorsod |n tho caso. 1ho guys who havo boon stak|ng out h|s houso got a|| th|s |ntormat|on trom tho
shr|nk. l just d|d a chock to soo |t tho |ntormant |s not a cr|m|na| or anyth|ng. |o's a t|tty-throo-yoar-o|d man w|th no cr|m|na| rocord.'
l d|dn't corroct h|m. What's your noxt stop?' l askod.
l want to ||ston to thoso tapos.' 3o d|d l, l thought.
Aro you go|ng to pay tho guy?' l askod. l novor trustod tho va||d|ty ot |ntormat|on that was purchasod.
l'm not go|ng to pay h|m anyth|ng.' |o ca||od back soon attor. Wo||, l'vo got va||ojo l.0. com|ng |n horo. 1hoy'ro roa| oxc|tod. 1hoy say thoy'ro
roa| c|oso to so|v|ng tho caso.'
l spoko w|th 1ack|o G|n|oy and tho va||ojo l.0. bocauso l had gotton a numbor ot ca||s trom l3C and C33 to|ov|s|on about Zod|ac concorn|ng
somo tapos.' 0o you th|nk thoy do th|s por|od|ca||y, ca|| up w|th a hook on tho story and try and so|| |t?' 1ack|o askod, rotorr|ng to tho tapos tor
sa|o. l'm gott|ng somo ca||s horo trom poop|o who know Vr. A||on back |n h|gh schoo|. A |ot ot poop|o. 3ut you know how |t |s work|ng on a da||y
papor, thoro's not much t|mo to dovoto to somoth|ng ||ko that.'
1uoaday, Juno 11, 1001
Bawart and Conway stud|od Vu|anax's t||os trom 1071, thon wont and ta|kod to somo ot tho samo poop|o ho had. A |ot ot what tho |ntormants
woro to|||ng Conway and 3awart |n tho oar|y n|not|os,' a sourco to|d mo, thoy d|dn't to|| Vu|anax. Vaybo thoy woro atra|d back thon to como
torward, but now |n 1001 thoy'ro not so atra|d anymoro and just want to got tho guy.'
Capta|n Conway and l ro-|ntorv|owod lh|| 1uckor,' 3awart to|d mo. 1uckor workod tor Gvl0. |o wasn't roa||y a tr|ond ot A||on's. |o was an
assoc|ato, as many othor poop|o woro [who woro| |nvo|vod |n any k|nd ot ath|ot|cs |n that por|od ot tho t|mo. 1h|s |ntorv|ow was |n tho |ntancy ot
whon l was do|ng background work on A||on.'
3awart's sovon-pago roport, Clrcomstoocos blcb loolcoto Artbor Lolgb A||oo ls, lo loct, 7bo Zooloc Kl||or, wou|d grow to th|rty |toms.
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0ur|ng our |ntorv|ow lh|| 1uckor was unab|o to romombor that Arthur lo|gh A||on had to|d h|m that ho [had| spoc|a| [o|octron|c gun| s|ghts tor
shoot|ng |n tho dark. |o d|d, howovor, |nd|cato that A||on to|d h|m ho was prot|c|ont |n shoot|ng and prot|c|ont |n shoot|ng |n tho dark. Arthur lo|gh
A||on had to|d h|m ho had road a book . . . about hunt|ng poop|o w|th a bow and arrow.'
1uckor roca||od, A||on was tasc|natod w|th tho concopt ot sta|k|ng poop|o rathor than gamo. |o |nd|catod a numbor ot t|mos that |t wou|d bo
groat sport to hunt poop|o as thoy had |nto|||gonco. Wo woro on our way to tho boach to go scuba d|v|ng whon ho startod d|scuss|ng hunt|ng tr|ps
and ondod up ta|k|ng about hunt|ng poop|o w|th bows and arrows. l to|t ho wantod my roact|on to thoso statomonts. l to|d h|m l wou|d novor cons|dor
hunt|ng poop|o. |o tr|od to mako |t soom ||ko th|s was an |doa tor a book ho was go|ng to wr|to. l got tho |doa that ho was roa||y say|ng, 'ls th|s
somoth|ng you'd ||ko to do w|th mo?' l just |gnorod h|m. l th|nk ho to|d mo tho namo ot tho book ho had road.'
Was tho namo ot tho book 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo?' askod 3awart.
l don't th|nk so.' loss|b|y A||on had mont|onod not a book, but a 104b t||m, A Oomo o Lootb, a romako ot 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo. 1h|s
convorsat|on took p|aco pr|or to 3optombor ot 1000 as that's tho month and yoar l marr|od my t|rst w|to. 1hat |s why l roca|| tho t|mo oas||y. l d|d not
soo A||on to any groat dogroo, nor go out on hunt|ng and t|sh|ng tr|ps w|th h|m, attor my marr|ago.'
0o you know 0ona|d Chonoy?' askod 3awart. 3ta|k|ng poop|o at n|ght w|th a gun had boon part ot tho convorsat|on Chonoy sa|d A||on had w|th
h|m low Yoar's 0ay, 1000. Zod|ac had a|so a||udod to hunt|ng poop|o |n h|s cryptogram.
l do not,' sa|d 1uckor.
Why d|dn't you g|vo th|s |ntormat|on to 1osch| and Vu|anax |n 1071?'
l on|y answorod tho|r quost|ons. 1hoy d|d not ask mo so l d|dn't to|| thom. l was not askod about any tantas|os A||on may havo ro|atod to mo.'
1uckor a|so |nd|catod that dur|ng tho span ot tho|r convorsat|on, ho saw A||on had a Zod|ac brand watch w|th a Zod|ac symbo|. 1uckor a|so
ropoatod that ho had soon A||on wr|to w|th both hands. |o usos both hands oqua||y wo|| whon handpr|nt|ng, but h|s handpr|nt|ng |s not roa| good.'
1uckor a|so mont|onod that A||on had an |ntorost |n codos, and ropoatod that ho had soon a handwr|tton Zod|ac-typo cryptogram at A||on's houso.
1h|s was pr|or to any cryptograms bo|ng pub||shod |n tho nowspapor,' ho sa|d. A||on was tho k|nd ot to||ow who |ovod to try and outsmart tho othor
guy.'
1uckor ro|atod, as ho had tor Vu|anax and 1osch|, that |n 1000, ho ownod an o|dor brown boat-up Corva|r. A||on had dr|von th|s Corva|r, but
1uckor cou|d not spoc|t|ca||y |nd|cato whothor A||on drovo th|s Corva|r on 1u|y 4, 1000. V|ko Vagoau had doscr|bod an o|dor brown voh|c|o, s|m||ar
to a 1008 Corva|r, o|dor and b|ggor, o|d p|atos,' as bo|ng tho k|||or's voh|c|o.
1huraday, JuIy 25, 1001
Now AIIon bocamo moro than a namo |n tho po||co t||os-ho was tho subjoct ot tho n|ght|y nows. Vy t|rst occas|on to moot Arthur lo|gh A||on was
|n 1u|y ot 1001,' roportor l|ta W||||ams roca||od. Wo had gotton w|nd that Capta|n Conway and h|s to|ks had sorvod a soarch warrant back on
va|ont|no's 0ay ot that yoar and |t was about to bo unsoa|od. Wo t|rst ta|kod to tho capta|n.'
Why,' W||||ams askod Conway, havon't thoro boon any chargos brought aga|nst A||on whon you tound p|po bombs |n h|s ros|donco?'
l'm not go|ng to commont on an ongo|ng |nvost|gat|on,' rop||od Conway.
0o you th|nk you aro c|oso to gott|ng tho caso so|vod . . . any c|osor than you woro twonty yoars ago?'
|onost|y, l don't th|nk so,' ho conc|udod.
1hon,' roca||od W||||ams just on a |ark, my camoraman and l wont to A||on's to soo what wo m|ght got. lt was |ato ono ovon|ng. lt was summor
and st||| ||ght outs|do, but bog|nn|ng to got dark. Vy camoraman and l wa|kod up to h|s door, and l|ck sort ot h|d |n tho bush wh||o l knockod on
A||on's door. A||on was not c|othod. |o had on h|s bathrobo and yo||od out tho w|ndow, '1ust a momont.' ||na||y ho camo to tho door. Whon l to|d h|m
what l was do|ng, ho surpr|sod mo by say|ng l cou|d como |n.'
W||||ams had |ntorv|owod both tho l|ght 3ta|kor' and tho 1ra||s|do K|||or.' l was a|ono |n tho|r ja|| co||s,' sho roca||od, but ot a|| tho poop|o l'vo
ovor |ntorv|owod, nono had ovor g|von mo ch|||s ||ko Arthur lo|gh A||on. 1hat was tho th|ng that got mo. |o had th|s domoanor about h|m. |o was
just so b|g and so k|nd ot apo||ko-just scary. lt's hard to doscr|bo, but you cou|d soo tho strongth. And that somo ot th|ngs ho was accusod ot
do|ng, you cou|d soo ho cou|d, |n tact, accomp||sh. |o was tho k|nd ot man that, ovon though ho was vory s|ck-at that t|mo ho was on k|dnoy
d|a|ys|s and had h|gh b|ood prossuro, was tak|ng a|| sorts ot mod|cat|on-ho was st||| a tr|ghton|ng prosonco.
Whon ho had agrood to my roquost tor an |ntorv|ow, l pausod. l had socond thoughts. |o had not soon my photographor somo d|stanco away,
and l was not go|ng |nto that houso a|ono. ||na||y, tho photographor was a||owod to ontor too. At t|rst A||on to|d us wo cou|dn't tako any p|cturos. |o
just wantod to soo what wo woro do|ng thoro. 3ut ovor tho courso ot tho noxt hour and a ha|t, wo sat down and had a d|scuss|on w|th h|m.
|o had that sort ot barro| chost, hugo shou|dors. |o wasn't a|| that hoavy, bocauso ho was on d|a|ys|s thon. Evon though ho was s|ck, ovoryth|ng
about h|m was om|nous. |o had on a housocoat and combat boots-b|g hoavy boots-'c|omp, c|omp, c|omp!' 1hon |ator, ho changod c|othos |n
tho m|dst ot tho |ntorv|ow.' A||on donnod a transparont b|uo sport sh|rt, vort|ca||y r|dgod w|th two t|||grood dos|gns and unbuttonod to show h|s broad
chost. ||s horr|ngbono pants woro o|d-tash|onod, p|oatod and a gray|sh brown. On h|s r|ght wr|st a 3and-A|d covorod a nood|o mark mado that
morn|ng.
W||||ams, b|ond, attract|vo, and |ong-|oggod, was drossod |n a short rod jackot ovor a b|ack ta||orod su|t, accontod by go|d jowo|ry. 1hoy mado an
odd coup|o as A||on |od hor through a tang|od, d|sordor|y gardon. A cha|n-||nk tonco ro|ntorcod w|th wood and w|ro ran a|ong tho por|motor. A||on
po|ntod out whoro tho po||co had rotr|ovod bombs trom bonoath tho houso. A||on ta|kod about how tho po||co had robbod h|m ot stutt,' roca||od
W||||ams, harassod h|m and takon th|ngs ho had novor gotton back-sont|monta| stutt trom h|s mothor. |o was qu|to upsot.' A hot w|nd roso
aga|nst tho poar|-gray sky.
1hoy doscondod |nto tho dusty basomont room. lt was warmor thoro. W||||ams sat w|th hor back to a ruggod homomado booksho|t ot unt|n|shod
wood. 3ho stud|od tho |toms on tho wa||. Was that a 3oy 3cout to|t band w|th ovory badgo thoy awardod? Was |t A||on's? A |oca| ch||d's? 0ust
covorod an aud|o dov|co-sound|ng mach|nory usod |n d|v|ng, a tow d|v|ng, sw|mm|ng, and spoar-t|sh|ng troph|os ||nod a sho|t. var|ous
photograph|c supp||os woro abovo hor hoad. A 0ustbustor (covorod w|th dust) hung trom tho wa||. On tho t|oor a ga||on conta|nor w|th a hand|o sat
noxt to a sma|| tab|o. On that tab|o, capturod |n tho g|ow ot a sw|vo| |amp, |ay a c|uttor ot o|octron|c oqu|pmont-a storoo, a roo|-to-roo| tapo
rocordor, v|doo gamos, a vCl, aud|o cassottos, and a b|ack-and-wh|to phono. A copy ot Zooloc was undor ono ot tho aud|o cassottos. loar a
c|ock sat an a|most ompty sto|n ot boor though A||on was not supposod to dr|nk. 1horo was a g|ass ashtray, though A||on d|d not smoko. An ompty
d|nnor p|ato had boon tuckod undor ono sho|t. 3ho roturnod hor tocus to A||on. lo||co had takon away many |toms, nono ot tho th|ngs W||||ams was
most |ntorostod |n woro prosont-Zod|ac watch, guns, bombs, c||pp|ngs.
As thoy spoko, A||on sat r|g|d|y upr|ght, hands to|dod |n h|s |ap, ||ko a ropr|mandod studont, and porchod on tho odgo ot what W||||ams took to bo
a rump|od couch covorod w|th a b|uo b|ankot and two wh|to p|||ows. On|y |ator sho roa||zod, 1hat was whoro ho s|opt.' ||s ba|d hoad was tramod by
tan curta|ns pa|ntod w|th a dos|gn ot bonsa| troos and a b|uo soa strotch|ng boyond. A||on's o|dor|y tan dog |ay aga|nst h|s |ott h|p, str|k|ng out w|th
h|s h|nd |og occas|ona||y.
l'vo ||vod |n th|s houso s|nco l was o|ght,' sa|d A||on. Vy mothor d|od throo yoars ago and ovor s|nco l'vo ||vod horo-a|ono-|n th|s room. l
bogan tak|ng k|dnoy d|a|ys|s |n Apr|| ot 1001. ||rst two t|mos a wook, thon throo t|mos. l b|ow up ||ko a b||mp. Vy wo|ght shot up to maybo 280
pounds. ||na||y, l was tak|ng ton |njoct|ons ot |nsu||n a day. Evontua||y l roturnod to my prosont wo|ght ot 220 pounds.'
W||||ams to|d mo |ator, 1hough ho was an obv|ous|y ||| man, A||on was st||| a powortu|, tr|ghton|ng prosonco. ln h|s pr|mo ho wou|d havo boon
torr|ty|ng. l had road tho book and l know somo th|ngs to ask. l startod out by act|ng as |t l know noth|ng about tho caso, and gott|ng moro spoc|t|c
dur|ng tho |ntorv|ow, and just |ot h|m just ta|k. |o sa|d |t was a|| c|rcumstant|a| ov|donco, that thoro was novor anyth|ng to p|n h|m to bo tho k|||or, or,
|n tact, Capta|n Conway and tho va||ojo po||co wou|d havo arrostod h|m and chargod h|m. |o ta|kod about somo p|po bombs tound undor h|s
houso.'
l d|dn't know tho bombs woro thoro,' A||on oxp|a|nod. An ox-con tr|ond, now doad, askod mo to storo somo th|ngs moro than a docado ago.
1hoy must bo h|s. 1hoy to|d mo my t|ngorpr|nts woro on tho bombs. l don't bo||ovo that. l wou|dn't bo s|tt|ng horo |t thoy woro and thoro's roa||y no
way thoy cou|d got on thoro. . . . l th|nk thoro probab|y |s a Zod|ac st||| out thoro and ho's just |augh|ng h|mso|t to doath.'
A||on ||vod w|th h|s mothor,' W||||ams sa|d. |o novor marr|od. |o was arrostod onco tor mo|ost|ng a sma|| boy and sorvod t|mo |n Atascadoro.
|o broko down and chokod up on that. 'l roa||zo now how horr|b|o that was,' ho sa|d, 'and what an |mpact l may havo had on that ch||d. l'm not tho
k|nd ot porson to hurt anyono.'
l askod tor a rosponso to tho to||ow [Chonoy| who had gono to author|t|os about h|s romarks about hunt|ng poop|o-but t|rst l quotod Zod|ac-'l
||ko k||||ng poop|o bocauso |t |s so much tun. lt |s moro tun than k||||ng w||d gamo |n tho torost bocauso man |s tho most dangorous an|ma| ot a|| to
k|||. . . . '
A||on to||s mo that ho road that story, '1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,' back whon ho was |n tho o|ovonth grado, and |t had such an |mpact on h|m
that ho thon was shoot|ng jackrabb|ts and that was tho on|y th|ng ho cou|d ovor k|||, and that ho |ndood had not sa|d that rocont|y. 'Wo||, ho bu||t th|s
|nto somoth|ng much, much grandor,' sa|d A||on, 'and romomborod othor convorsat|ons that wo d|dn't havo and doc|dod, wo||, l must bo tho Zod|ac.
1hat was somoth|ng that wo ta|kod about back whon wo woro |n h|gh schoo| togothor and ho's m|stakon. Evorybody's try|ng to got pub||c|ty. ln tact l
had novor sa|d that.' A||on novor wont to h|gh schoo| w|th Chonoy, and d|d not moot h|m unt|| 1002.
A||on has a|| sorts ot oxp|anat|ons tor ovoryth|ng,' l|ta roca||od. 1hroo or tour t|mos throughout tho |ntorv|ow, ho mont|onod that ho had novor
road Zooloc, yot ho wou|d mont|on th|ngs that aro |n that book that ho wou|d not havo known s|mp|y trom |ntorv|ows that Capta|n Conway and othors
havo dono w|th h|m. And thon ho wou|d start back and say, 'Wa|t a m|nuto. lo! l'vo novor road that book. l hoard that ho sa|d that.' And ho took
groat ||bort|os w|th tho truth thoro and that was not truo. [Zooloc |s v|s|b|o undor papors on h|s dosk |n tho t||mod |ntorv|ow.|
And l usod tho summat|on that was |n tho book-about A||on's mothor bo|ng vory dom|noor|ng and that ho was not tho tavorod ono |n tho tam||y,
that h|s brothor, who |ookod moro ||ko h|s mothor's s|do ot tho tam||y, was tho tavorod son, and that lo|gh had boon undor tho dom|nanco ot h|s
mothor a|| h|s ||to. vory crass-[A||on| sa|d sovora| th|ngs about bod||y tunct|ons ot h|s dog and othor th|ngs, l th|nk moro tor shock va|uo and to soo
how l wou|d rospond. 3ut corta|n|y throughout tho |ntorv|ow, ho don|od that ho was tho Zod|ac. |o sa|d |n tact that ho was anothor v|ct|m ot tho
Zod|ac bocauso ho was a v|ct|m ot moro than twonty yoars ot po||co harassmont tor bo|ng an |nnocont man.
'1hoy'vo ottorod mo many opportun|t|os,' ho sa|d, 'tho most rocont |ast va|ont|no's 0ay, to contoss bocauso thon l'd bo at poaco w|th myso|t.
Wo||, you don't got poaco w|th yourso|t by contoss|ng a ||o. And th|s |s what |t wou|d havo boon. . . . 1ho ||tt|o k|d who ||vos noxt door, t|tth grado,
thoy'vo thoy'ro study|ng tho Const|tut|on and sho got t|ckod ott. |avon't thoy ovor hoard ot |nnocont unt|| provon gu||ty?' sho to|d mo. Wo||, b|oss hor
. . . 1hoy havon't arrostod mo bocooso tboy coo`t provo o tblog,' conc|udod A||on, h|s vo|co quavor|ng dramat|ca||y. 'l'm not tho damn Zod|ac.
Excuso . . . oxcuso mo.' |o |oworod h|s hoad and soomod to woop. '1wonty-two yoars ot th|s . . .'
|av|ng dono th|s tor a|most twonty-t|vo yoars ot |ntorv|ow|ng a|| sorts ot k|||ors, you just k|nd ot got too||ngs. l can to|| you my camoraman, as wo
got |n tho car that n|ght, turnod to mo and sa|d, 'Gosh, l th|nk wo just |ntorv|owod tho Zod|ac.' |o was so conv|ncod.'
W||||ams's |ntorv|ow ran that n|ght: |or moro than two docados,' sa|d anchor 0onn|s l|chmond on tho 7oo O`c|ock Nows, po||co havo
suspoctod a va||ojo man ot tho unso|vod Zod|ac sor|a| k||||ngs. 1on|ght wo'|| hoar trom that man. lt's boon moro than two docados now s|nco tho
|ntamous Zod|ac shockod tho 3ay Aroa and tho nat|on. lo||co aro st||| work|ng to so|vo thoso cr|mos. On Vonday, author|t|os |n va||ojo w||| unsoa|
tho rosu|ts ot ono b|t ot that |nvost|gat|on. 1ho soarch ot tho houso ot a man who's boon ca||od tho numbor-ono Zod|ac suspoct. low tor tho t|rst
t|mo that man has to|d h|s s|do ot tho story |n a to|ov|s|on |ntorv|ow. |o spoko w|th us on cond|t|on that wo not show h|s taco.' A||on's taco was
o|octron|ca||y concoa|od and shown |n s||houotto to mask h|s truo toaturos. lt had to mako v|owors ovon moro cur|ous.
ls th|s man tho notor|ous k|||or known as tho Zod|ac?' askod l|ta W||||ams. Or ho |s a v|ct|m ot moro than two docados ot po||co harassmont?
||s namo |s Arthur A||on. |o's t|tty-o|ght now, d|abot|c, and had just como back trom k|dnoy d|a|ys|s whon ta|kod w|th h|m at h|s va||ojo homo |ast
n|ght. 3ack |n tho |ato 1000s, whon Zod|ac torror|zod Ca||torn|a, A||on was |n h|s |ato th|rt|os, s|xty pounds hoav|or, strong, a b|o|ogy graduato
studont. And |n th|s book, cons|dorod tho dot|n|t|vo study on tho Zod|ac [shows tho book Zooloc|, Arthur A||on, known t|ct|ona||y |n tho book as 3ob
3tarr, |s cons|dorod tho |nvost|gators' numbor-ono suspoct. . . .
Ono w|do|y quotod |ottor trom Zod|ac sa|d ho ||kos k||||ng poop|o bocauso |t's much moro tun than k||||ng w||d gamo, bocauso man |s tho most
dangorous an|ma| ot a||. And |n tho oar|y sovont|os, a tr|ond ot A||on's wont to po||co, to|||ng thom A||on had to|d h|m v|rtua||y tho samo th|ng just
botoro tho k||||ngs bogan,' sa|d W||||ams. |rom thon on A||on was a suspoct. ln 1071, po||co soarchod two cars and a tra||or ho was ||v|ng |n |n
3anta losa. 3ut tor somo roason thoy novor soarchod tho va||ojo houso ho sharod w|th h|s mothor unt|| hor doath throo yoars ago. 'Evory t|mo, l
thought |t was |a|d to rost, |t wou|d como scroam|ng back,' sa|d A||on on camora. '1ho |ast t|mo was 3t. va|ont|no's 0ay. |appy va|ont|no's 0ay!'
Armod w|th a soarch warrant, po||co spont two days |n |obruary go|ng through tho houso and garago. 1hoy dug up part ot tho yard, took A||on's
Zod|ac d|vor's watch, wh|ch ho says h|s mothor gavo h|m, and pu||od p|po bombs out trom undor tho houso. A||on took a ||o-dotoctor tost back |n tho
sovont|os wh||o do|ng t|mo tor mo|ost|ng a n|no-yoar-o|d boy. |o says ho passod |t, but author|t|os to|d h|m ho was a soc|opath and cou|d choat.
3t|||, ho's novor boon chargod w|th any ot tho Zod|ac cr|mos and ho says ho's |ost jobs, tr|onds, ovon mod|ca| caro now, bocauso po||co |mp|y ho's
a k|||or.'
1ho t||mod |ntorv|ow ondod w|th A||on co||aps|ng and sobb|ng. l|ta W||||ams to|d mo |ator, |owovor, ho d|dn't roa||y cry. ln |ook|ng at tho tapo, ho
k|nd ot turnod |t on and turnod |t ott. Whon A||on ||ttod h|s hoad h|s oyos woro dry. l dot|n|to|y to|t ho was protond|ng.'


AIIon noxt ahowod up on KllX, Channo| b, tho |oca| C33 att|||ato.
l'm not tho Zod|ac. l'vo novor k|||od anyono,' ho sa|d. 1hoy havo mo quost|on|ng myso|t. l soarch my momory tor b|anks-b|ank spacos-thoro
aro nono. l was t|rst quost|onod by po||co |n |ato 1000. 1ho cop sa|d that somoono thought l m|ght bo tho Zod|ac k|||or and roportod mo. At tho ond
ot tho |ntorv|ow ho sa|d, 'Wo||, Zod|ac had cur|y ha|r and you obv|ous|y don't.' 3o that was |t.
l'vo boon quost|onod at |oast t|vo t|mos ovor tho |ast twonty yoars. l thought |t wou|d stop attor a ton-hour ||o-dotoctor tost l took and passod |n
107b. l onco got a |ottor trom tho 0opartmont ot 1ust|co cort|ty|ng that l am not Zod|ac. 1ho |ottor sa|d l was no |ongor cons|dorod by tho stato to bo
a suspoct |n tho Zod|ac murdors. l can't show |t to you now. 1ho va||ojo po||co so|zod |t whon thoy ra|dod my houso |n tho|r |atost attompt to provo l
am tho Zod|ac k|||or. 1ho on|y way l can c|oar myso|t |s tor tho roa| Zod|ac to contoss-|t ho's st||| a||vo. A|| l can do |s supposo on that. 1ho othor
way l can got poaco tor myso|t |s whon thoy t|nd mo doad and gono. l adm|t a |argo numbor ot co|nc|doncos po|nt to mo.'
A||on |ator to|d |aro|d |uttman, 1hoy m|ssod a tow th|ngs-||ko tho s||oncor l had h|ddon |n my socks |n tho drossor.'
Exomloor roportor lanco 1ackson rang mo: l hoard about la|ph 3p|no|||, a caroor cr|m|na|, p|ckod up somowhoro around 3an 1oso,' ho to|d
mo. |o got p|ckod up and ho's boon chargod w|th n|no robbor|os. And so ho starts s|ng|ng-Arthur A||on's tho Zod|ac. |o's |ook|ng at a |ong torm,
so maybo ho was s|ng|ng to try and got h|mso|t out ot ja||. Ot courso, tho cops sa|d now ho's back|ng ott and ho's not suro ho go|ng to ta|k. 0|d tho
cops ca|| you? 1hoy to|d mo [|ast wook| thoy woro try|ng to got |n touch w|th you.'
What do thoy want?'
1ho va||ojo cops to|d mo thoy woro go|ng to bo gott|ng |n touch w|th you. 1hoy brought th|s guy back who usod to bo thoro . . . 3ar|ow? [|o
moant Goorgo 3awart.| |o's go|ng to bo com|ng |n a tow days a wook and work|ng w|th Conway. 1hoy want to soo you bocauso thoy'ro try|ng to
d|g |nto |t a ||tt|o sor|ous|y aga|n.'
1hat's good. lt thoy como up w|th suspocts nono ot us havo ovor hoard ot, that's a|| r|ght too. lt doosn't mattor to mo as |ong as thoy do |t.'
l|ght. lot's got |t dono.'
|or Zod|ac's tavor|to papor, tho Cbroolc|o, lanco W||||ams |ntorv|owod tho poronn|a| suspoct. l'm a d|sab|od tormor schoo|toachor,' sa|d A||on.
l was a toachor |n tho 3an lu|s Ob|spo 3choo| 0|str|ct tor a tota| ot ton yoars, and spont sovontoon yoars as a studont. l onco sorvod throo yoars |n
a stato monta| hosp|ta| tor mo|ost|ng a ch||d. And l usod to woar a 'Zod|ac'-brand sk|n d|vor's watch. l'vo passod ovory ov|dont|ary tost tho cops
havo thrown at mo. l passod a po|ygraph. Ono po||coman sa|d, 'You'ro a soc|opath-you can choat a ||o-dotoctor tost.' Anothor sa|d l'm a gon|us. . .
. l too| ||ko l'm bo|ng mossod ovor. 1ho 1ust|co 0opartmont wroto mo a |ottor abso|v|ng mo ot gu||t.
As tor tho bombs and guns, thoy'ro tho proporty ot a tr|ond l mot |n tho monta| hosp|ta| yoars ago. 1h|s damnod th|ng has boon haunt|ng mo tor
twonty-two yoars. lt l was prono to su|c|do, l'd havo a|roady dono |t. . . . 1ho on|y th|ng |n my tavor |s, l'vo novor k|||od anyono. 3|nco l was targotod as
a Zod|ac suspoct |n 1071, l'vo boon t|ngorpr|ntod, |ntorrogatod, mado to g|vo handwr|t|ng samp|os, and subjoctod to a ton-hour-|ong 1ust|co
0opartmont ||o-dotoctor tost. lo way |n ho|| cou|d l go out and k||| |nnocont toonyboppors-no way. 3ut w|th thom, l'm gu||ty unt|| l'm provon |nnocont,
and l t|guro tho caso w||| bo around unt|| l d|o. l d|d comm|t ono cr|mo, that was ch||d mo|ost|ng,' ho conc|udod. l do|udod myso|t |nto th|nk|ng that l
wasn't hurt|ng anyono, but l roa||zo now that |sn't truo . . . and l'vo pa|d tor |t.'
A||on to|d h|s tr|onds and no|ghbors tho po||co woro hound|ng h|m unjust|y. 3omo ot thom stuck w|th h|m. 3ut on|ookors wou|d como |nto tho
no|ghborhood and yo|| obscon|t|os at h|m |n tho houso.
1huraday, Auguat 1, 1001
AIIon toId tho lolrlo|o Lol|y Ropob|lc that ho had consu|tod w|th Vo| 3o||| about rota|n|ng h|m as dotonso counc||. 3o||| had not spokon w|th A||on.
1hat attornoon, 1udgo 0acy, attor t|vo months ot socrocy, unsoa|od a soarch warrant that conta|nod on|y part|a| |ntormat|on. 1ho roturn att|dav|t
ottorod proc|ous ||tt|o dota||s about what po||co cont|scatod trom A||on's houso. Court Adm|n|strator lancy l|ano |ator b|amod tho |ack ot
|ntormat|on on a c|or|ca| orror. 3ho sa|d c|orks d|d not know that tho soarch warrant t|nd|ngs a|so woro roqu|rod to bo mado pub||c.
Wodnoaday, Auguat 7, 1001
Ovor a Dozon Woapons 3o|zod at |omo ot loca| Zod|ac 3uspoct,' hoad||nod tho 7lmos-loro|o.
vAllE1O: lo||co so|zod moro than a dozon woapons rang|ng trom p|po bombs to a 20-gaugo automat|c shotgun trom tho |rosno 3troot
homo ot Arthur lo|gh A||on, a rot|rod va||ojo man who |s onco aga|n bo|ng |nvost|gatod |n connoct|on w|th tho st||| unso|vod 1000-70 Zod|ac
k||||ngs.'

l was amazod at how brazon A||on was,' 3awart to|d mo attor watch|ng A||on on to|ov|s|on. lt's ||ko ho |ovod tho attont|on a|| around h|m.'
And |n h|s m|nd, ho bocamo tho v|ct|m,' l sa|d.
Oh, ho d|d. |o cravod sympathy. |o wantod to got somo k|nd ot stay-away ordor trom tho va||ojo l.0. and othor dopartmonts, a rostra|n|ng
ordor. And yot ho was g|v|ng |ntorv|ows.'
Why had no turthor act|on boon takon aga|nst A||on? lo||co turnod up a cacho ot p|po bombs and guns, pornography, and tapos ot ch||dron
bo|ng spankod. 1hoy had boon |ook|ng tor a manua| typowr|tor ||nkod to Zod|ac corrospondonco and a 12-|nch kn|to w|th r|vots usod |n tho lako
3orryossa stabb|ngs. 1hoy uncovorod a loya| portab|o typowr|tor, c||ps ot nows art|c|os about tho Zod|ac, and a hunt|ng kn|to w|th shoath and
r|vots.' lo ono cou|d oxp|a|n tho dopartmont's rot|conco. lt's un||ko|y chargos w||| bo prossod aga|nst [lo|gh A||on| |n connoct|on w|th tho
mystor|ous k||||ngs,' sa|d 0|str|ct Attornoy V|ko la||. l roa||y suspoct that noth|ng's go|ng to como ot |t.'
Why wasn't A||on arrostod? 1ho roason thoy d|dn't tako turthor act|on attor tho 1001 soarch,' 1osch| sa|d, |s that thoy know ho was torm|na|.
1hat was tho oxcuso. |o was c|oso to doath whon thoy tound thoso |toms. 3omo ott|cor sa|d, '|o's torm|na|. lt wou|dn't havo moant anyth|ng.' You
can bo||ovo that or not bo||ovo |t.'
0|str|ct attornoys want to bo ta|r|y suro ot a succosstu| prosocut|on whon thoy chargo anyono w|th anyth|ng,' Conway sa|d, and tho most d|tt|cu|t
and controvors|a| part ot our suspoct or any othor suspoct that's ovor ox|stod, wo'vo novor boon ab|o to roconc||o tho handwr|t|ng. lt's a vory
spoc|t|c, un|quo handwr|t|ng. Goorgo and l havo a thoory about how to roconc||o |t, but gott|ng a d|str|ct attornoy to buy that thoory |s-|t wo got past
tho handwr|t|ng, thon ovoryth|ng o|so |s ta|r|y s|mp|o.'
Zod|ac m|ght bo porvorso onough to want to bo capturod, ho |ott c|uos |n h|s |ottors. |owovor, oxports thought d|ttoront|y. lo sor|a| k|||or wants to
got caught,' sa|d vornon Goborth, author ot Proctlco| lomlcloo lovostlgotloo, bocauso thon ho |osos tho contro| and powor that ho has.'
|r|ct|on dovo|opod botwoon tho o|d-guard Zod|ac dotoct|vos and now |nvost|gators. |avo l ovor spokon to Conway?' sa|d 1osch|. l novor hoard
ot tho man. l t|rst saw h|s namo whon A||on's p|aco was soarchod and ho was quotod a|| ovor tho p|aco. And th|s roa||y annoyod somo at 3|l0.
'You novor hoard ot h|m,' a dotoct|vo to|d mo. 'Armstrong novor hoard ot h|m. And ho ta|ks too much. |o koops ca|||ng us ovory othor wook.' 1hoy'ro
a ||tt|o d|sonchantod, a ||tt|o hos|tant to trust va||ojo at th|s po|nt bocauso whon va||ojo soarchod A||on's homo thoy tound onough ov|donco |n tho
basomont and whoro ho ||vod that thoy shou|d havo chargod h|m.'
l t|nd |t k|nd ot amaz|ng,' sa|d 3awart, that tho guys |n 3an |ranc|sco wou|d |n any way bo upsot w|th Conway. Conway has a raspy porsona||ty. l
got a|ong good onough bocauso l know h|m. l was h|s boss at ono po|nt. 3omot|mos |t was d|tt|cu|t tor mo to to|orato tho way ho sa|d th|ngs, but l
know |t was Conway's way ot do|ng th|ngs and so l d|scountod |t. |o oas||y gratos on poop|o. 3ut! 3ut ho was tho on|y guy that was author|z|ng any
k|nd ot |nvost|gat|on. |o was tho on|y guy gott|ng any k|nd ot monoy com|ng out ot tho c|ty cottors to hand|o anyth|ng on tho Zod|ac caso. low that
somoth|ng comos up that may turn tho tab|os ono way or tho othor, a|| ot a suddon tor a tow to bad-mouth Conway |n any way |s a b|g m|stako.'
low an ovont, un|ntont|ona||y humorous and trag|c at tho samo t|mo, ro|ogatod dopartmonta| toud|ng to tho back burnor. At tho ond ot 1uno,
|ongt|mo cr|m|na| dotonso attornoy W||||am 3toadman 3ooman had prosontod a thoory to rot|rod 1udgo 3||| 1onson. l know who Zod|ac |s,' ho to|d
tho judgo and, w|thout g|v|ng a namo, |a|d out h|s roasons why. 1onson was unconv|ncod. A|| tho judgo cou|d |oarn was that tho suspoct was
docoasod and may havo boon a tormor c||ont ot 3ooman's. 3ooman a|so rotusod to sharo h|s suspoct's namo w|th 0.A. la||. 1ho 0.A's ott|co
ca||od 1onson short|y attor h|s moot|ng to |oarn tho spoc|t|cs ot tho|r convorsat|on. 1hoy spoko w|th 0ar|ono |orr|n's s|stor, lam, to soo |t sho had
any |doas about who |t cou|d bo. 3ho sa|d sho suspoctod 3ooman had d|scovorod now ov|donco |n cont|dont|a| t||os obta|nod trom an ox-c||ont
through probato.
3oomon d|dn't sharo h|s know|odgo w|th Capta|n Conway and tho va||ojo po||co o|thor. |o d|dn't prosont any |ntormat|on,' sa|d Conway. |o
wants to savo |t tor tho nows contoronco.' W|th|n months 3ooman wou|d ca|| a pross contoronco to rovoa| what ho know. 1ho pross, |nc|ud|ng lau|
Avory, and po||co ott|c|a|s had boon |nv|tod. 1ho announcomont wou|d bo mado |n va||ojo on |a||owoon.
3otoro ho had that |a||owoon 0ay pross contoronco,' roca||od 3awart, 3ooman got ho|d ot mo and sa|d, 'l'm go|ng to do th|s oxposo. l know a||
th|s stutt. l want you to |nvost|gato th|s.' 3o l wont down and mot h|m at h|s ott|co. '0o you havo any documontat|on?' l askod. 'Wo||, no l havon't dono
any ot that,' ho sa|d.' |andpr|nt|ng samp|os prov|dod by 3ooman had not matchod thoso ot Zod|ac. 3ut so tar nobody's handpr|nt|ng had, and
probab|y nobody's ovor wou|d. l st||| bo||ovod that Zod|ac m|ght havo boon a d|ttoront porsona||ty whon ho wroto h|s |ottors. lo mattor, wo a|| had to
wa|t unt|| |a||owoon to hoar what 3ooman had to say.
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[ack zodiac
1huraday, Octobor 81, 1001
1oara woIIod u |n va||ojo |awyor W||||am 3toadman 3ooman's oyos. Ono toar coursod down a broad chook, dampon|ng h|s starchod wh|to
co||ar. 3hy|y, tho sovonty-ono-yoar-o|d man brushod a |ock ot stra|ght dark ha|r trom h|s g|assos and poorod ovor a pod|um crowdod w|th
m|crophonos. 3ooman, succood|ng boyond h|s droams, had attractod a mu|t|tudo. 1o|ov|s|on camoras g||ntod |n tho ||ght and cab|os snakod at h|s
toot. |o saw Cbroolc|o roportor lau| Avory ontor|ng tho 3o|ano County |a|rgrounds, and consu|tod h|s watch. 1hoy woro a ||tt|o |ato gott|ng startod.
|o had schodu|od tho pross contoronco tor 10:80 A.V. and spont a|most $000 to stago tho moot|ng, not |nc|ud|ng tho cost ot ma|||ng |nv|tat|ons to
roportors and |nvost|gators. |o had a |ot r|d|ng on th|s ovont. |o |ot thom stow a b|t |ongor. Attor a||, ho was roady to rovoa| who Zod|ac was-just
about tho b|ggost story thoro was.
1horo |s no apparont mot|vo boh|nd tho t|m|ng ot tho announcomont,' sa|d roportor 1ack|o G|n|oy, but |t dovota||s w|th a va||ojo po||co
|nvost|gat|on ot Arthur lo|gh A||on, a va||ojo man who was onco a pr|mo suspoct |n tho st||| unso|vod 1000-70 k||||ngs.' 3|nco 1uosday G|n|oy had
worn out hor d|a||ng t|ngor try|ng to roach A||on tor commont on what 3ooman m|ght say. Was 3ooman, ||ko 3p|no|||, about to namo A||on as tho
Zod|ac?
|or a|most an hour 3ooman prosontod tho vor|t|cat|on that |od to h|s conjocturo. 1horo aro at |oast 101 po|nts ot c|rcumstant|a| ov|donco,' ho
sa|d. l havo a roa| prob|om w|th rovoa||ng tho |dont|ty ot th|s porson. l had to do a |ot ot sou|-soarch|ng.' 3ooman bogan to bu||d to h|s rovo|at|on,
doscr|b|ng h|s suspoct var|ous|y as a roc|uso,' and a woman-hator.' |o was so d|sordorod that ho cou|d not ho|d down a job,' sa|d tho attornoy.
|o cou|d not ovon taco a woman |n tho unomp|oymont ott|co w|thout t|y|ng |nto a rago. 'Womon aro subhumans,' ho to|d mo. '1hoy cannot th|nk
|og|ca||y and thoy act on omot|ons,' ho sa|d. |o had dono occas|ona| work tor mo and somot|mos ropa|rod to|ov|s|on sots. |o part|cu|ar|y hatod
Yo||ow Cab dr|vors,'
1ust botoro noon tho b|g momont arr|vod. 3ooman ho|d up 1ock tbo Zooloc, a two-part paporback book ho had pub||shod undor tho pon namo
0octor O. |onry 1|ggo|anco.' vo|umo Ono ot tho sot oponod w|th tho warn|ng: 1h|s story |s ont|ro|y t|ct|ona|.' l|ght bogan to dawn |n tho oyos ot
tho assomb|od throng.
'1ack tho Zod|ac,' was my own brothor.'
1ack 3ooman, a |ong-ha|rod, d|gn|t|od s|xty-s|x-yoar-o|d, had d|od |n lhoon|x sovon yoars oar||or. 1ack tho Zod|ac,' 3ooman sa|d, camo c|oso
to k||||ng mo. lt ho hadn't boon drunk, and l hadn't movod ||ko a mongooso, ho wou|d havo.' ln sp|to ot tho acr|mony botwoon thom, 3ooman had
roprosontod 1ack |n m|nor run-|ns w|th tho |aw. |o a|so bo||ovod that h|s brothor had boon rospons|b|o tor tho 1088 doath ot a va||ojo prost|tuto.
3ooman po|ntod out that 1ack m|sspo||od tho samo words as Zod|ac. |o usod tho samo phras|ng as that |n tho |ottors,' ho sa|d.
1ho aud|onco was not porsuadod.
l too| you'ro s|ncoro |n th|s,' sa|d Avory. lt's a protty hoavy tr|p to bo |ay|ng on your brothor, but you'vo ottorod noth|ng moro than c|rcumstant|a|
ov|donco.'
l wou|dn't bo wrong |n say|ng thoro aro ono hundrod poop|o who havo ca||od w|th tho samo k|nd ot gonora||t|os,' 3awart |ator sa|d. Wo |ook |nto
ovoryth|ng, but l'm not go|ng to pay $b8 tor h|s book [tho cost tor tho pr|vato|y pr|ntod two-vo|umo sot|.' 3os|dos, 3awart had no t|mo tor road|ng
un|oss ho d|d |t on a p|ano-ho had just gotton a |oad connoct|ng Arthur lo|gh A||on w|th Zod|ac. 1hat |oad wou|d tako h|m to tho othor s|do ot tho
wor|d.
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Whon | rotirod thoy kopt mo on tho caso-you know that,' 3awart to|d mo, and anyt|mo anybody wou|d ca||, 'Vy brothor or brothor-|n-|aw's tho
Zod|ac,' thoy ca||od mo |n. |owovor, tho dopartmont was tota||y sat|st|od that Arthur lo|gh A||on |s tho Zod|ac. l usod to uso Zooloc ||ko a 3|b|o,
bocauso l cou|d novor koop a|| tho datos stra|ght. l'd uso your book to t|guro out whon stutt roa||y happonod.'
l a|ways thought that wou|d bo tho bost va|uo that such a book cou|d havo,' l sa|d.
1horo was a guy that was a tr|ond ot A||on's trom h|gh schoo| and co||ogo. ||s namo was lobort Emmott lod|tor.'
lobort Emmott?' l sa|d. 1hat was tho namo anagram|sts had doducod trom tho garb|od |ast symbo|s ot Zod|ac's throo-part 1000 c|phor-
lO3E1 EVE1 1|E |lllE or lobort Emmott tho ||pp|o.' Emmot was an lr|sh patr|ot who had boon hangod. A statuo ot h|m stood |n Go|don Gato
lark |n tront ot Vorr|son l|anotar|um-a room tu|| ot stars and tho ha|| ot b|o|ogy-A||on's pass|ons. A||on's tathor, Ethan, was namod attor Ethan
A||on, an Amor|can patr|ot who had boon hangod. lobort Emmott had boon born |n 1808, A||on's tathor |n 1008. And was lobort Emmott a
h|pp|o?' l askod.
|o was a h|pp|o-typo. lod|tor was a guy A||on know at lo|y whoro ho wont to co||ogo |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a and strotch|ng back to tho t|mo ot
tho oar||ost murdor. lobort Emmott had a|so boon managor ot tho va||ojo ||gh sw|m toam. lator ho bocamo a h|pp|o attond|ng tho Un|vors|ty ot
Ca||torn|a at 3orko|oy and at U.3.|. Apparont|y thoro was somo roa||y bad b|ood botwoon tho two. l tound lod|tor, but |t wasn't any groat s|outh
work on my part. 3ocauso ot tho soarch ot A||on's houso, lo|gh's namo camo out |n tho pross. A woman |n va||ojo saw |t. 3ho had gono to schoo|
w|th Arthur lo|gh A||on, bought your book, and road tho port|on whoro |t says [|n tho |ast ||no ot tho doc|phorod 840-symbo| codo ot lovombor 8,
1000|, 'Vy namo |s lobort Emmott tho ||pp|o.' And sho sa|d, 'Vy goodnoss, l know lobort Emmott. Emmy lou-lobort Emmott lod|tor. 3ho got
a ho|d ot mo.'
1hoy ca||od h|m Emmy lou?'
l don't know why. 1a|ontod. lod|tor was a roa| outgo|ng guy. ln tact ho was a m|mo and ho p|ayod on 7bo Eo 5o||lvoo 5bowand a|| that k|nd ot
stutt. Arthur lo|gh A||on actua||y hatod tho guy. Vaybo |t was bocauso A||on was an |ntrovort and th|s guy was an oxtrovort, a|though thoy woro
tr|onds-|ot's say, boo boon tr|onds.
Wo trackod tho guy down. Wo tound out about lod|tor through h|s c|assmato. Wo thought ho m|ght bo work|ng |n concort w|th Arthur lo|gh A||on.
|o was now ||v|ng |n Gormany. lod|tor was around ch||dron a|| tho t|mo at tho baso whoro ho workod. 1|m lang wont w|th mo. |o was tho ch|ot
doputy ot tho d|str|ct attornoy. lron|ca||y, 1|m lang spont twonty yoars w|th tho lAl0, tho |ast port|on ot wh|ch was work|ng hom|c|do. |o rot|rod, but
ho was st||| a young onough man that ho wont to |aw schoo| and got a |aw dogroo. |o was tho d|str|ct attornoy ot a county up north. |o camo down
horo and workod |n|t|a||y |n tho pub||c dotondor's ott|co, thon transtorrod ovor to tho 0.A.'s ott|co tor a numbor ot yoars. Youthtu|-appoar|ng, a roa|
smart m|nd, and ho knows tho hom|c|do bus|noss too bocauso ho workod |n |t. ln any ovont ho wroto a|| thoso |ottors ot rogatory, and |t startod |n
August ot 1001.'
1h|s sooms to bo a vory |mportant t|mo,' l sa|d. Evoryth|ng com|ng togothor.'
l|ght. lt took a ho|| ot a |ong t|mo. Wo ondod up |n Gormany |n tho doad ot w|ntor |n |obruary 1002. lt was k|nd ot a tun tr|p. Wo actua||y spont
two wooks ovor thoro. Ono wook wo woro actua||y work|ng. Ono wook wo woro tour|ng. Wo mado somo vory good tr|onds. 1ho capta|n |n chargo ot
tho hom|c|do d|v|s|on |n |o||braun, Gormany, and h|s w|to turnod out to bo good tr|onds. 1hoy'vo boon out horo v|s|t|ng us and wo'vo got a b|g
motor yacht and wo took thom out on tho 0o|ta. Wo had a groat t|mo w|th thom.
3as|ca||y, what happonod |n Gormany was th|s-|n ordor to spoak w|th lod|tor, wo had to go through |ottors ot rogatory, wh|ch |s roquosts ot tho
Gorman govornmont to como ovor and |ntorv|ow a porson w|th|n tho|r country. Evon though th|s guy was an Amor|can c|t|zon ||v|ng on an Amor|can
baso, wo st||| had to go through tho Gorman |aws. l brought my own copy ot your book, Zooloc, and a socond copy. Vy Gorman a|do road Eng||sh
and askod tor ono ot tho cop|os. 1ho mag|strato, who undor Gorman |aw dotorm|nos whothor |t |s porm|ss|b|o tor U.3. ott|cors to spoak w|th
lod|tor, a||owod |t attor somo do||borat|on. 1hon ho |ookod ovor my copy ot your book and askod |t bo cou|d havo |t. Ot courso l gavo |t to h|m. Wo
mot w|th tho po||co |n |o||braun and oxp|a|nod tho who|o s|tuat|on, and thoy to|t thoy had onough to wr|to a soarch warrant tor lod|tor's p|aco, wh|ch
thoy u|t|mato|y d|d. Wo wont thoro w|th about ha|t a dozon Gorman po||comon, a|| ot wh|ch woro |n p|a|n c|othos. 1hoy d|d a roa| thorough soarch ot
h|s p|aco. Wo d|dn't t|nd anyth|ng connoctod w|th tho Zod|ac. l tound a bunch ot k|d stutt. 1hoy k|nda thought |t m|ght bo |mportant, but l wasn't suro
ot that o|thor.'
3awart thoor|zod lod|tor m|ght havo boon a|d|ng A||on. l d|dn't know |t thoro woro actua||y two k|||ors, but thoro m|ght havo boon two |nd|v|dua|s
who got tho|r jo|||os do|ng th|s. Wo cou|dn't ta|k to h|m at tho t|mo ot soarch, a|though ho d|d ta|k to mo qu|to a b|t. |o vo|untoorod to. lod|tor was a
sma|| man, t|vo s|x at most. K|nd ot a bubb|y k|nd ot guy. |o had boon a numbor ot p|acos. |o workod w|th tho 0opartmont ot 0otonso and ho ran
tho|r 0opondonts' Act|v|t|os lrogram. lt you'ro a sorgoant or somoth|ng and you'ro go|ng to bo ovorsoas |ong onough, you got to br|ng your tam||y
ovor. 1ho tam|||os somot|mos don't ro|ato to tho now country, so tho Army has commun|ty contors and ho ran thoso commun|ty contors whoro your
k|ds cou|d go thoro and |oarn to wrost|o and p|ay baskotba|| and shoot poo| and just havo d|ttoront tunct|ons. lt was so k|ds cou|d occupy tho|r t|mo
wh||o |n a toro|gn country. |o had boon do|ng |t a |ong t|mo. |o was |n 1apan. ln tact ho was marr|od wh||o |n 1apan. l was novor ab|o to |ocato h|s
ox-w|to.
Wo had to u|t|mato|y go botoro a Gorman judgo. Wo sorvod tho papors on h|m, and a day or two |ator wo wont to tho courthouso and a|| tho
quost|on|ng [ot lod|tor| was dono botoro th|s judgo. lt was an oxtons|vo quost|on|ng and ho was undor oath and ho had to answor truthtu||y. l don't
know how much that moans. |o gavo us a story about h|m know|ng A||on. |o was novor roa| c|oso tr|onds w|th h|m. 'l was roa||y popu|ar |n schoo|
and lo|gh was not,' ho to|d mo. '|o was joa|ous ot mo.' 1horo was apparont|y somo an|mos|ty botwoon h|m and A||on bocauso ot th|s. 1hon attor
that ho vo|untoorod to ta|k to mo at |ongth, and l jammod h|m protty good. ln tact ho had a Gorman-appo|ntod attornoy who got upsot w|th mo. l tond
to bo||ovo h|m. l camo back and l |ntorv|owod a |ot ot c|assmatos who woro |n that ora whon thoy woro togothor-jun|or co||ogo. Wo |ntorv|owod
thom and l'm sat|st|od that 'lobort Emmott tho ||pp|o' |s a guy that Arthur lo|gh A||on d|dn't ||ko.'
0|d you got handwr|t|ng samp|os trom lod|tor?'
lt was ono ot tho th|ngs wo wont to ta|k to lod|tor about. Wo got samp|os ot lod|tor's handwr|t|ng trom tho 0opartmont ot tho Army, whoro ho
was t||||ng out roquosts to go horo, thoro, and ovorywhoro. 1horo was both pr|ntod and curs|vo mattor on |t. |o wou|dn't bo d|sgu|s|ng h|s
handwr|t|ng to t||| out an app||cat|on. Wo had our guy who was do|ng a|| our handwr|t|ng ana|ys|s, Cunn|ngham trom 3an |ranc|sco, and ho |ookod
at |t, comparod |t to tho Zod|ac |ottors, and sa|d, 'lo, ho d|dn't wr|to thoso.''
Whoro was lod|tor |n 1008 and 1000? A|| thoso Zod|ac |ottors thon had had |oca| postmarks on thom.'
|o was out ot tho country, l th|nk. Oh, wa|t a m|nuto. |o was go|ng to schoo| |n 3orko|oy.'
|ow about 1074-1077?' 1hat had boon tho por|od whon no Zod|ac |ottors had boon roco|vod.
|o was out ot tho country, but l don't want to say that tor suro.'
0|d lod|tor havo a ||o-dotoctor tost as wo||?'
lo,' sa|d Goorgo, Gormany doosn't a||ow |t. And as tor lod|tor, ho was not usotu| to tost|ty.'
1ho dotoct|vos rotoo|od and bogan onco moro |ook|ng tor ov|donco. lt thoy woro to |ntorv|ow A||on aga|n thoy wou|d nood somo oxport gu|danco
trom tho |3l. Whon 1osch| had gotton |n troub|o, A||on had sa|d to h|s l.O., low ho'|| know what |t too|s ||ko.' 1osch| had th|s to say about h|m:
A||on had a groat rosontmont anyway, but attor a|| that pub||c hum|||at|on-now ho's roa||y go|ng to start hat|ng cops.'
1uoaday, Fobruary 4, 1002
1ho modia atorm b|ow ovor and lo|gh wont on w|th h|s ||to. ||s good tr|ond, |aro|d |uttman, ono ot tho t|rst to ottor so|aco attor |ast yoar's soarch,
v|s|tod to chock on h|s hoa|th. Whon ho and lo|gh mado contact aga|n,' h|s w|to, Kay, to|d mo, thoy agrood to novor ta|k about what ho wont to
Atascadoro tor. lt lo|gh was go|ng to spoak about any ot h|s porvortod too||ngs or what had |od h|m to do |t, |aro|d cou|d not bo h|s tr|ond. 1hoso
woro tho ru|os that woro |a|d down. |aro|d sa|d, 'l can doa| w|th lo|gh a|| r|ght, but l do not want to know tho part|cu|ars and l don't ovor want to ta|k
about |t.' lo|gh tr|od to d|scuss |t a tow t|mos. |o mado a coup|o ovorturos, but was mot w|th s||onco. Whon my husband sa|d 'no,' poop|o ||stonod.
1ho lo|gh that |aro|d know was not nocossar||y tho lo|gh l know. Whon my son lob got a ||tt|o o|dor ho sa|d, 'Vom, d|d you know 0ad took mo out
w|th tho Zod|ac?' l sa|d, '0ad took you out w|th lo|gh?' |o sa|d, 'Yoah, Vom.''
|aro|d and lo|gh wont on day tr|ps, shoot|ng and d|v|ng around tho lorth 3ay. 1hough |amo and |oga||y b||nd, lo|gh cou|d st||| shoot accurato|y. ln
tho wator ho was a|most h|s o|d so|t. |aro|d to|d h|s son how lo|gh had rocont|y v|s|tod tho coast to d|vo tor aba|ono. A party ot trog-mon, dockod
out |n oxpons|vo goar, woro tak|ng |ossons. 3otoro thoy cou|d d|vo, lo|gh appoarod |n h|s trunks, kn|to c||nchod botwoon h|s tooth, and p|ungod |nto
tho surt. ln a tow m|nutos,' lob roca||od, ho roturnod w|th tho |oga| ||m|t suct|onod onto h|s |argo bo||y. |o |ovod to g|oat |n tho surpr|so ot
bow||dorod spoctators. |o sh|nod whon tho spot||ght was on h|m.' Wh||o lo|gh ovon drovo on occas|on, ho |ot |uttman tako tho whoo|, on|y
torb|dd|ng h|m to dr|vo thom noar 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs or lako |orman load. lt tho cops aro ta|||ng mo, thoy m|ght uso |t aga|nst mo,' ho sa|d.
1hoy'|| go, 'What woro you do|ng cru|s|ng 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs w|th your tr|ond?' l don't want to soo you hass|od.'
lo|gh was vory tam|||ar w|th lako |orman load. Onco, ho and Kay woro dr|v|ng around tho outsk|rts ot va||ojo whon thoy stumb|od on a b|ood|ng
man by tho road. lt was a scono much ||ko tho lako |orman load attack. ln 10b0, lo|gh and l woro com|ng back on Amor|can Canyon load,' Kay
o|aboratod, and saw a man stand|ng outs|do h|s ||tt|o car pu||od ott tho s|do ot tho road. |o was wav|ng h|s arms. Wo got out. |o and h|s w|to had
boon dr|nk|ng a |ot ot w|no out ot a jug and somo k|ds had como a|ong and askod h|m tor a match. Whon thoy ro||od down tho w|ndow, tho k|ds
pu||od h|m out, ca||od h|m a w|no, and boat h|m up. 3o lo|gh took tho jug and ho throw |t tar as ho cou|d out |nto tho t|o|d. l novor t|gurod out how
como l agrood to th|s-whon you'ro young you do dumb th|ngs-l sat |n tho car w|th tho doors |ockod w|th thoso two ||tt|o poop|o wh||o ho wont and
huntod tor a h|ghway patro|man. |o drovo up on ||ghway 40 and d|d a|| sorts ot |oops and |||oga| th|ngs botoro ho t|na||y attractod tho attont|on ot
tho ||ghway latro|. 1hoy to||owod h|m back down to whoro wo woro parkod.'
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For tho Iaat two yoars 1osch| had boon ch|ot ot socur|ty tor tho posh lan-lac|t|c |oto| at b00 lost 3troot. As d|roctor ot twonty-tour-hour socur|ty
ho conductod d|scroot survo|||anco ot tho vll's t|oor and coord|natod w|th tho|r socur|ty poop|o-gruo||ng work. Vany t|mos computor compan|os
askod mo to moot w|th tho|r own corporato socur|ty managor . . . do a wa|k-around ot tho hoto| and tho rooms whoro oqu|pmont |s go|ng to bo,'
1osch| sa|d. 1|mos poop|o wou|d ca|| mo and l wou|d bo so tonso and oxhaustod-m|ss|ng |uggago and m|ss|ng |toms trom rooms.' And yot,
around oach bond |n tho hoto|'s |abyr|nth ot corr|dors, 1osch|'s nomos|s st||| |urkod. A stono's throw away Zod|ac had t|aggod down 3t|no's cab that
|ong-ago Co|umbus 0ay. 1osch| roca||od tho |og|ons ot Zod|ac suspocts. |ad thoro ovor boon a groator mystory? 1ho |ogond grow. A now
gonorat|on bocamo obsossod.
As |t ho had novor van|shod, Zod|ac turnod up |ator as toddor tor to|ov|s|on dramas. Ono day |ocat|on d|roctors tor tho Nosb Brlogos to|ov|s|on
program arr|vod unoxpoctod|y trom |o||ywood and chockod |nto tho lan-lac|t|c. As 1osch| |nspoctod tho|r t|vo rooms, ono askod h|m, Aro you
tam|||ar w|th tho Zod|ac k|||or story? 1hat's our noxt projoct.' |o |aughod, know|ng how many yoars ho had spont hunt|ng Zod|ac. What was |t ||ko to
bo on tho hunt tor a sor|a| k|||or?' thoy askod, and so ho to|d thom. Whon 1osch| saw tho comp|otod show, ho sa|d, At |oast thoy d|dn't mako mo a
nut. l ovon got to savo tho ||to ot lash 3r|dgos [0on 1ohnson| through tho charactor ot h|s tormor montor. 1ho p|ot |s that 3r|dgos hoars h|s montor
|n hom|c|do, 0a|o Cuttor, a rot|rod |nspoctor, |s hav|ng tam||y prob|oms. Attor many yoars, ho goos hunt|ng tor Zod|ac aga|n. 1ho drama onds w|th
tho roo| Zod|ac st||| a||vo and mak|ng a ca|| to 3r|dgos.'
Uoso|voo Vystorlos wou|d prot||o Zod|ac, and tho |ox lotwork program Vl||ooolom t||mod an op|sodo |n wh|ch tho horo (|rank 3|ack)
approachos Zod|ac's tra||or through tho brush |n 3anta losa. 1ho c||max occurs |n a thoator ||ko tho Avonuo. ln tho darkonod mov|o houso 3|ack
comos upon Zod|ac-gun po|ntod, ono toot advancod, tho squaro-cornorod b|ack hood w|th tho crossod c|rc|o |n stark contrast-tho draw|ng ot
h|m |n costumo como to ||to. 1ho t|guro, through, |s a dummy that a||ows Zod|ac to oscapo as ottoct|vo|y as tho actua| Zod|ac had.
Wodnoaday, Narch 4, 1002
Dotoctivoa had not yot g|von up on lo|gh. Woary manhuntors, roa||z|ng thoy woro up aga|nst a w||y and c|ovor opponont, thought thoy had
ovor|ookod somo c|uo. la|nstak|ng|y, thoy scrut|n|zod |toms so|zod trom tho suspoct's houso, sought out tho |3l tor stratogy. 1ho buroau's
thousand-pago Zod|ac t||o mont|onod on|y Arthur lo|gh A||on |n dota||, h|s doss|or account|ng tor ton porcont ot tho t||o. Agonts stud|od por|od|ca|s
rocovorod trom lo|gh's basomont, ospoc|a||y an art|c|o on 0avo Eastman, tho 3|rd Van ot Eaton,' that had so|zod tho suspoct's |ntorost. 1ho |3l
torrotod out a socond art|c|o on Eastman |n 7bo lrrogo|or, a low |ampsh|ro troo por|od|ca| datod Apr|| 10, 1080. Ot what |mport to lo|gh A||on
was Eastman, a tormor ho||coptor p||ot and b|rdhouso bu||dor? lo|gh was a t|yor (that assoc|at|on a|ono m|ght havo sparkod h|s |ntorost), but |t
mado moro sonso |t ho had h|ddon somoth|ng |n a w||dornoss b|rdhouso. 1hoy notod that Eastman woro g|assos ||ko thoso |n tho Zod|ac wantod
c|rcu|ar. 0otoct|vos t|no-combod tho|r bounty aga|n. lorhaps thoy a|roady had that c|uo, but d|d |t ||o thoro unrocogn|zod on a tab|o hoapod w|th
othor rocovorod art|c|os?
As an oxpor|oncod hom|c|do |nvost|gator,' rot|rod 0otoct|vo 3akor romarkod, l rocogn|zo that, tor purposos ot soarch warrants and tor
dotorm|n|ng tho va||d|ty ot suspocts' adm|ss|ons/contoss|ons, tho ox|stonco ot such |toms wou|d not bo mado pub||c. |owovor, un|oss tho mont|on
ot spoc|t|c |toms was somohow rodactod/do|otod trom tho pub||c|zod vors|ons ot tho warrants to soarch A||on's ros|donco, th|s may not bo tho caso
(|toms not namod w|th any spoc|t|c|ty |n tho warrant may not bo so|zod). 1h|s wou|d |oad mo to bo||ovo that any souvon|rs ho may havo co||octod
may bo moro osotor|c or abstract than wou|d othorw|so bo rocogn|zod by tho |nvost|gators. 1hon aga|n . . . porhaps tho |nvost|gators ot that por|od
may havo |ackod tho prosont-day soph|st|cat|on to havo rocogn|zod tho absonco ot such |toms trom tho sconos.'
3ut what was thoro? A p||o ot roc|po cards that had words humorous|y m|sspo||od, a s||p ot yo||ow papor and a Zod|ac 3oa Wo|t Watch tho
dotoct|vos had oxpoctod to t|nd. 1hoy ant|c|patod c||pp|ngs on Zod|ac, thoy woro thoro. A sor|a| k|||or who cravod pub||c|ty wou|d bo compo||od to
koop cutt|ngs ot h|s nowspapor appoarancos. |o not on|y had v|dootapos ot nows programs mont|on|ng Zod|ac, but had rota|nod a copy ot tho
roturn ot sorv|co ot a soarch warrant 1osch| had handod h|m |n 1072. A||on had sm||od thon, as |t ho know a joko that tho po||co d|d not.
l thought ot lynch's anonymous t|p |n 1000. W|thout that t|p, lo|gh wou|d not havo boon a suspoct unt|| ho spoko troo|y to tho throo dotoct|vos at
tho o|| rot|nory. |o soomod to want to |ntoract w|th tho po||co, and onjoyod |t whon ho was t|na||y a suspoct. What |t lo|gh had turnod h|mso|t |n? lt
not, who had boon tho t|pstor?
l probab|y hadn't soon lo|gh |n twonty-t|vo or th|rty yoars,' Kay |uttman to|d mo |ator. l hadn't kopt |n touch. l know ho had boon down |n
Atascadoro and l know what tor. And that b|ow mo away bocauso l had had no |nk||ng ot anyth|ng ||ko that. |aro|d and lo|gh had gono to an a|r
show and ho brought h|m homo horo. 1horo was th|s ||tt|o o|d man. l don't know what happonod to tho young v|gorous porson l know, but ho wasn't
thoro anymoro. low tho d|abotos had mado h|m |ook torr|b|o and agod. l was dovastatod tor days attorward. l cou|dn't bo||ovo |t was tho samo
porson.
Vy dad was vory ||| too and so l'd go up to va||ojo to v|s|t h|m. l usua||y d|d that about ovory othor wookond and |t lo|gh was |n, l'd stop by and
v|s|t h|m a ||tt|o b|t. 1ho t|rst t|mo l stoppod by, ho wantod to to|| mo about how ho had burg|ar-prootod tho houso 'causo thoro had boon a broak-|n.
1hon ho wantod to know |t l wantod to soo tho guns and kn|vos ho kopt |n tho basomont room h|s mothor bu||t tor h|m. Wo usod to ca|| |t '1ho
0ungoon.' l |ookod at h|m and sa|d, '1hat |sn't what l camo to soo. l camo to soo you.' And ho says, 'You don't want to ta|k about my guns?' 'lo, l
don't want to ta|k about thom and l don't want to soo thom ovor.''
Nonday, Narch 28, 1002
An FB| aociaI agont mot w|th Conway wh||o 3awart was to||ow|ng up |oads. On Vonday morn|ng Conway adv|sod tho agont thoy woro ro|n|t|at|ng
tho Zod|ac sor|a| murdor |nvost|gat|on. 1h|s was bocauso ot |ntormat|on concorn|ng a poss|b|o suspoct-Arthur lo|gh A||on,' tho 3.A. wroto ot tho
moot|ng.
Conway and 3awart woro |ntorostod |n dos|gn|ng an |ntorv|ow stratogy tor AllEl shou|d |t bocomo nocossary to contront h|m,' sa|d tho
subm|ttod |3l roport [2b23-3|-0447|. |o statod ho mot on two soparato occas|ons w|th Conway and 3awart. . . . 1hoso two moot|ngs |astod
a tota| ot approx|mato|y ton hours. 1hoso |nvost|gators woro |ntorostod |n an |ntorv|ow stratogy tor a poss|b|o suspoct Al1|Ul lElG| AllEl.
|owovor, thoy |nd|catod thoy had a cons|dorab|o amount ot |nvost|gat|on to conduct pr|or to contact|ng AllEl.' 1ho momo mont|onod tho
1001 soarch and |nd|catod vl0 had subsoquont|y |ntorv|owod h|m aga|n tw|co. On a|| occas|ons, AllEl was ca|m and cooporat|vo,' but
don|od any |nvo|vomont. 1h|s caso was |ott pond|ng bocauso tho va||ojo po||co |nd|catod that thoy wantod add|t|ona| ass|stanco |n tho|r
|nvost|gat|on as |ntormat|on dovo|opod. 1horotoro th|s caso was |ott opon unt|| 8/28/02, whon 3awart was contactod to prov|do a status roport
on tho caso. 3ocauso ot 3A caso|oad dur|ng tho |ast yoar w|th pr|or|ty mattors . . . no rogu|ar momos havo boon p|acod |n tho [A||on| t||o
oxp|a|n|ng tho roason to havo tho caso roma|n opon.'
1uoaday, Narch 24, 1002
Aa Bawart and Conway proparod loport, Caso #24814b,' thoy d|scovorod moro c|rcumstancos that |nd|catod Arthur lo|gh A||on was |n tact tho
Zod|ac k|||or. 1hoy got a |ot ot stutt that Vu|anax d|d, thon wont and ta|kod to somo ot tho samo poop|o,' l was to|d. A |ot ot what tho |ntormants
woro to|||ng Conway and 3awart |n tho oar|y n|not|os thoy d|dn't to|| Vu|anax. Vaybo thoy woro atra|d back thon to como torward, but now |n 1002
thoy'ro not so atra|d anymoro. 1hoy just wantod to na|| Zod|ac.'
Conway had adv|sod tho buroau that thoro woro two add|t|ona| |ntorv|ows to bo conductod w|th poop|o who had known tho suspoct tor a |ong
t|mo . . . w|th a man who had known A||on at tho t|mo ot tho k||||ngs [Chonoy|.' Onco thoso |ntorv|ows woro conductod, Conway |nd|catod, ho and
3awart w||| prosont a tu|| rov|ow ot tho caso to tho 3onoma County 0|str|ct Attornoy's Ott|co tor an op|n|on rogard|ng poss|b|o prosocut|on tor
AllEl. lt tho 0.A. rotusos to t||| chargos aga|nst AllEl, va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont w||| c|oso |ts |nvost|gat|on on tho 'ZO0lAC' caso.'
3awart |ocatod Chonoy. Whon Goorgo 3awart trackod mo down,' Chonoy to|d mo, ho contactod mo by to|ophono, l ta|kod to h|m. 1hon thoy
had mo como down to bo |ntorv|owod by thom |n va||ojo. 1hoy t|ow mo down to 3acramonto, and Goorgo mot mo at tho a|rport and drovo mo to
va||ojo. Wo spont a coup|o ot hours togothor w|th loy Conway. What l had to|d Armstrong (and tho othor dotoct|vos) l to|d thom. 1hoy rocordod
ovoryth|ng l sa|d, and thoy pumpod mo tor ovoryth|ng l cou|d g|vo thom.
A||on |ovod to outsmart tho othor guy, l to|d thom. ln a 1007 convorsat|on lo|gh askod mo how to a|tor h|s appoaranco. Wo d|scussod thoatr|ca|
makoup and what you cou|d accomp||sh w|th |t. l wasn't cur|ous why ho was ask|ng mo th|s. lt wasn't unusua| to ta|k about somoth|ng ||ko makoup.'
3y tho t|mo A||on bocamo a known suspoct, ho had a|roady a|torod h|s appoaranco to an aston|sh|ng dogroo by bury|ng h|s ath|ot|c phys|quo |n tat.
W|th lo|gh,' sa|d Chonoy, you just got |nto convorsat|ons about 'What |t th|s' and 'What |t that.' lt was just moro ot know|odgo tor know|odgo's
sako. lo|gh was a|ways |ntorostod |n a|| k|nds ot th|ngs. And l was too. lo|gh onjoyod m|s|oad|ng poop|o. |o ||kod to tr|ck poop|o or |nt|uonco thom
|nto th|ngs that thoy othorw|so wou|dn't do.'
ln 1anuary 1000 A||on had a convorsat|on w|th 0ona|d Chonoy, a tr|ond ot h|s,' wroto 3awart |n h|s roport. |o gu|sod th|s convorsat|on as
though ho woro go|ng to wr|to a novo|. A||on |nd|catod to Chonoy that ho wou|d ca|| h|mso|t Zod|ac and uso tho Zod|ac watch symbo| as h|s symbo|.
1hat ho wou|d k||| poop|o |n |ovors' |anos by us|ng a woapon w|th a t|ash||ght attachod to |t tor s|ght|ng at n|ght, that ho wou|d wr|to |ottors to tho
po||co to contuso and taunt thom and s|gn thom as tho Zod|ac. A||on statod ho wou|d got womon to stop on tho trooway |nd|cat|ng thoy had somo
prob|oms w|th tho t|ros, ho wou|d |ooson tho|r |ug nuts so tho|r t|ro wou|d |ator ta|| ott and ho cou|d tako thom capt|vo.'
3awart arrangod tor Chonoy to bo po|ygraphod back |n Wash|ngton 3tato. 3awart gavo mo a po|ygraph |n h|s prosonco,' Chonoy to|d mo. lt
was so short l cou|dn't bo||ovo |t. A month |ator, l wont and took anothor ono |n tho samo po||co stat|on |n Konnow|ck, 3outh Contra| Wash|ngton,
ono ot tho tr|-c|t|os horo whoro l ||vo, but w|thout 3awart bo|ng prosont. l gathorod that |n tho t|rst thoy d|dn't havo tho r|ght tost quost|ons. 1hoy t|ow a
tochn|c|an trom 3oatt|o ovor horo to run tho po|ygraph. lt was a ||tt|o on tho du|| s|do oxcopt tor too||ng somo stross. 1hoy hookod mo up so thoy
cou|d moasuro my rosp|rat|on and b|ood prossuro. lt soomod to mo thoro m|ght bo tour to t|vo rosponsos-tho numbor ot nood|os on tho papor.
1hoy askod quost|ons that roqu|rod yos-or-no answors. |o to|d mo to just answor |n a ca|m and monotono way, no omot|on. ln tho socond tost-
l'|| to|| you why thoy gavo mo two tosts. ln tho socond tost, whon wo had gono through a|| tho quost|ons-thoy start ott w|th 'What's your namo,' thon
thoy ask tho quost|ons about tho caso. 1hon whon l thought ho was t|n|shod w|th that, ho kopt ask|ng mo moro quost|ons. lt d|dn't soom to mattor
what tho answors woro, but tho quost|ons woro ma|n|y rophras|ng ot th|ngs. l tr|ppod up and mado a m|sstatomont. lt wasn't a ||o. l wasn't
|ntont|ona||y mak|ng a m|sstatomont, but l just sa|d somoth|ng l d|dn't |ntond to say. A|| tho nood|os mado a jump, t|oppod around. 1hon ho was
sat|st|od. 1hat was what ho wantod. l guoss that thoy woro |ook|ng tor somoth|ng that wou|d gaugo.' lt turnod out, as 3awart to|d mo |ator, Chonoy
was to|||ng tho truth.'
1ho b|ggost obstac|o st||| was that A||on's handpr|nt|ng d|d not match tho Zod|ac's. '1ho oxports oxp|a|nod that tho on|y oxp|anat|on tor th|s wou|d
bo |t AllEl wou|d havo boon ab|o to dovo|op a 'ta|so handwr|t|ng, '' 3awart wroto. A||on had onco askod Chonoy |t books on how to d|sgu|so
handwr|t|ng ox|stod, and |ator stud|od books on tako handwr|t|ng. 1ho |3l notod: va||ojo has roquostod no turthor ass|stanco on th|s caso, and |t |s
thorotoro rocommooooo tbot tbls coso bo c|osoo ot tbls tlmo.'


At Bawart'a workIaco, a cab|not shop, ho was mu|||ng ovor a poss|b|||ty that had |ntr|guod h|m tor yoars-ono that m|ght oxp|a|n ovoryth|ng.
1horo m|ght bo two Zod|acs work|ng as mastor and s|avo. 1hat thoory had boon ono ot tho roasons Goorgo had trackod down A||on's tr|ond lobort
Emmott. l conjocturod that thoro m|ght bo two Zod|acs, partnors work|ng togothor,' ho to|d mo |ator. Attor that tr|p to Gormany and soo|ng tho man,
l camo to bo||ovo thoro was on|y ono. As tor 0ona|d loo Chonoy, ho's now a rot|rod mochan|ca| ong|noor |n Wash|ngton. lanzaro||a |s woa|thy, has
so|d h|s stock, and bocomo ownor ot lKO l|cturos |||m l|brary. l ovon wont down to |ntorv|ow h|m. lanzaro||a was just a rogu|ar guy, but ho had a||
th|s monoy.'
As tor la|ph 3p|no|||, tho othor known t|pstor, ho had roportod|y boon |ncarcoratod 200 m||os north ot 3an |ranc|sco on tho Orogon bordor. A||on,
attor tho 3t|no murdor, had k|ckod |n h|s door and boaton h|m a socond t|mo.
Wodnoaday, Auguat 20, 1002
On a nico August attornoon about 8:00 l.V., Goorgo 3awart was work|ng |n h|s garago, tho smo|| ot now |umbor and sawdust swoot |n h|s |ungs. A
stroot cop phonod h|m at homo and 3awart hust|od to tho phono. lt had a spoc|a| attachmont tor h|s hoar|ng d|sab|||ty and mado vo|cos oxtra |oud.
1ho cop was k|nd ot a jokor,' 3awart roca||od.
Aro you st||| |nvost|gat|ng Arthur lo|gh A||on as tho Zod|ac?' ho askod.
Yoah,' 3awart sa|d. Arthur A||on.'
Wo||, l'm |n h|s houso and ho's |ay|ng on tho t|oor.'
What's ho do|ng |ay|ng on tho t|oor?'
Wo||, ho's doad and ho's |y|ng horo w|th a groat b|g bump on h|s torohoad.'
Goorgo ||stonod carotu||y to tho rost.
|o put tho phono down. 1ho room soomod to sw|m. 1hoy had wa|tod too |ong. |o stoad|od h|mso|t. |ad somoono, porhaps Zod|ac's partnor or
somoono attor rovongo, gotton Zod|ac botoro thoy cou|d?
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Wodnoaday, Auguat 20, 1002
A atroot co got dota||od thoro,' 3awart to|d mo. A||on wasn't answor|ng h|s door. |o had a g|r| ||v|ng upsta|rs. Whon thoy d|dn't hoar trom h|m tor
a |ong t|mo, A||on's upsta|rs boardor tound h|s body. 1ho cops wont thoro. 1hoy oponod tho door, got |n tho houso, and thoro's A||on |y|ng taco down
on tho t|oor. l rushod ovor. l had to mako suro ho d|od ot natura| causos. ||s namo has boon pub||shod. |o's boon show|ng up on 1v. |o's boon
grant|ng |ntorv|ows and draw|ng a|| sorts ot attont|on to h|mso|t. 1ho |orr|n tam||y had ca||od mo a numbor ot t|mos and sa|d, '0o you roa||y th|nk ho
d|d |t?' l to|d thom, 'Yoah.' And tho |orr|n tam||y can bo k|nd ot gooty. l thought, '1osus, d|d ono ot thom do somoth|ng?' 3o l wont on down thoro and
ho was |n tact doad.'
3awart stood |n tho d|m basomont, h|s |ntont taco ||t by tho g|ow ot lo|gh's now computor. |o stoad|od h|mso|t, |ook|ng thoughttu||y at tho b|g
man |n tho bathrobo on tho co|d t|oor. 1ho protoss|ona| s|do ot tho dotoct|vo took ho|d. 3awart bogan assoss|ng tho tacts. |o roca||od A||on's words
trom to|ov|s|on: About tho on|y way tho hoat w||| stop |s |t l d|o, that w||| curo |t tor mo or |t Zod|ac h|mso|t contossos. . . . 1hoy havon't arrostod mo . .
. bocooso tboy coo`t provo o tblog.'
|o had ta||on taco down,' 3awart to|d mo. l ro||od h|m ovor. |o had a ||tt|o |njury to h|s hoad that l was at t|rst a ||tt|o b|t concornod w|th. |o had
boon b|ood|ng. Usua||y whon you havo a hoart attack, |t you d|o r|ght away you don't b|ood anymoro. 3o l got tho coronor and tho mod|ca|
oxam|nor.'
1hus, tho pr|mo suspoct, w|th a |ump on h|s hoad, h|s bathrobo opon, |ay w|th nowspapors about Zod|ac sproad about h|m. ln add|t|on to
c||pp|ngs about tho caso, A||on possossod ovoryth|ng tho oxports had oxpoctod Zod|ac to havo-an arsona| ot guns, bombs, a portab|o typowr|tor,
a kn|to scabbard w|th r|vots. . . . l roca||od whon l|ta W||||ams had |ntorv|owod A||on tho prov|ous yoar, ho had boon drossod as ho was today-|n a
t||msy bathrobo and rubbor boots. |o had attomptod to shock hor, wav|ng h|s arms and shout|ng that tho po||co had porsocutod h|m. 3awart
wa|kod to tho humm|ng Epson Equ|ty 1 computor. 1ho th|ng that |ntorostod mo,' ho sa|d, |s that whon l got thoro thoro was a bunch ot computor
d|scs out on tho tab|o and thoy sa|d 'Zod|ac' on thom and stutt ||ko that.'
||oppy d|scs woro scattorod by tho pr|ntor. 3awart ojoctod a d|sc st||| |n tho mach|no. lt was |abo|od Zod|ac.' What was on tho d|scs and |n tho
computor and what was tho s|gn|t|canco ot thoso part|cu|ar Zod|ac nowspapors? Apparont|y tho computors had boon addod s|nco tho |ast soarch
-an Avstar computor, an Epson Equ|ty 1 computor, and a|| accossor|os. 1hon 3awart sp|od a v|dootapo markod w|th tho |ottor Z' |y|ng on a
booksho|t at tho oast wa||. 3awart was oxc|tod ovor tho tapo. 1hoy wou|d nood a warrant to v|ow that. As soon as thoy cou|d, thoy p|ayod |t. A|| tho
v|doo showod was A||on moon|ng tho po||co, curs|ng thom, and comp|a|n|ng about tho caso-noth|ng |ncr|m|nat|ng.
|or somo t|mo 3awart had known A||on had boon |||-suttor|ng trom d|abotos, hoart troub|os, sovoro arthr|t|s, and k|dnoy ta||uro. 3o tho ond was
not on|y oxpoctod, but m|ght bo oas||y oxp|a|nod. 1ho dotoct|vo consu|tod tho coronor, and ho ostab||shod tho tacts ot doath: |ound August 20,
1002 at 8:10 l.V. lmmod|ato causo ot doath: Artor|osc|orot|c |oart 0|soaso. Othor s|gn|t|cant Cond|t|ons Contr|but|ng to 0oath 3ut lot lo|atod to
Causo G|von: 0|abotos Vo|||tus, Card|omoga|y, hoart d|soaso hoart d|soaso.' And tho bump? 1ho coronor dotorm|nod,' sa|d 3awart, that whon
A||on h|t tho t|oor ho bangod h|s hoad.'
0.A. V|ko la|| had a|roady schodu|od a moot|ng on Arthur lo|gh A||on somot|mo oar||or. W|th tho doath, tho par|oy wou|d st||| procood. About a
wook botoro wo wont to moot w|th h|m, Arthur lo|gh A||on droppod doad. 3o that at th|s moot|ng, th|s 0.A., bo|ng k|nd ot a ha|t-assod comod|an,
sa|d, 'Wo'vo got good nows and bad nows. Wo'ro not go|ng to t||o on 3hawn Vo|ton'-thoy d|dn't want to spond tho monoy on that-'but l'm go|ng
to t||o on Arthur lo|gh A||on.' |o was natura||y jok|ng bocauso ho know ho cou|dn't t||o on a doad man.
1ho good nows |s that l'm go|ng to |nd|ct Arthur lo|gh A||on as tho Zod|ac. 1ho bad nows |s that ho's doad.' V|ko la||,' Goorgo to|d mo |ator,
had po||t|ca| asp|rat|ons as a supor|or court judgo [wh|ch ho roa||zod|. l'vo known V|ko la|| my ont|ro caroor. |o startod out as a rook|o 0.A.
stra|ght out ot |aw schoo|. |o and l d|dn't soc|a||zo togothor, but wo wou|d joko and stutt. |o probab|y wou|d not havo t||od on A||on, to bo honost w|th
you, bocauso ho was go|ng tor a judgosh|p and wou|d not |n any way want that to bo comprom|sod. 1ho g|st ot |t |s wo woro go|ng to t||o on h|m and
ho prompt|y d|od on us. 1ho prob|om was tho d|str|ct attornoy d|dn't want to t||o on a doad guy. 3ut thoy won't ono hundrod porcont c|oar |t.
Whon wo woro gott|ng roady to chargo A||on w|th tho caso. l comp||od a ||st so wo cou|d go to tho d|str|ct attornoy's ott|co. Whon 1|m lang and
Conway and l mot w|th V|ko la||. Wo woro do|ng two th|ngs that day-thoro was a k|nd ot |ntamous caso trom our county, a k|d namod 1oromy
3tonor, a s|x-yoar-o|d, was abductod and u|t|mato|y tound doad |n tho 0o|ta. 1ho rospons|b|o on that was a guy namod 3hawn Vo|ton.
Vo|ton's tathor at ono t|mo a||udod to tho tact that Vo|ton wroto |ottors to tho nowspapor [||ko Zod|ac| and h|s torm|no|ogy was somowhat s|m||ar
to tho Zod|ac. 3omobody camo out w|th th|s harobra|nod |doa that ho was tho Zod|ac. 3ut ho wasn't, l can assuro you ot that! Wo woro moot|ng
w|th la||, at that t|mo, to soo |t ho wou|d rot||o on 3hawn Vo|ton. 1horo had boon two tr|a|s on h|m and thoro had boon two hung jur|os. Wo woro
a|so moot|ng at tho samo t|mo to soo |t ho wou|d t||o on Arthur lo|gh A||on.
1hoso th|rty po|nts woro mado to g|vo to h|m to havo somoth|ng t|rm |n h|s hand rathor than us to|||ng h|m oach and ovory po|nt. 1hat roport was
actua||y mado to prosont to tho d|str|ct attornoy's ott|co, but wasn't |ntondod to bo part ot tho caso t||o por so. l don't romombor a|| th|rty ot thom.
3omo ot thom, whon you'ro putt|ng togothor somoth|ng ||ko that, l d|dn't |ntond tor |t to ond up |n tho caso t||o. lt was moro ot a work|ng t||o. Ono or
two or throo ot thoso po|nts a dotonso attornoy cou|d p|ck up on and roa||y hammor bocauso thoro was somo suppos|t|on whoro l roa||y d|dn't havo
a |ot ot background to back thom up. 3ut tho moat ot tho th|ng l cou|d back up.'
1huraday, Auguat 27, 1002
Conway aignod an att|dav|t tor a soarch warrant. As you know,' 3awart to|d mo, l wroto anothor soarch warrant and soarchod h|s houso aga|n
ovon though ho was doad. 1horo was a computor systom and tho v|dootapo. 1ho purposo ot tho soarch warrant was to v|ow that tapo and,
accord|ng to tho att|dav|t, dotorm|no |t |t conta|nod ov|donco ro|atod to tho so-ca||od Zod|ac k||||ngs.'
va||ojo po||co doscondod to tho |owor apartmont at 82 |rosno 3troot-as dark, dank, and musoum||ko as |t had boon tho prov|ous yoar. ln tho
Epson pr|ntor was A||on's part|a||y comp|otod lo|ygraph Agroomont' tor tho va||ojo po||co. Conway took possoss|on ot numorous v|dootapos and
t|vo conta|nors ot d|scs and manua|s tor tho pr|ntor stackod thoro. loar tho computor |ay an |ndox ot computor d|scs |abo|od lo|ygon' and a yo||ow
d|sc cata|oguo w|th d|scs |ab|od l|o|ams' [A||on's |ntont|ona| m|sspo|||ng ot lrograms'|. 1hoy d|scovorod a |ru|t 1u|co loc|po' bomb tormu|a and
a box w|th b|ank notopapor. 3tr|ps ot papor woro covorod w|th math. A |ast w||| and |nstruct|ons tor tho computor woro on tho oast wa|| booksho|t.
1ho w||| and |nstruct|ons road:

3o|ng sound |n m|nd, |t not |n body, l horoby put to papor my |ast w||| and tostamont. l w||| updato th|s documont as cond|t|ons warrant, so
th|s computor vors|on w||| a|ways bo tho |ast and most curront w||| and tostamont. ln casos ot pr|ntod cop|os, tho dato on tho copy w||| dotorm|no
whothor |t |s tho most rocont vors|on ot tho w|||. A|| pagos must bo s|gnod and datod by mo, as wo|| as tho ond ot tho |ast pago.
||rst and toromost l w|sh to havo |t known that, duo to whatovor c|rcumstancos, l ontor a vogotat|vo stato, that a|| ||to support systoms bo
d|sconnoctod and whatovor ot my body organs that can bo usod to ho|p othors bo ut|||zod tor that purposo upon my doath.

1ho procoduro tor obta|n|ng tho most rocont vors|on ot th|s w||| |s as to||ows:' 1ho dotoct|vos to||owod tho procoduro |a|d out-thoy turnod on tho
mon|tor scroon (tho bottom ro||or on tho |owor r|ght s|do ot tho mon|tor cas|ng). 1hoy |nsortod tho V3-0O3 work|ng copy.
0|skottos aro |ocatod |n tho yo||ow-|ooso-|oat b|ndor noxt to tho pr|ntor |nto tho top s|ot ot tho computor,' A||on had |nstructod. 1h|s |s known
as tho 'A' dr|vo. W|th tho o|ophant |og on tho top r|ght toward you unt|| |t c||cks. lush tho 'push' button |n so |t c||cks a|so. lush tho powor button
|n so tho rod ||ght goos on. lnsort tho 0A1A d|sk |nto tho |owor s|ot (tho '3' dr|vo) unt|| |t c||cks, thon push tho 'lush' |n as wo||. low pross tho
'ontor' koy on tho koyboard. A sma|| ||ght w||| appoar on tho 'A' dr|vo and tho computor w||| hum. 3omo pr|nt|ng w||| cyc|o onto tho scroon. Whon
a roquost tor tho dato or t|mo appoars, pross tho 'ontry' koy a coup|o t|mos unt|| tho 'A lrompt' (A~) s|gn appoars.'

1ho |nstruct|ons onta||od sovon comp|ox manouvors |n dota|| to accoss tho most curront w|||: l bostow upon my good tr|ond, |aro|d |uttman, tho
dut|os ot oxocutor ot th|s W||| and lowor-Ot-Attornoy. . . .' tho documont bogan. A||on |ott h|s Epson Equ|ty 1 computor, a|| accossor|os, porgrams'
(as lo|gh spo||od |t |n h|s |ast w|||), and ro|atod ||toraturo to h|s tonant. lo|gh conc|udod on a sad noto and moro ||os.

As tor my 3rothor, lona|d A||on . . . l was vory doop|y hurt by tho tota| |ack ot support by h|s who|o tam||y dur|ng my rocont cont||ct w|th tho
|aw. l st||| |ovo my brothor vory much, wh|ch mado tho hurt a|| tho doopor. l was hurt (but not surpr|sod at a||) whon my s|stor-|n-|aw took pa|ns to
phono mo sovora| t|mos to to|| mo thoy woro so broko that l cou|dn't oxpoct any t|nanc|a| ho|p trom thom at a||. 1hon thoy wont r|ght out and
bought 8 |ondas, |nc|ud|ng a brand now Accord. 3omo povorty caso! 3t|||, |t thoro |s anyth|ng ho wants tor h|mso|t attor a|| tho abovo |s sortod
through, ho |s wo|como to |t. |o'|| bo gott|ng tho houso anyway, wh|ch shou|d bo worth a coup|o bucks.'

lo|gh had tour moro cars, |nc|ud|ng a Corva|r. |o wantod h|s dont|st to got h|s lo||s, but lon got that. 1ho cops stud|od a |ottor to tho va||ojo
po||co on tho computor. ln tho |ottor,' 3awart to|d mo, woro rotoroncos to |ottors ho was gonna wr|to about how ho was gonna suo us tor th|s, that,
and tho othor.'
1ho roturn to tho warrant says you tound a kn|to and a kn|to scabbard w|th r|vots,' l sa|d to 3awart.
l don't romombor tho scabbard at a||,' ho sa|d. l th|nk wo just took |t bocauso |t had a kn|to. lt wasn't anyth|ng roa||y oarth-shattor|ng. As tor tho
loya| typowr|tor wo tound, that porta|nod to tho l|vors|do murdor and l had d|scountod Zod|ac tor that.' 3o had Conway. l|vors|do dotoct|vos woro
ab|o to l.0. tho typowr|tor usod by tho k|||or as a portab|o loya| typowr|tor, E||to typo, Cantorbury-shadod, such as tound |n A||on's basomont. Vorr|||
had ru|od that Zod|ac wroto tho handwr|tton l|vors|do |ottors ma||od, but |t ho typod tho contoss|on |ottors too, thon A||on's typowr|tor m|ght st||| ottor
a c|uo. l doubtod |t. 1ho typowr|tton |ottors had boon d|stant carbon cop|os.
l got about tour or t|vo phono ca||s whon A||on d|od,' sa|d 1osch| g|um|y. 3an |ranc|sco was k|nd ot cur|ous why va||ojo d|dn't just c|oso tho
caso. 1hoy to|d an |nspoctor that tho va||ojo d|str|ct attornoy choso not to c|oso tho caso bocauso A||on was torm|na||y ||| and was oxpoctod to d|o
w|th|n two wooks. 1hoy had a|roady schodu|od a contoronco to d|scuss that doc|s|on |n tho noxt month attor h|s doath, so thoy wont ahoad and had
|t.'
5aturday, Auguat 20, 1002
1ho day botoro, a va||ojo po||co proporty roport on A||on had boon t||od |n tho mun|c|pa| court c|ork's ott|co. low that tho pross roa||zod who had
d|od, thoy ran w|th tho story. Er|n |a|||ssy roportod |n tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o:
Van Onco 3uspoctod |n Zod|ac Caso 0|os-A man onco suspoctod ot bo|ng tho Zod|ac k|||or, who tauntod po||co and torror|zod lorthorn
Ca||torn|a w|th throats ot murdor, d|od Wodnosday |n va||ojo ot a hoart attack at tho ago ot b8.
ln 1071, attont|on tocusod on Arthur lo|gh A||on whon ro|at|vos and tr|onds to|d po||co that ho was act|ng orrat|ca||y and that thoy toarod ho
m|ght bo tho sad|st|c s|ayor who k|||od at |oast s|x poop|o and porhaps as many as 87 botwoon 1000 and 1074. ln h|s book Zod|ac,' tormor
Chron|c|o od|tor|a| cartoon|st lobort Graysm|th doscr|bod A||on undor a t|ct|t|ous namo as tho tho gut-too||ng cho|co ot most dotoct|vos' tor
tho Zod|ac k|||or. . . . A||on had roportod|y to|d somo poop|o that ho was tho Zod|ac k|||or.'
1huraday, 5otombor 8, 1002
|n tho mid-1070a A||on was conv|ctod ot ch||d-mo|ost|ng chargos and sontoncod to pr|son,' Conway sa|d pub||c|y. last yoar, wo soarchod
A||on's homo |n va||ojo as a part ot a to||ow-up |nvost|gat|on |nto tho unso|vod caso. Wo tound somo wr|t|ngs, somo p|po bombs, somo |||oga|
woapons. lono ot |t was sutt|c|ont to mako an arrost tor h|m bo|ng tho Zod|ac. . . . lt |s st||| an ongo|ng cr|m|na| |nvost|gat|on. ||s doath has not
changod that. l can't d|scuss an ongo|ng |nvost|gat|on. l don't havo any roason to bo||ovo that A||on's doath was a su|c|do and thoro has boon no
pro||m|nary ov|donco that tou| p|ay was |nvo|vod.'
ln 3an |ranc|sco, 0avo Vac|a|hatton, KllX-1v anchor, bannorod tho suspoct's doath on tho ovon|ng nows. |o and h|s w|to, 3onn|o, had
conductod tho t|rst hour-|ong show on Zod|ac w|th mo back |n 1080. A||on d|od th|s wook,' ho sa|d, |oav|ng boh|nd tho unansworod quost|on, 'Was
ho roa||y tho Zod|ac?'' 1omas loman roportod that tho on|y th|ng tho po||co aro corta|n ot |s that tho|r caso roma|ns unso|vod. ||s doath has ||tt|o
ottoct on tho ongo|ng |nvost|gat|on |nto tho man known as tho Zod|ac, tho man who tauntod po||co by c|a|m|ng to havo k|||od as many as th|rty-sovon
poop|o. . . . 3ut ovon attor an oxtons|vo soarch, po||co st||| d|d not chargo A||on . . . w|th any cr|mo ||nk|ng h|m w|th tho Zod|ac k||||ngs.'
l am not tho Zod|ac,' A||on had to|d KllX. l havo novor k|||od anyono. 1hoy havo mo quost|on|ng myso|t. . . . 1ho on|y way l cou|d c|oar myso|t |s
tor tho roa| Zod|ac to contoss-|t ho's st||| a||vo. . . . A|| l can do |s supposo on that. 1ho on|y way l can got poaco tor myso|t |s whon l am t|na||y doad
and gono.'
A|| 1osch| cou|d say was, Vr. A||on was a vory, vory good suspoct. Wo |ookod |nto Vr. A||on vory c|oso|y.' 1ho |3l, on not|ng tho doath, sa|d |n a
roport, 1ho 3an |ranc|sco caso |s c|osod at th|s t|mo.'
1h|s rot|rod cop who was work|ng on tho caso to|d mo ho's out ot work now,' loto loyos to|d mo. 1hoy tound a |ot ot computor d|scs |n A||on's
houso. 1hoy wont |n thoro and p|ckod up a |ot ot stutt. 1ho psycho|og|st, 1homas lykott, apparont|y has somo doa| go|ng w|th a guy down horo to
wr|to a book. l don't know |t that's oth|ca| or not. lykott |ntorv|owod h|m at Atascadoro.'
3ob Woo|r|dgo, a good tr|ond at 7lmo-Llo, ca||od tor an updato on Zod|ac. lnspoctor 1osch| ca||od mo at homo tor a chat,' ho sa|d. l'vo boon
track|ng down a|| th|s stutt that's boon go|ng on |n va||ojo. VcCochran at tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o has to|d mo that tho po||co apparont|y tound a
v|dootapo attor tho|r socond soarch warrant ot Vr. A||on's houso. l don't know what any ot th|s moans and l don't th|nk va||ojo po||co aro ta|k|ng. l'm
go|ng to try and spoak to Capta|n Conway at va||ojo a ||tt|o |ator th|s attornoon. l hopo ho'|| g|vo mo a h|nt at |oast. 3ut |t l hoar anyth|ng l'|| corta|n|y
|ot you know.'
As soon as po||co cou|d, thoy p|ayod tho v|dootapo. A|| |t showod was A||on moon|ng tho po||co, curs|ng thom, and comp|a|n|ng about tho caso.
Author|t|os h|ntod moro was on tho tapo, but noth|ng |ncr|m|nat|ng.' 1hough lo|gh had spoc|t|od c|oso tr|ond |aro|d |uttman to bo oxocutor ot h|s
ostato, tho task to|| to lon A||on who sort ot took ovor.' Karon took t|rst d|bs on a|| h|s stutt, not lon,' a tr|ond c|a|mod. |uttman on|y mot hor attor
lo|gh's doath, but qu|ck|y took a d|s||k|ng to hor. l'vo road how lon cooporatod w|th tho po||co, ho|pod gathor somo |ntormat|on. l got tho too||ng
that lon know h|s brothor was |nvo|vod |n th|s typo ot act|v|ty. 1hoy havo poop|o |n tho mod|a who havo trackod thom down. lon's a hard guy to
roach. Usua||y, h|s w|to won't |ot h|m noar tho phono. l thought, s|nco tho guy d|od suddon|y, maybo ho |ott somoth|ng boh|nd. Vaybo ho d|d. l
thought, a good chanco thoy tound somoth|ng |n that houso.'
lo|gh A||on was not omba|mod. 1hough ho was cromatod, samp|os ot h|s bra|n t|u|d woro ordorod prosorvod. lt m|ght a||ow tuturo 0lA tost|ng.
lo|gh's ashos woro to bo scattorod ott tho coast noar 3an latao|. 1ho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o hoad||no a wook attor A||on's doath sa|d:
3U3lEC1'3 0EA1| WOl'1 |Al1 ZO0lAC llvE31lGA1lOl.' 0oath wou|d not stop an |nvost|gat|on |nto tho truth. Wo owod |t to tho v|ct|ms to
assomb|o tho m|ss|ng p|ocos. l cou|d not stop. lono ot us cou|d.
Friday, Octobor 2, 1002
DarIono'a aiator, Pam, c|a|mod that sho had controntod A||on botoro ho d|od and, attor h|s doath, was |n h|s homo. ln h|s bathroom sho c|a|mod
sho had obsorvod a wo|rd soxua| dov|co ho|d w|th suct|on cups to tho s|do ot tho tub.'
Ot courso, l'm not act|vo|y work|ng on tho caso anymoro,' sa|d 3awart. l usod to got a|| thoso |ottors, and s|nco Arthur lo|gh A||on d|od, noth|ng
happons on |t anymoro. 3omoday down tho road wo ought to put our hoads togothor. l'vo got ovory t||o that |rod 3h|r|sago had. And a|| our t||os and
a|| tho or|g|na| stutt on Zod|ac. l'vo got |t up |n my att|c a|ong w|th a bunch ot stutt ot A||on's. lt m|ght bo |ntorost|ng to go ovor |t somoday down tho
road |t you ovor wr|to a soquo|. What was roa||y |ntorost|ng |s |t you road th|s roport-trom thon-3orgoant lynch, |n tho contor ot anothor roport on a
rogu|ar p|oco ot papor-l don't th|nk thoro aro moro than a hundrod words |n |t. |o ta|ks about 1000 just attor tho 3orryossa k||||ngs go|ng and
|ntorv|ow|ng Arthur lo|gh A||on as to h|s whoroabouts at tho t|mo ot tho k||||ng. Arthur lo|gh A||on makos tho statomont about . . .'
About tho ch|ckons? 1wo ch|ckons . . .' l sa|d.
Yoah! And ho was go|ng to 3orryossa on tho day tho k||||ngs took p|aco, but ho changod h|s m|nd and wont to 3a|t lo|nt. 1h|s was |n 1000,
botoro 1osch| and Armstrong had ovon |ookod at h|m. l hadn't road that unt|| l got ro|nvo|vod |n |t |n oar|y 1002. 3o l go back and lynch |s st||| a||vo.
|o has s|nco d|od. l go ask h|m, '1ohn, you don't say |n tho roport wby you'ro go|ng ta|k|ng to Arthur lo|gh A||on. What promptod you to p|ck out th|s
guy? You don't say-and ho cou|dn't romombor. 3omobody-somohow, h|s namo camo up |n 1000 just attor tho 3orryossa k||||ng.
Usua||y-l'd wr|to a roport and say, 'lursuant to 1ohn 0oo to|||ng mo that Arthur lo|gh A||on t|t tho doscr|pt|on and c|a|mod ho was go|ng to
3orryossa on that day, l wont by to ta|k to h|m.' 1hon at |oast l'd havo 1ohn 0oo to go back to and ta|k to |ator on. l'd ask h|m, 'Why d|d you accuso
th|s guy?' Ot courso your book camo out much botoro l wont and ta|kod to lynch. Whon l ta|kod to h|m, ho had qu|t dr|nk|ng. 3ut ho wasn't |n tho
bost ot hoa|th. |o just cou|dn't romombor.
1ohn lynch was a pr|nco ot a guy. |o was a vory honost, stra|ghttorward guy, but ho had a ho|| ot a boozo prob|om. Whon 1ohn wou|d got ott duty
-|t was spooky-ho ||vod |n an o|d houso |n an o|d soct|on ot town. lt wasn't roa||y a v|ctor|an. lt was sort ot a 1udor. lt you had to go by and ta|k to
h|m about somoth|ng, ho novor wou|d answor tho phono. You go by and you knock and ho'd como to tho door and thoro woro no ||ghts on and |t was
musty. |o wou|d a|ways ta|k to you on tho tront porch. |o'd bo drunk trom tho t|mo ho got ott duty to tho t|mo o|ght hours botoro ho was to como on
duty.
Vy guoss was th|s: A||on to|d a tam||y mombor or tr|ond ho was go|ng to 3orryossa. lator that unknown porson road ot tho murdors. A||on must
havo sa|d somoth|ng or boon act|ng orrat|ca||y onough tor thom to t|p tho po||co. Vy monoy |s on a tam||y mombor.' Wou|d wo ovor d|scovor who
that oar|y t|pstor had boon?
|rom our |ast two convorsat|ons, l'm tru|y amazod at your background |ntormat|on on Zod|ac,' sa|d 1osch|. 3omo ot tho |ntormat|on you havo on
Arthur lo|gh A||on |n tho l|vors|do aroa roa||y got my attont|on, and l w|sh that tho l|vors|do l.0. had g|von mo tho tact that A||on was actua||y
known around tho|r town. lt wou|d havo g|von mo a strongor caso to d|scuss w|th our 0.A. and tho othor dotoct|vos work|ng on tho Zod|ac caso.'
5unday, Nay 15, 1004
1horo ia ono spoc|t|c dotoct|vo [|arvoy ||nos| who has s|nco rot|rod trom a vory sma|| po||co dopartmont,' Conway oxp|a|nod, who |s abso|uto|y
conv|ncod that ho so|vod tho Zod|ac caso and |t happons to bo a guy who has a |ongthy cr|m|na| h|story and ho's ||v|ng |n 1ahoo. Aga|n thoro |s no
t|ngorpr|nt match, no handwr|t|ng matchos, thoro's noth|ng moro than a who|o bunch ot co|nc|doncos.'
1ho Cbroolc|o ran a two-part story about ||nos's suspoct |n |ts 7bls or|o soct|on. 1ho art|c|o upsot 1osch|. lt was choap journa||sm,' ho to|d
mo. l wou|dn't ovon ca|| |t journa||sm. l romombor ta|k|ng to ||nos |n tho sovont|os, and ho was vory strango thon. |o had tunno| v|s|on. |o wou|dn't
ovon ||ston to othor suspocts and koop an opon m|nd. ||nos has had twonty yoars to t|nd out whoro h|s guy was on tho datos ot tho murdors. lt
shou|d bo oasy to provo ono way or tho othor. lau| Avory ca||od mo, and ho too was upsot.'
Conway |s oqua||y corta|n that tho Zod|ac |s somoono o|so,' roportod tho Cbroolc|o. l'|| to|| you what l to|d |arvoy [||nos|,' sa|d Capta|n Conway
ot tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont. |o's wast|ng h|s ||to bark|ng up tho wrong troo. [||s suspoct| |s not tho Zod|ac. l can't to|| you how much t|mo l'vo
g|von |arvoy ovor tho yoars, but ho has noth|ng ot any ov|dont|ary va|uo. l bo||ovo as l a|ways havo that tho Zod|ac was Arthur lo|gh A||on. lt l cou|d
show |arvoy what ov|donco wo havo on A||on today, ho wou|d got ott th|s k|ck |mmod|ato|y. Untortunato|y, l can't do that tor |oga| roasons.' Addod
Conway about suspoct A||on, who d|od |n 1002, lt A||on woro a||vo today, wo wou|d t||o chargos aga|nst h|m as tho Zod|ac. Untortunato|y, wo ran
out ot t|mo mak|ng a caso aga|nst h|m and ho d|od.'
8b
tho contoronco
Nonday, AriI 20, 1008
1ho aub[oct today |s tho Zod|ac k|||or,' 1udgo Goorgo 1. Choppo|as sa|d so|omn|y. A gray-ha|rod, wh|p-smart Vun|c|pa| Court mag|strato, ho
|ookod ||ko |rod Asta|ro, and kopt as tr|m w|th rogu|ar workouts on h|s row|ng mach|no. 1ho porp|ox|ng caso tasc|natod tho judgo, and ho had
ca||od a spoc|a| d|scuss|on on Zod|ac to roth|nk tho caso and sat|sty h|s own cur|os|ty. 1ho moot|ng convonod at a 3an |ranc|sco 3tato aud|tor|um
at 1:80 l.V. |n tront ot a |argo aud|onco. Choppo|as, act|ng as modorator, |ntroducod l|ta W||||ams, K1vU-1v nowsporson. 3ho |ntorv|owod tho
porson, tho ono suspoct,' ho sa|d, that va||ojo and 3an |ranc|sco |nvost|gators and lobort Graysm|th, tormor po||t|ca| cartoon|st turnod author,
and othors bo||ovo to havo boon tho Zod|ac k|||or.'
Choppo|as thon rocountod Chonoy's story ot A||on's vow (a yoar botoro thoro was a Zod|ac) to t|o a t|ash||ght to h|s gun barro|, shoot coup|os |n
tho woods, and wr|to taunt|ng |ottors s|gnod Zod|ac to tho po||co. |o oxp|a|nod how A||on was |n tho l|vors|do Co||ogo aroa whon 3atos was
stabbod, and how 0ar|ono |orr|n was sta|kod by a tr|ond namod lo|gh.' |o to|d how thoro woro no |ottors trom Zod|ac wh||o A||on was cont|nod at
Atascadoro and how tho 3anta losa murdors coasod dur|ng that t|mo. Capta|n loy Conway, |mmod|ato|y on tho scono ot tho |orr|n murdor |n
1000, had boon assoc|atod w|th tho caso ovor s|nco. l was a patro| sorgoant that ovon|ng and l was d|spatchod to a p|aco that was |n a romoto
part ot va||ojo on 1u|y 4, 1000. 3oth v|ct|ms woro st||| a||vo at tho t|mo. 1ho ma|o surv|vod, tho toma|o d|od. l tr|od to ta|k to hor and ta|k to h|m both.
3ho was unab|o to spoak or do anyth|ng, and had boon shot w|th mu|t|p|o gunshot wounds. 1ho passongor |n tho car had boon shot mu|t|p|o t|mos
and ho has surv|vod. |o's st||| a||vo to th|s day.
3ocauso l was a patro| sorgoant at tho t|mo, l was not |n|t|a||y ass|gnod as tho |nvost|gator on tho cr|mo. lt was not t||| sovora| yoars |ator whon l
got promotod to capta|n that l was g|von rospons|b|||ty tor tho caso. 1ho pr|mary |nvost|gator who's boon work|ng on th|s caso tho |ongost ot a|| |aw
ontorcomont porsonno| that's ovor boon |nvo|vod |s 0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart, who's s|tt|ng ovor thoro |n tho cornor.' Goorgo stood and wavod.
What wo'vo dono ovor tho yoars-ovory t|mo thoro's any k|nd ot mod|a attont|on g|von to tho Zod|ac caso, thoro's a|| k|nds ot |ntormat|on that t|ows
|nto [tho| po||co dopartmont, or dopartmonts, and othor dopartmonts and [tho| Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot 1ust|co. 1horo's a|| k|nds ot poop|o ca|||ng
up who say l know who tho Zod|ac |s.'
Conway po|ntod out what ho cons|dorod somo ot tho m|s|ntormat|on about Zod|ac. l d|dn't agroo w|th a|| ot |t. lt's not |ntont|ona|,' ho sa|d. Ono
ot tho p|ocos ot m|s|ntormat|on |s tho l|vors|do hom|c|do. l'm horo to ott|c|a||y to|| you that tho l|vors|do lo||co 0opartmont novor bo||ovod that
Zod|ac was |nvo|vod. Wo havo s|nco moro than sat|st|od ourso|vos that Zod|ac had noth|ng whatsoovor to do w|th tho l|vors|do k||||ng.' l|vors|do
thought tho|r |oca| suspoct had comm|ttod tho hom|c|do. 3ut a handwr|t|ng oxam|nat|on had a|roady provon Zod|ac wroto |ottors to tho l|vors|do
pross c|a|m|ng rospons|b|||ty tor 3atos's murdor.
Capta|n Conway p|ayod h|s caso consorvat|vo|y, tocus|ng unoqu|voca||y on|y on thoso casos whoro |t was abso|uto|y corta|n that Zod|ac had
boon |nvo|vod. 1horo aro on|y throo ot thom |n that catogory. 1ho roason wo know tho throo aro unoqu|voca||y tho Zod|ac |s bocauso ho g|vos
phys|ca| ov|donco or vorba| ov|donco that on|y tho k|||or wou|d know.' |o po|ntod to tho lau| 3t|no cab k||||ng as most str|k|ng-Zod|ac had sw|pod
a port|on ot 3t|no's sh|rt, onc|os|ng tragmonts w|th h|s corrospondonco. ln our caso [tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs murdor| Zod|ac wont to a pay to|ophono
r|ght attor tho hom|c|do. ln tact, l wou|d havo had to havo passod h|m bocauso |t's a |ong road out to whoro th|s hom|c|do occurrod. l probab|y
passod h|m, a|though wo wont to groat |ongths to try and t|mo ovoryth|ng. 1ho poop|o who d|scovorod tho poop|o who woro shot took a |ong t|mo to
got to a to|ophono-probab|y moro than a ha|t hour passod botoro wo ovon got a phono ca||.
3hort|y attor [12:40 A.V.|, a ma|o vo|co ca||od trom a pay to|ophono, wh|ch wo subsoquont|y |ocatod [tracod to 1oo's Un|on 3tat|on at 1uo|umno
and 3pr|ngs load by 12:47 A.V.|, to|||ng that ho just comm|ttod th|s hom|c|do and how ho d|d |t and somo othor dota||s to causo us to know th|s
was roa||y tho guy who d|d |t. Ono ot tho oxamp|os ot m|s|ntormat|on |s that wo had no rocord|ng dov|cos |n tho po||co dopartmont |n thoso days.
1horo was |n tact no rocord|ng ot that phono ca||.' |ormor va||ojo latro|man 3tovo 3a|d|no d|sagrood. On Nowlt Coo Bo 7o|o, w|th Gora|do
l|vora, on 1u|y 14, 1002, ho had sa|d, l hoard tho tapo-tho d|spatchor |ot mo hoar |t. l bo||ovo |t was tho noxt n|ght. Apparont|y tho tapo |s no
|ongor horo, but |t d|d |n tact ox|st, bocauso l d|d hoar |t.' lancy 3|ovor, tho po||co oporator, had hoard |t too.
1ho othor hom|c|do wo know pos|t|vo|y tor suro,' cont|nuod Conway, |s tho lako 3orryossa hom|c|do. Aga|n tho k|||or gavo somo vory port|nont
|ntormat|on that on|y ho wou|d know. 1horo's on|y throo. 1ho othor k||||ng, on lako |orman load, happonod [sovon months| botoro tho Zod|ac
k||||ng. Wo had somo vory good suspocts |n that caso, and 0otoct|vo 3awart and l aro sat|st|od that tho Zod|ac d|dn't roa||y do that caso, a|though
wo don't havo unoqu|voca| proot on that.
1ho othor |ntorost|ng th|ng about tho Zod|ac caso |s that thoro aro sovora| poop|o who havo bocomo obsossod w|th so|v|ng tho caso. Wo havo
had sovora| |n our own dopartmont. 1horo aro pr|vato c|t|zons who bocamo obsossod w|th tho caso and havo conv|ncod thomso|vos thoy havo
abso|uto|y so|vod |t. 1hoy aro vory abso|uto about |t. lo|thor ono ot tho suspocts that thoy havo aro our suspoct.
A|| throo havo wr|tton |ongthy documontat|on about |t. Ono |s an attornoy |n our c|ty who c|a|ms h|s brothor, h|s doad brothor, |s tho Zod|ac [1ack
3ooman|. Anothor usod mathomat|cs to provo |t. ln h|s m|nd ho |s abso|uto|y conv|ncod ho's so|vod tho Zod|ac caso. |o th|nks |t's a co||ogo
protossor at 3oston Un|vors|ty who now works tor tho Un|vors|ty ot Ca||torn|a at 3orko|oy. lt you ta|k to that man and g|vo h|m any t|mo, ho |s
abso|uto|y, unoqu|voca||y conv|ncod. |o says |ts mathomat|ca||y |mposs|b|o tor anybody to bo tho Zod|ac oxcopt [h|s| suspoct.
Wo havo two othor |nd|v|dua|s, both |n |aw ontorcomont. Ono ot thom |s now rot|rod just rocont|y . . . ho's boon work|ng on |t twonty yoars and
ho's abso|uto|y conv|ncod ho knows who tho Zod|ac |s. And h|s Zod|ac |s ||v|ng |n 1ahoo. 1hon wo havo anothor porson |n anothor stato agoncy that
workod on tho Zod|ac tor yoars. |o happonod to bo on duty. |o stoppod and d|d a t|o|d |ntorrogat|on ot a porson ho bo||ovos to th|s day |s tho
Zod|ac. 3o ovoryono ot thoso poop|o, |t you ta|k to thom, |ndopondont ot anyth|ng o|so, you wou|d say ho must bo r|ght. lt's on|y |og|ca| that ho's
r|ght.
Ono ot tho major roasons that tho Zod|ac caso has not actua||y boon so|vod to tho po|nt ot somobody bo|ng actua||y arrostod and tr|od |s that |aw
ontorcomont d|dn't do a vory good job ot coord|nat|ng |ntormat|on. . . . Ono ot tho most to|||ng po|nts |n Vr. Graysm|th's book-ho asks tho quost|on
why tho soarch warrant wasn't sorvod at two |ocat|ons, and on|y ono |ocat|on-and that was twonty yoars ago that happonod. lt thoy had sorvod a
soarch warrant at tho r|ght |ocat|on at that t|mo, thoy probab|y wou|d havo so|vod tho Zod|ac caso. 3ut thoy d|dn't.
1wonty yoars |ator, 0otoct|vo 3awart and l sorvod that soarch warrant! And wo d|d that a coup|o yoars ago. Wo tound a |ot ot |ntormat|on that
causod us to bo||ovo wo woro on tho r|ght track, but that porson subsoquont|y d|od and wo don't havo any |oga| mochan|sm to say wo'vo so|vod tho
caso bocauso wo can't br|ng tho suspoct to tr|a|. |o's rotorrod to |n lobort Graysm|th's book as 'lobort |a|| 3tarr.' ||s actua| namo |s Arthur lo|gh
A||on.
|o's workod |n va||ojo a|| h|s ||to. At tho t|mo [1071-72| 3an |ranc|sco lo||co 0opartmont dovo|opod |ntormat|on that wo subsoquont|y
backtrackod and gono ovor ovory p|oco ot |t. 1hat |ntormat|on wou|d havo a||owod thom to sorvo a soarch warrant on h|s pr|mary ros|donco |n
va||ojo, but at that po|nt ot t|mo ho was ||v|ng part-t|mo |n a ||tt|o tra||or |n 3anta losa. And so thoy sorvod tho warrant on h|s ||tt|o tra||or |n 3anta
losa |nstoad ot h|s homo |n va||ojo. l'm ta|r|y conv|ncod that |t thoy had sorvod tho soarch warrant on that homo |n va||ojo, thoy wou|d havo tound
tho actua| smok|ng gun, but that d|dn't happon. lt's pr|mar||y bocauso thoy woro work|ng on tho|r own and mado no ottort to coord|nato |ntormat|on
w|th our agoncy.'
1horo's a |ot ot |nstancos that occurrod |n th|s caso that happonod |n ono aroa and tho othor aroa d|dn't know about |t,' addod 3awart. 1hoso
aro tho k|nd ot orrors |n tho caso tho var|ous po||co dopartmonts mado. loy and l, |n h|nds|ght, tak|ng a|| th|s stutt down twonty yoars |ator, put |t a||
togothor and mado us soom ||ko wo'ro roa| smart, but wo'ro not. Wo had tho bonot|t ot a|| thoso roports.'
1ho judgo askod mo how l camo to wr|to tho book. 1ho way l got |ntorostod |n th|s,' l sa|d, l was po||t|ca| cartoon|st tor tho Cbroolc|o and ovory
day you try to do a cartoon that's go|ng to mako a chango |n tho wor|d. l |ookod at tho Zod|ac caso and thought, '|oro's a guy no ono sooms to bo
ab|o to catch. lt l go around tho stato and put togothor as many tacts as l can and put a book out thoro, somobody's go|ng to so|vo th|s.' lt's protty
much what l doc|dod to do, and l d|d ovor a ton-yoar por|od. At tho ond ot that t|mo l had a book ot cons|dorab|o |ongth. An od|tor and l spont
anothor throo yoars tak|ng out t|vo hundrod pagos. Vaybo wo took tho roa| suspoct out. lt's poss|b|o, but not ||ko|y. Wo d|d p|aco Vr. A||on as a
studont at l|vors|do and |n that ||brary tho n|ght Chor| 1o 3atos was s|a|n. lorhaps, as Capta|n Conway bo||ovos, l|vors|do wasn't a Zod|ac k||||ng,
but ot a|| tho 2,b00 suspocts |n tho caso, A||on was tho on|y ono at tho scono.'
Conway d|scussod tho pr|nts |n 3t|no's cab.
|undrods ot poop|o can bo |n a cab. 1horo was omorgoncy mod|ca| porsonno| at tho scono, othor ott|c|a|s at tho scono. lobody took any
o||m|nat|on pr|nts at tho t|mo. 1hoy havo a who|o drawor tu|| ot t|ngorpr|nts that camo out ot that cab, and |t's an oxtromo|y arduous task and most ot
thom aro part|a|. l assuro you tho pr|mary suspocts havo boon chockod. 1horo's no t|ngorpr|nt matchos anywhoro. . . . Kon Vosos, ono ot tho bost
pr|nt mon |n tho stato and 3|l0 has ono ot tho bost computor systoms |n tho stato. 1hoy corta|n|y wou|d havo run that b|oody pr|nt |ong ago had |t
workod out, but thoy d|dn't prosorvo tho cr|mo scono wo|| onough, any ot tho pr|nts, part|cu|ar|y tho b|oody pr|nt ot tho man bo||ovod to bo
rospons|b|o. 1horo woro ambu|anco poop|o thoro, thoro woro othor cops thoro. 1hoy aro say|ng, how como th|s pr|nt doosn't match up to tho
ana|yzor? lt cou|d havo boon tho guy dr|v|ng tho ambu|anco got somo ot lau| 3t|no's b|ood on h|s hands and thon touchod |t and that's tho way ot
tho b|oody pr|nt.
lnc|donta||y, A||on woro s|zo 10/ shoos, and that's tho s|zo ot tho W|ng Wa|kor shoo pr|nt tound at lako 3orryossa,' l sa|d. l summar|zod tho
pattorn ot tho murdors: 1hoy usua||y happonod by a body ot wator on a wookond and usua||y |nvo|vod a young coup|o who woro onjoy|ng a|| tho
th|ngs Zod|ac d|d not onjoy-|nt|mato, |ov|ng ro|at|onsh|ps.'
Wo |ntorv|owod ovoryono |n th|s caso,' sa|d Conway. Wo |ntorv|owod Kath|oon 1ohns. l'm at k|nd ot at a |oss as how to oxp|a|n |t, but l don't
bo||ovo what sho doscr|bod ovon happonod, |ot a|ono that tho Zod|ac d|d |t.' 1ohns |s tho on|y ono l thought was a ||tt|o |tty,' l sa|d. As yoars go by,
l'vo como to bo||ovo moro and moro that tho man who k|dnappod hor wasn't Zod|ac.'
1ho on|y th|ng l put any stock |n |s a th|ng that l know tor a tact,' sa|d Conway. A|| th|s bus|noss about tho phasos ot tho moons and a|| thoso
cryptograms |n roa||ty d|dn't havo to do w|th anyth|ng. lt was a way tor tho Zod|ac to p|ay w|th poop|o's m|nds tor h|s own porvorso sat|stact|on.
1hoso cryptograms, as |t turnod out, had no moan|ng.' 1ho c|phors d|d, howovor, oxp|a|n h|s mot|vo and rovoa|od tho c|uo ot 7bo Vost Loogoroos
Oomo, wh|ch |od to h|s tam||y and tr|onds turn|ng A||on |n.'
Wo d|scussod my convorsat|ons w|th A||on. lt may havo boon bocauso ot tho ch||d mo|ost|ng,' l sa|d, but whon you work |n tho arts you got a
k|nd ot |ntu|t|vo sonso about th|ngs, and ||tora||y my sp|no got ch|||s whon l was around h|m. 1horo was somoth|ng about h|m vory wrong. l otton usod
to go |n and buy th|ngs-ho workod |n a hardwaro storo-just a vory scary guy, but h|gh|y |nto|||gont. |o had a dogroo |n botany and b|o|ogy.'
3|o|ogy,' sa|d W||||ams. |o sa|d ho d|dn't qu|to got h|s mastor's dogroo-ho d|dn't t|n|sh h|s thos|s, ho had t|n|shod tho courso work tor a
mastor's. ||s bacho|or's dogroo was |n o|omontary oducat|on. And ho sa|d h|s l.O. was-l wroto |t down-|n tho 180s. 'Corta|n|y no gon|us,' ho
sa|d, 'but l am |nto|||gont.''
|o ca||od h|mso|t g|ttod,' sa|d Conway. 1hat's tho torm|no|ogy ho usod.'
loa||y,' sa|d W||||ams. 'Vy m|nd,' ho sa|d 'l bo||ovo |s 180.' l askod h|m about tho cryptograms. 'l was |n tho lavy,' ho sa|d, 'and what l d|d thoro
was ch|pp|ng pa|nt and thon l was a th|rd-c|ass rad|oman. 1hat corta|n|y doosn't mako mo an oxport on cryptograms.'
Wo bogan nam|ng h|s sk|||s. 3cuba d|vor, marksman . . . a|rp|ano p||ot,' sa|d W||||ams. |o know oxp|os|vo dov|cos, cryptography, motooro|ogy,'
l sa|d, charts (nava| and p||ot) and compass, wr|t|ng, dratt|ng, and graph|cs [h|s tathor was not on|y a lavy ott|cor but a draughtsman|. Chom|stry
[ho was a chom|st|, guns [ho co||octod thom|, d|sgu|so and sow|ng [ho was a lavy sa||makor|. |o not on|y typod, but had tho samo k|nd ot portab|o
typowr|tor tho l|vors|do |ottors woro wr|tton on.' lh|| 1uckor,' sa|d 3awart, had g|von us tho |ntormat|on that as a ch||d A||on had boon torcod to
wr|to w|th h|s r|ght hand though ho was natura||y |ott-handod.'
3a||or, p||ot,' cont|nuod Conway. ln tact, ho had somo troph|os tor |ob|o Cat. |o was a|so a sw|mmor. 1ho othor th|ng ho d|d, ho was qu|to an
av|d cook. ||s ||v|ng quartors woro, as l|ta cou|d to|| you, |n tho basomont ot h|s paronts' houso. And ovory part ot th|s ||tt|o room was covorod w|th
books trom t|oor to co|||ng. |o was vory wo|| road and cou|d convorso on any top|c you cou|d th|nk ot.'
l hoard Zod|ac cou|d quoto G||bort and 3u|||van by hoart,' sa|d tho judgo. Cou|d any ot th|s bo app||od to A||on?'
Abso|uto|y,' sa|d Conway. Wo cont|rmod h|s |ntorost |n G||bort and 3u|||van through h|s brothor and othor ro|at|vos. 1hoy a|so cont|rmod that ho
purposo|y m|sspo||od words. lt wasn't by acc|dont. |o'd wr|to roc|pos tor oxamp|o and ho'd spo|| 'oggs,' |nstoad ot 'o-g-g-s,' ho'd spo|| |t 'a-|-g-s.'
And that was |ntont|ona| just to got a chuck|o out ot poop|o who wou|d road |t. |o d|d that cons|stont|y w|th a|| k|nds ot th|ngs.' l roca||od that A||on |n
a|| h|s |ntorv|ows rotorrod to Zod|ac as 1ho' Zod|ac, just as tho k|||or d|d |n h|s |ottors.
1ho most d|tt|cu|t part ot th|s caso |s tho handwr|t|ng |ssuo,' cont|nuod Conway. 1horo aro at |oast two or throo poop|o |n tho aroa ot handwr|t|ng
ana|ys|s, and tho ono th|ng thoy say about tho Zod|ac |ottors |s that thoy aro cons|stont trom tho vory t|rst |ottor to tho vory |ast |ottor. A|| tho |ottors
and words, handwr|t|ng |s an abso|uto match. lt's ono porson who d|d thoso |ottors. 1hat's not an |ssuo. 1ho |ntorost|ng th|ng, to go back to tho
l|vors|do caso, thoro's on|y ono p|oco ot ov|donco that Zod|ac had any th|ng to do w|th tho l|vors|do k||||ng, and that's tho k|||or scratchod somo
wr|t|ng onto a dosktop. 1ho actua| |ottor ho sont that doscr|bos a|| tho th|ngs that ho sa|d ho d|d |n th|s hom|c|do |s a|| typod. 1horo was no
handwr|t|ng or pr|nt|ng ot any k|nd. 1ho namo s|gnod on tho bottom ot tho |ottor was 'Entorpr|so.'' Conway was |n orror horo: 1ho |ottor had boon
addrossod to tho Rlvorsloo Pross-Eotorprlso. And Zod|ac had a|so handpr|ntod throo l|vors|do |ottors.
3ut tho scratch|ng on tho dosk ot wh|ch a photo was takon, as 3horwood Vorr||| sa|d, that matchos tho Zod|ac |ottors. 3|nco thon Goorgo and l
havo gono to ovory oxport thoro |s and thoy unoqu|voca||y w|thout hos|tat|on say, ho was wrong, thoso aro not a match to tho Zod|ac handwr|t|ng.
1hat, p|us tho tact that tho l|vors|do po||co a|roady havo a suspoct. |rom tho|r po|nt ot v|ow tho|r caso was so|vod. 1h|s so-ca||od gon|us that wroto
th|s othor book w|th a|| tho mathomat|ca| oquat|ons, h|s who|o prom|so-ovoryth|ng |s bu||t on tho mathomat|cs start|ng w|th tho l|vors|do Caso.
Whon l to|| h|m tho l|vors|do caso d|dn't havo anyth|ng to do w|th |t, h|s thoory goos out tho w|ndow. lt d|dn't shako h|m. |o st||| bo||ovos othorw|so.'
Wo a|| had our b||nd spots. Capta|n Conway was conv|ncod that A||on had novor boon |n tho lavy |n sp|to ot h|s c|a|ms ot hav|ng boon a pa|nt-
scrapor.' var|ous womon and tho|r daughtors A||on had known ovor tho yoars spoko ot h|s t|mo |n tho U.3. lavy. loports showod tho samo. lo|gh
adm|ttod to bo|ng |oss than honorab|y d|schargod' and ho had gono to co||ogo on tho G.l. 3|||. 1ho lavy connoct|on was unshakab|o. ||s tathor's
twonty-t|vo yoars |n tho lavy a|ono wou|d onab|o lo|gh to mako por|od|c v|s|ts to 1roasuro ls|and, work at 1rav|s A|3, and buy W|ng Wa|kors at a
baso oxchango.
1udgo,' sa|d W||||ams, l'd ||ko to ask a tow quost|ons ot tho othor pano||sts that l'vo wantod tho answors to. lt |ndood Arthur lo|gh A||on woro tho
Zod|ac, l th|nk both ot you havo |nd|catod |n tho past that whoovor was tho Zod|ac wou|d somoday pr|or to h|s doath |oavo somo mossago boh|nd to
|ot ovoryono know ho was tho Zod|ac. lt ho was A||on, can you to|| mo why you th|nk ho d|dn't and why tho k||||ngs stoppod whon thoy d|d?' l thought
to myso|t, ho m|ght not havo |ott any mossago bocauso ho d|od suddon|y ot a hoart attack, ono so suddon ho bumpod h|s hoad. |rom my po|nt ot
v|ow,' sa|d Conway, ho d|d |oavo that mossago. Ono ot Zod|ac's |ottors ta|kod about t|nd|ng bombs |n h|s basomont. Wo||, |n tact thoro woro
bombs |n tho basomont ot that houso whon wo d|d tho soarch warrant-thoro woro p|po bombs. 1ho othor ha|t ot |t |s that ho doos |oavo that
mossago by th|ngs that aro |n h|s basomont and at tho samo t|mo dony|ng ovoryth|ng. 1horo's so many ||os l caught h|m |n, h|s dony|ng th|ngs that
d|dn't havo any ro|ovanco anymoro. 1horo was no |ottors whatsoovor dur|ng tho t|mo ho was |n Atascadoro stato hosp|ta|. 1ho |ast |ottor ho ovor
wroto says, 'l am back.'
1horo's sovora| roasons why tho k||||ngs stoppod-th|s |s trom d|scuss|ons w|th tho |3l oxports. 1horo's a vory tamous |3l group back |n
Ouant|co, v|rg|n|a, that stud|os sor|a| k|||ors. Vy tathor usod to bo an av|d door huntor whon ho was a young man |n h|s twont|os and th|rt|os. About
twonty yoars ago ho qu|t door hunt|ng and l askod h|m why ho qu|t. lt's not |ntorost|ng to mo anymoro[, ho sa|d|. 1hat oxp|anat|on |s roa||y s|mp||st|c,
but that's probab|y tho oxp|anat|on tor A||on |t ho was Zod|ac.
1ho othor th|ng |s that ho was a vory ||| man-ho was t|tty-o|ght whon ho d|od. |o was oxtromo|y ||| and know ho was dy|ng and ho'd had that
|||noss tor somo t|mo. Evon though ho cou|d st||| got around ho was not vory mob||o and thoro was a |ot ot tocus on h|m as a suspoct. 3o|ng a
suspoct, bo|ng |||, and |os|ng |ntorost-a|| adds up to tho oxp|anat|on as to why.'
0|d you t|nd t|ngorpr|nts?' W||||ams askod Conway. A||on says |n tho |ntorv|ow that po||co to|d h|m dur|ng tho |ntorv|ow procoss w|th tho va||ojo
po||co that you havo t|ngorpr|nts on tho p|po bombs undor h|s houso. |o ot courso says |t was somo ox-con that had |ott thom thoro botoro. |o
d|dn't ovon know thoy woro thoro. 0|d |n tact you t|nd t|ngorpr|nts?'
lot mo answor that th|s way-ho t|rst don|od hav|ng any know|odgo whatsoovor ot any bombs ox|st|ng |n h|s basomont, and whon wo to|d h|m ot
h|s t|ngorpr|nts on tho bombs-wh|ch thoro wasn't, by tho way. 1hon ho had an oxp|anat|on ot how ho was c|oan|ng up tho basomont and movod
thom trom ono spot to anothor. 1hat's tho k|nd ot stutt wo wont through w|th h|m a|| tho t|mo.'
Goorgo 3awart spoko trom tho aud|onco. You havo to undorstand that back |n tho s|xt|os |aw ontorcomont was do|ng a protty good job. 1hoy
woron't roa||y commun|cat|ng w|th oach othor-thoy d|dn't havo computors.'
Gott|ng back to tho t|ngorpr|nts [on tho cab|, ovory s|ng|o [Zod|ac| suspoct that ovor ox|stod,' sa|d Conway, has boon chockod aga|nst thoso
t|ngorpr|nts and no ono has matchod. 1ho othor prob|om |s that tho Zod|ac braggod |n h|s |ottor how ho wou|dn't |oavo t|ngorpr|nts anyway.'
Can l ask tho capta|n and lobort, |n your m|nd, who |s tho Zod|ac k|||or?' sa|d W||||ams.
Goorgo, how do wo answor that?' sa|d Conway.
Who |s?' sa|d l|ta.
l t|nd,' sa|d 3awart, so many co|nc|doncos that po|nt ono d|roct|on, l too| |t |s no |ongor a co|nc|donco, and l too| thoro aro so many aroas that
po|nt d|roct|y at Arthur lo|gh A||on that l too| ho |s a v|ab|o suspoct and |n a|| probab|||ty tho Zod|ac.'
lobort?' sa|d W||||ams.
1hat's my op|n|on too,' l answorod caut|ous|y. A||on had d|od a|| too rocont|y. A|| l can say |s that ot a|| tho poop|o who woro ovor brought to mo-
l contorrod w|th 0avo 1osch|, ho showod mo t||os and t||os and t||os-A||on |s tho bost l'vo soon. Zod|ac cou|d bo somo anonymous porson who
||vos |n tho woods and has novor boon pr|ntod, but as tar as l can to||, A||on |s tho bost suspoct thoy'vo como up w|th.'
||rst ot a|| thoro's noth|ng wrong w|th c|rcumstant|a| ov|donco,' sa|d Conway, |t you undorstand what c|rcumstant|a| ov|donco |s-|oav|ng a
t|ngorpr|nt at tho scono ot a cr|mo and dony|ng you d|d tho cr|mo, c|rcumstant|a||y wo provo that you d|d do tho cr|mo bocauso ot tho t|ngorpr|nts at
tho cr|mo scono.'
l|ta W||||ams took out a |ottor A||on had ma||od hor. |o'd scraw|od a Z' |n tho |owor |ott-hand cornor ot tho onvo|opo. A s|m||ar Z' had boon
wr|tton at tho bottom ot tho 1007 l|vors|do |ottor. 1ho postmark: 1u|y 80, 1001 Oak|and.' |o had datod tho |ottor |ns|do August 1. 1ho typod |ottor
bogan: 0oar l|ta: l|oaso pardon tho |ntorma||ty, but l cons|dor you a tr|ond.'
3o l guoss l'm a tr|ond ot tho Zod|ac,' sa|d W||||ams, |t |ndood ho |s tho Zod|ac. |o just goos on to say that ho approc|atod tho |ntorv|ow and ho
had a knot |n h|s stomach and goos on and on w|th comp||monts. |o says 'protoss|ona||ty'-|ntorost|ng that ho mado up a word. 'l wondor |t that
word's |n tho d|ct|onary,' ho says. Corta|n|y, ho's tho k|nd ot porson who wou|d havo a d|ct|onary thoro and wou|dn't uso that word un|oss ho roa||y
chockod. l'm atra|d l novor answorod tho man.'


1hat night aomo ot tho contoronco was br|ot|y roportod on K1vU: Evoryth|ng about tho Zod|ac |s sor|ous, g|v|ng tho numbor ot poop|o ho k|||od
soom|ng|y at random . . . porhaps as many as t|tty. Who was tho Zod|ac?' l|ta W||||ams askod. 1h|s |s tho va||ojo man many |nvost|gators
cons|dor to bo tho notor|ous Zod|ac k|||or, and |s tho t|rst t|mo h|s p|cturo has boon rovoa|od. ||s namo |s Arthur lo|gh A||on.' As arch|va| t||m ran,
W||||ams askod A||on: Aro you tho Zod|ac k|||or?' 1horo wou|d bo noth|ng tarthor trom my m|nd,' ho sa|d. l am corta|n|y, most corta|n|y, not tho
Zod|ac k|||or.'
3ut at 3an |ranc|sco 3tato Un|vors|ty th|s attornoon,' cont|nuod W||||ams, l was on a pano| w|th poop|o cons|dorod author|t|os on tho Zod|ac
caso and tor tho t|rst t|mo pub||c|y thoy sa|d th|s. A||on sooms to bo tho bost suspoct thoy'vo como up w|th,' sho roportod, quot|ng mo. 1horo aro so
many aroas,' 3awart was soon say|ng, that po|nt d|roct|y at Arthur lo|gh A||on that ho |s a v|ab|o suspoct and |n a|| probab|||ty tho Zod|ac.'
3ut |nvost|gators novor chargod A||on w|th any ot tho k||||ngs connoctod w|th tho Zod|ac,' sa|d W||||ams, and |ast August A||on d|od. l |ntorv|owod
h|m a yoar oar||or. |o was t|tty-o|ght thon, a d|abot|c and on k|dnoy d|a|ys|s. 3ut back |n tho |ator s|xt|os, whon tho c|ovor k|||or known as Zod|ac
torror|zod Ca||torn|a, A||on was |n h|s |ato th|rt|os, s|xty pounds hoav|or, strong, and a b|o|ogy graduato studont. lo||co cons|dorod h|m a suspoct
a|most trom tho bog|nn|ng.
1ho Zod|ac k|||or tauntod author|t|os and tho mod|a, sond|ng comp|ox |ottors and c|phors,' W||||ams summod up. 1oday va||ojo po||co
|nvost|gators sa|d thoy novor chargod A||on bocauso thoy cou|dn't oxp|a|n d|scropanc|os |n tho Zod|ac handwr|t|ng. A||on sont mo th|s handwr|tton
and typod |ottor attor our |ntorv|ow.'
W||||ams's 1001 |ntorv|ow, rorun that n|ght, showod A||on co||aps|ng and sobb|ng. What l|ta W||||ams had obsorvod stuck |n my m|nd. |owovor,'
sho sa|d, ho d|dn't roa||y cry. ln |ook|ng at tho tapo, ho k|nd ot turnod |t on and turnod |t ott. Whon A||on ||ttod h|s hoad h|s oyos woro dry. l dot|n|to|y
to|t ho was protond|ng.' 1horo aro so many ||os l caught h|m |n, h|s dony|ng th|ngs d|dn't havo any ro|ovanco anymoro,' sa|d Conway. A||on ||od
ovon whon thoro was no roason to.
Friday, Fobruary 14, 1007
5ix yoara had rushod by s|nco tho va|ont|no's 0ay soarch ot A||on's homo. 1osch| rang mo, sound|ng buoyant. l'vo gotton ca||s throughout
yostorday ovon|ng and today,' ho sa|d. 3omoth|ng |s up. Ono ot tho |nspoctors, l|ch Adk|ns, just |nhor|tod tho Zod|ac caso. Whon a tr|ond ot m|no
was capta|n ot |nvost|gat|ons, ho sa|d that l|ch roa||y wantod to ta|k to mo bocauso ho had gono through tho t||os and just was a ||tt|o cur|ous about
somo th|ngs. |o and h|s partnor, a guy namod v|nco lopotto, pa|d mo a v|s|t 1uosday. l had somo t|mo, about a ha|t hour, to ta|k to thom about
Zod|ac.
v|nco to|d mo ho's novor gono through ovoryth|ng that had boon sont to 3acramonto. |o sa|d, '|or somo roason ovoryth|ng wasn't brought
back.' 1hoy on|y had two boxos. 1hat d|sappo|ntod mo. 3acramonto shou|d havo roturnod ovoryth|ng that Armstrong and l accumu|atod.
lomombor, whon thoy doc|dod to br|ng ovoryth|ng up to 3acramonto yoars ago, l to|t that thoy had mado a vory, vory sor|ous m|stako. l was
oxtromo|y upsot. A caso ot th|s ca||bor, known wor|dw|do, and tho work that 3||| and l d|d on |t (l havo poor handwr|t|ng, but as l got o|dor and moro
oxpor|oncod l took bottor notos)-to do th|s, to shutt|o |t around |n a cardboard box-you'ro go|ng to |oso somoth|ng. 3omoono |s go|ng to put
somoth|ng |n h|s pockot. You havo to want to so|vo tho darn th|ng! You havo to!
l hopo thoy know whoro tho rost ot tho t||os aro |n 3acramonto and who's got thom. lopotto and Adk|ns sa|d th|s morn|ng thoy woro go|ng to go
up to 3acramonto and havo a |ook. What tasc|natod th|s l|ch Adk|ns |s that |t |s st||| a mystory-that tho caso |s st||| act|vo and that so many poop|o
aro awaro ot |t. 3o many othor poop|o havo k|||od moro poop|o than Zod|ac. Adk|ns askod why was thoro so much |ntorost a|| thoso yoars |ator. l
to|d h|m, 'lt's a mystory-bocauso ot tho |ottors, tho c|phors, tho codos. lt's taunt|ng, |t's Catch mo |t you can,' and l'm crack-proot.'
l|ch askod mo |t l had ovor spokon to Conway. Whon A||on d|od, ho was quotod a|| ovor tho p|aco. low thoy to|| mo ho to|d Adk|ns ho was go|ng
to rot|ro |n 0ocombor.'
Conway's just vory onthus|ast|c,' l sa|d. 3omo ot h|s |doas aro vory good-such as par|ng tho caso down to |ts ossont|a|s.'
3an |ranc|sco was puzz|od why va||ojo d|dn't s|mp|y c|oso tho caso and th|s |s what lnspoctors Adk|ns and lopotto want to do,' sa|d 1osch|.
What l|ch Adk|ns askod ot mo |s that |t you-who aro oxtromo|y know|odgoab|o-wou|d bo w||||ng to ta|k w|th thom. 1hoy'ro two protty good guys. l
sa|d, 'Graysm|th |s ono ot tho most honorab|o mon l'vo ovor mot |n my ||to. l th|nk ho wou|d want to ta|k to you.' Adk|ns sa|d, 'Attor a|| th|s t|mo, wo
want to c|oso |t and wo th|nk wo can.' 1hoy want to g|vo Armstrong and l crod|t. 'What wo want to provo,' Adk|ns to|d mo, '|t |t wasn't tor you tak|ng
tho |n|t|at|vo whon A||on's brothor ca||od and go|ng to va||ojo and ta|k|ng to A||on's s|stor-|n-|aw and brothor . . . you guys mado tho caso and d|d
moro work on A||on than any ot tho othor jur|sd|ct|ons who woro c|osor to h|m.''
1ho ono th|ng va||ojo can't undorstand |s why 1ohn lynch and los lundb|ad woro on th|s guy so oar|y |n tho caso,' l sa|d. Why? And th|s was
|ong botoro tho |ntormants, Chonoy and lanzaro||a.'
Wo novor got that,' sa|d 1osch| sad|y.
What brought thom to A||on? 1wo guys |n |ndopondont po||co agonc|os both go r|ght to A||on's tront door. 1horo's a ||tt|o t|ny p|oco m|ss|ng.
lynch wont out and ta|kod to A||on attor 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs and lako 3orryossa. And ot courso thoy havo that kn|to story-'l'vo boon k||||ng two
ch|ckons.... ''
Yos. Adk|ns and lopotto ovon askod mo |t wo cou|d put A||on |n 3outhorn Ca||torn|a. Vy momory was woak at that po|nt, but l know you tound
somo |oads. 1ho brothor wont and soarchod tho basomont ot A||on's houso h|mso|t, and ho tound cryptography books. l to|d th|s to Adk|ns on
1uosday and |t b|ow h|m away.'
1hat n|ght l oponod moro ma|| trom Zod|ac butts. look undor tho stamps and tho onvo|opo t|aps tor sa||va and attompt a 0lA tost on |t,' V|chao|
|onnossy suggostod. A|so chock tho |ottor that had a b|oody cross drawn on |t tor 0lA. Chock tho sk|n and ha|r tragmonts that v|ct|m Chor| 1o
3atos had undor hor t|ngorna||s whon tound.' 0lA, obta|nod trom a var|oty ot b|o|og|ca| sourcos-b|ood, ha|r, somon, and sa||va-had t|na||y
ontorod tho Zod|ac caso, as l was about to t|nd out.
5aturday, Fobruary 15, 1007
| caIIod Rootto at 0:00 A.V. and ho wantod to moot r|ght away. l'm go|ng to bo gott|ng on tho road horo and hoad|ng toward tho c|ty,' ho to|d mo.
l'|| ca|| my partnor on tho co|| phono and l'|| ca|| you back w|th a t|mo wo cou|d moot, say around ton-twonty, ton-th|rty th|s morn|ng.' Wo sot tho p|aco
tor tho V|rabo||o Cato on l|nth Avonuo, tho s|to ot tho tormor Ow| and Vonkoy Cato, whoro l d|d a|| my wr|t|ng.
l sat at my rogu|ar tab|o |n tho tront w|ndow and watchod a ||ght-ra|| car g||do by. l rocogn|zod tho two |nspoctors |mmod|ato|y as thoy craw|od trom
tho|r car and ontorod tho cato. Adk|ns, ta||, broad-shou|dorod, and onorgot|c, had a bru|so on h|s |ott chook trom a t|ght ho had just had w|th a
suspoct. v|nco lopotto, o|dor and moro wor|d-woary than h|s partnor, squoozod |nto a cha|r. l soon w|shod thoy had canco|od tho moot|ng.
3omoth|ng had changod |n tho |ast hour.
1ho prov|ous day Adk|ns and lopotto had gotton 0lA rosu|ts. Gonot|c markors on a Zod|ac |ottor (thoy wou|dn't say wh|ch ono) had matchod
A||on's 0lA! |owovor, a ca|| to lopotto attor our convorsat|on rovoa|od a socond run had showod no match. l hoard th|s b|t ot nows just botoro l
p|ckod up l|ch,' ho sa|d.
Zod|ac, w|th h|s know|odgo ot chom|stry, ovon |n tho |ato s|xt|os and oar|y sovont|os, wou|d hard|y havo boon so too||sh as to ||ck an onvo|opo or
stamp. Wh||o no such th|ng as 0O-A|pha 0lA
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tost|ng ox|stod back thon, b|ood and sa||va typ|ng procoduros d|d. ln 1070, 0r. l|chard Wa||or
drow up tho tost|ng procoduros and soro|ogy gu|do||nos tor socrotor samp|os tor tho stato cr|mo |ab |n 3anta losa. Gonot|c markors, a sor|os ot
comp|ox, onorgy-ro|oas|ng mo|ocu|os and onzymos prosont w|th|n tho t|u|ds ot oach |nd|v|dua|'s body, cou|d bo ||ttod trom sta|ns. 1hoy cou|d bo
ana|yzod by var|ous h|gh-toch soro|og|ca| tosts. A3O tost|ng |nvo|vod |ong-|ast|ng, stab|o mo|ocu|os, and lGV tost|ng doa|t w|th moro por|shab|o
onzymos. 3ocrotor samp|os tound |n A3O ox|stod |n sa||va, somon, and b|ood.
Cou|d tho 0lA ta|so pos|t|vo havo como trom a c|oso ro|at|on? |ad A||on had h|s mothor ||ck tho onvo|opo tor h|m? lt so, undor what protoxt? Or
had wo boon wrong a|| a|ong? 1osch|, Vu|anax, lundb|ad, Adk|ns, and lopotto and a|| tho rost had bo||ovod that Zod|ac was Arthur A||on. 3o d|d l.
3ut A||on d|d not match tho handwr|t|ng, d|d not ||ck tho |ottor thoy had tostod, and had passod a ||o-dotoctor tost, a|bo|t |n a druggod stato. What
cou|d bo tho answor? l thought back to tho poss|b|||ty ot two Zod|acs work|ng as partnors, an |doa that 3awart had cons|dorod. low l had tho
unp|oasant task ot to|||ng 1osch| about tho moot|ng. |o was crostta||on.
1uosday,' sa|d 1osch|, thoy to|d mo thoy woro about a month away trom hoar|ng anyth|ng pos|t|vo. l too| sorry tor thom. 1hoy woro obv|ous|y
pos|t|vo |n what was go|ng on. low ono phono ca|| that says no, |t dot|atos you. lt's a stop backward.'
l romombor A||on |amont|ng |n 107b,' l sa|d, that ho hopod Zod|ac wou|d wr|to a |ottor wh||o ho was at Atascadoro to provo ho wasn't Zod|ac. lt
a contodorato was wr|t|ng tho |ottors tor h|m, why wou|dn't ho do so? 1ho rosu|ts ot that 0lA tost |s somoth|ng l d|dn't soo com|ng.' l |ookod at my
phono. |rom 1080 through 1001 l had gotton a stoady stroam ot broath|ng and hang-up ca||s. 1hoy had stoppod w|th A||on's doath. l a|most m|ssod
thom.
5unday, Fobruary 10, 1007
| aoko with lnspoctor lopotto,' l to|d 3awart.
l know h|m,' 3awart sa|d. v|nco runs h|s own pr|vato socur|ty outt|t. 1hoy had h|m ass|gnod to th|s th|ng attor 0oasy. 0oasy was hand||ng |t tor
tho |ongost t|mo out ot tho lawn 0ota||. 1hon thoy turnod |t ovor to th|s v|nco. Ot courso, ho had h|s othor casos to work w|th|n 3|l0.'
3|l0 got 0lA rosu|ts two days ago.' l sa|d. And |t camo up |t cou|d bo A||on. 3ut by tho t|mo thoy got back to mo-|oss than an hour, thoy had
gotton a socond roport that sa|d tho samp|o oloo`t match Zod|ac. Can you th|nk ot anyono who m|ght havo wr|tton tho |ottors tor A||on?'
You know, wo ovon comparod Chonoy's handwr|t|ng,' sa|d 3awart. And 3andy lanzaro||a and lon A||on, a protty stra|t|acod guy.'
lobort Emmott was toach|ng schoo| |n Gormany whon tho |ottors stoppod. l'm th|nk|ng thoy m|ght want to tost h|s 0lA.'
1h|s |s somoth|ng that Conway had prossod tor botoro ho rot|rod,' sa|d 3awart. As tor tho samp|os on A||on, l don't know whoro 3an |ranc|sco
wou|d havo gotton thom. l havo tho va||ojo coronor ho|d|ng that stutt and ho's supposod to not|ty mo |t and whon thoy got a roquost trom 3an
|ranc|sco. l havon't hoard anyth|ng. Vaybo A||on had h|s dog ||ck|ng h|s stamps. . . .'
lo, |t was human 0lA,' l sa|d. l mont|onod Androw 1odd Wa|kor,
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tho th|rd |mportant suspoct |n tho caso.
l don't d|s||ko Wa|kor,' sa|d 3awart. l just don't th|nk thoro's onough dot|n|t|vo |ntormat|on on h|m to mako |t roa||y v|ab|o. 1hoso guys [a lava|
lnto|||gonco ott|cor and two C|l ott|cors| pursuo |t as a hobby and that's wondortu|. 1hoy apparont|y havo gono to tho oxponso ot stoa||ng somo ot
h|s s||vorwaro. 1hoy pa|d tor a 0lA chock, at |oast thoy to|d mo thoy d|d. 1hoy havo Wa|kor's 0lA. You know, l'|| bot you Wa|kor and l bot you th|s
guy that |arvoy ||nos ||kos-l bot you both ot thom, just to got ovoryth|ng ott tho|r backs, wou|d subm|t to a 0lA tost.'
Wo||, suro. l sat down w|th Vorr||| |n tho sovont|os. |o stud|od somo ot lo|gh's pr|nt|ng l got trom Aco |ardwaro. lt's |ooks t|no-tho throo-stroko
k, a|| tho rost. lt thoy'ro go|ng to run a gonot|c tost, thon thoy shou|d at |oast do a|| ot tho suspocts.'
l just w|sh that back |n '71-'72 1osch| and Armstrong wou|d havo to||owod up turthor. l w|sh thoy'd soarchod tho homo. l ta|kod to lrouty, who was
a handwr|t|ng ana|yst who workod at 0O1 that workod undor Vorr|||. And lrouty sa|d ho was |os|ng |t toward tho ond. l |ookod at that [dosktop
pr|nt|ng| stutt and l cou|dn't mako |t [as Zod|ac wr|t|ng|. |o d|od short|y attor h|s rot|romont. l'm not suro lopotto or Adk|ns havo ovor v|owod any ot
my roports . . . but nobody's pound|ng on tho|r door. 3t|no's tam||y |sn't thoro ovory day say|ng what aro you do|ng about tho doath ot my husband,
son, or whatovor. And tho samo th|ng happons |n va||ojo. 1ho |orr|n tam||y's not pound|ng on tho door. lt's tho o|d adago-tho squoaky whoo| gots
tho o||. l don't b|amo v|nco at a||. |o's probab|y got a ha|t-dozon casos whoro poop|o aro pound|ng on h|s door.'
A|| |n a|| |t had boon a stunn|ng dovo|opmont. l|outonant 1om 3ruton, 3|l0 hom|c|do |nvost|gator, ca||od mo. |o had |nhor|tod tho Zod|ac caso,
an ho|r|oom passod down trom gonorat|on to gonorat|on. 3ruton wondorod |t l cou|d prov|do somo or|g|na|s ot tho m|ss|ng |ottors.
Wo||, what do you havo m|ss|ng?' l askod.
1ho throo-part-c|phor |ottor,' ho rop||od. 1hat wou|d havo boon tho t|rst Zod|ac |ottor 3an |ranc|sco had roco|vod.
l havo |3l roproduct|ons ot that. Wou|d that do?'
lo. Wo thought maybo tho or|g|na| had boon passod on to you. Kath|oon 1ohns sa|d that sho roco|vod a socooo Zod|ac |a||owoon card and
ma||od |t on to you. 0o you havo that?'
lo. 3ho moans lau| Avory. |owovor, you'ro wo|como to anyth|ng l havo. l want to soo th|s th|ng so|vod.' Wo spoko tor a wh||o |ongor, and thon l
thought to ask a tavor ot my own. l'vo boon th|nk|ng about that 0lA tost dono on A||on and l havo two quost|ons.'
Go ahoad.'
||rst, whoro d|d thoy got a samp|o ot A||on's gonot|c mator|a|? |o was bur|od |n 1002.'
Wo got |t trom tho va||ojo coronor. 1hoy kopt a samp|o ot bra|n t|u|d or a bra|n tragmont that thoy'd kopt rotr|goratod.'
1hat c|oars that up.'
And tho socond po|nt?'
blcb |ottor d|d thoy tost?' l had |n m|nd ono ot tho oar|y |ottors that conta|nod squaros ot lau| 3t|no's sh|rt. 1hat b|oodsta|nod swatch wou|d
authont|cato tho sondor as Zod|ac.
Wo usod tho 1078 |ottor,' ho sa|d.
1ho torgory?'
Onco, l had bo||ovod |n that |ottor. 3ut |n 1078 ono th|ng had troub|od mo. Exc|ud|ng Zod|ac's groot|ng cards, dosktop, and car door, h|s
handpr|ntod commun|cat|ons havo a|| boon wr|tton on 7/-|nch-by-10-|nch bond |n |ottor-s|zod onvo|opos. 1ho 1078 |ottor was on 8/-|nch-by- 11-
|nch bond |n a |ogo|-s|zod onvo|opo.' l know now that not on|y was tho 1078 |ottor a tako, but tho 3|l0 know |t.
What aro tho chancos ot a socond tost us|ng ono ot tho o|dor |ottors?' l askod.
3ruton sa|d noth|ng.
l ca||od 1osch|. |o askod |ncrodu|ous|y why thoy d|dn't tost a |ottor that conta|nod a swatch ot 3t|no's sh|rt. 3|nco thoy wantod to know |t l had any
or|g|na| |ottors,' l sa|d, l suspoct thoy'vo o|thor m|sp|acod somo or thoy'vo boon sto|on. 1ho truth |s, thoro's not onough 0lA on tho roma|n|ng
|ottors tor thom to ova|uato. 1hoy had tostod tor sa||va |n 1000-71 and tound nono. On|y tho 1078 tako had onough co||s tor a tost.' 1ho 3|l0 |ator
proparod a chart ot ava||ab|o Zod|ac 0lA:
Zod|ac |ottors and onvo|opos tor 10/18/00, ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-|EW CEll3. 11/8/00 Card: '3orry l havon't wr|tton'
lon dr|pp|ng, ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-|EW CEll3. 12/20/00, Conta|nod p|oco ot c|oth trom 3t|no's sh|rt (por koo|),
ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-|EW CEll3. 4/20/70 'Vy namo |s . . . ' (C|phor), ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-|EW
CEll3. 4/28/70, Card: (3orry to hoar . . . ) '3|ast . . . 3uttons . . . ' ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-|EW CEll3. 0/20/70 |andwr|tton
noto 8 map: 'l shot a man w|th a .88 . . . ' ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-|EW CEll3.'

1ho |ab tound somo co||s |n thoso commun|cat|ons:
|andwr|tton noto: 7/24/70 'Woman 8 baby |n car . . . ' ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-CEll3 |OUl0. 7/20/70 'l w||| torturo my
18 s|avos wa|t|ng |n parad|co,' ElvElOlE llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-CEll3 |OUl0. 1/20/74 'saw tho Exorc|st,' ElvElOlE
llOCE33E0 |Ol 0lA-CEll3 |OUl0.'

Among tho |ost and unprocossod by tho |ab woro thoso:
1ho 11/0/00 handwr|tton noto: 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac 3poak|ng,-lOCA1lOl O| ElvElOlE UlK.' A|so apparont|y m|ss|ng woro tho or|g|na|
throo |ottors and c|phors ot 7/81/00, tho |ottor ot 8/7/00, tho 10/27/70 |a||owoon Card, tho 8/18/71 3|uo Voan|os' |ottor to 1|mos, tho 8/22/71
postcard, 3ought v|ct|m 12,' tho b/8/74 noto s|gnod a c|t|zon' and tho 7/8/74 lod lhantom' |ottor.

1ho roport conc|udod w|th tho tostod |ottor: 4/24/78 |andwr|tton noto 'that c|ty p|g 1osch| . . . ' 0lA 3AVllE O31AllE0/NO7 AU7lEN7lC
ZOLlAC LE77ER.'
Arthur lo|gh A||on had oot boon ru|od out as tho Zod|ac attor a||. 3oon attor Zod|ac roturnod trom tho gravo.
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5unday, Narch 10, 1007
Attor Zodiac ||, no ono ovor oxpoctod Zod|ac's murdors to bo omu|atod aga|n. A Zod|ac copycat had boon horr|t|c-a th|rd Zod|ac, |nconco|vab|o.
3ut tor a th|rd t|mo tho k|||or's undy|ng porsona roachod out to br|ng doath, th|s t|mo somo throo thousand m||os away. Kobo, a wo||-to-do suburb
270 m||os wost ot 1okyo. Kobo |ay comp|acont |n |ts ro|at|vo satoty, a|most as murdor-troo as tho rost ot 1apan. |ammor attacks aga|nst two g|r|s
|n tho no|ghborhood on |obruary 10 had rockod tho commun|ty trom |ts s|umbor. 1oday, Ayaka Yamash|ta, a ton-yoar-o|d, was b|udgoonod and
k|||od by stab wounds to tho hoad. loss than an hour |ator, a n|no-yoar-o|d was stabbod and noar|y b|od to doath.
5aturday, Nay 24, 1007
On a atormy morn|ng, ra|n boadod on a p|ast|c bag |ott at tho groon |ron tront gato ot Kobo's 1omogaoka 1un|or ||gh. 1hough a ||ght tog had
tormod on tho undors|do ot tho bag noarost tho pavomont, a human hoad was v|s|b|o |ns|do. A p|t|tu| |ock ot b|ack ha|r sp|ayod and tannod out
aga|nst tho p|ast|c. A schoo|boy's c|oudod taco poorod out. On|y momonts botoro, no|ghbors had g||mpsod a stout man staggor|ng undor tho
wo|ght ot two b|ack garbago bags as ho rushod down a narrow stroot. |o was about torty yoars o|d,' thoy to|d po||co summonod to tho jun|or h|gh.
1ho v|ct|m's hoad had boon sovorod at tho jaw||no w|th a hacksaw and sharp kn|to. 1ho k|||or had gougod h|s oyos out and stuttod a mossago |n h|s
mouth. Wr|tton |n rod |nk, tho words ran w|th ra|n. Zod|ac's crossod-c|rc|o symbo| was stark|y |og|b|o. 1ho k|||or was strong and had usod on|y h|s
r|ght hand to strang|o tho boy. A soarch tor tho rost ot tho body bogan. 1ho corpso, d|scovorod |n tho woodod aroa ot a toncod-|n to|ov|s|on
transm|ss|on stat|on, had boon undrossod, thon rodrossod. 1ho v|ct|m was 1un |aso, a monta||y cha||ongod o|ovon-yoar-o|d |ast soon throo days
ago. 1ust attor |uncht|mo, ho had sot out to v|s|t h|s grandtathor. low no|ghbors roca||od a susp|c|ous voh|c|o had boon parkod noar tho boy's
homo.
1AlAl KlllEl VAY lVl1A1E 'ZO0lAC'' road tho Assoc|atod lross hoad||no. loto on bohoadod boy s|m||ar to thoso ot |ntamous 3ay Aroa
murdoror docados ago . . . a cross-||ko symbo| tound on notos |ott by tho Kobo K|||or.' 1ho murdor and contonts ot tho k|||or's mossago shockod tho
1apanoso poop|o as no cr|mo |n momory. lr|mo V|n|stor lyutaro |ash|moto p|oadod w|th po||co to capturo tho k|||or as soon as poss|b|o. 3o th|s
|s tho bog|nn|ng ot tho gamo,' road tho |ottor. l dosporato|y want to soo poop|o d|o. loth|ng makos mo moro oxc|tod than k||||ng. 3tup|d po||co,
stop mo |t you can. lt's groat tun tor mo to k||| poop|o.'
1ho mossago was hard|y moro than a rophras|ng ot Zod|ac's: l ||ko k||||ng poop|o bocauso |t |s so much tun. lt |s moro tun than k||||ng w||d gamo
|n tho torost. . . .' 3ovora| Eng||sh words |n tho commun|cat|on had apparont|y boon m|sspo||od on purposo. A b|ack-bound trans|at|on ot my book
on tho Zod|ac s|ay|ngs had boon pub||shod |n 1apan two yoars oar||or. lorhaps tho k|||or had |dont|t|od w|th Zod|ac's obsoss|on w|th tho Vlkooo.
l hoard bang|ng at my tront gato. A toam ot nowsmon trom 1apan lntornat|ona| lotwork woro thoro to spoak w|th mo. Vasah|ro K|mura ottorod
p|ano t|ckots to mo. Wo want you to como to 1apan to |ook ovor tho cr|mo scono.' 1hough l had ||vod |n 1okyo tor s|x yoars, l saw no way l cou|d
ho|p. lnstoad wo drovo to 1u||us Kahn l|ayground, tho |ast p|aco Zod|ac had boon soon. K|mura showod mo cop|os ot tho |ottors. Wo ondod tho
day r|d|ng |n a tax| a|ong tho samo routo as 3t|no had takon, an unsott||ng tr|p tor tho Yo||ow Cab dr|vor who was oavosdropp|ng. K|mura sa|d
no|ghborhood watchos |n Kobo had boon organ|zod.
ln 1apan hundrods ot po||co cordonod ott tho schoo| s|to. 1oachors stat|onod stross-gu|danco counso|ors at |oca| schoo|s and ch||dron |ott tor
schoo| w|th o|octron|c a|arms |ns|do tho|r backpacks. 1ho k|||or had throatonod to tako rovongo on tho compu|sory oducat|on systom.' 1ho tragody
|n 1apan brought back horr|b|o momor|os ot how armod guards had boon stat|onod on 3ay Aroa schoo| busos whon Zod|ac had throatonod:

3choo| ch||dron mako n|co targots, l th|nk l sha|| w|po out a schoo| bus somo morn|ng. 1ust shoot out tho tront t|ro 8 thon p|ck ott tho k|dd|os
as thoy como bounc|ng out.'
1huraday, Juno 5, 1007
1ho Jaanoao Zodiac'a ramb||ng, part|a||y |ncohoront 1,400-word |ottor was pub||shod. ln handwr|t|ng that matchod tho mossago stuttod |ns|do
tho hoad, Zod|ac lll took rospons|b|||ty tor tho schoo|boy's murdor. |o throatonod to k||| vogotab|os,' a word po||co took to bo tho wr|tor's
d|sparag|ng torm tor poop|o. |rom now on, |t you m|sroad my namo or spo|| my mood l w||| k||| throo vogotab|os a wook,' ho wroto. 1ho or|g|na|
Zod|ac had throatonod to k||| |t ho d|d not soo h|s namo |n tho papors. lt you th|nk l can on|y k||| ch||dron you aro groat|y m|stakon.' lt was s|gnod
5olto 5okoklboro [Apost|o 3ako 0ov|| loso|. Zod|ac lll c|a|mod th|s was h|s roa| namo.
l|ko Zod|ac, 0ov|| loso had prosontod a namo by wh|ch ho wantod to bo known. l|ko Zod|ac, |t |ntur|atod h|m whon tho pross m|s|ntorprotod h|s
words. 1hoy had takon ool-boro' (dov||'s roso') on tho noto as a codod mossago. Amatour s|ouths a|so notod a ch||||ng connoct|on botwoon tho
bohoadod ch||d, Zod|ac, and 7bo Exorclst. ln 1anuary 1074, Zod|ac had mont|onod tho w||d|y popu|ar mov|o. l|no yoars |ator W||||am lottor 3|atty,
author-producor ot 7bo Exorclst, wroto a soquo|, Logloo. ln uncorroctod proots, 3|atty namod tho v|||a|n Zod|ac. ln a t||m, Exorclst lll, ho was ca||od
tho Gom|n| K|||or.' Gom|n| docap|tatod a two|vo-yoar-o|d boy just as tho 1omogaoka 1un|or ||gh k|||or had.
lo|ghbors |n Kobo not|cod that a |oca| t|ttoon-yoar-o|d boy had rocont|y turnod a b|t g|oomy.' 1ho phys|ca||y sma|| n|nth-grado studont, o|dost ot
throo sons |n a m|dd|o-c|ass tam||y, was k||||ng and mut||at|ng p|goons and cats |n tho no|ghborhood. 1ho boy had boaton a tr|ond tor to|||ng on h|m
to schoo|matos. 1ho samo c|assmatos t|ppod po||co ho k|||od two k|ttons.
5aturday, Juno 28, 1007
PoIico raidod tho boy's homo, so|z|ng horror v|doos, a kn|to, and a book about tho 3an |ranc|sco k||||ngs' |n h|s room. ln h|s journa| tho youth
wroto ot a god, 3amo|dook|,' and ca||od h|s attacks sacrod oxpor|monts.' 1hoy drodgod a hacksaw trom a c|oso-by pond and arrostod h|m tor
bohoad|ng h|s no|ghbor and c|assmato, 1un |aso. |o contossod ho had a|so b|udgoonod a ton-yoar-o|d and attackod throo othor g|r|s, two w|th a
hammor tho prov|ous |obruary and Varch. Undor 1apanoso |aw tho boy was not |dont|t|od bocauso ot h|s ago. Conv|ctod on Octobor 18 ot attacks
on a|| t|vo ch||dron (two ot whom d|od), ho was sontoncod to a juvon||o pr|son to bo troatod tor monta| |||noss unt|| ho turnod twonty-s|x.
5unday, Octobor 10, 1007
1hoy tinaIIy Iocatod 3t|no's |ost b|oody sh|rt |n tho 3ryant 3troot proporty room. lt had boon chockod out, ||stod as a m|sco||anoous |tom, and
abandonod |n a cardboard box |n tho ott|c|a| coronor's ott|co-a b|undor probab|y |nd|cat|vo ot past portormanco. 1ho 3|l0 had rocont|y tossod
out ov|donco |n tho Char|os lg sor|a| k||||ngs. 1hoy thought tho caso had boon comp|otod, but attor docados lg was just com|ng to tr|a|. 3awart
toarod tho 3an |ranc|sco |nvost|gat|on ot tho 3t|no murdor had boon vory s|oppy.' |or |nstanco,' ho to|d mo, tho namos ot tho t|ro crow [at Chorry
and Wash|ngton| woro not takon to o||m|nato thom as donors to tho b|oody pr|nt.' 1osch| roassurod mo, 1ho cab had a|roady boon takon away by
tho t|mo tho t|ro crow arr|vod.'
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5unday, Octobor 11, 1008
1ho tirat worda out ot 1osch|'s mouth woro b|ttor as ashos: l got up th|s morn|ng and tho t|rst th|ng l roa||zod was that |t's boon th|rty yoars s|nco |t
a|| bogan.' 3an |ranc|sco co|obratod ||oot Wook. 1ots buzzod downtown skyscrapors. Outs|do tho Go|don Gato, a lavy p|ano, gu|dod by an
ang|od crossod c|rc|o-a hugo Zod|ac symbo|-coastod toathor||ko onto a carr|or's dock. |rustratod dotoct|vos trom 3an |ranc|sco, va||ojo, lapa
County, and 3o|ano County had gathorod, poss|b|y tor tho t|na| t|mo, to d|scuss Zod|ac. 1ho |ast ot tho or|g|na| Zod|ac trackors, Kon lar|ow, had
rot|rod |n 1087. l havo a p|aco on tho coast whoro l attack tho sa|mon and aba|ono,' ho sa|d. l noodod somoth|ng to occupy my t|mo bos|dos
go|t|ng and t|sh|ng so l took tho job ot transportat|on d|roctor tor our |oca| Catho||c h|gh schoo|.' And Zod|ac? l'd ||ko to th|nk that |t wo had somo ot
tho tochno|ogy |n thoso days that wo havo today, wo'd bo a |ot c|osor to th|s guy,'
1ho o|d Zod|ac-that th|ng w||| novor d|o,' sa|d anothor. Whon 1osch| spoko to Avory, Avory sa|d, 1hat's h|story, that's a|| |n tho past, 0avo.'
1hat k|nda saddonod mo a b|t,' 1osch| to|d mo, bocauso tor mo |t was tbo caso ot a caroor.'
5unday, Auguat 20, 1000
|t aIwaya aurriaod mo that Kon lar|ow know hard|y anyth|ng about A||on,' 1om vo|gt, who ran a Wob pago on Zod|ac, to|d mo. l brought h|m
tho 3awart loport on tho roasons why A||on |s tho Zod|ac and cop|os ot Vu|anax's roport. Wo wont ovor to h|s houso and ho startod road|ng |t. |o
was not |mprossod w|th how tho roport |ookod-tho t|rst th|ng ho sa|d was, 'lt's not on ott|c|a| |ottorhoad, but tho contont makos up tor tho way |t's
prosontod.' |o road a b|t moro. |o turnod rod, and was swoar|ng qu|to a b|t by tho t|mo ho t|n|shod. |o was vory angry. 'lt ovon a coup|o ot thoso
th|ngs aro truo,' ho sa|d, 'thon A||on's tho Zod|ac!'
lar|ow was upsot bocauso ho hadn't known anyth|ng about th|s whon |t was go|ng on. |o had boon |nv|tod to tho soarch |n 1072, but cou|dn't go
bocauso ho had a horn|a oporat|on. |o was ro|y|ng on Vu|anax, Armstrong, and 1osch| to c|uo h|m |n. |o's roa||y angry bocauso ho's road|ng a||
th|s tor tho t|rst t|mo and know noth|ng ot tho tacts |n tho roport. At that po|nt ho startod try|ng to track down 3||| Armstrong. |o was tough to t|nd, but
lar|ow ovontua||y ta|kod to h|m. 1hoy had a |ong convorsat|on. Armstrong had put |t a|| boh|nd h|m. Whon Armstrong qu|t, ho roa||y qu|t. |o d|dn't
roa||zo that A||on had ovor boon soarchod aga|n. |o d|dn't know that A||on had d|od. 3as|ca||y, |t was just ||ko ho was ||v|ng |n a cavo.'
As tar as l cou|d to||,' vo|gt to|d mo, tho va||ojo po||co had put a|| tho|r Zod|ac rocords on m|crot||m and dostroyod tho or|g|na|s. Vo| l|co|a| to|d
mo-wo ta|kod |n Vay-ho to|d mo thoy p|acod A||on |n l|vors|do and thoy know tor a tact ho was thoro. |o wasn't a studont and ho d|dn't work
thoro. At tho t|mo 3atos was murdorod ho was a schoo|toachor at va||oy 3pr|ngs E|omontary 3choo| |n Ca|avoras County, and ovory wookond
A||on wou|d go to l|vors|do. 0r|vo a|| tho way down to l|vors|do bocauso ho was a mombor ot th|s rac|ng c|ub.'
1uoaday, Octobor 10, 1000
| docidod Iaat wook l was go|ng to rot|ro,' 1osch| to|d mo. l wasn't too||ng too good-l was k|nd ot dragg|ng. l was work|ng an avorago ot ton
hours a day. l'm s|xty-o|ght now. l'm st||| do|ng a ||tt|o socur|ty and body-guard work at 1omp|o Emmanuo| s|nco around 1087. l was do|ng a |ot ot
th|ngs and |t was bog|nn|ng to tako |ts to||. l'm go|ng to do a ||tt|o l.l. work. l'vo had my ||conso s|nco '80. You'vo got to havo your woapon, stato
t|roarms cort|t|cato, a book tost. 3ocauso ot my background thoy'|| wa|vo tho t|r|ng tost. 'l th|nk you st||| know how to shoot,' thoy sa|d. l had my
'CCW,' carry|ng concoa|od woapon, trom tho ch|ot, wh|ch mado mo |oga|.'
As l spoko w|th 1osch|, |t had occurrod to mo l had |ntorv|owod many ot tho w|tnossos tho po||co had not, soon t||os |ong s|nco dostroyod. l know
tacts thoy d|d not. lorhaps tho caso aga|nst Arthur lo|gh A||on cou|d st||| bo mado. l tr|od out somo ot tho now |nto|||gonco on 1osch|.
0|d you know,' l askod h|m, that A||on had h|s tra||or ropano|od just botoro you soarchod |t |n 1072? Who knows what was h|ddon |n thoso
wa||s? |o had anothor tra||or by 3odoga 3ay. lo wondor you d|dn't t|nd anyth|ng. 1hon Zod|ac s|gnod h|s murdor ot tho 3an |ranc|sco cabb|o.'
|ow |s that?' askod 1osch|.
3t|no, undon|ab|y a Zod|ac v|ct|m, d|d not t|t tho pattorn ot attacks aga|nst coup|os, though ho qua||t|od by bo|ng a studont. |o may havo boon
choson tor anothor roason. 3t|no d|d not d|o at a wator-ro|atod s|to, though h|s or|g|na| dost|nat|on had boon 1h|rd Avonuo and Loko. Attor A||on
to|d 3p|no||| ho was go|ng to 3an |ranc|sco to k||| a tax| dr|vor ho choso a spoc|t|c cabb|o and spoc|t|c dost|nat|on. lau| 3t|no's m|dd|o namo was
'loo,' and h|s b|rthday, 0ocombor 18, tho samo as lo|gh A||on's. Yo||ow Cab d|spatchor loloy 3woot gavo 3t|no h|s |ast schodu|od tr|p
dost|nat|on at 0:4b l.V.-to b00 l|nth Avonuo, Apartmont #1-an apartmont comp|ox, tho A||oo Arms. 1om vo|gt po|ntod that out to mo. Zod|ac
had g|von us h|s t|rst namo, 'loo,' h|s b|rth dato, '0ocombor 18,' and h|s |ast namo, 'A||on.'
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3ut how Zod|ac know 3t|no's b|rth dato and m|dd|o
namo and how ho snarod that spoc|t|c cab, l can't |mag|no. 0|d th|s moan ho know 3t|no? Add|t|ona||y an 'Arthur A||on, studont, ' was ront|ng an
unturn|shod apartmont at 820 2nd Avonuo, on|y tour and a ha|t b|ocks trom tho murdor s|to.'
3t|no bogan push|ng h|s hack at 8:4b l.V., h|s on|y comp|otod taro-trom l|or 04 to tho A|r 1orm|na|. ||s |ncomp|oto way-b||| road Wash|ngton
and Vap|o 3troots |n lros|d|o |o|ghts. |o novor arr|vod at tho 0th Avonuo |ocat|on,' sa|d 3woot. At 0:b8 l.V. l ass|gnod tho 'no-go' d|spatch to
anothor cab.' lospond|ng ott|cors at Wash|ngton and Chorry d|scovorod tho cab motor st||| runn|ng, |nd|cat|ng 3t|no had p|ckod up a taro on routo.
At oxact|y 10:40 l.V. tho motor road $0.28.'
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1hat onab|od Armstrong and 1osch| to backtrack to whoro Zod|ac had gotton |nto tho cab-Goary
and Vason. W|tnossos obsorvod Zod|ac w|p|ng down tho |ott-s|do doors ot tho cab pr|or to h|s oscap|ng, |oad|ng 1osch| to bo||ovo that th|s was tho
s|do trom wh|ch ho ontorod downtown.
3t|no, who drovo a motorcyc|o, had boon so|||ng |nsuranco to pay h|s way through 3| 3tato. Cou|d ho havo prov|ous|y mot Zod|ac as an
|nsuranco c||ont or at a motorcyc|o c|ub? Zod|ac shot 3t|no trom tho backsoat,thon ontorod tho r|ght tront door. 1hroo toonagod w|tnossos across
tho stroot obsorvod 3t|no bo|ng jost|od' by Zod|ac who was soatod |n tho r|ght tront soat at tho t|mo.' 3t|no gonora||y kopt h|s cab taros and t|p
monoy |n h|s pockot and wou|d soparato |t at tho ond ot h|s sh|tt. ||s w|to, C|aud|a, sa|d ho had on|y $8 to $4 ot h|s own monoy whon ho |ott homo
tor work. Zod|ac took 3t|no's wa||ot (whoro ho kopt a|| h|s rog|strat|on papors) and somo koys to tho cab. Was Zod|ac |ook|ng tor somoth|ng that
wou|d ||nk h|m to h|s v|ct|m?
lt 3t|no was tak|ng h|s cab out to tho l|chmond [0|str|ct|,' thoor|zod 1osch|, Zod|ac may havo t|aggod h|m down and sa|d, 'l want to go to
Wash|ngton and Vap|o.' 3t|no m|ght havo sa|d, '1hat's a|most |n tho samo aroa. l can do two at onco. l can drop you ott and got ovor to l|nth
Avonuo |n t|vo m|nutos. l'vo got a guy jump|ng |n tho tront soat. l can tako you and hand|o tho othor ono. l got two taros tor ono.'' 1osch| had
suspoctod A||on was |ott-handod, but novor boon ab|o to provo |t.
ln h|s |ast w|||,' l sa|d, lo|gh roquostod that a C|oar lako tr|ond, Vark, roco|vo 'my |ot-booooo sclssors and a|| my archory oqu|pmont.' 3o, ho
was amb|doxtrous attor a||, as you suspoctod. Eyow|tnossos cont|rmod that lo|gh woro un|quo W|ng Wa|kor shoos tho samo s|zo as Zod|ac's. |o
t|ts Zod|ac's phys|ca| doscr|pt|on |n ovory way-s|x-toot ho|ght and ovor two hundrod and th|rty pounds. 1ho |umbor|ng wa|k. lo|gh, by h|s own
words, p|acod h|mso|t at tho 3orryossa and l|vors|do sconos. |o had tho tochn|ca| know|odgo to wr|to codos, d|agram and bu||d bombs, and tho
sk||| to shoot var|ous woapons. |o and Zod|ac sharo tho samo b|rthday. |o m|sspo||od tho samo words as Zod|ac on h|s monu cards. And what
about 0on Chonoy? Whon ho took a ||o dotoctor tost, ho passod. ||s commonts |n 1071 about A||on say|ng ho wantod to hunt poop|o and ca||
h|mso|t tho Zod|ac woro truo.'
1hat doosn't surpr|so mo at a||,' sa|d 1osch|.
low lh|| 1uckor says A||on to|d h|m tho samo th|ngs. lo|gh contossod ho was Zod|ac to a var|oty ot poop|o-a 3onoma Auto larts omp|oyoo,
3p|no|||, ot courso. lo||co rotorrod to tho cr|m|na| as 'Zod|ac.' |owovor, Zod|ac rotorrod to h|mso|t as '7bo Zod|ac.' A||on, |n h|s tapod |ntorv|ows
w|th to|ov|s|on crows, a|ways sa|d '7bo Zod|ac.' On h|s ana|yst's tapos A||on roportod|y sobbod and adm|ttod ho was '7bo Zod|ac.' |o c|a|mod ho
spoko tor Zod|ac, and oxp|a|nod tho or|g|n ot tho Zod|ac c|phors as hav|ng or|g|natod at Atascadoro.'
|ow do you d|scount romarks ||ko that?' sa|d 1osch|. A||on was a vory s|ck, d|sturbod, and dangorous man-a tr|ghton|ng porson. lt was
untortunato that tho va||ojo l.0. d|dn't chargo h|m ovon though thoy know ho was Zod|ac. lt wou|d havo put c|osuro on tho darn th|ng. lt wou|d havo
brought ro||ot to thoso who surv|vod. And mado a |ot ot poaco ott|cors happy. 1ho caso |s c|osod. 1hat's a|| l wantod to do was c|oso tho caso. 1ap
h|m on tho shou|dor and say, 'lot mo adv|so you ot your V|randa r|ghts,' and thon handcutt h|m. 1o th|s day, l st||| say lo|gh A||on was 'my man.'
Guys wou|d toaso mo and l'd say, 'l th|nk tho caso w||| bo so|vod somoday.' l th|nk |t |s so|vod. lt you'ro comtortab|o on what you'vo dono on th|s ono,
thon l wou|d go w|th |t.'
Cou|d l t|nd oyow|tnossos p|ac|ng A||on at tho scono ot tho murdors? On|y two Zod|ac cr|mos ottorod that potont|a|. l bogan to ro-oxam|no thom |n
dopth, |nc|ud|ng a|| that l had rocont|y |oarnod. l commoncod w|th tho stabb|ngs at lako 3orryossa on 3optombor 27, 1000, on a |ovo|y 3aturday
attornoon.
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Aa Bryan EartnoII and Coco||a 3hopard had ovor th|rty yoars oar||or, l wont by way ot lopo va||oy, rush|ng past o|d stono w|nor|os and hot
spr|ngs unt|| l roachod tho tw|st|ng shoro||no and |n|ots ot lako 3orryossa. At th|s troo-shadod rosort oast ot lapa, Zod|ac had bocomo Count
Zarott at h|s hunt-sta|k|ng h|s v|ct|ms |n tho tw|||ght. l|vors|do had a connoct|on to th|s attack too. Attor two yoars at Angw|n Co||ogo, Coco||a was
transtorr|ng to U.C. l|vors|do to study mus|c. 3ho had just dr|von up trom 3an 3ornard|no w|th hor tr|ond 0a|ora loo. 1hoy p|annod to dr|vo back
tho noxt day. l got a porm|t trom lark |oadquartors and turnod |ott to dr|vo two m||os a|ong tho moandor|ng shoro||no ot oak-studdod grovos and
covos. 1wonty-t|vo m||os |ong, sovora| m||os w|do, 3orryossa was man-mado. lt had boon croatod w|th tho construct|on ot Vont|co||o 0am |n 10b7.
ln 3optombor tho surtaco ot tho c|oar b|uo |ako |s warm. 1wo hundrod and sovonty-t|vo toot bo|ow tho tomporaturo p|ungos to a tr|g|d 40 dogroos.
At tho bottom schoo|s ot b|ack bass swarm among tho ru|ns ot a town sacr|t|cod tor tho dam. 3omowhoro |n thoso submorgod housos, whoro on|y
a scuba d|vor cou|d go, Zod|ac m|ght havo h|ddon troph|os.
1ho c|oar|ng whoro 3ryan and Coco||a had boon attackod by Zod|ac on 3optombor 27, 1000, |ay b10 yards trom tho park|ng |ot on a promontory
ot tho |ako's wost shoro||no. 3oh|nd burb|od 3m|tt|o Crook. 3oyond, sun t|ashod ott p|ac|d wator noar an |s|and. 1ho w|nd ||ttod dust, b|ow|ng |t
among tho grovos and strotch ot dosortod shoro||no. 3hrubbory covor|ng tho bank |so|atod |t ovon moro. A s|gn na||od to an oak road: 0angorous
Aroa-no opon t|ros or t|roarms.' l hoard, as Zod|ac must havo, tho st|||noss ot tho torost, tho w|nd swoop|ng so|omn|y across strotchos ot dosortod
|ako, and tho b|to ot W|ng Wa|kor boots |n tho sand. 1ho k|||or had |mpr|ntod doop tracks a|| around tho Karmann Gh|a. Aor|a| po||co photos shot
trom a t|xod w|ng a|rcratt oor||y markod h|s path, oach stop covorod ovor w|th a ||tt|o cardboard box. As l stud|od tho soc|udod |ako, l roa||zod l had
undorost|matod how tow poop|o woro v|s|t|ng lako 3orryossa that torr|b|o day. 1horo had boon v|rtua||y no ono around. Zod|ac had to havo boon
soon w|thout h|s hood.
|oro's who was at tho |ako: 3ryan |artno|| and Coco||a 3hopard (tho v|ct|ms), lark langors 0onn|s land and 3orgoant W||||am Wh|to (both |n a
patro| car throo m||os away whon tho ca|| camo |n), lona|d |onry |ong ot 3an |ranc|sco and h|s son on tho |ako t|sh|ng (who saw tho coup|o and
rowod tor ho|p), Arch|o and 3oth Wh|to at lancho Vont|co||o (who arr|vod at tho cr|mo scono w|th Wh|to and |ong by boat, land drovo to scono
trom park |oadquartors), C|ndy, a wa|tross, a patron at Voskow|to Cornors, and a tathor and two young boys across tho |ako shoot|ng 33-guns.
1hoy woro a|| romovod trom tho scono. At tho scono woro 0r. C||tton layt|o|d and h|s son, 0av|d, throo lUC co||ogo g|r|s, and a stocky man who
wa|kod odd|y.
Or|g|na||y l had d|scountod a doscr|pt|on ot a hoavysot man at tho |ako bocauso ho had dark ha|r and Zod|ac d|d not. 1hat had boon ro|ntorcod
two wooks |ator whon Ott|cor |ouko doscr|bod Zod|ac as b|ond|sh, ba|d|ng, and gray|ng |n back.' An anonymous typowr|tton |ottor
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bond (||ko tho Zod|ac |ottors) sont to tho Cbroolc|o and boar|ng an |0l stamp road:
0oar 3|r: W|th tho popu|ar|ty ot ha|r p|ocos today |t wou|d bo a |og|ca| masquorado to romovo whatovor was tho usua| ha|r sty|o |t tho
Zod|ac k|||or |ntondod to str|ko. lt wou|d bo norma| to rosumo tho ha|rsty|o ho usua||y appoarod |n tor da||y appoarancos. 1o |||ustrato my po|nt, l
havo cut tho ha|r sty||ng trom tho p|cturo ot tho v|ct|m [Coco||a 3hopard|, and supor|mposod |t on tho compos|to. . . . Anyth|ng to ho|p. l wou|d as
soon roma|n anonymous.'

|ad Zod|ac as tar back as 1070 boon to|||ng us (as ho mont|onod a Zod|ac watch) that ho had worn a w|g at 3orryossa? low l roca||od |artno||
had gotton a sonso ot that botoro ho was stabbod. l romombor a k|nd ot groasy torohoad,' ho to|d mo. 1ho attackor had swoaty dark brown ha|r-
wh|ch showod through dark g|assos covor|ng oyo|ots |n tho hood. And |t's not |mposs|b|o tho guy was woar|ng a w|g.' lt Zod|ac had boon tho dark-
ha|rod man, thon oyow|tnossos had soon h|m w|thout h|s hood, had obsorvod ovonts procoolog tho cr|mo.
1hroo co||ogo son|ors, a|| twonty-ono yoars o|d, saw Zod|ac unmaskod. 1hoy attondod tho samo co||ogo as 3ryan and Coco||a-lac|t|c Un|on
Co||ogo at Angw|n. 1ho 3ovonth-day Advont|st campus porchod |ott||y atop an oxt|nct vo|cano, Vt. |owo||, about o|ght m||os trom 3t. |o|ona. 1hoy
had travo|od tho samo routo as 3ryan and Coco||a, com|ng |nto 3orryossa trom Angw|n v|a lopo va||oy and Knox va||oy load. At 2:bb l.V., thoy
pu||od |nto a park|ng spot two m||os north ot tho A8W at 3ugar loat. 3otoro thoy cou|d ox|t, anothor car, a Chovro|ot, s||vor or |co-b|uo |n co|or,' a
1000 two-door, tu||-s|zo sodan, s||d a|ongs|do. As tho dr|vor pu||od past thom, thoy saw tho auto's Ca||torn|a p|atos. 1ho strangor thon backod up
unt|| h|s roar bumpor was para||o| and ott to tho s|do ot tho|r car. Zod|ac had portormod a s|m||ar manouvor at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs. 1ho man sat
thoro, h|s hoad down as |t road|ng. 1ho g|r|s got tho |mpross|on ho wasn't.
Wo had pu||od |n at a gas stat|on and th|s man pu||od up bos|do us,' lorna,
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ono ot tho studonts, to|d mo. |o was scootod way down, h|s oyos
just k|nd ot |ook|ng ovor at us-watch|ng us. And ho to||owod us to tho park|ng p|aco back maybo a hundrod toot whoro wo parkod and wa|kod
down to tho wator's odgo.' At 8:00 l.V. tho tr|o had wa|kod to tho |ako shoro and sott|od undor tho oak-studdod covor. |a|t an hour |ator, thoy woro
|n tho|r sw|msu|ts sunbath|ng whon thoy not|cod tho strangor aga|n-smok|ng c|garottos and watch|ng thom. 1wonty m|nutos |ator ho was st||| thoro,
h|s 1-sh|rt hang|ng out at tho roar ot h|s trousors.
And w|th|n a tow m|nutos ho was |n tho troos watch|ng us,' sa|d lorna. Vy two g|r|tr|onds d|dn't pay any attont|on. 'l'm not go|ng to |ook at h|m,'
thoy sa|d. '|o's just a croop.' 3ut l watchod h|m a |ot, and ovor a por|od ot a|most an hour ho watchod us trom var|ous troos. |o was botwoon us
and tho car so wo cou|dn't |oavo. |o was not d|st|nct|vo, just an avorago, norma| p|a|n porson, othor than ho gavo us tho croops. And ho obv|ous|y
to||owod us and obv|ous|y watchod us. l romombor h|s taco as bo|ng squaro, a|| s|dos symmotr|ca|. l don't romombor h|m at a|| bo|ng pudgy, just
compact . . . stocky, so||d. 1ho m|nuto you mont|onod tho suspoct was a sw|mmor, that to|t so r|ght about h|s body typo. l wou|dn't say ho had a ||mp,
but ho tavorod ono |og whon ho wa|kod. |o was c|oan-cut, n|co-|ook|ng, and woar|ng dark-b|uo pants, p|oatod ||ko su|t pants, and a b|ack
swoatsh|rt w|th short s|oovos, kn|ttod at tho onds.' |ouko had soon Zod|ac woar|ng brown p|oatod pants.
1ho womon ost|matod tho man to bo s|x toot to s|x toot two |nchos ta|| and botwoon 200 and 280 pounds. |artno|| thought Zod|ac wo|ghod
botwoon 22b and 2b0 pounds. l don't know how ta|| Zod|ac was,' ho to|d mo, maybo . . . s|x toot, somowhoro |n thoro. l'm a protty poor judgo ot
ho|ght bocauso ot my own ho|ght. . . . |o was a s|oppy drossor.' A||on, thon th|rty-t|vo, stood s|x toot and wo|ghod botwoon 200 and 280 pounds. l
wou|d say o|dor than th|rty-t|vo-m|dd|o th|rt|os,' lorna sa|d. |o was c|oan-cut and had ha|r that was too portoct.'
You mont|onod h|s sh|rtta|| was hang|ng out,' l sa|d, and l roa||zod how |ncons|stont that was w|th noat|y partod ha|r.'
l know,' lorna rop||od, and |t was oxact|y partod and combod and probab|y was a w|g |n such a broozy p|aco. Othor than |n tho gas stat|on, l
don't romombor any othor poop|o up thoro. l th|nk tho on|y roason wo woro sato |s that wo tacod a mar|na. 1horo was no act|v|ty, but thoro woro
mob||o homos and boats at |oast parkod thoro. Wo to|t ||ko thoro woro poop|o around, but l don't th|nk wo saw poop|o. 1horo woro nono on tho
boach. Wo woro tho on|y onos-nono on tho park|ng aroa. lono on tho road.'
At 8:b0 l.V., tho womon |ookod up. 1ho strangor was gono. Whon thoy d|dn't soo h|m aga|n, thoy wa|tod a|most torty m|nutos to bo suro |t was
sato. At ono po|nt ho d|sappoarod and at that po|nt wo mado a run tor tho car,' lorna to|d mo. Whon wo got to tho car, 3ryan and Coco's car was
parkod boh|nd ours. 1hoy woro d|roct|y around tho cornor trom us probab|y w|th|n throo hundrod yards. lator wo woro |n ono ||tt|o covo and thoy
woro r|ght around tho cornor. Wo d|dn't know |t at tho t|mo, but tho|r car was parkod r|ght by ours. Coco||a and l woro maybo tour or t|vo rooms
apart [at lUC| on tho samo dorm t|oor. 3ho was our t|oor mon|tor. Wo woron't c|oso tr|onds but l know hor wo||. 3ho was a s|ngor and l workod |n
that dopartmont. 3ho was |ncrod|b|o and tho t|n|ost, most trag||o porson.'
Whon Kon lar|ow and 0oputy land |ator askod tho womon to prov|do dota||s, thoy woro vory suro and pos|t|vo ot what thoy had soon.' A|| throo
sa|d thoy cou|d |dont|ty tho man |t thoy saw h|m aga|n,' sa|d lar|ow. |owovor, on|y [lorna, tho pr|nc|pa| w|tnoss| to|t cont|dont onough to work w|th
an ldont-a-k|t art|st. 1h|s part|cu|ar skotch was drawn w|th tho ass|stanco ot tho throo young g|r|s who had soon th|s part|cu|ar |nd|v|dua| |n a car
act|ng susp|c|ous|y, but th|s wasn't noar tho scono ot tho cr|mo. 1o tho bost ot my roco||oct|on, |t was probab|y tour or t|vo hours pr|or to tho actua|
cr|mo.'
lt was a torr|ty|ng oxpor|onco tor mo,' lorna sa|d. At Coco's tunora|, tho |3l had mo outs|do w|th thom th|nk|ng ho m|ght show up. Whon l was
|ntorv|owod by tho po||co and tho |3l, |t was w|th tho undorstand|ng no ono ovor know who l was. lt was probab|y |rrat|ona|, but l had a |ot ot toar
about th|s man know|ng who l was and try|ng to t|nd mo. l th|nk at tho t|mo, bocauso my doscr|pt|on was so d|ttoront, tho po||co had a tondoncy to
d|scount what l had to say. lt's so co|nc|donta| that wo woro r|ght thoro and th|s happonod r|ght thoro. What aro tho chancos somoono o|so wou|d
havo to||owod us that day?'
Amaz|ng|y, attor Varch 1071, botoro lo|gh A||on bocamo a suspoct, no po||coman ovor spoko w|th lorna or showod hor photos ot suspocts.
1h|rty-ono yoars |ator sho was st||| tr|ghtonod. l prov|dod hor w|th photos ot lo|gh A||on. Attor t|rst consu|t|ng w|th tho lapa l.0., sho |ns|stod on
consu|t|ng hor attornoy botoro g|v|ng mo hor ova|uat|on. l wa|tod.
Voskow|to Cornors Gonora| 3toro stood across trom loarco's Chovron 3orv|co noar tho |ako. At noon tho day ot tho stabb|ngs, a round-tacod
man rushod |nto tho cato and askod anx|ous|y tor d|roct|ons on tho tastost way out ot tho aroa.' A patron oat|ng |unch tound h|m susp|c|ous,
to||owod h|m out, and watchod h|m dr|vo ott |n an |co-b|uo Chovy. |o matchod lorna's doscr|pt|on ot tho man watch|ng hor and hor tr|onds
sunbath|ng. ln 1074 tho patron spoko w|th po||co and tontat|vo|y' |dont|t|od a m|dd|o-agod suspoct as tho man |oav|ng tho cato. W|th|n two wooks,
tho w|tnoss was k|||od |n an oxp|os|on.
Wo havo bottor w|tnossos,' lar|ow had to|d mo, poop|o who had soon tho suspoct c|osor to tho scono ot tho cr|mo both goograph|ca||y and
t|mo-w|so than that skotch thoro, but |t cou|d oas||y havo boon tho guy. Wo havo ov|donco that about a quartor m||o down tho road, about torty-t|vo
m|nutos oar||or, Zod|ac was soon w|thout h|s mask by a doctor and h|s young son.' 0r. C||tton layt|o|d, an ophtha|mo|og|st, and h|s son, 0av|d, had
parkod tho|r car tour-t|tths ot a m||o turthor up tho road trom |artno||'s Karmann Gh|a and toward Oak 3horos lark and lancho Vont|co||o.
layt|o|d roportod to mo,' cont|nuod lar|ow, that at approx|mato|y 0:80 l.V. ho and h|s son had parkod tho|r voh|c|o north ot lark |oadquartors . .
. |n tho gonora| aroa ot tho cr|mo scono and wa|kod down toward tho boach. Wh||o on routo layt|o|d obsorvod a WVA doscr|bod as t|vo toot ton
|nchos, hoavy bu||d, woar|ng dark trousors and a |ong-s|oovod dark sh|rt w|th rod co|or|ng.'
0av|d layt|o|d had soon Zod|ac unmaskod. 1h|rty-two yoars had passod s|nco anyono had askod h|m about tho man ho had soon. l trackod h|m
down.
|ow many poop|o wou|d you say woro up at tho |ako that day?' l bogan.
1horo woro ||ko zoro,' layt|o|d sa|d. 1horo was no ono up thoro-|t was roa||y doso|ato. l wa|kod a|| around and was shoot|ng my gun, a .22 w|th
a scopo. 1hat's why my dad and l wont to tho |ako, bocauso l cou|d shoot my gun and not bo bothorod, wou|dn't bo scar|ng or hurt|ng anyono. Vy
dad novor saw h|m. |o was t|sh|ng down at tho |ako. l saw Zod|ac at a d|stanco ot about ono hundrod yards, so l wou|dn't bo ab|o to commont on
h|s taco. |o was wa|k|ng a|ong tho h|||s|do about ha|tway botwoon tho road and tho |ako. 3ut l romombor h|m as bo|ng a stock|or porson. |o wasn't
n|mb|o whon ho was wa|k|ng. And whon ho turnod to wa|k away ho wasn't ||ko a smooth, ath|ot|c porson. 1o mo ho soomod a ||tt|o ovorwo|ght and
on tho c|ums|or s|do. lot hav|ng to||owod tho story or ovor hav|ng boon ro-|ntorv|owod by tho po||co, l d|dn't roa||zo Zod|ac camo upon us just botoro
ho stabbod tho young coup|o. l sort ot assumod l saw h|m mak|ng h|s gotaway. l'|| to|| you ono th|ng, ho d|dn't ||ko tho tact l was carry|ng a gun. |o
turns and |ooks at mo and my gun (wh|ch w|th |ts scopo was protty |nt|m|dat|ng) tor probab|y t|vo, s|x soconds, and thon turnod and wont up tho h|||
up |n a southor|y d|roct|on. l sa|d to myso|t, '1hat was tunny. 1h|s guy wasn't carry|ng a t|sh|ng po|o. 1horo's no camp|ng oqu|pmont. 1horo's no gun.
What's ho do|ng out horo?''
What you'ro to|||ng mo t|ts tho pr|mo suspoct. Evorybody romarkod how ho |umborod, how c|umsy ho was. 1ho roason h|s tr|onds thought th|s
was so |ntorost|ng |s that Arthur lo|gh A||on was gorgoous |n tho wator. Whon ho'd go up to tho d|v|ng board and wadd|o out, poop|o wou|d say,
'Oh, my God, ho's so unga|n|y.' 1ho m|nuto ho was |n tho a|r or |n tho wator ho was t|no. 3ut on |and ovoryono commontod on how awkward ho
was.'
1hat's what jumpod out at mo about tho p|cturo you sont ot h|m wa|k|ng. . . . |o has tho samo body |anguago ot tho guy l was watch|ng trom a
d|stanco. Wh||o l'm not suro l was c|oso onough to say that much about h|s taco, th|s |s tho samo-s|zo guy that l saw. l romombor th|nk|ng that guy |s
not a sma|| guy. ||s body typo matchos what po||co sa|d at that t|mo-two hundrod pounds or moro. |o was protty b|g and bu||t, but ho d|dn't movo
||ko ho was a roa| coord|natod, smooth-wa|k|ng guy. |o d|dn't movo up tho s|do ot tho h||| oas||y.'
l can't undorstand w|th tho ||m|tod numbor ot w|tnossos who had soon Zod|ac, tho po||co d|dn't como back and spoak w|th you at ovory
opportun|ty,' l sa|d.
l can't o|thor,' sa|d layt|o|d. lt cont|nuos to shock mo. l camo to th|nk what l saw at tho |ako wasn't ro|atod or thoy wou|d havo boon a|| ovor mo.
1hoy novor camo back or ca||od mo. l sa|d, '1osus. What's go|ng on that thoy wou|d novor want to ta|k to mo aga|n? lt must not havo boon tho guy. lt
must not havo t|t tho sconar|o tor thom that ho wou|d havo boon thoro.'
lt's tunny you shou|d mont|on tho compos|to skotchos. 'Causo l saw tho skotchos w|th tho ha|r on thom and l d|dn't romombor b|ack ha|r, noat|y
tr|mmod ha|r, on tho man l saw.'
What d|d you soo?'
l d|dn't romombor h|m hav|ng a tu|| hoad ot ha|r. 1ho suspoct |n tho dr|vor's ||conso you sont wou|d havo boon on|y th|rty-s|x at tho t|mo, so ot
courso ho wou|dn't bo ba|d.' layt|o|d was to|||ng mo Zod|ac was a|most ba|d. 3|nco ho was woar|ng tho samo c|othos as tho man lorna had soon,
|t moant ho had takon ott h|s w|g. lo|gh A||on was a|most ba|d at that ago,' l to|d h|m. |o shavod tho s|dos ot h|s hoad c|oso.'
Wow,' sa|d layt|o|d. ln rotrospoct, how cou|d tho man l saw not bo Zod|ac? l can't bo||ovo tho caso was novor so|vod and po||co had a|| thoso
|oads.'
Zod|ac had wr|tton, l sha|| not to|| you what my dosc|so cons|sts ot whon l k|||.' Zod|ac's d|sgu|so cons|stod ot ha|rp|ocos:
Octobor 80, 1000-a ta|so board on a stocky man at l|vors|do l|brary.
|obruary, 1000-cur|y, wavy dark brown ha|r.'
1u|y 4, 1000-combod ha|r up |n a k|nd ot pompadour, short cur|y, ||ght brown ha|r.' 3ocond doscr|pt|on: ||ght brown ha|r |n a m|||tary crow
cut.'
3optombor 27, 1000-throo g|r|s soo stocky man woar|ng an obv|ous w|g, dark stra|ght ha|r partod noat|y.' layt|o|d soos h|m soon attor,
romarks ho's so young to bo ba|d. |artno|| saw dark brown swoaty ha|r' through tho oyo|ots ot Zod|ac's hood. . . . |t's not |mposs|b|o tho guy
was woar|ng a w|g.'
Octobor 11, 1000-rodd|sh or b|ond crow cut' and short, cur|y ||ght brown ha|r |n V|||tary-typo crow cut.' ln tho 1000s, crow-cut w|gs woro
ava||ab|o tor m|||tary mon w|th |ong ha|r who d|d not want to cut tho|r ha|r short. long ha|r was thon tash|onab|o.

1ho k|d had a .22 r|t|o,' lar|ow summod up, and Zod|ac camo down w|th|n ono hundrod yards ot thom across an |n|ot. 1ho k|d saw tho guy ovor
thoro and ho was woar|ng tho b|uo w|ndbroakor jackot. 3ut ov|dont|y th|s wasn't what ho was |ook|ng tor bocauso |t was a tathor-and-son doa|. 3o
tho k|||or wont a quartor m||o up th|s road, wont back up to tho road, and ov|dont|y camo down tho road th|s way and saw th|s s|ng|o car parkod
horo, and thon pu||od |n boh|nd |t. layt|o|d and h|s son both statod that thoy had not obsorvod a voh|c|o parkod |n tho aroa ot tho|r car, and had on|y
not|cod tho subjoct at a d|stanco ot approx|mato|y ono hundrod yards. layt|o|d d|d roport that thoro was a man w|th two young boys |n tho aroa
shoot|ng 33 guns, but d|dn't know whothor or not thoy saw tho subjoct.
l th|nk tho|r t|mo was ott a ||tt|o b|t 'causo l th|nk layt|o|d actua||y saw tho Zod|ac k|||or just pr|or to h|m go|ng south tour-t|tths ot a m||o to whoro
3hophard and |artno|| had tho|r car parkod. lt suro |ooks ||ko ho stumb|od on thom and had not to||owod thom. l'm conv|ncod that Zod|ac was just
sta|k|ng any s|ngu|ar parkod cars a|ong tho routo. And that's why ho stoppod whon ho saw layt|o|d's car thoro. Whon ho saw tho tathor and son
and thoy saw h|m, ho doc|dod to go back up to h|s car. 1hon ho drovo down tho road a ||tt|o ways and saw tho wh|to Karmann Gh|a. 1hon ho camo
down horo and saw a boy and a g|r| |ay|ng on th|s b|ankot undor th|s oak troo, and th|s |s what h|s gamo was, to k||| tho boy and tho g|r|. 1h|s |s why
ho struck horo and not turthor up tho road.'
Whon l ta|kod w|th 3ryan |artno|| |n tho 1070s ho had a|roady gono through cons|dorab|o angu|sh try|ng to roca|| a|| ho cou|d about Zod|ac.
Whon Zod|ac |ott ho must havo thought wo woro doad,' sa|d |artno||. l was oxtromo|y tortunato to surv|vo. l qu|t broath|ng! l just trozo! What l
hoard was h|m wa|k away |n a non-hurr|od tash|on. And thon attor that thoro's a ||tt|o doad spot l don't romombor. ln tact l don't th|nk l wont out, but
thoro |s a s||ght hazo |n my momory. 1horo was no way l cou|d hoar h|s car start|ng. lt's roa||y somo d|stanco to tho road up thoro. You'ro go|ng to
got somo wh|to no|so that may b|ur that out. 3ut l romombor start|ng to got unt|od and mov|ng around. l had a ways to wa|k. lt's not |mposs|b|o that
t|rst t|mo l b|ackod out or somoth|ng. A|| l had mado |t up to was tho joop tra|| whon l saw a [p|ckup| com|ng. 1ho toughost part was yot to go, but tho
way l was go|ng, l wou|d havo mado |t [to Knoxv|||o load|.
low wh||o l was |n tho hosp|ta| a coup|o ot wooks,' ho sa|d, |t was bas|ca||y to cont|rm l was a|| r|ght, and |n tact was. 1ho stab wounds l
roco|vod m|ssod a|| tho organs. Obv|ous|y thoy h|t my |ungs, and l noodod somo t|mo tor tho |ungs to hoa| up, and l had somo scarr|ng. 3ut that's
noth|ng. A surgoon doc|d|ng ho was go|ng to mako sovon or o|ght ho|os |n my back cou|dn't havo dono |t bottor. 1ho guy l probab|y ||kod |oast |n tho
who|o moss was that psych|atr|st lar|ow got. |o had an |doa that l shou|d do somo hypnot|sm. 1hat was such an abort|on. l to|d h|m, 'l don't know |t
l'm go|ng to bo ab|o to do th|s. Vy church [3ovonth-day Advont|st| has k|nd ot a taboo on thoso k|nd ot th|ngs. l'm w||||ng to g|vo |t a try, but l th|nk |t's
go|ng to tako moro than a s|am-bam, thank you, ma'am, to got mo to go undor. l th|nk l'm ta|r|y suggost|b|o, but l don't th|nk th|s |s go|ng to work.' |o
doos h|s th|ng and l sa|d, 'l'm not undor.' '0on't arguo,' ho says, 'just answor thoso quost|ons,' and had mo run through |t.
Ono quost|on ho askod mo answor was doscr|bo tho arm. '0o you want to oxpor|onco |t or soo |t on a to|ov|s|on scroon?' l'm |ook|ng and l'm
soo|ng a man w|th baro arms, but thoro was no quost|on that guy was woar|ng a jackot. OK, l'm |ook|ng and l'm soo|ng baro arms. . . . '1o|| mo
about tho baro arms.' 'Wo||, thoy aro ta|r|y hoav||y ha|rod.' [A||on was not.| |o th|nks th|s |s groat sh|t. 3ut tho guy had a jackot on. l cou|d bo way out
ot ||no and l was hypnot|zod and roa||y soo|ng |t, but you know ono ot tho oar|y th|ngs l scrowod thom up on |s that l had th|s guy as bo|ng roa||y tat. l
sa|d o|thor tho guy was modorato|y hoavy and woar|ng a w|ndbroakor, or ho was sk|nny and woar|ng a ||nod jackot . . . k|nd ot a cotton pop||n, crow
co||ar, and gathorod around tho s|oovos, ord|nary gardon-var|oty short jackot. |ow much ho wo|ghod dopondod on whothor that was ||nod or
un||nod. lt l wont through a|| that k|nd ot corobrat|on ovor a jackot, l know ho d|dn't havo baro arms.'
1hat ovon|ng l spoko to 1osch|. Attor tho stabb|ngs, Zod|ac had como down trom tho 440-toot o|ovat|on tast. A va||ojo po||co ott|cor to|d mo that
anothor po||coman had t|ckotod A||on spood|ng down trom lako 3orryossa tho day ot tho stabb|ng. On tho soat ot h|s car |ay a b|oody kn|to. lo|gh
caught tho ott|cor's gazo and sa|d, l usod that to k||| a coup|o ot ch|ckons.'
lomombor that on 3optombor 27, 1000, A||on was supposod to bo go|ng to lako 3orryossa,' l sa|d, and had a b|oody kn|to |n h|s
possoss|on?' l road 1osch| part ot an |3l roport:
Conway |nd|catod to tho |3l that 'a surv|v|ng v|ct|m ot tho ZO0lAC sor|os ot murdors had pos|t|vo|y |dont|t|od AllEl as tho ZO0lAC k|||or.'
lako 3orryossa v|ct|m 3ryan |artno|| thought A||on's vo|co and bu||d woro compat|b|o w|th Zod|ac's.'

l was novor to|d that,' sa|d 1osch|. 1o th|s day l'vo novor hoard any dotoct|vo to|| mo that.'
||rst |artno|| wont |nto 3onoma Auto larts, to hoar A||on's vo|co,' Goorgo 3awart oxp|a|nod. 0O1 was work|ng on |t. 1h|s guy 1|m 3||vor, tho
|nvost|gator tor tho 0O1, had h|m go |n, mako a purchaso, and havo h|m ||ston to A||on's vo|co.' |artno|| |ookod at h|m and to|d 3||vor, '|o cou|d
havo boon. 1horo |s noth|ng about what l saw or hoard that wou|d ru|o h|m out as tho k|||or. ||s phys|ca| s|zo, mannor|sms, and vo|co aro tho samo
as tho porson who stabbod Coco||a and woundod mo.''
Zod|ac's vo|co to |artno|| was somo typo ot draw|, but not a 3outhorn draw| . . . [|t| soundod unoducatod, modorato |n sound, not h|gh or |ow
p|tchod.' Othors had hoard Zod|ac's vo|co. lapa Ott|cor 0av|d 3|a|ght thought tho baro|y aud|b|o' ca||or soundod |n h|s oar|y twont|os.' va||ojo
sw|tchboard oporator lancy 3|ovor hoard an ovon but cons|stont, sott but torcotu|' vo|co w|th no traco ot accont. lt soundod maturo, dooponod
and bocamo taunt|ng toward tho ond.' A|| thoso vo|cos woro Zod|ac-woro thoro sovora| Zod|acs or d|d ho havo mu|t|p|o porsona||t|os?
Friday, Juno 28, 2000
| continuod to wa|t tor lorna, who was undorgo|ng cons|dorab|o angu|sh ovor tho photos l had g|von hor. Cou|d Arthur lo|gh A||on bo p|acod on
tho day ot tho murdor at lako 3orryossa w|th|n yards ot tho cr|mo scono at a dost|nat|on ho had announcod to tr|onds? ||na||y, at 10:00 A.V., lorna
ca||od to g|vo mo hor answor.
Whon l |ookod at tho o|dor man,' sho sa|d, my |nstant sort ot rosponso was toar by |ook|ng at h|s oyos, but l cou|dn't say l rocogn|zod tho taco.
Whon l |ook at tho young vors|on, |n tho p|cturo |n tho 10b0s, that |s oxact|y tho way l romombor tho man |ook|ng that wo saw at 3orryossa. Evon
to tho po|nt that l novor saw h|m tu||y taco on, but a ||tt|o |n prot||o, and that's how tho photo was takon. 3o |t l had soon th|s photo back thon l wou|d
havo sa|d-abso|uto|y!'
1hus, lo|gh A||on, woar|ng a w|g, cou|d bo p|acod at tho cr|mo scono tho day ot tho stabb|ngs. l do not a|ways |ook tho samo,' Zod|ac had sa|d.
|o had spokon tho truth.
lo|gh to|d mo ho was at lako 3orryossa tho day ot tho murdor, hang|ng around hunt|ng tor squ|rro|s,' lo|gh's tr|ond, 1|m, to|d mo. |o to|d mo
ho was thoro t|at out. lo quost|on about |t. And ho had gono to an aroa ot 3orryossa w|th troos, but k|nd ot opon and romoto. lt wasn't a h|gh-
v|s|b|||ty aroa, so that nobody wou|d havo soon h|m up thoro |n that aroa ot 3orryossa. |o wou|d havo boon a|| a|ono. |o d|d say |t was tho samo
day tho k|ds woro attackod. And ho sa|d that |t anyono had soon h|m thoy wou|d havo soon ho was ott |n a d|ttoront aroa ot tho |ako and had |ott
botoro botoro |t happonod.' |o |ator wroto 1|m that ho rocogn|zod |artno|| whon ho camo |nto tho parts storo and d|sappoarod |n tho back ot tho
storo whoro cops woro wa|t|ng. |o||, |t l onco got t|rod ot a|| th|s crap and sa|d l was tho ono, thoro'd bo no way l cou|d provo l woso`t.'
5unday, Docombor 10, 2000
Attor Ioaving tho Cbroolc|o, lau| Avory wroto tor tho 5ocromooto Boo, thon roturnod to 3an |ranc|sco to roport tor tho Exomloor unt|| h|s
rot|romont |n August 1004. |or yoars ho had suttorod w|th omphysoma and hoart prob|oms. lron|ca||y, tho roportor had ta||on ||| at tho samo t|mo as
lo|gh A||on. |o otton v|s|tod tho V8V, a tamous V|ss|on 3troot nowspapor wator|ng ho|o, dragg|ng h|s oxygon tank w|th h|m. 1ho |mago that l'||
koop torovor,' Exomloor Ed|tor lh|| 3ronsto|n sa|d, |s ot lau|, po||co rad|o attachod to ono oar, c|garotto |n h|s hand, oxygon supp|y hookod up to
h|s noso, arm around my shou|dor, shar|ng tho scanda|ous dota||s ot tho |atost story ho'd brokon.' 1h|s morn|ng on Orcas ls|and, Wash|ngton, lau|
had d|od at ago s|xty-s|x at tho Wost 3ound homo ot tho grandtathor ot h|s w|to, Vargo 3t. 1amos. |o had d|od w|thout un|ock|ng tho r|dd|o ot
Zod|ac. 3ut tor many yoars tho roportor had boon d|vorcod trom h|s b|ggost story, and by 1080, whon l v|s|tod h|m |n 3acramonto, ho had torgotton
most ot tho dota||s.
|aro|d |uttman d|od on 1uno 10, 2001. lo|gh wou|d wr|to |aro|d trom Atascadoro,' Kay |uttman to|d mo, and |nc|udo |ottors that woro stampod
and addrossod and ask |aro|d to ma|| thom on. l novor t|gurod out why |t ho cou|d ma|| out to |aro|d why ho cou|dn't ma|| out to othor poop|o. l
novor saw tho |ns|dos ot thom. Actua||y, l tound ono wh||o l was go|ng through somo ot |aro|d's stutt. |aro|d novor torwardod |t on. Whothor ho ovor
sont tho othors on or not l havo no |doa. lt sounds ||ko somoth|ng my husband m|ght not havo dono. l novor oponod that |ottor. l t|gurod |t |aro|d
wasn't go|ng to torward |t, |t wasn't somoth|ng l wantod to soo o|thor.' ln |aro|d's op|n|on, tho contonts ot thoso |ottors woro harm|oss. Ono ot tho
untorwardod |ottors was a roquost tor av|at|on charts and addrossod to tho 0|str|but|on 0|v|s|on (C-44), lat|ona| Ocoan 3urvoy |n Wash|ngton,
0.C.
l got awtu||y |ono|y whon l am |gnorod,' Zod|ac had wr|tton. lt obsoss|on' bost doscr|bod Zod|ac's huntors, |ono|y' was a word that Zod|ac had
mado h|s own. ln that |ono||noss, tho shapo ot Zod|ac's cr|mos unto|dod ||ko t|roworks |n tho coppor-co|orod sky abovo va||ojo. 1ho socrot |ay w|th
0ar|ono |orr|n on that |ong-ago 1u|y |ourth. |or murdor ho|d tho socrot ot Zod|ac's |dont|ty. Zod|ac had known 0ar|ono, known hor wo||, and moro
|mportant|y, sho had known h|m |n h|s truo |dont|ty and w|thout tho concoa|mont ot that h|doous b|ack vo||.
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5aturday, Docombor 80, 2000
| aoko with 0on Chonoy,' Zod|ac butt 1om vo|gt to|d mo. Chonoy, as you roca||, had t|ngorod lo|gh A||on as Zod|ac |n 1071. |o was up |n
Wash|ngton whon l suggostod wo moot. |o was w||||ng to dr|vo down horo to lort|and to tho |ood l|vor, wh|ch |s about an hour trom mo, but tour
hours trom h|m. Wo mot at tho |ood l|vor lnn, wh|ch |s r|ght on tho Co|umb|a l|vor. Wo had a who|o soct|on to ourso|vos. lt was a boaut|tu| v|ow ot
tho Co|umb|a and ho sat tac|ng |t. |o was vory ro|axod and a n|co p|oasant guy, probab|y s|x toot ta||.'
Was lo|gh homosoxua|,' vo|gt askod Chonoy, or d|d ho havo an |ntorost |n womon? Was thoro ovor a g|r| ho roa||y ||kod?'
Chonoy thought. ln tho t|mo that l know lo|gh,' ho sa|d, thoro was on|y ono toma|o that lo|gh ovor mont|onod and sho was a wa|tross.'
Was th|s |n va||ojo?' vo|gt askod.
Yoah.'
Whoro d|d sho work?'
At a pancako houso. l don't romombor hor namo or anyth|ng, and |t was tho on|y t|mo lo|gh ovor mont|onod hor. Wo wont to an lntornat|ona|
|ouso ot lancakos, r|ght around tho cornor trom lo|gh's houso. Wo had d|nnor thoro attor a hunt|ng tr|p |n 1007. l was st||| ||v|ng |n Concord thon.
lo|gh po|ntod out tho wa|tross, a g|r| w|th brown ha|r. 3ho was protty and sho was young. lo|gh ||kod hor.'
lt you saw a p|cturo ot that g|r| wou|d you rocogn|zo hor?' sa|d vo|gt, h|s |ntorost up.
law, |t's boon too |ong,' Chonoy to|d h|m.
l don't know |t A||on ovor wont to 1orry's,' vo|gt sa|d w|th a |augh. A||on ||kod l|Ol, l don't know about 1orry's. Why wou|d you go to 1orry's whon
you'vo got an l|Ol just around tho cornor?'
Chonoy to|d mo tho samo th|ng. 1ho l|Ol was c|oso to tho houso thoro,' Chonoy sa|d, a coup|o b|ocks away at tho bottom ot |rosno 3troot.
lo|gh and l mado a r|ght turn on 1onnossoo. Wo woro go|ng somop|aco tor an out|ng whon wo saw tho g|r| thoro. lo|gh |nd|catod ho was |ntorostod
|n hor. 'What do you th|nk ot that wa|tross?' ho askod. 'l th|nk l m|ght bo ab|o to mako somo hoadway w|th hor.' 3ut noth|ng ovor happonod w|th |t. lt
was a g|r| ot vory s|m||ar appoaranco to 0ar|ono |orr|n. 3ho cou|d havo boon tho g|r| that ho po|ntod out at tho l|Ol, but l cou|dn't say trom my
momory that |t was tho samo g|r|. 1h|s happonod |n 1007.'
Chonoy cou|d havo sa|d that tho wa|tross was 0ar|ono and that tho rostaurant was 1orry's Watt|o 3hop at Vagaz|no 3troot and lntorstato 80.
1hat 0ar|ono had wa|trossod at 1orry's trom Apr|| 24, 1008, unt|| hor murdor on 1u|y 4, 1000, was wo|| pub||c|zod. 3ut l know Chonoy had to|d tho
truth bocauso ot somoth|ng ho d|d not know.
Attor 0ar|ono t||od tor d|vorco trom hor t|rst husband, 1|m lh||||ps, sho spont s|x months |n lono, mak|ng tour round tr|ps to ma|nta|n ros|doncy.
3ho roturnod to va||ojo |n 1007 to work w|th hor tr|ond, 3tovon Koo, ot tbo lotorootlooo| looso o Poocokos oo 7oooossoo 5troot at tho toot ot
|rosno. 0ar|ono boo boon tho woman lo|gh po|ntod out to Chonoy. |o had ovon gotton tho yoar r|ght. 0oan |orr|n had boon tho cook at tho l|Ol
and ovontua||y ho and 0ar|ono woro marr|od and sho bogan to work at 1orry's. Why do l moot a|| tho s|ck onos t|rst?' sho had wr|tton 0oan trom
lono.
0ar|ono and l t|rst mot |n '0b at tho phono company |n 3an |ranc|sco,' sa|d 3obb|o Oxnam, 0ar|ono's tr|ond and coworkor at 1orry's. 3|x g|r|s
camo |nto tho phono company togothor. 1hroo ot us ||vod |n an apartmont houso and throo ot tho othors ||vod |n tho ros|donco quad just noxt door . .
. somo strong t|os bu||t thoro. Whonovor l wou|d havo somo ot tho group up, 0ar|ono a|ways had tho |nv|tat|on to como ovor. And so a |ot ot t|mos
whon wo ta|kod, wo woro ta|k|ng about tho othor g|r|s. Un|oss sho was roa||y down or roa||y doprossod, 0ar|ono so|dom ta|kod about hor porsona|
prob|oms. 3ho had to bo ospoc|a||y down to burdon you w|th hor own prob|oms.
3ho workod at tho phono company about n|no months, thon hor and 1|m, hor t|rst husband, took ott to tho v|rg|n ls|ands. 1hon whon thoy got
back thoy got ho|d ot Vo| and l tor a p|aco to stay. 1hoy stayod w|th us two or throo wooks. Ono ot tho roasons why wo k|ckod thom out ot tho
apartmont was bocauso 1|m had a sma|| handgun and wo d|dn't want that. 1hat's whon wo to|d thom to got out, othorw|so thoy wou|d havo stayod
w|th us |ongor wh||o sho was |ook|ng tor work.'
0ar|ono's t|rst husband had a .22-ca||bor handgun wh||o |n va||ojo,' 3orgoant Vu|anax to|d mo. 3ocauso a .22-ca||bor som|automat|c had boon
usod |n tho two murdors out on lako |orman load, l wont |ook|ng tor h|m. l p|ckod h|m up |n 3anta Cruz [|obruary 2, 1070| and chockod |t out
thon.'
1|m was |nto horoscopos,' cont|nuod Oxnam. l was scarod ot h|m and ho scarod 0ar|ono. 1h|s guy who brought hor a s||vor purso and bo|t trom
Vox|co was down thoro wh||o 1|m was. l was a|ways undor tho |mpross|on that 1|m bought |t and sont |t up to hor through th|s guy. l movod back to
va||ojo. 3y th|s t|mo sho and 1|m had sp||t and sho was go|ng w|th 0oan. lt was swoot. 3ho'd buy twonty-t|vo choco|ato m|nts tor 0oan, put thom
undor hor p|||ow, and torgot about thom. 3ho was a|ways thoro to ||ston to you, but wou|d mako a statomont ovory onco |n a wh||o that sho was
torr|t|od ot 'th|s guy.' 3ho wou|d novor go |nto any sort ot dopth. lt you quost|onod hor sho wou|d c|am up, but l know 0ar|ono was atra|d ot somoono.
3ho novor vorba||zod proc|so|y what mado hor atra|d. |o had somoth|ng on hor, but what ho had l don't know. l havo a too||ng |t was connoctod w|th
tho v|rg|n ls|ands, but that's just a hunch. |rom somo ot 0ar|ono's convorsat|ons, 1|m and hor got |nto troub|o wh||o thoy woro |n tho v|rg|n ls|ands
sk|n d|v|ng tor sho||s.' lt was rumorod thoy had soon a murdor thoro.
ln 1000 0oan |orr|n had movod to a back apartmont ot vorn's 3ar at b00 Wa||aco 3troot. Attor ho and 0ar|ono marr|od, sho movod thoro too.
1ho|r daughtor, 0oona lynn, was born 1anuary 24, 1000. 1ust ovor a month botoro 0oona's b|rth, 0av|d |araday and 3otty lou 1onson had boon
shot out on romoto lako |orman load. 1ho noxt day 0ar|ono to|d hor coworkor 3obb|o lamos, 1h|s |s scary. l know tho two k|ds who woro k|||od
on lako |orman load. 1ho g|r| moro so. l'm not go|ng up thoro ogolo.' 0ar|ono to|d hor baby-s|ttor tho samo th|ng: 1hat was roa||y spooky. l know
that g|r| who was k|||od on lako |orman load. l'm not go|ng out thoro anymoro.'
lt a|| startod attor hor baby was born,' sa|d Oxnam. l moan, wo ta|kod about hor toars a coup|o ot t|mos. 0ar|ono was scarod ot somobody, had
boon tor qu|to somo t|mo . . . sho wou|d mako a statomont ovory onco |n a wh||o that sho was hav|ng troub|o. l th|nk a |ot ot us know tho man sho
was atra|d ot, but can't p|aco h|m. 0ar|ono was tho typo ot porson who had a |ot ot tr|onds and was tr|ond|y toward anyono. 1hat was ono ot tho
prob|oms botwoon hor and 1|m. Evory wook thoro was somobody now, a now tr|ond. 1hoy'd bo hor tr|ond tor a wook, but attor that wou|dn't bo tho
top|c ot our convorsat|on. loop|o woro hor who|o |ntorost |n ||to. 3ho roa||y onjoyod m|x|ng and just bo|ng around poop|o.'
What about th|s tho guy |n a wh|to Chovy who had boon bothor|ng hor at 1orry's?' l askod. Accord|ng to ono ot 0ar|ono's baby-s|ttors, sho had
comp|a|nod ot a stocky man com|ng to tho rostaurant oar|y |n tho morn|ng to ta|k to hor.'
Yoah, that's truo,' Oxnam sa|d, thon addod surpr|s|ng|y, You know, |n a|| tho yoars s|nco hor murdor tho po||co novor ta|kod to mo.'
ln |obruary and Varch 1000, 0ar|ono's baby-s|ttor, Karon, obsorvod a man |n a wh|to car stak|ng out tho|r ground-t|oor apartmont. Around 10:00
l.V. tho man ||t a c|garotto or momontar||y turnod on tho |ntor|or ||ght, and sho got a g||mpso ot h|s taco: |o was hoavysot, m|dd|o-agod, and vory
round-tacod,' Karon sa|d. ||s ha|r had a cur| to |t. l to|d 0ar|ono about |t whon sho got homo. 'l guoss ho's back chock|ng up on mo aga|n,' 0ar|ono
to|d mo. 'l hoard ho was back trom out ot stato. |o doosn't want anyono to know what l saw h|m do. l saw h|m murdor somoono.' 0oo [0ar|ono's
n|cknamo| somot|mo dur|ng th|s convorsat|on mont|onod tho man's namo, and that t|rst namo was vory short, throo or tour |ottors. ||s socond namo
was just s||ght|y |ongor. A common namo. 0oo appoarod to bo gonu|no|y tr|ghtonod ot th|s |nd|v|dua|, and mont|onod that ho had boon chock|ng up
on hor at 1orry's lostaurant. . . .' Karon was so upsot sho qu|t |n Vay.
A strango man |ott packagos tor 0ar|ono at hor homo-a s||vor bo|t and purso trom Vox|co, a t|owor-pr|nt tabr|c, and a packago tho s|zo and
shapo ot a bund|o ot monoy. About tho t|mo l took that packago trom h|m that |ookod ||ko monoy to mo,' roportod 0ar|ono's s|stor, lam, 0ar|ono
startod pay|ng mo tor baby-s|tt|ng |n ton-do||ar and twonty-do||ar b|||s. 3otoro that sho was g|v|ng mo quartors, hor t|p monoy.' 0ar|ono's s|stor,
l|nda, doscr|bod tho man who brought 0oo prosonts trom 1|juana-|argo torohoad and c|oso-croppod ha|r'-||ko lo|gh A||on's. lo|gh and h|s
chums had mado a tr|p to Vox|co about that t|mo, toast|ng on |obstor on tho boach. Around tho samo por|od, a man 0ar|ono rotorrod to
|ntorchangoab|y as lobb|o' and loo' movod trom h|s ros|donco noar |ogan ||gh, about two b|ocks trom 0ar|ono's tr|ond V|ko Vagoau's homo,
to d|roct|y across trom tho |orr|ns' homo.
About tho bog|nn|ng ot 1uno 1000,' 3obb|o lamos sa|d, 0ar|ono to|d mo ot a man |n a wh|to car watch|ng hor.' l askod about hor now tr|onds.'
0ar|ono's now tr|onds woro V|ko Vagoau and a man |n a Vorcury Cougar namod lobb|o or loo. l novor spoko to h|m, but l dot|n|to|y know how
ho |ooks. |o drovo 0ar|ono ovor and sho had hor |aundry w|th hor.' |owovor, 3obb|o roca||od a s|ondor and much youngor man than Zod|ac, w|th
b|ack ha|r and horn-r|mmod g|assos.
Evo|yn O|son, anothor 1orry's wa|tross, sa|d a man namod loo' had somo k|nd ot ho|d on 0oo [0ar|ono's pot namo|.' l|nda 0o| 3uono,
0ar|ono's s|stor, a|so namod 0ar|ono's c|osost tr|onds tor mo: 1hoy woro 3uo G||moro [0oan |orr|n's cous|n|,' sho sa|d. 3obb|o, a b|ond down at
1orry's, and th|s guy namod loo who usod to br|ng g|tts to hor trom Vox|co. 0ar|ono mot th|s loo by |rank||n 3choo| at a |aundromat. |o to|d hor
ho ||vod abovo tho |aundromat. l wondor |t that's whon sho got hor |aundry sto|on-un|torms, baby's d|apors, ovoryth|ng.' lo|gh A||on, who a|so
spo||od h|s namo loo,' workod part-t|mo at tho |rank||n 3choo| as a jan|tor.
1hough 0oan saw no chango |n 0ar|ono's domoanor, hor tr|onds d|d. 0ar|ono bocamo moro norvous than ovor. 3ho raro|y sm||od now,' thoy
sa|d. 1hoy attr|butod hor wo|ght |oss to d|ot p|||s. l soon a chango |n my s|stor tho |ast tour months botoro sho d|od,' sa|d lam. vory norvous,
|os|ng wo|ght. l don't th|nk |t was drugs. 3ho was just tr|ghtonod ot th|s guy who was constant|y to||ow|ng hor.'
1owards tho ond, that |ast yoar, wo woron't that c|oso,' sa|d Carmo|a lo|gh, 0oan's boss at Caosar's la|aco lostaurant and h|s |and|ord. 3ho
had a who|o now group ot tr|onds-novor mont|onod namos-sho was just novor around. Wo'd havo barbocuos and ovoryth|ng and 0oan, who
ovorybody just roa||y ||kod, ho'd como ovor tor tho barbocuo and wo'd say, 'Whoro's 0ar|ono?' and ho'd say, '3ho wont to tho |aundromat about
4:00,' and th|s wou|d bo about 0:00. 3ho'd go to tho |aundromat, and t|vo hours |ator ho'd bo at tho party by h|mso|t and ho just d|dn't know
anyth|ng.'
On Vay 0, 1000, 0ar|ono purchasod a now houso at 1800 v|rg|n|a 3troot, and roportod that a tormor no|ghbor was watch|ng hor. 0ar|ono
organ|zod a pa|nt|ng party and |nv|tod a tow ot tho many po||comon sho know trom 1orry's. lots ot tho cops know hor,' 3orgoant lynch to|d mo.
1hoy usod to stop |n at tho cottoo shop out thoro. 3ho workod tho 8:00 A.V. |ato sh|tt on wookonds, and sho'd got ott work and run ott to 3an
|ranc|sco. 3ho usod to ||ko to tako ott hor shoos and stock|ngs and run through tho surt, and th|s |s at tour |n tho morn|ng. 3ho datod a|| k|nds ot
guys. 3ho was a goor.'
Among [0ar|ono's| compan|ons woro mon,' tho 7lmos-loro|o's Gono 3||vorman |ator wroto, mon who woro not nocossar||y hor husband. 0oan
|orr|n was roportod|y unconcornod. |o cons|dorod hor assoc|at|on w|th ma|o tr|onds just an aspoct ot hor bo|ng young and ||vo|y.' You got to
undorstand how cops oporato, ospoc|a||y back |n thoso days,' 0otoct|vo 3awart addod. lt you'ro work|ng tho sw|ng sh|tt, tho gravoyard sh|tt, and a
now wa|tross camo on, |t wou|d bo a contost to soo who cou|d got |n hor shorts t|rst. 1hat's tho way cops woro back thon. 1horo woro a |ot ot cops
pursu|ng hor. 3ho was a protty |ooso ga|, 0ar|ono was.'
0ar|ono had a rop as bo|ng protty tast and |ooso,' Vu|anax o|aboratod. 3ho was dat|ng a |ot ot d|ttoront guys. Corta|n|y dur|ng tho t|mo sho was
work|ng as a wa|tross out at 1orry's. lr|or to 1orry's l havo no know|odgo ot 0ar|ono dat|ng. 3otoro hor doath sho saw throo va||ojo cops, ono 'a
dr|vo-|n lomoo' and anothor a doputy |n tho shor|tt's ott|co. Accord|ng to our roports, 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs was 0ar|ono's tavor|to hangout to tako hor
boytr|onds. 3o rogard|oss ot who sho was w|th, that's whoro sho wou|d go.' And yot sho had turnod down tho |ono|y o|dor man |n tho wh|to car. |ow
must ho havo to|t?
3aturday, Vay 24, was tho day ot tho pa|nt|ng party. |ow many poop|o showod up at tho party?' l askod l|nda. 1horo woro about t|ttoon. 1ho
party |astod a |ong t|mo.' Who was thoro?' 1ho Vagoau boys. 3tovon Koo. 1hoy woro thoro. 3tovo wont d|roct|y |nto tho lavy attor graduat|ng
trom |ogan ||gh |n 100b. ||s tr|ondsh|p w|th 0ar|ono goos back to about 1008, l th|nk. |o was worr|od about 0oo dur|ng hor yoar-|ong absonco
and was stat|onod on tho U.3.3. Rook. |o was vory shy. l roca|| ho had a ||tt|o rod car at ono t|mo and a groon O|ds p|ckup. |o was a|so vory
joa|ous ot 0oo, you'vo got to koop that |n m|nd. |o movod to 3an 0|ogo just attor tho lako |orman murdors, and so was not thoro tor hor.' l was
moro |ntorostod whothor ho had soon somoono bothor|ng 0ar|ono at l|Ol.
Goorgo was thoro.' l|nda cont|nuod. l know |oward was thoro.' |oward '3uzz' Gordon?' Yoah.' |ow about womon?' On|y ono or two.' |ow
about 3a|d|no?' 3tovo? Yoah.' Anothor va||ojo cop. va||ojo lo||coman l|chard |ottman, though on tho guost ||st, had not attondod. Among tho
othor guosts woro: 1ay E|son (a 3an |ranc|sco tr|ond ot 0ar|ono's), l|ck Crabtroo, 0ar|ono's toma|o tr|ond 3ydnoy, l|nda, 0ar|ono's s|stor, lam,
0ar|ono's youngor s|stor, lon A||on, and o stocky moo lo o boslooss solt ooo tlo.
0ar|ono ca||od mo and to|d mo to como ovor to tho party,' hor s|stor l|nda sa|d, and 0ar|ono was scarod to doath. 3ho d|dn't oxpoct tor th|s
man to show up. l got thoro at ono |n tho attornoon. |o showod up whon l was on my way ovor. |o was tho on|y ono drossod noat. Evoryono o|so
had o|d joans on and was pa|nt|ng tho houso that sho had just put a down paymont on. . . . And so tho po||co assumod that th|s was 3||| lo|gh, who
was 0oan's boss, and thoy just |ott |t at that. 3ut |t was 'loo,' and |t was not h|s |ast namo. l novor spoko to h|m, but l dot|n|to|y know how ho |ooks . .
. and 0ar|ono was scarod to doath. 1h|s guy at tho pa|nt|ng party was tho Zod|ac. l know Zod|ac |s tho porson l saw at tho party. 1ho way sho was
act|ng. 1h|s guy had no bus|noss bo|ng at hor houso.
0oo got |nto somoth|ng and sho was atra|d and wantod to back out ot |t. And sho boggod mo, 'l|nda, don't go noar h|m. 1ust don't ta|k to h|m.'
|o was ovorwo|ght . . . th|s guy scar|ng tho hock out ot hor. l moan, sho cou|dn't oat. l not|cod how much wo|ght sho had |ost. Whon somoth|ng was
bothor|ng hor sho cou|dn't h|do |t. 3ho wasn't sm|||ng. . . . 3ho boggod mo, '1ust go, l|nda, just go.' 3ho askod mo to |oavo 'causo sho d|dn't want
h|m to know any part ot tho tam||y.
1ho way sho actod mado mo t|x th|s man's taco |n my m|nd. l can soo h|m s|tt|ng thoro |n tho cha|r. 1horo woro st||| tourtoon poop|o |ott at tho
party whon l |ott, and moro com|ng. l w|sh l wou|d havo stayod. l do bo||ovo that sho got |nto somoth|ng and was atra|d and sho d|dn't know how to
go about gott|ng out ot. l th|nk sho d|d want to got out, and tho Zod|ac sa|d, 'Wo||, wo'|| just do away w|th hor'causo sho'|| probab|y go to tho po||co.'
|o was a|so tho ono at 1orry's. Whon l wa|kod |nto 1orry's th|s ono part|cu|ar day w|th my dad, th|s man was s|tt|ng thoro and ho was constant|y
watch|ng 0oo a|| tho t|mo. And as l wa|kod |n ho ho|d tho papor up abovo h|m'causo ho not|cod mo. lator somobody [a ta||, |oan, b|ack-ha|rod man|
shot tour ho|os |n tho co|||ng at 1orry's.'
Attor l|nda |ott tho pa|nt|ng party, 0ar|ono's youngor s|stor, lam, arr|vod. 3ho a|so not|cod tho man |n tho su|t. |o was so out ot p|aco,' lam to|d
mo. |o was a protty wo||-drossod guy. Yoah, vory wo||-drossod, an o|dor man. l saw h|m on|y tho ono t|mo. |o novor d|d got out ot that cha|r.
Evorybody was a ||tt|o scarod ot h|m bo|ng at tho party and a ||tt|o norvous bocauso ho was thoro. . . . 1h|s guy was ask|ng about hor at work, pry|ng
|nto hor t|nancos . . . ho |s tho samo man who was s|tt|ng at tho bar, tho countor, th|s was tho samo man that was ask|ng mo quost|ons. |o was
ask|ng mo about hor ||tt|o g|r| and what was hor ro|at|onsh|p w|th hor husband, 0oan. 'What d|d sho do w|th hor t|ps?' ho askod. '3ho roa||y got hor
hoad togothor.' 'l undorstand 0oan novor wants to watch tho baby.'
1ho strangor had a short common n|cknamo-loo. lt was 'loo,' l-E-E, not 'lo|gh,' and |t wasn't h|s |ast namo. 1horo was th|s guy at tho party
who l th|nk |s Zod|ac. 1ho samo guy who was at tho party was tho ono who do||vorod a packago to tho doorstop ot Wa||aco 3troot ono day that l
was baby-s|tt|ng. l saw h|m at tho door and took a packago trom h|m. |o to|d mo undor no c|rcumstanco was l to |ook |n that packago. |o was tho
samo man l romomborod soo|ng |oavo a packago on tho doorstop at Wa||aco 3troot.'
And tho ago ot tho man at 1orry's harass|ng 0ar|ono-'
l wou|d say botwoon th|rty-t|vo and th|rty-o|ght.' 3ho ost|matod h|m to bo a|most s|x toot ta||. l can p|cturo th|s man. . . . l romombor soo|ng h|m at
tho door and l romombor soo|ng h|m at tho pa|nt|ng party and ho ||kod to ta|k to mo bocauso l was a protty honost porson. 0oo got upsot w|th mo
bocauso sho thought l was to|||ng h|m too much. 'Wo||, ho wou|d ask mo somoth|ng so l answorod.' 0oo sa|d, 'lam, l'm go|ng to stop ask|ng you to
my part|os |t you don't stop ta|k|ng to h|m. 1horo aro somo th|ngs l don't want poop|o to know about mo.' l sa|d, 'l thought you woro dat|ng th|s guy
tho way ho ta|ks.'' lon A||on's namo had boon on tho guost ||st tor 0ar|ono's pa|nt|ng party. Attor Chonoy movod to 3outhorn Ca||torn|a |n 1000,
lo|gh's brothor and s|stor-|n-|aw pa|d h|m a v|s|t.
lon and Karon woro at my houso tor d|nnor,' Chonoy to|d mo. 1h|s was botoro my purchaso ot my now houso [at 1842 3orko|oy Avonuo|. Wo
woro s|tt|ng around tho k|tchon tab|o chatt|ng, and Karon to|d us about lo|gh go|ng to a pa|nt|ng party |n h|s su|t. lon and h|s brothor woro at tho
party and lo|gh was drossod |n a su|t and t|o. Karon was us|ng that as an oxamp|o ot h|m bo|ng unadjustod to soc|a| th|ngs. 3ho was ragg|ng h|m
on that. 3ho was a ||tt|o atra|d ot hor brothor-|n-|aw bocauso sho rocogn|zod ho was not squarod away w|th tho wor|d at a||. W|th hor oducat|on |n
soc|a| work sho had boon oxposod to such th|ngs, and l don't th|nk lon had.'


1wo Looa woro cross|ng paths |n 0ar|ono's ||to. lobb|o' or loo' (sho apparont|y ca||od h|m by both namos) ||vod c|oso onough to soo |nto
0ar|ono's houso on Wa||aco 3troot. 1hus, ho had no roason to park out tront to watch hor. 1hat had to bo a socond loo.' l askod Vu|anax about
h|m. Assum|ng that Zod|ac |s ono ot 0ar|ono's now tr|onds, d|d you ovor put togothor a ||st ot hor now acqua|ntancos? 0|d you como across a
lobb|o?' 1ho poop|o |ntorv|owod woro hor tam||y bas|ca||y and hor coworkors,' ho answorod. 1horo aro numorous poop|o thoro sho was
assoc|atod w|th, but whothor thoy woro hor now tr|onds, l don't know.'
On 1uno 20, 1000, 0ar|ono cont|dod to hor tr|ond 3obb|o lamos, at a county ta|r, that loo' was tho namo ot a man who had ||vod across tho
stroot trom hor. A 1orry's wa|tross had a|so obsorvod a man |n a wh|to car, |ts vort|ca| gr||| bars b|ackod out ||ko a Vustang, to||ow|ng 0ar|ono. 3ho
had jottod down h|s ||conso numbor, and th|s onab|od mo to track tho car down. 1ho voh|c|o was a 1008 wh|to hardtop Cougar Vorcury coupo (on|y
hardtops woro mado unt|| 1000). l was d|sappo|ntod. 1hat car cou|d not havo boon tho ono Zod|ac usod at lako 3orryossa. ||s worn t|ro tracks
showod two d|ttoront-s|zo t|ros and a w|dth botwoon tho whoo|s ot b7 |nchos. 1ho Cougar had tho w|dost whoo|baso around-111 to 128 |nchos. lts
whoo|baso w|dth was c|osor to tho wh|to tour-door hardtop 10b0-00 Chovy lmpa|a soon at tho murdor s|to on lako |orman load. Co|nc|donta||y,
tho Cougar's ownor had tradod |n a 1000 lmpa|a sodan |n Apr|| 1000 tor tho Vorcury.
On|y ono apartmont bu||d|ng, bb8, stood on Wa||aco 3troot. Attor a |ong soarch, l tound and |ntorv|owod tho Cougar's rog|storod ownor, a lobb|o
loo Voncuro, who had onco ||vod at tho Wa||aco 3troot apartmont houso and workod at Krosgo's and Varo ls|and lava| 3tat|on. ln 1071, ho had
movod to |rosno, Ca||torn|a, and |n Apr|| 1077, so|d and junkod tho Cougar. |owovor, ho was b|ack-ha|rod, too th|n (10b pounds), and too young
(twonty-t|vo at tho t|mo ot tho murdors) to bo Zod|ac. Vy hopo was that |t ho had boon watch|ng 0ar|ono, ho m|ght havo soon tho o|dor man namod
loo' who was watch|ng hor.
Wo woro roa| c|oso . . . tr|onds,' lobb|o to|d mo, and that was |t! 3ho d|dn't sharo tho namos ot hor tr|onds w|th anybody. Each was sort ot
soparato. l d|dn't pry. . . . l was just |nto hor. 1hoso ||tt|o gamos sho p|ayod w|th d|ttoront poop|o woro ||ko you cou|d soo on 1v or |n a mov|o. A
sor|os that was go|ng on and on. 0ar|ono was pot|to. |u|| ot dov||mont. 3ho was on Wa||aco 3troot and t|y|ng a k|to ono n|ght. 3ut l romombor that
sho ca||od mo anothor n|ght trom tho Coronado lnn to como out and p|ck hor up. 3ho d|dn't trust th|s guy-an o|dor man. 1ho guy l saw was stocky.
At tho t|mo l wasn't pay|ng too much attont|on to h|m bocauso sho to|d mo sho wantod to como homo r|ght away.' lobb|o cou|d roca|| no moro.
A yoar attor th|s oncountor, a va||ojo ros|dont, Var|o Anstoy, van|shod trom tho Coronado lnn park|ng |ot on |r|day tho th|rtoonth. Anstoy,
b|udgoonod, thon drownod, had not boon soxua||y mo|ostod and was tound noar wator-||ko tho 3anta losa v|ct|ms. l bo||ovod lobb|o loo had
soon Zod|ac unmaskod.
lo|gh A||on cou|d bo ||nkod to 0ar|ono through tho pa|nt|ng party and hor tr|onds who know ot a shadowy t|guro namod loo.' Cou|d ho now bo
connoctod to 0ar|ono on tho n|ght ot hor murdor? l had sought lynch's adv|co. |o was not tota||y unawaro that a man namod loo' m|ght bo
Zod|ac. |o had soarchod out t|ps on a var|oty ot mon w|th tho m|dd|o namo loo. Ono ownod a .22-ca||bor gun, a .4b, and a 0-mm gun. 1horo was
a guy horo who th|nks ho's Zod|ac, a |oca| nut,' sa|d lynch. |o's boon |n and out ot lapa. ln tact l know h|m. l d|dn't th|nk l know h|m whon l got that
t|p by |ottor trom out ot stato by h|s ox-w|to. |o was a sad|st|c two-hundrod-poundor, s|x toot ta||, w|th a tot|sh tor |oathor. |o to|d h|s w|to, 'You w|||
bo my s|avo |n tho horoattor, ' a phraso s|m||ar to Zod|ac's 's|avos |n tho attor||to' romark. You can't roa||y p|n anyth|ng down w|th thoso guys. lono
ot thom w||| ovor ta|k to you.'
Who t|ppod you to lo|gh A||on as Zod|ac?' l askod tho |ast t|mo wo spoko. Was tho |ntormant anonymous?'
l th|nk tho |ntormat|on camo through tho |oca| shor|tt's ott|co . . . los lundb|ad, ho's doad now. l th|nk tho |ntormat|on camo through h|m. Yoah,
ovoryth|ng was com|ng socond-hand. You cou|d novor ta|k to anyono d|roct|y.'
You ta|kod to 0ar|ono's s|stor, l|nda, |n 3an 1oso.'
l d|d ta|k to hor-many t|mos.'
0|d you ovor spoak to th|s 'loo' trom tho pa|nt|ng party?'
lo.'
1hoy dug a portoct bu||ot out ot tho car,' l sa|d, ono that wasn't smashod. lt probab|y wont through tho t|oshy part ot 0ar|ono's body and had just
onough momontum to ponotrato tho upho|story. 1hat coppor-coatod ammo was protty now. lt had on|y boon out tor s|x months. 0|d you ovor got a
|oad on that?'
lo,' sa|d lynch. l adm|t l don't know much about guns. A guy on 3ky||no 3ou|ovard south ot 3an |ranc|sco was t|r|ng h|s gun and ho had that
k|nd ot ammo. l had that guy |n, try|ng to t|nd out out how ho got that. loth|ng camo ot |t. l novor thought that Zod|ac chasod 0ar|ono and V|ko to
3|uo lock 3pr|ngs. l bo||ovo that guy just camo upon thom at random. |o was just out thoro to shoot somobody and ho tound thom.' l d|sagrood
w|th that. Zod|ac had to havo sta|kod thom to somo dogroo. At |ast l camo to that tata| |ourth ot 1u|y.


|t waa an oxcopt|ona||y hot |ourth,' 3obb|o Oxnam to|d mo. Evoryono was down by tho watortront.' 1ho sky was t|||od w|th a spoctacu|ar d|sp|ay
ot pyrotochn|cs. 1ho staccato pop-pop-pop ot t|rocrackors was ||ko gunt|ro. 1ho smo|| ot gunpowdor was |n tho a|r. Ear||or |n tho day 0ar|ono had
hor hood up by a bow||ng a||oy whon sho had an a|torcat|on w|th a man dr|v|ng a wh|to van. |o was |ator doscr|bod to po||co as th|rty yoars o|d, s|x
toot ta||, 180 to 18b pounds, w|th ha|r tho co|or ot champagno combod stra|ght back.'
0ar|ono was a|| oxc|tod whon sho camo |nto Caosar's that ovon|ng,' Carmo|a lo|gh to|d mo. Caosar's stood at 1b70 vorva|s 3troot, noar E|mor
Cavo 3choo|, whoro lo|gh A||on workod. A|| l know was sho was go|ng to got to r|do on a boat |n tho parado. Whon 0ar|ono |ott at 7:00 l.V., sho
sa|d, 'l'm go|ng to havo a party,' and wantod mo to como. l sa|d, 'Yoah, OK, OK,' but sho know l wou|dn't bo thoro.'
0ar|ono and hor s|stor, Chr|st|na, wont out to Varo ls|and tor a r|do on a docoratod and ||ghtod boat, tho Ooooro| lroocb Ooooro. lo|gh A||on's
boat roportod|y was a|so |n va||ojo's 1rad|t|ona| 3oat larado on tho channo|. A tr|ond ot hors had a boat,' Vu|anax to|d mo. 1horo woro two guys
on a boat and two guys t|y|ng that 0ar|ono know.' At 10:00 l.V., attor tho Varo ls|and parado, 0ar|ono and Chr|st|na stoppod by Caosar's aga|n.
0ar|ono had p|annod a sma|| party at hor houso attor tho rostaurant c|osod. ||ttoon m|nutos |ator sho ca||od hor s|ttors and |oarnod 3obb|o lamos
wantod to ta|k to hor. At 10:80 l.V. 0ar|ono and Chr|st|na arr|vod at 1orry's, and 0ar|ono wont |ns|do to ta|k to sovora| wa|trossos. 0ar|ono d|d not
spoak to anyono othor than somo ot tho g|r|s who work at 1orry's botoro sho took mo homo,' Chr|st|na roca||od.
3ut outs|do tho rostaurant 0ar|ono had a socond controntat|on. 3ho arguod w|th a man |n h|s th|rt|os or tort|os' |n a b|uo car w|th out-ot-stato
p|atos. Ear||or |n tho ovon|ng, 0oputy 3on v|||aroa| had soon a b|uo 1007 |ord sodan s|tt|ng out at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs. Chr|st|na (tho most stab|o
and honost mombor ot 0ar|ono's tam||y') sa|d sho sonsod a tons|on |n tho a|r and |n tho convorsat|ons.' 0ar|ono camo away vory upsot.' 3ho
askod 0ar|ono, What's go|ng on?' 0on't worry about |t,' 0ar|ono answorod, you'|| road about |t tomorrow |n tho papors.' On|y a day or two botoro,
0ar|ono had to|d hor tho samo th|ng. loa||y, somoth|ng b|g |s gonna happon. . . . l can't to|| you yot, but |t's go|ng to bo th|s wook.' Chr|st|na |ator
mont|onod tho out-ot-stato car, tho strangor, and hor s|stor's odd romarks-nono ot wh|ch appoar |n tho t|na| vl0 roport-to a dotoct|vo:
0EE and C|ll31llA wont to 1orry's lostaurant whoro 0EE ta|kod w|th sovora| wa|trossos and, outs|do tho rostaurant, ta|kod to a man
(nt|) parkod outs|do |n a b|uo car w|th out-ot-stato p|atos (nt|). C|ll31llA c|a|ms to havo sonsod a tons|on |n tho a|r and |n tho convorsat|ons
and roportod|y askod 0EE what was go|ng on to wh|ch 0EE a||ogod|y rop||od, 0on't worry about |t-you'|| road about |t tomorrow |n tho
papors.' |or doscr|pt|on ot tho car was |ator mod|t|od |n a notat|on mado by lt. 1|m |ustod |n tho |ott marg|n: 1ho car was 1) a|| wh|to. 2)
|argor than 0oo's Corva|r. 8) O|dor than 0oo's Corva|r (1008).'
lam a|so cont|rmod tho argumont |n 1orry's park|ng |ot. A|| l know was whon sho camo back to tho car,' sho to|d mo, tho story l got was that ho
wantod to tako hor out. 3ho d|dn't want to go out w|th h|m bocauso sho was marr|od . . . ho was botwoon th|rty-t|vo and th|rty-o|ght yoars o|d.' Ono
argumont had boon |n day||ght, tho othor an hour and a ha|t botoro tho shoot|ng at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs. lnvost|gators had contusod tho n|ghtt|mo
argumont w|th a morn|ng controntat|on. 1ust ||ko lobb|o and loo, thoy woro two d|ttoront th|ngs at two d|ttoront t|mos. At 10:4b l.V. 0ar|ono
droppod Chr|st|na ott at tho tam||y va||ojo homo. 1ho s|ttors, 1anot lynn lhodos and lamo|a Kay, woro anx|ous to go. 1hoy had boon s|tt|ng s|nco
oar|y attornoon. 1anot lynn had sat tor 0ar|ono on|y that |ourth ot 1u|y. 1ho g|r|s to|d 0ar|ono an o|dor-sound|ng man' had boon ca|||ng hor
ropoatod|y. 0ar|ono changod trom hor patr|ot|c jumpsu|t ot rod, wh|to, and b|uo stars. Ou|ck|y, sho donnod b|uo shoos and a wh|to-and-b|uo t|owor-
pattornod s|ack dross, a pattorn Zod|ac wou|d |ator doscr|bo.
0oo know tho toonagors k|||od out on lako |orman load,' 1anot lynn cont|rmod to mo. 3ho had sa|d that. '|o's back trom out ot stato. l onco
saw h|m k||| somobody.'' lator, trom h|s hosp|ta| bod, a hoav||y sodatod V|ko Vagoau to|d po||co what happonod noxt.

0oo camo [v|a Goorg|a 3troot oast| to VAGEAU'3 homo at 804 3ooch-wood [wost ot |ogan ||gh whoro 3otty lou 1onson had attondod|,'
road tho ott|c|a| statomont. At approx|mato|y 11:80 l.V. . . . and p|ckod h|m up |n hor car. 3|nco both woro hungry, ho sa|d, thoy hoadod down
3pr|ngs load and wont toward va||ojo. |owovor, at approx|mato|y Vr. Ed's lostaurant, 0oo sa|d sho wantod to ta|k w|th h|m about
somoth|ng.'

An oor|o para||o| horo-3otty lou and 0av|d had stoppod at Vr. Ed's 0r|vo-ln too just botoro bo|ng shot. 1ho toonagors had v|s|tod 3haron, a
tr|ond, on 3rontwood Avonuo at 8:20 l.V., and roma|nod unt|| 0:00 l.V. At 10:80 tho|r Chr|stmas concort was ovor and thoy wont trom thoro to Vr.
Ed's, thon lako |orman load. Vr. Ed's phono numbor was |ator tound scraw|od on a photo onvo|opo |n 0ar|ono's purso a|ong w|th tho words
hackod,' stuck,' tost|t|od,' and soon.' |ad Zod|ac, 0ocombor 20, 1008, m|stakon 3otty lou tor 0ar|ono? 3otty lou 1onson boro an uncanny
rosomb|anco to 0ar|ono |orr|n at ago sovontoon (l had two photos ot thom at tho samo ago). 1ho odds ot Zod|ac happon|ng upon two womon who
cou|d bo tw|ns |n p|tch b|acknoss and |n w|do|y soparatod, romoto aroas woro |nca|cu|ab|o-un|oss ho tra||od thom. On sovora| occas|ons 3otty
lou had caut|onod hor o|dor s|stor, Vo|ody, to c|oso tho b||nds. On occas|on, tho|r mothor tound tho gato |oad|ng to tho s|do ot tho houso opon and
tracks |n tho gardon.
0|d Zod|ac m|stako tho toonagors tor 0ar|ono and hor tr|ond 3tovon Koo, whoso paronts ||vod on Cottonwood ono stroot ovor trom 1onson's
tr|ond, 3haron? 0|d ho tra|| thom to Vr. Ed's, 0ar|ono's hangout? Or was 3otty lou's murdor moant as a warn|ng to 0ar|ono, who c|a|mod to know
hor?

1hoy turnod around and at h|s suggost|on,' cont|nuod Vagoau's roport, drovo oast on 3pr|ngs load to 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs whoro thoy
cou|d ta|k.'

1ho m|nuto thoy drovo ott, V|ko to|d 0oo thoy woro bo|ng to||owod,' l|nda sa|d. 1ust that phraso, 'Wo'ro bo|ng to||owod.''
|ow d|d you hoar that?' l askod.
l hoard that through 3orgoant lynch and 3orgoant Vu|anax. 0ar|ono startod just go|ng down any s|do stroots and th|s car just kopt to||ow|ng
thom. . . . l don't know what mado hor go toward 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs.' l|nda had a|so spokon to V|ko |n tho hosp|ta| attor Zod|ac shot h|m, and l was
anx|ous to hoar what o|so sho had |oarnod.
1hoy know thoy woro bo|ng to||owod?' l askod hor.
Yos.'
And 0ar|ono thought |t was somoono namod loo.'
Yoah.'
3ho d|d say that?'
Yos.'
0|d tho po||co undorstand that Zod|ac's namo was supposod to bo loo?'
l don't th|nk so, but V|ko knows who Zod|ac |s. |o doos.'
lam agrood. Zod|ac know 0ar|ono,' sho to|d mo, bocauso ho ca||od hor by namo . . . sbo wos koowo by Loo` ooo bo co||oo bor Loo.''
|o d|d th|s whon ho shot hor?'
Uh-huh.'
And th|s |s somoth|ng V|ko to|d you.'
And th|s |s somoth|ng V|ko to|d mo |n tho hosp|ta|.' ||s acuto tonguo |njury had provontod h|m trom prov|d|ng a doscr|pt|on to po||co tor two
days.

Ono uncont|rmod sourco statos that VAGEAU c|a|mod thoy woro to||owod trom tho t|mo thoy |ott h|s houso by a s|m||ar suspoct car.'

Was th|s truo? 3uo Ayors, a |oga| socrotary and tr|ond, ta|kod to V|ko |n tho hosp|ta|. 0oo and tho shootor,' ho to|d hor, had an argumont at
1orry's on 1u|y 4. 1hoy drovo away and tho man to||owod thom to 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs whoro tho argumont cont|nuod and shoot|ng to||owod.' 1ho
daughtor ot tho carotakor at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs roportod|y w|tnossod tho argumont |n tho |ot, and soconds botoro shots rang out to|d hor tathor
thoro was go|ng to bo troub|o. V|ko's ott|ca| statomonts cont|nuod tho story:

Attor t|vo m|nutos thoro,' VAGEAU sa|d, a car [roportod|y a 10b8-b0 brown |ord |a|con w|th o|d Ca||torn|a p|atos| pu||od |n trom 3pr|ngs
load, tho dr|vor turnod ott h|s ||ghts and pu||od around to tho |ott ot tho|r car (oast ot tho|r car) somo s|x to o|ght toot trom 0oo's car. 1ho car
roma|nod thoro tor about ono m|nuto.

V|ko sa|d ho askod 0oo |t sho know who |t |s and sho statod, Oh, novor m|nd. 0on't worry about |t.' Vagoau sa|d ho d|d not know |t th|s moant
sho know who |t was or not. 1ho car |ott attor ono m|nuto at torr|t|c spood, hurt||ng toward va||ojo on 3pr|ngs load, and thoy woro |ott a|ono |n tho
darkonod |ot ovor|ook|ng tho go|t courso. About t|vo m|nutos |ator tho man roturnod. |o parkod on tho passongor s|do and to tho roar ot tho|r car,
hoad||ghts st||| on. A man camo up to thom carry|ng a t|ash||ght w|th a hand|o on |t. Woro 0ar|ono and V|ko to||owod to 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs? l askod
Vu|anax. l wou|dn't havo that too||ng bocauso my thought |s thoso Zod|ac k||||ngs aro not p|annod,' ho sa|d. 1hoy'ro opportun|ty th|ngs. 1hat's my
too||ng.'
3ut Zod|ac d|d doscr|bo what 0ar|ono was woar|ng and |t was protty dark.'
|o was a|so sh|n|ng a hoavy b|g t|ash||ght |n thoro too.'
1hat's truo.'
lt's a t|ash||ght that has a hand|o on |t ||ko you'd uso |n a boat. 1ho k|nd that t|oats.'
VAGEAU sa|d thoy thought |t was tho lo||co and thoy startod to got somo |dont|t|cat|on out ot tho|r purso/wa||ots whon suddon|y tho man
startod shoot|ng. VAGEAU sa|d |t soundod ||ko tho gun had a s||oncor on |t.'

1h|s was a tact novor roportod, somoth|ng on|y Zod|ac wou|d know. ln 1001, attor tho soarch ot h|s homo, lo|gh A||on to|d a tr|ond, 1hoy m|ssod
a tow th|ngs-||ko tho s||oncor l had h|ddon |n my socks |n tho drossor.' |ad Zod|ac turnod away, not to ro|oad, but to |nsta|| a s||oncor? 0ar|ono,
V|ko, and tho strangor had a|roady attractod tho attont|on ot Goorgo l. 3ryant, twonty-two, a 3o|by 3mo|tor omp|oyoo and son ot tho 3|uo lock
3pr|ngs carotakor. 1ho groundskoopor's son saw throo poop|o argu|ng,' Vu|anax to|d mo. 3ryant was |n a two-story houso |ook|ng out tho w|ndow
and try|ng to got somo shut-oyo. ||ttoon m|nutos |ator, ho hoard gunshots.' 3ryant was somo o|ght hundrod toot trom tho |ot |y|ng on h|s stomach
whon ho hoard ono shot, a short |ntorva|, anothor shot, a pauso, thon rap|d t|ro.' ||na||y ho hoard a t|ro scrooch|ng as a car |ott tho scono.' 3ryant's
roca|| ot tho numbor ot shots was |nsutt|c|ont. Zod|ac t|rod a tota| ot sovon shots.
Attor t|r|ng ropoatod|y tho man turnod to wa|k back to h|s car, but VAGEAU bo||ovos ho cr|od out and tho man roturnod and t|rod two moro
shots at h|m 8 tw|co moro at 0oo.'

Vagoau, woundod |n h|s nock, |ott |og, and r|ght arm, was thrash|ng h|s |ogs whon Zod|ac t|rod a socond t|mo. V|ko got tho door opon,' lynch
to|d mo, and to|| out ot tho car, and tho on|y t|mo ho ovon |ookod at tho guy was whon tho guy got back |nto h|s car and ho oponod tho door and ho
got a c|oar prot||o v|ow ot h|m. You know, whoro somo poop|o k|nd ot comb tho|r ha|r up |n a k|nd ot pompadour and thon back.' V|ko doscr|bod
Zod|ac as hav|ng a |argo taco, th|rty yoars o|d, w|th short cur|y ||ght-brown ha|r worn |n a m|||tary-sty|o brush cut. As tor h|s bu||d, ho was booty,
hoavysot w|thout bo|ng b|ubbory tat, 10b-200 pounds and had a s||ght potbo||y.'
3orgoant l|chard |ottman, rospond|ng to tho cr|mo scono, took up tho story trom thoro. l was work|ng juvon||o d|v|s|on as a p|a|nc|othosman |n
a p|a|n car whon tho ca|| camo out that n|ght,' ho to|d mo. lt was dark at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs, o|ms sway|ng |n tho w|nd, tho w||d cr|os ot strutt|ng
poacocks roam|ng tho grounds com|ng to my oars. loy Conway and l had boon tho t|rst ott|cors to roach 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs [tour m||os trom
downtown va||ojo and two m||os trom tho s|to ot tho oar||or lako |orman murdors|. V|ko Vagoau had or|g|na||y boon |n tho backsoat, but l tound
h|m outs|do on tho ground on h|s back. ||s oyos woro w|do and ho ||ttod h|s arms upward as |t |mp|or|ng mo tor ho|p. Whon ho oponod h|s mouth to
ca|| tor a|d, b|ood gurg|od out. Cll had just como |n, and tho doctor romovod 0ar|ono's swoator and bogan app|y|ng prossuro to hor chost. W|th
oach downward prossuro tho ||tt|o tag on hor bra t|uttorod as a|r ox|tod tho bu||ot ho|o. 1ho V.E. took th|s probo and put |t |n oach ot V|ko's wounds
-ho was star|ng upward and tu||y consc|ous-too||ng ovory b|t ot |t.'
lynch and h|s partnor, Ed lust, arr|vod noxt. V|ko was |y|ng at tho roar ot tho car, sa|d lynch, and sho was st||| boh|nd tho whoo|. l romombor
sho was try|ng to say somoth|ng, and l put my oar ovor hor ||ko th|s to try to undorstand, but l just cou|dn't.' ||rst camo t|rocrackors, thon gunshots,'
lust addod. Ono patro| got thoro botoro us-around m|dn|ght. lt took us ton to t|ttoon m|nutos to got thoro. 3ho d|od at 12:20 A.V. 3ho kopt try|ng
to ta|k, but wo cou|dn't d|st|ngu|sh anyth|ng. ln tact, wo sont ono ot tho ott|cors w|th hor |n caso sho cou|d say somoth|ng. l th|nk |t was 0|ck |ottman.
|o was tho patro| ott|cor who was thoro t|rst. V|ko sa|d ho thought |t was a po||co ott|cor como up to chock. |o pu||od up boh|nd thom at sort ot an
ott ||no trom tho|r car. |o sa|d that ho had boon parkod |n tho samo p|aco botoro, and 0ar|ono had a po||co ott|cor that camo up tho samo way [a
cutott tochn|quo| and sh|nod a ||ght just tho samo. lt had happonod botoro that way, and ho had tho |mpross|on |t was a po||co ott|cor whon ho t|rst
camo up. V|ko got out attor tho guy |ott, pushod out tho r|ght s|do ot tho two-door car. |o sa|d ho had c||mbod ovor tho soat try|ng to got away. 1ho
guy shot h|m sovora| t|mos. 1h|s was tho on|y avonuo ho had was to got |n tho backsoat.'
3hort|y attor, tho ambu|anco arr|vod,' lynch sa|d, and l ho|pod tho dr|vor tako hor out ot tho car. 1hon 0|ck |ottman to||owod tho ambu|anco to
tho omorgoncy hosp|ta|.'
Wo took V|ko up to tho Ouoon ot tho va||oy |osp|ta|,' conc|udod lust, lynch and l saw that out tront ot tho hosp|ta| thoy'vo got a ||tt|o monumont
. . . |t's got a zod|ac s|gn on |t.'
Whon sho was shot, 0ar|ono had boon roach|ng tor hor qu||t-pattorn |oathor drawstr|ng purso on tho roar t|oorboard. lt was as |t sho was gott|ng
|dont|t|cat|on out tor tho po||co. W|th tho photo onvo|opo |ns|do hor purso was a notobook w|th two namos, vAUG|l' and lElG|,' undor||nod. l
consu|tod 0ar|ono's throo porsona| d|roctor|os and, undor V, tound tho to||ow|ng ontry crossod out: V1. 3hasta 3K. 3ow| lnc. (ll1) (vAUG|l)
Aroa Codo 010/ Vt. 3hasta 3k| 3ow| ll 1.' lo|gh was not ||stod. lo||co d|sm|ssod |t as tho namo ot 0oan |orr|n's omp|oyor, 3||| lo|gh.
1ho t|mo ot tho murdor concornod 0ar|ono's s|ttors. What t|mo d|d thoy say sho was murdorod,' 1anot lynn sa|d, 12:0b l.V.? [0ar|ono was
shot at 12:00 A.V.| 3ocauso that was a b|g d|scropancy. At ono po|nt wo t|gurod that sho cou|dn't havo had t|mo to ovon got to that park|ng |ot. Wo
kopt to|||ng tho po||co that sho d|dn't |oavo tho houso unt|| thon . . . 'causo wo woro watch|ng somo program that doosn't como on unt|| a|most
m|dn|ght and sho hadn't ovon |ott tho houso yot. And thon thoy aro to|||ng us sho was murdorod ||ko t|vo m|nutos |ator, whon how cou|d sho got out to
3|uo lock 3pr|ngs |n t|vo m|nutos? And wo kopt to|||ng th|s po||co ott|cor [lynch|. 1hat was tho b|ggost th|ng l novor ||kod about that was tho t|mo
d|scropancy. lt was r|ght botoro m|dn|ght and you just can't got out thoro that qu|ck. And wo d|d mont|on that t|mo th|ng aga|n to thom. l do
romombor thom ask|ng us to como |n. 1hoy d|dn't ovon wr|to |t down.'
l was at 3orryossa that day [ot hor murdor|,' 3tovon Koo to|d mo. l was to moot hor that n|ght, but whon l got homo l |oarnod that 0oo was k|||od.'
Why had V|ko rushod out and |ott a|| tho ||ghts |n h|s houso burn|ng, tho to|ov|s|on b|ar|ng, and tront door stand|ng w|do opon? ln tho attormath
|nvost|gators askod thomso|vos othor quost|ons:
Why was V|ko woar|ng throo pa|rs ot pants and throo swoators? What about tho a||ogod argumont |n 1orry's rostaurant park|ng |ot short|y
botoro tho shoot|ng and thon bo|ng to||owod by tho samo man to 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs whoro argumont cont|nuod and ondod |n shoot|ng? Othor
Ouost|ons: 0|d Vagoau not, |n tact, know tho man who comm|ttod tho attacks. 0|d ho w|tnoss 0ar|ono argu|ng w|th a m|dd|o-agod man o|thor
at tho cr|mo scono and/or oar||or that ovon|ng at 1orry's . . . '1horo was an argumont botwoon occupants ot 0v's car and anothor |nd|v|dua| at
3|uo lock 3pr|ngs park|ng |ot m|nutos botoro hor murdor.' 0v arguod w|th ||ko|y 3uspoct |n prosonco ot 3v sovora| hours botoro hor murdor.
(3OUlCE: 3v [Vagoau| as ro|atod to tam||y tr|ond.)'

At 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs that n|ght, Ott|cor |ottman adm|ttod ho toarod tho k|||or m|ght roturn aga|n any m|nuto and shoot h|m too. 3ut at 12:40 A.V.
Zod|ac was busy o|sowhoro. |o was ca|||ng sw|tchboard oporator lancy 3|ovor, vl0, trom 1oo's Un|on 3tat|on (wh|ch c|osod at 8:2b l.V.) at
1uo|umno and 3pr|ngs load to roport what ho thought was a doub|o murdor. 1hoy woro shot w|th a 0-m||||motor lugor. l a|so k|||od thoso k|ds |ast
yoar.' 1h|s booth was two thousand toot to tho south trom lo|gh's houso.
At 1:80 A.V., t|tty m|nutos |ator, tour phono ca||s woro p|acod through tho oporator trom a booth at 3roadway and lobraska. 1h|s booth was throo
thousand toot northwost trom A||on's homo. Ono ca|| was to 0oan |orr|n's paronts, Arthur and V||drod. 1hoy hoard on|y doop broath|ng . . . no ono
sa|d anyth|ng, wo woro corta|n somoono was on tho ||no.' 1ho 0oan |orr|n housoho|d got two phono ca||s. 1ho s|ttor answorod and hoard on|y
broath|ng or w|nd b|ow|ng.' loxt a ca|| was p|acod to 0oan's brothor, Gordon (who was |n 1ha||and). Zod|ac must havo known 0ar|ono |n ordor to
p|aco thoso ca||s to hor |n-|aws. lows ot tho shoot|ng and who tho v|ct|ms woro had not yot boon o|thor on tho rad|o or |n tho papors.
Whon l mado a map ot A||on's no|ghborhood l saw how c|oso ho was to a|| tho va||ojo v|ct|ms and how c|oso thoy woro to oach othor. Zod|ac
v|ct|m V|ko Vagoau's houso was tour and a ha|t b|ocks trom tho homo ot anothor v|ct|m, 3otty lou 1onson. 3|nco tho murdors, Cr|m|na|
Goograph|ca| 1argot|ng has bocomo a va|uab|o po||co too|. Goograph|ca| lrot|||ng |s basod on tho thoory ot cr|m|na|s' spat|a| bohav|or. Cr|m|na|s
str|ko c|oso to homo just as tho avorago porson choosos storos whoro ho shops da||y. 1hoy oporato c|oso to aroas thoy aro tam|||ar w|th and havo
prov|ous|y scoutod. A murdoror has a tondoncy to hunt proy |n |dont|t|ab|o aroas and tho |mpu|so to d|sgu|so h|s homo |ocat|on. 1hus, tho s|tos ot
h|s cr|mos tond to rad|ato on a|| s|dos ot tho ottondor, ||ko a sp|dor |n h|s wob.
As Zod|ac roarod away trom tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs |ot, ho wou|d havo roachod a tork |n tho road. larrow lako |orman load to h|s |ott ottorod
no p|aco to h|do unt|| ho roachod 3on|c|a. Co|umbus larkway (lo|gh's brothor ||vod at tho m|dpo|nt on Co|umbus larkway) to h|s r|ght |od back |nto
va||ojo, but ottorod tho poss|b|||ty ot po||co cars com|ng at h|m on 3pr|ngs load. 1o avo|d bo|ng trappod, l bo||ovo Zod|ac took a sma|| road, just ott
Co|umbus larkway, so h|ddon l had to mako an abrupt turn to roach tho road. lt |od mo |n a doad stra|ght ||no |nto tho hoart ot va||ojo. At tho ond ot
twonty-tour b|ocks l arr|vod at a tam|||ar doorstop-tho homo ot Arthur lo|gh A||on.
As tar as t|nd|ng Zod|ac's woapons and hood-tho opportun|ty had |ong passod. Ono roason Zod|ac usod a now woapon oach t|mo was that ho
was d|scard|ng thom as ho wont. 3uro|y, attor oach ot tho |||-starrod soarchos |n d|ttoront count|os, ho had dostroyod h|s h|ddon souvon|rs. 3ut as
0otoct|vo 3akor had roasonod, tho th|ngs ho had takon m|ght st||| bo |n p|a|n s|ght, hav|ng a symbo||c s|gn|t|canco to Zod|ac a|ono.
1ho Nopo 5ootloo|'s |arry v. Vart|n |ong attorward spocu|atod:
0ar|ono know a torr|b|o socrot . . . bocauso ot that socrot sho was murdorod-not random|y, but do||borato|y . . . p|annod and oxocutod by a
porson sho know vory wo||, a porson who bought hor g|tts, a porson who v|s|tod hor p|aco ot omp|oymont and ovon hor homo.'

Carmo|a lo|gh, prognant and duo throo days attor 0ar|ono's murdor, was so atra|d sho had a poopho|o put |n hor door. Wo d|dn't know |t th|s
guy was go|ng to got r|d ot hor husband, hor tr|onds,' sho to|d mo. Wo d|dn't know |t |t was ono ot hor gooty tr|onds. lt's too bad thoy novor tound
h|m. Wo woro a|| atra|d tor a |ong t|mo. Wo d|dn't know whothor th|s porson know 0oo-that's what ovorybody thought bocauso sho know so many
poop|o. 1hon wo thought 0oo know somoth|ng about a narcot|cs bust or somoth|ng, and tho porson who k|||od hor know sho know and got hor
botoro |t a|| camo out. And thon wo thought maybo sho know sho was go|ng to bo murdorod, and maybo somo ot tho poop|o |n tho occu|t, you know,
thoy'|| sacr|t|co tho|r ||to or somoth|ng.
1hon wo thought maybo sho know. Vaybo sho d|d. Vaybo sho know tho guy was go|ng to k||| V|ko and that's why sho wasn't scarod. |rom what
V|ko sa|d |n tho papor, sho wasn't a b|t norvous.'
1horo was tho h|nt ot drugs at tho pa|nt party-drug doa||ngs thoro,' sa|d Chonoy. 1ho s|ttors d|sagrood. 1horo woro no s|gns ot drugs |n tho
houso,' thoy to|d mo. 1horo's no |nd|cat|on ot drugs |n any ot tho po||co roports,' sa|d Vu|anax. 3omo ot tho poop|o that sho assoc|atod w|th woro,
l th|nk, |nvo|vod |n drugs, but thoro's noth|ng |n any ot tho roports that l havo that wou|d |nd|cato that sho horso|t was a usor.' l'vo had |nvost|gators
como out ovory yoar,' sa|d 3obb|o lamos, to soo |t l'vo thought ot anyth|ng. 1hoy'd ask |t sho was so|||ng drugs. 0|d sho mako moro t|ps than
you? 3uro sho d|d. l m|ght havo mado twonty, sho m|ght havo mado th|rty-t|vo. 1hoy woro k|nd ot maybo say|ng sho so|d drugs. . . . l'm not say|ng
sho d|dn't smoko pot or anyth|ng. 3mok|ng and so|||ng |s d|ttoront.'
3ho m|ght havo takon mar|juana onco |n a wh||o,' 3obb|o Oxnam to|d mo, 'but so|||ng was str|ct|y taboo to hor. 1ho |mp||cat|ons that woro put
|nto tho papor attor sho was murdorod roa||y mado a |ot ot us mad. loop|o torgot tho good about 0ar|ono. 3ho was not a tramp. 3ho was no ango|,
but sho was not a tramp o|thor.'
5orgoant Lynch and h|s partnor lust |ator |ntorv|owod l|nda at 400 3randon Avonuo |n 3an 1oso. As w|th many ot 0ar|ono's tr|onds, sho had
boon d|tt|cu|t to t|nd attor tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs shoot|ng. And thoy ta|kod to mo tor ovor sovon hours,' l|nda to|d mo. lynch thought thoro woro
drugs |nvo|vod. |o gavo mo a typod ||st and ho sa|d, 'Any namos that |ook tam|||ar to you, c|rc|o thom.' Ot courso l c|rc|od a|| tho namos l'vo
mont|onod to you as bo|ng at tho pa|nt|ng party.'
Was loo's namo on thoro?' l askod hor. Yos, thoro was anothor namo on tho ||st spo||od d|ttoront-'lo|gh.' l c|rc|od tho onos that 0ar|ono know.
And whon l had c|rc|od th|s part|cu|ar namo thoy wantod, thoy go 'mm-huh,' as |t thoy had a|roady mado up tho|r m|nds. Whon l had c|rc|od tho ono,
thoy sa|d, '1hat's onough.'' l|nda had c|rc|od tho namo ot a m|dd|o-agod, round-tacod |oca| man who rosomb|od lo|gh A||on. And |t was at th|s
momont that tho po||co wont wrong. lynch had yot to |ntorv|ow lo|gh A||on.
1hon l ho|pod tho po||co proparo a compos|to ot tho man at tho party,' l|nda to|d mo, a m|dd|o-agod man w|th a pocu||ar staro, a co|d staro. l
sat thoro w|th tho po||co and tho art|st d|d tho draw|ng trom my d|roct|ons. l kopt ask|ng tor thom to show mo photos, but thoy novor d|d. Whon tho
draw|ng was dono, lynch askod, '0o you th|nk sho's roady?' l say, 'loady tor what?' And thoy opon up th|s b|ack roa| th|n b|ndor. lt had co||ophano
on |t and |t was anothor compos|to draw|ng. 1ho on|y th|ng l had d|ttoront trom |t was tho ch|n. lt just b|ow mo away.'
1h|s was a skotch proparod trom Vagoau's doscr|pt|on trom h|s hosp|ta| bod. |o had soon Zod|ac's prot||o c|oar|y whon ho shot h|m, and was
ab|o to spoak |n two days attor tho shoot|ng. Ott|cor 3a|d|no sa|d |t was probab|y tho samo |nd|v|dua|' who had boon troquont|ng 1orry's, a man ho
had p|ckod out ot a soc|a| s|tuat|on.'
3tovo 3a|d|no p|ckod out a guy ho saw at tho rostaurant,' l|nda to|d mo. 3tovo was protty shook up ovor a|| th|s. |o know tho tam||y and ho
usod to como by. l sat |n tho cop car ono t|mo and ho |ot mo too| h|s c|ub, touch a gun. |o was a roa||y good cop and whon 0oo d|od ho k|nd ot
wont ovorboard. l th|nk ho m|ght havo mado a m|stako.' 1ho man 3a|d|no oyoba||od at an A.A. moot|ng adm|ttod to v|s|t|ng 1orry's, but ho was not
tho man at tho pa|nt|ng party. lynch had tho r|ght p|cturo, but tho wrong namo. Zod|ac must havo to|t |nvu|norab|o attor th|s. |o had grown
|ncroas|ng|y bo|dor.
3ut you know,' l|nda cont|nuod, l th|nk Zod|ac woars makoup, and has got to bo trom va||ojo'causo ho knows how to got away. 1ho strango
th|ng |s ovoryono |ott va||ojo [V|ko and h|s brothor, 3tovon Koo, lobb|o loo, l|nda horso|t, Chr|st|na, 0ar|ono's youngor s|stor|. l wou|d th|nk |t tho
guy was trom 3an |ranc|sco thoy'd stay. 1hoy'd bo a |ot sator |n va||ojo. 3ut thoy a|| |ott tho c|ty and got ottoct|vo|y |ost.'
l|nda's compos|to d|d somo good. lt was accurato onough tor Chonoy to |ator rocogn|zo |t as h|s tr|ond, Arthur lo|gh A||on.
Ot courso l'vo novor doubtod that Zod|ac was lo|gh,' Chonoy to|d mo. And l'vo a|ways boon aston|shod that thoy novor tr|ppod h|m up. l cou|dn't
bo||ovo |t. l kopt wa|t|ng tor somoth|ng to turn up, to road that Zod|ac was arrostod. loth|ng happonod. l bo||ovo that tho lako |orman load and
lako 3orryossa woro just w|ndow dross|ng, but ho k|||od 0ar|ono |orr|n on purposo.
Whon l t|na||y road your book, Zooloc, and l had purposo|y not dono so unt|| now |n ordor not to attoct my roca||, l got an |doa. 0ar|ono was
corta|n|y not a |ovors' |ano random k||||ng. l th|nk 0ar|ono was k|||od on purposo. l suspoct sho was tho targot and ho throw tho othors |n tor
contus|on. 1horo was tho bus|noss about 0ar|ono saw h|m k||| somobody, or ho just may havo wantod to c|oso hor mouth. 0ar|ono may havo boon
b|ackma|||ng h|m.'
Goorgo 3awart, at tho Zod|ac contoronco, statod ho bo||ovod A||on to bo Zod|ac. Capta|n loy Conway sa|d |n a pub||shod |ntorv|ow: l bo||ovo
as l a|ways havo, that tho Zod|ac k|||or was Arthur lo|gh A||on.' l askod 1osch| tho samo quost|on. 1horo |s no doubt |n my m|nd,' ho conc|udod,
that Arthur lo|gh A||on was, |n tact, tho Zod|ac.' l had wr|tton tho samo |n 1077 (whon wo had an army ot suspocts) bocauso A||on had ottorod to
ho|p catch h|mso|t.
l roca||od tho Zod|ac Contoronco and a quost|on l|ta W||||ams had askod: lt Arthur lo|gh A||on was tho Zod|ac, why d|dn't ho |oavo somo
mossago boh|nd to |ot ovoryono know ho was tho Zod|ac? lt ho was A||on, can you to|| mo why you th|nk ho d|dn't?' l romomborod that whon po||co
showod A||on bomb p|ans on ||nod yo||ow papor w|th a monu tor mak|ng bombs, ho sa|d, l'vo novor soon that p|oco ot papor botoro. . . . l'vo novor
soon thoso documonts botoro.' And yot |t was |n h|s own handwr|t|ng.
0|d ho |oavo somo mossago boh|nd to |ot ovoryono know ho was tho Zod|ac?' ropoatod Conway thoughttu||y. A||on doos |oavo a mossago by
th|ngs that aro |n h|s basomont and at tho samo t|mo dony|ng ovoryth|ng. |rom my po|nt ot v|ow, ho d|d |oavo that mossago. Ono ot [Zod|ac's|
|ottors ta|kod about t|nd|ng bombs |n h|s basomont. Wo||, |n tact, thoro woro bombs |n tho basomont ot that houso whon wo d|d tho soarch warrant
-thoro woro p|po bombs. |o ta|kod about a part|cu|ar way ot mak|ng tho p|po bombs, and wo tound handwr|t|ng ov|donco ot h|m hav|ng wr|tton
that tormu|a that ho don|od ovon mak|ng. U|t|mato|y, tho on|y handwr|t|ng match wo havo |s to h|m |n h|s wr|t|ngs ot Zod|ac's bomb-mak|ng tormu|a.
3o |n h|s own way ho d|d, as tar as l'm concornod, |oavo that mossago.'
Conway had |nd|catod to tho |3l that ho and 3awart wou|d prosont a tu|| rov|ow ot tho caso to tho 3onoma County 0|str|ct Attornoy's Ott|co tor an
op|n|on rogard|ng poss|b|o prosocut|on tor lo|gh A||on. lt tho 0.A. rotusos to t||| chargos aga|nst AllEl,' ho wroto, tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont
w||| c|oso |ts |nvost|gat|on on tho 'ZO0lAC' caso.'
Onco thoso |ntorv|ows havo boon conductod,' tho |3l wroto |n 1002, Conway |nd|catod that ho and 3awart w||| prosont a tu|| rov|ow ot tho caso
to tho 3onoma County 0|str|ct Attornoy's Ott|co tor an op|n|on rogard|ng poss|b|o prosocut|on tor AllEl. lt tho 0.A. rotusos to t||| chargos aga|nst
AllEl, va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont w||| c|oso |ts |nvost|gat|on on tho 'ZO0lAC' caso. va||ojo has roquostod no turthor ass|stanco on th|s caso, and
|t |s thorotoro rocommondod that th|s caso bo c|osod at th|s t|mo.' 1ho |3l, on not|ng tho doath ot Arthur lo|gh A||on, sa|d |n a t|na| roport, 1ho 3an
|ranc|sco caso |s c|osod at th|s t|mo. . . . va||ojo has roquostod no turthor ass|stanco on th|s caso, and |t |s thorotoro rocommondod that th|s caso
bo c|osod at th|s t|mo. . . .'
3ut who was that t|rst t|pstor, tho ono who a|ortod lynch so many t|mos |n 1000? l got that t|p by |ottor,' lynch to|d mo w|thout th|nk|ng tho |ast
t|mo l saw h|m. ln tho absonco ot that anonymous t|p, A||on wou|dn't havo boon a suspoct unt|| 1071. 1ho va||ojo l.0. suspoctod that A||on's own
brothor or s|stor-|n-|aw had turnod h|m |nto tho po||co as a Zod|ac suspoct. 1hoy d|d |ator on. lynch to|d mo ho was t|ppod to A||on moro than onco,
maybo throo t|mos, by somo woman,' l to|d 1osch|. 3ho was ca|||ng up and t|pp|ng h|m. 3o l'm th|nk|ng |t's poss|b|y tho s|stor-|n-|aw.'
You'ro road|ng my m|nd,' sa|d 1osch|. l'm th|nk|ng |t's Karon too.'
lt A||on had not d|od, tho saga ot Zod|ac wou|d havo had a d|ttoront ond|ng.
On 1uosday, Varch 24, 1002, upon h|s roturn trom Gormany and short|y botoro lo|gh A||on's doath, Goorgo 3awart conductod an |mportant
|ntorv|ow.
What l'm rotorr|ng to |s whoro l am t|na||y ab|o to rocontact v|ct|m V|ko Vagoau,' ho to|d mo, and l show h|m a s|x-photo sproad. lt |nc|udod
|arvoy ||nos's suspoct. l had a p|cturo ot Arthur lo|gh A||on |n thoro, tho rost woro not ll3, ll3, and C|l ott|cors, thoy woro just t|||ors. Vy w|to 1an
was down |n l.A. at tho t|mo tor a company sho was work|ng tor. l had to moot w|th V|ko Vagoau at somo po|nt |n t|mo, so l dovota||od th|s whon
sho was down thoro tor a wook. l v|s|tod w|th hor wh||o l was thoro, stayod at tho samo hoto| room, and savod tho c|ty somo monoy. low th|s |s
somo twonty yoars attor tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs th|ng, so l'm not roa| hypod up about moot|ng V|chao| Vagoau and show|ng h|m th|s photo sproad.
l'm to|| you how much crodonco l took to |t-norma||y |t l wont down to an a|rport, l'd got aho|d ot a|rport socur|ty. 1hoy'd g|vo mo an ott|co and l'd s|t
thoro and ta|k to tho w|tnoss and show 'om a photo sproad. l thought so ||tt|o ot th|s, th|nk|ng l was go|ng to bo thoro about ton m|nutos, that l just
|ocatod h|m and tound a sma|| cornor ot tho a|rport.
1horo woro poop|o m||||ng around and ovoryth|ng, but |t was ta|r|y qu|ot. And that's why l showod h|m th|s ||noup.'Causo l just know that ho'd |ook
at th|s ||noup and say, '1horo's nobody |n thoro that l rocogn|zo. ' Wo||, l pu||od th|s ||noup out and thoy woro dr|vor's ||conso p|cturos trom 1007 or
'08. Anyway, thoy woro trom tho ora whon Zod|ac startod. 1hoy woro ot Arthur lo|gh A||on and ot 'larry Kano' and t|||ors, a|| tat-tacod poop|o. And
thoso woro tho o|d-sty|o photos. 1hoy woro b|ack and wh|to. You got thom trom 0Vv |n thoso days. 1hoso woro b|own up |argor than a rogu|ar
||conso p|cturo. A rogu|ar ||conso p|cturo |s about maybo an |nch and a ha|t squaro. 1hoso woro maybo two |nchos or throo |nchos squaro. 1hoy
woro not hugo p|cturos, but thoy woro ta|r|y |argo p|cturos.
l g|vo Vagoau tho ||noup admon|shmont, '1ust bocauso l'm show|ng you p|cturos, you don't havo to |dont|ty anyono as tho rospons|b|o, ho may
not bo |n horo-b|ah, b|ah, b|ah.' 3o l hand h|m thom.
|o |ooks at thom tor twonty, th|rty soconds. lo|nts to Arthur lo|gh A||on and says, '1hat's tho man! 1hat's tho man who shot mo at 3|uo lock
3pr|ngs!'
l was abso|uto|y t|abborgastod that ho p|ckod out Arthur lo|gh A||on. l d|dn't oxpoct h|m to p|ck out anybody at a||!'
op||oguo
Davo 1oachi ia now w|th lorth 3tar 3ocur|ty 3orv|cos as a v|co-pros|dont and mombor ot tho board. lot|rod dotoct|vo ||outonant V|ko C|ravo|o, a
ch|ot |nvost|gator on low York's Zod|ac caso, now runs a pr|vato |nvost|gat|on company |n suburban low York C|ty. |o |ott tho dopartmont whon
Zod|ac ll t|rst van|shod, argu|ng that tho Zod|ac 1ask |orco shou|d not bo abandonod. |o ho|pod tra|n 0otoct|vo 3orgoant 1oo |orbort who
rocogn|zod tho hand ot Zod|ac ll |n 3oda's handwr|t|ng. 3ryan |artno||, marr|od and tho tathor ot two sons, |s a probato |awyor |n 3outhorn
Ca||torn|a.
1ho 3anta losa murdors woro novor so|vod,' 3orgoant 3tovo 3rown, 3onoma 3hor|tt's 0opartmont, to|d mo. ln tact, wo'ro work|ng thom protty
hard r|ght now. Ono was novor tound, but ot tho s|x that woro tound l on|y havo ov|donco on ono ot tho g|r|s, K|m Wondy A||on. What l'm st||| try|ng to
do |s t|nd tho rost ot tho ov|donco. Wo'ro c|oar|ng out tho arch|va| ov|donco that's out at our 1uvon||o |a|| tac|||ty. 1hoso o|d casos aro tough
bocauso who knows whoro tho ov|donco goos. |opotu||y, l'm go|ng to t|nd somo moro. l ospoc|a||y want to t|nd tho ropo usod to strang|o K|m
Wondy that thoy subm|ttod to tho |3l. 1hoy tostod th|s ropo |n ovory poss|b|o way and thoro was noth|ng spoc|a| about |t. lt was a ny|on rogu|ar ropo
that you cou|d buy anywhoro.'
On tho lros|d|o, whoro Zod|ac was |ast soon and nurso 0onna lass onco workod, ton-story lottorman |osp|ta| and |ts t|vo-story annox roma|n
on|y as doso|ato hu|ks. 1ho ho||owod-out concroto bu||d|ngs w||| bo domo||shod and rop|acod by a d|g|ta| mov|o product|on campus, lucast||m's
lndustr|a| l|ght 8 Vag|c. 3andy lanzaro||a so|d 3c|onco 0ynam|cs. W|th that monoy ho purchasod tho lKO-lad|o l|cturos t||m ||brary wh|ch ho
|ator so|d to 1od 1urnor. lt was a tough doc|s|on,' lanzaro||a to|d mo, to g|vo up a ||brary wh|ch not on|y |nc|udod Cltlzoo Kooo, and othor bo|ovod
t||ms, but 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo.' 1ho mov|o-obsossod Zod|ac wou|d havo approc|atod tho |rony.
appond|cos
loturn to 3oarch Warrant 3orvod on Arthur lo|gh A||on, |obruary 14, 1001. 1ho to||ow|ng porsona| proporty was takon trom 82 |rosno 3troot, C|ty
ot va||ojo, 3o|ano County, Ca||torn|a.
1. |our p|po bombs.
2. Ono pr|mor Cord.
8. 3ovon lmpact dov|cos la||way 1orpodo.
4. 1wo 3atoty tusos, groon, two ro||s oa. 08/'.
b. 1wo ro||s ot satoty tusos (orango).
0. Ono cardboard box w/Vrs. E. W. A||on on |abo|.
7. 1wo Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|os datod 000882.
8. 1wo 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|os datod 000182.
0. 1wo g|ass bott|os ot b|ack mator|a|.
10. l|no lon-o|octr|c b|ast|ng caps.
11. 1wo 1ga|van|zod p|pos w|th ono ond cap.
12. ||vo p|po throad compounds.
18. 3|x p|po v|sos.
14. Ono cardboard box w|th t|roworks, satoty tuso (groon), bott|os ot potass|um n|trato, two bott|os ot su|tur, m|sco||anoous t|roworks.
1b. 3rown p|ast|c bag covor|ng ltom #0.
10. Ono can ot b|ack powdor part|a||y tu||.
17. Euroarms .44-ca||bor b|ack powdor #188b7.
18. lugor .22 rovo|vor #8b0bb and s|x ||vo rounds.
10. .22 lovo|vor #l8102b.
20. lugor .44 3|ackhawk #81bb788 and t|vo rounds.
21. Co|t .82 auto #210874 and sovon rounds.
22. W|nchostor, 3upor and m|sco||anoous ammo tor .82, .22, .44, and .80-ca||bor.
28. .22 automat|c c||p w|th throo rounds.
24. Zod|ac 3oa Wo|t Watch #20804.
2b. V|sco||anoous papors and nows c||ps Zod|ac.'
20. Var||n .22 r|t|o w|th scopo #24878788.
27. ln|and .80-ca||bor r|t|o #b044080.
28. 3oars o|octr|c typowr|tor.
20. loya| manua| typowr|tor.
80. Cut |ottor trom 0O1 and m|sco||anoous nows c||ps.
81. Z|ppo ||ghtor ongravod 0. E. 3randon.'
82. 3ma|| t|ash||ght.
88. |unt|ng kn|to w|th shoath and r|vots.
84. |our boxos ot v|dootapos, ono box aud|o roo| tapos, ono cassotto rocordor.
8b. lom|ngton .22 short ca||bor r|t|o.
80. 3tovons Vodo| 88b 12-gaugo doub|o-barro| shotgun.
87. W|nchostor Vodo| b0 20-gaugo automat|c shotgun.

Arthur Loigh AIIon'a 1raiIora, Cara, and Boata

Un|vorsa| tra||or (ott whoo|s), ||conso, Al 08b4, parkod at tho 3unsot 1ra||or lark, 2008 3anta losa Avonuo. 3|ot A-7. Ownod s|nco 1070.
1ra||or VE8080, spoc|a| construct|on. log|storod 10/81/70.
1ra||or G38808, spoc|a| construct|on campor, 12/81/7b.
A 1ra||or |n 3odoga 3ay.
A 1ra||or rumorod to bo parkod |n a no|ghbor's tract ot doop woods.

Car #1. 0XW 180, 1002 vW Karmann Gh|a, rog|storod 7/18/80. An oxact dup||cato ot 3ryan |artno||'s car at lako 3orryossa 0/00.
Car #2. VlZ 0b7, 100b 3u|ck sodan, Gray 3ky|ark, rog|storod 4/20/80.
Car #8. XAV 400 tan stat|on wagon.
Car #4. 1004 dark |ord. On tho n|ght ot tho 1u|y |ourth murdor, a doputy had soon a b|uo 1007 |ord 3odan |n tho 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs park|ng |ot
oar||or |n tho ovon|ng.
A two-soat Aust|n |oa|oy.
A wh|to 3u|ck.
A wh|to 100b Vorcodos, 22033.
l0| 074, 10b8 |ord sodan.
A||on had uso ot 1uckor's 100b-00 brown Corva|r. Whothor or not ho usod |t w|thout porm|ss|on on 1u|y 4, 1000 |s not known.

3ma|| b|uo and wh|to 3a||boat: a twonty-two-toot-|ong sa||boat on a tra||or, part|a||y drapod by a b|uo tarp. Ca||torn|a ||conso numbor, lE872b.
Opon sa||boat ton toot |ong. C| 0127 |0 ||conso. 3t|ckor #|l07782. |uo| Unknown.

1ho Bawart Roort

va||ojo 0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart's cont|dont|a| 1002 th|rty-po|nt roport was proparod, not as part ot tho ott|c|a| Zod|ac caso t||o, but as an
|ntroductory out||no tor va||ojo 0|str|ct Attornoy V|ko la|| to tac|||tato h|s doc|s|on whothor or not to arrost tho pr|mo suspoct. Chonoy had usod
A||on's d|sm|ssa| trom toach|ng and h|s subsoquont movo homo as a dato to p|aco tho convorsat|on |n h|s room. |o know that ho movod trom tho
3ay Aroa to h|s now 3outhorn Ca||torn|a job on low Yoar's 0ay. 1hat was |n tact, 1anuary 1, 1000. ln |ator convorsat|ons Chonoy corroctod th|s. l
havo |ott tho |naccurato dato, 1008, |n 3awart's roport. lo|gh's convorsat|on w|th Chonoy st||| prodatod tho croat|on ot tho Zod|ac porsona and h|s
V.O. by o|ght months. 1ho roport road as to||ows:

Circumatancoa Which |ndicato Arthur Loigh AIIon ia, in Fact, tho Zodiac KiIIor.
1. ln 1000, l|vors|do, Ca||torn|a, Chor| 1o 3A1E3, W|, |s stabbod to doath. 1ho l|vors|do lo||co 0opartmont roco|vod a typod |ottor
trom tho k|||or. On th|s |ottor, tho k|||or |dont|t|od h|mso|t as Entorpr|so' [actua||y, th|s was to d|roct tho |ottor to a l|vors|do nowspapor ot that
namo|. 1ho brand ot typowr|tor usod |n th|s |ottor has boon |dont|t|od as loya| w|th an o||to typo. An o|dor loya| typowr|tor w|th o||to typo was
tound dur|ng tho sorv|co ot tho soarch warrant at AllEl's ros|donco on 02/01.
2. ln 0ocombor ot 1007, AllEl was g|von a Zod|ac brand watch as a Chr|stmas prosont trom h|s mothor. 1ho company symbo| tor tho|r
Zod|ac watchos |s oxact|y tho samo symbo| as |ator adaptod by tho Zod|ac K|||or. 1h|s watch was takon dur|ng tho sorv|co ot a soarch warrant
|n |obruary ot 1001.
8. ln 1anuary 1008, AllEl had a convorsat|on w|th 0ona|d C|ElEY, a tr|ond ot h|s. AllEl gu|sod th|s convorsat|on as though ho was
go|ng to wr|to a novo|. AllEl |nd|catod to C|ElEY that ho wou|d ca|| h|mso|t Zod|ac' and uso tho Zod|ac watch symbo| as h|s symbo|. 1hat
ho wou|d k||| poop|o |n |ovors' |anos by us|ng a woapon w|th a t|ash||ght attachod to |t tor s|ght|ng at n|ght. 1hat ho wou|d wr|to |ottors to tho
po||co to contuso thom and taunt thom and s|gn thom as tho Zod|ac us|ng tho Zod|ac watch symbo|. AllEl statod ho wou|d got womon to stop
on tho trooway |nd|cat|ng thoy had somo prob|oms w|th tho|r t|ros, and that ho wou|d |ooson tho |ug nuts so tho|r t|ro wou|d |ator ta|| ott, and ho
cou|d tako thom capt|vo. AllEl to|d C|ElEY that ho wou|d shoot ch||dron as thoy got ott schoo| busos.
4. On 1u|y 4, 1000, 0ar|ono |Ellll was k|||od, and V|chao| VAGEAU shot numorous t|mos at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs, va||ojo. On 1u|y 81,
1000, a |ottor was roco|vod by tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o doscr|b|ng tho k||||ng and shoot|ng |nc|dont at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs, s|gnod on|y w|th tho
symbo| ot tho Zod|ac watch. August 7, 1000, a |ottor was roco|vod, whoro|n, an |nd|v|dua| |dont|t|od h|mso|t as Zod|ac |nd|cat|ng many tacts
about tho shoot|ng |n va||ojo. |o |nd|catod ho s|ghtod w|th a t|ash||ght attachod to h|s gun. 1ho |ottor was s|gnod w|th tho Zod|ac watch
company's symbo|.
b. ln oar|y Octobor 1000, 3orgoant lynch ot tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont |ntorv|owod AllEl as to h|s whoroabouts on 002700 (tho
dato ot tho lapa County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont k||||ng at lako 3orryossa). AllEl sa|d that ho had p|annod to go to 3orryossa on that dato but
had changod h|s m|nd and had gono to tho ocoan |nstoad. 1h|s samo convorsat|on was cont|rmod by Capta|n [loy| COlWAY and myso|t
dur|ng tho sorv|co ot tho soarch warrant on 02/01.
0. ln 1000, a lh|||p 1UCKEl ot tho Groator va||ojo locroat|on 0|str|ct |nd|catod that AllEl, who was a c|oso tr|ond ot h|s, otton ta|kod
about tho Zod|ac caso. 1UCKEl |nd|catod that AllEl had prov|ous|y ta|kod about shoot|ng w|th spoc|a| s|ghts tor shoot|ng |n tho dark.
1UCKEl |nd|catod that ho saw tho Zod|ac symbo| at AllEl's houso and a|so somo typo ot cryptograms.
7. A Zod|ac |ottor roco|vod by nowspapors datod 101800 a||udod to shoot tho ||tt|o dar||ngs as thoy camo bounc|ng ott tho bus.' A|most
tho samo vorb|ago g|von to C|ElEY |n 1008.
8. A Zod|ac |ottor datod 110000 doscr|bod mak|ng h|s bomb tor b|ow|ng up busos by us|ng ammon|a n|trato, stovo o||, and gravo|. A
tormu|a |n AllEl's handwr|t|ng was tound dur|ng tho sorv|co ot tho soarch warrant at A||on's ros|donco on 02/01, as wo|| as comp|otod p|po
bombs.
0. A Zod|ac |ottor datod 110000 statod, You don't know |t tho bomb |s at tho s|to or storod |n my basomont tor tuturo uso.' 0ur|ng tho
sorv|co ot tho soarch warrant ot AllEl's ros|donco on 02/01, p|po bombs woro tound |n AllEl's basomont, as wo|| as tormu|as tor
ammon|a n|trato and stovo o|| bombs.
10. A Zod|ac |ottor datod 110000. lt |nd|catod that tho k||||ng too|s woro bought through ma|| ordor. 0ur|ng tho sorv|co ot tho soarch
warrant at AllEl's ros|donco on 02/01, ma|| ordor cata|og pagos woro tound rogard|ng bombs, booby traps, and guns.
11. On 082870, Kath|oon 1O|l3 was stoppod by an |nd|v|dua| t|ash|ng h|s hoad||ghts. 1h|s |nd|v|dua| |nd|catod that hor t|ro was |ooso.
|o, |n tact, |oosonod tho |ug nuts on hor t|ro caus|ng hor t|ro to ta|| ott, and thon took hor |n h|s voh|c|o tor qu|to somo t|mo. A |ottor sont to tho
nows mod|a on 072770 by tho Zod|ac c|a|mod ho was rospons|b|o tor th|s |nc|dont. 1h|s |s a|most oxact|y tho samo as to|d to C|ElEY |n
1000.
12. 0ur|ng th|s convorsat|on w|th C|ElEY |n 1008, AllEl askod C|ElEY how to d|sgu|so h|s handwr|t|ng, and ho wou|d woar makoup
to chango h|s appoaranco. loto-1ho Zod|ac handpr|nt|ng has novor boon matchod to that [ot| AllEl. 1h|s cou|d oxp|a|n th|s match not
bo|ng mado. 1h|s prom|so has boon d|scussod at |ongth w|th 1orry lascoo, Ouost|onod 0ocumont Exam|nor, 0O1 rot|rod. |o or|g|na||y
workod on somo ot tho Zod|ac |ottors. |o agroos that a porson w|th h|gh |nto|||gonco cou|d study tho mothods usod to oxam|no handwr|t|ng
and too| a documont oxam|nor.
18. 0ur|ng tho convorsat|on w|th C|ElEY, AllEl |nd|catod ho wou|d havo tun hunt|ng poop|o.
14. AllEl to|d C|ElEY that ho wou|d sond |ottors to tho po||co to contuso and antagon|zo thom.
1b. AllEl to|d C|ElEY that ho wou|d attach a t|ash||ght to a woapon tor s|ght|ng |n tho dark. 1h|s |s rotorrod [to| by tho Zod|ac |n a |ottor
ho sont to tho nows mod|a on 080700.
10. 3hoo pr|nts tound at lako 3orryossa by tho lapa County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont bo|ong|ng to tho k|||or aro s|zo 10/. AllEl woars
shoos s|zo 10/.
17. 1ho doscr|pt|on ot tho k|||or |n va||ojo at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs and |n lapa County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont jur|sd|ct|on at lako 3orryossa |s
a hoavysot wh|to ma|o w|th a potbo||y. AllEl |s a wh|to ma|o, hoavysot w|th a potbo||y.
18. lottors roco|vod trom tho Zod|ac by tho mod|a had what appoarod to bo |ntont|ona||y m|sspo||od words. AllEl |ntont|ona||y m|sspo||s
words. Ono oxamp|o wou|d bo |n documonts tound dur|ng tho soarch warrant ot 02/01, AllEl spo||od tho word oggs a|gs.' 1h|s |ntont|ona|
m|sspo|||ng ot words was cont|rmod by h|s brothor lon AllEl who says that lo|gh AllEl d|d that to bo tunny.
10. AllEl don|od any know|odgo about mak|ng bombs and don|od ovor mak|ng any tormu|as tor mak|ng bombs. AllEl's handwr|t|ng
has boon matchod to tho tormu|as tound tor mak|ng bombs dur|ng tho soarch warrant ot 02/01.
20. AllEl was roportod to tho 3onoma County 3hor|tt's 0opartmont on 002874 as hav|ng mo|ostod a boy |n that c|ty. |o was arrostod
|n |ato 3optombor or oar|y Octobor 1074. 1ho |ast |ottor roco|vod trom tho Zod|ac |n th|s t|mo tramo was 070874. AllEl was ro|oasod trom
Atascadoro 3tato lr|son |n 3optombor 1077. lo Zod|ac |ottors woro roco|vod wh||o AllEl was |n Atascadoro lr|son.
21. ln 1000, la|ph 3lllElll had a convorsat|on w|th AllEl. AllEl adm|ttod ho was tho Zod|ac. AllEl c|a|mod ho wou|d do a k||||ng
|n 3an |ranc|sco to provo that ho was tho Zod|ac k|||or. On Octobor 11, 1000, lau| 31llE, a cabdr|vor |n tho C|ty ot 3an |ranc|sco, was shot
to doath. 1h|s shoot|ng d|ttors trom tho 1u|y 4, 1000, k||||ng |n va||ojo, and tho 3optombor 27, 1000, k||||ng |n lapa County |nasmuch as thoso
woro both mon and womon |n soc|udod aroas. On 101400, a |ottor trom tho Zod|ac took crod|t tor tho 31llE k||||ng and sont part ot 31llE's
sh|rt to tho nowspapor.
22. ln Vay ot 1001, AllEl gavo an |ntorv|ow to tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o . ln that |ntorv|ow ho |nd|catod a Van trom lako 1ahoo' had
rocont|y g|von va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont |ntormat|on rogard|ng h|m (AllEl). lt shou|d bo notod that 3lllElll ownod a rostaurant |n tho lako
1ahoo Aroa |n tho oar|y 1080s. lt |s apparont that AllEl must havo kopt track ot 3lllElll as ho was novor to|d by us that 3lllElll had any
connoct|on w|th lako 1ahoo.
28. lotoronco ltom #0 |n th|s ||st ot c|rcumstancos-On 001101, Capta|n Conway and l ro-|ntorv|owod lh|| 1UCKEl. 1ho oxcorpts trom
ltom #0 woro trom a 1071 |ntorv|ow by 0otoct|vo 0avo 1O3C|l ot tho 3an |ranc|sco lo||co 0opartmont. 0ur|ng our |ntorv|ow lh|| 1UCKEl
was unab|o to romombor that Arthur lo|gh AllEl had to|d h|m that ho had spoc|a| s|ghts tor shoot|ng |n tho dark. |o d|d, howovor, |nd|cato
that Arthur lo|gh AllEl to|d h|m ho was prot|c|ont |n shoot|ng and prot|c|ont |n shoot|ng |n tho dark.
Vost s|gn|t|cant now |ntormat|on rovoa|od by lh|| 1UCKEl was tho to||ow|ng: 1ho book [A||on had mont|onod| was about hunt|ng poop|o
w|th a bow and arrow. AllEl was tasc|natod w|th th|s. |o |nd|catod a numbor ot t|mos that |t wou|d bo moro sport to hunt poop|o as thoy had
|nto|||gonco. 1h|s convorsat|on took p|aco wh||o AllEl and 1UCKEl woro d|scuss|ng hunt|ng tr|ps wh||o [on routo| to tho ocoan to go d|v|ng.
AllEl was tasc|natod w|th tho concopt ot sta|k|ng poop|o rathor than gamo. 1UCKEl |nd|catod that ho to|t that AllEl wantod 1UCKEl's
roact|on to thoso statomonts. 1UCKEl to|d AllEl that ho wou|d novor cons|dor hunt|ng poop|o. 1UCKEl |nd|catod ho th|nks AllEl to|d h|m
tho namo ot tho book ho had road. Attor somo t|mo l askod 1UCKEl |t tho namo ot tho story was 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,' and 1UCKEl
sa|d ho d|d not th|nk that was tho namo ot tho book. 1UCKEl |nd|catod that th|s convorsat|on took p|aco pr|or to 3optombor ot 1000 as that |s
tho month and yoar ho marr|od h|s t|rst w|to, and ho d|d not soo AllEl to any groat dogroo, nor go out on hunt|ng and t|sh|ng tr|ps w|th h|m
attor h|s marr|ago.
lt shou|d bo notod th|s |s a|most oxact|y tho samo as part ot tho convorsat|on ho had w|th 0ona|d C|ElEY on 1anuary ot 1008 and a|most
oxact|y tho samo as a||udod to by tho Zod|ac |n h|s |ottors to tho pross, as wo|| as |n h|s cryptogram. 1UCKEl was askod |t ho know 0ona|d
C|ElEY, and ho adv|sod ho d|d not.
1UCKEl was askod why ho d|d not g|vo th|s |ntormat|on to 1O3C|l and VUlAlAX |n 1071. |o |nd|catod ho on|y answorod tho|r quost|ons
and was not askod about any tantas|os AllEl may havo ro|atod to h|m.
1UCKEl a|so |nd|catod that dur|ng tho span ot th|s convorsat|on, Arthur lo|gh AllEl had a Zod|ac brand watch w|th a Zod|ac symbo|
wh|ch cons|stod ot a c|rc|o w|th ||nos hor|zonta||y and vort|ca||y through |t.
1UCKEl a|so |nd|catod that ho has soon Arthur lo|gh AllEl wr|to w|th both hands, and that ho usos both hands oqua||y wo|| whon
handwr|t|ng. 1UCKEl doscr|bos h|s handwr|t|ng as not roa| good.
1UCKEl a|so |nd|catod that AllEl had an |ntorost |n codos, and that ho had soon a handwr|tton Zod|ac-typo cryptogram at AllEl's
houso pr|or to any cryptograms bo|ng pub||shod |n tho nowspapor. 1UCKEl a|so |nd|catod that AllEl |ovod to try and outsmart tho othor guy.
1UCKEl |nd|catos that |n 1000, ho ownod an o|dor brown Corva|r that was boat up, and that AllEl had dr|von th|s Corva|r. |o cou|d not
spoc|t|ca||y |nd|cato whothor AllEl drovo th|s Corva|r on 1u|y 4, 1000. lt shou|d bo notod that w|tnossos at tho k||||ng at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs on
1u|y 4, 1000, doscr|bod an o|dor brown voh|c|o, poss|b|y a Corva|r, as bo|ng tho rospons|b|o voh|c|o.
24. ln tho m|d-1070s 0.O.1. lnvost|gator 3llvEl accompan|od by 3ryan |Al1lEll, tho v|ct|m |n tho lapa 3hor|tt's 0opartmont Zod|ac
Caso, wont to a hardwaro storo whoro AllEl was work|ng. |Al1lEll was d|roctod to mako a purchaso trom AllEl. |Al1lEll thon
|ntormod 3llvEl that AllEl's phys|ca| s|zo and vo|co woro tho samo as tho porson who had k|||od h|s g|r|tr|ond and bad|y woundod h|m,
|Al1lEll, |n lapa. |Al1lEll d|d not soo tho taco ot tho rospons|b|o [assa||ant| |n th|s |nc|dont as ho was woar|ng a hood.
2b. Wh||o Arthur lo|gh AllEl was |ncarcoratod at Atascadoro 3tato lr|son, 0.O.1. lnvost|gator 3llvEl had a po|ygraph oxam|nat|on
g|von to AllEl by 0.O.1. lo|ygraph Exam|nor 3am ll31El. 3am ll31El |nd|catod that AllEl had passod th|s po|ygraph tost, and ho to|t
ho was not, |n tact, tho Zod|ac k|||or.
Wo had our po|ygraph oxam|nor 1O|l3Ol oxam|no tho charts usod by ll31El on AllEl. 1O|l3Ol |nd|catod that attor oxam|n|ng tho
charts, |t was h|s op|n|on that AllEl was on somo typo ot drugs wh||o ho was tak|ng tho po|ygraph tor ll31El, and that |t was a|so h|s op|n|on
that AllEl d|d not pass tho po|ygraph oxam|nat|on, and that |t was |nconc|us|vo. lt shou|d bo notod that Atascadoro |s a monta| hosp|ta|, and
many ot tho |nmatos aro on d|ttoront typos ot tranqu|||zors.
20. 0ur|ng tho soarch warrant |n |obruary ot 1001 at AllEl's ros|donco, a |ottor was |ocatod that |nd|catod |t was trom lnvost|gator
3llvEl at tho 0opartmont ot 1ust|co. 1h|s |ottor was to Whom lt Vay Concorn' and |nd|catod that AllEl had passod tho po|ygraph
oxam|nat|on, and |aw ontorcomont shou|d no |ongor cons|dor h|m as a suspoct |n tho Zod|ac k||||ngs. A|so tound was tho mastor tor mak|ng th|s
|ottor. AllEl subsoquont|y adm|ttod that ho had pr|ntod th|s |ottor wh||o work|ng |n tho pr|nt shop at Atascadoro |osp|ta|. |owovor, AllEl
ma|nta|nod that th|s |ottor was authont|c.
Contacts w|th 3llvEl |nd|catod that tho s|gnaturo on tho |ottor was authont|c, but |t was not 0.O.1. |ottorhoad, and ho wou|d novor wr|to such
a |ottor. 3llvEl d|d |nd|cato that ho had wr|tton |ottors to AllEl to obta|n h|s porm|ss|on to do a po|ygraph|c oxam|nat|on, and th|s may havo
boon whoro h|s s|gnaturo was tound and usod |n th|s bogus |ottor.
27. ln m|d-1002, V|chao| VAGEAU, tho v|ct|m |n tho Zod|ac k||||ng |n va||ojo, whoro|n 0ar|ono |Ellll d|od, and ho was bad|y woundod,
mado a pos|t|vo |dont|t|cat|on trom a photo ||noup compr|sod ot dr|vor's ||conso photos, ono ot wh|ch was Arthur lo|gh AllEl's p|cturo trom a
1008 dr|vor's ||conso, that AllEl was tho rospons|b|o who shot h|m on 1u|y 4, 1000, at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs.
28. Ono ot tho cryptograms sont by tho Zod|ac had a ||no on |t that |nd|catod, Vy namo |s,' and |t was a d|ttoront cryptogram at th|s
|ocat|on. 1h|s cryptogram was t|na||y brokon, and |t was dotorm|nod to road, lobort Emmott, tho ||pp|o.' lo ono was ab|o to |ocato lobort
Emmott, tho ||pp|o.' ln August ot 1002, |ntormat|on was dovo|opod that AllEl was an assoc|ato w|th tho managor ot tho sw|mm|ng toam at
va||ojo ||gh 3choo| whoso namo was lobort Emmott lO0l|El, and th|s porson |ator bocamo a h|pp|o attond|ng Un|vors|ty ot Ca||torn|a,
3orko|oy, and U.3.|. |n 3an |ranc|sco.
lobort Emmott lO0l|El was |ocatod |n Gormany. |o cont|rmod that ho d|d, |n tact, know Arthur lo|gh AllEl a|though ho |nd|catod thoy
woro novor tr|onds. lO0l|El |nd|catod that ho was vory popu|ar whon |n schoo|, and that Arthur lo|gh AllEl was not, and thoro was
apparont|y somo an|mos|ty botwoon h|m and AllEl bocauso ot th|s. |o was g|von tho |ntormat|on about lobort Emmott, tho ||pp|o,' and
tho on|y oxp|anat|on ho cou|d havo was that AllEl was joa|ous ot h|m, lO0l|El.
20. lntormat|on was dovo|opod that whon Arthur lo|gh AllEl was born, and as a youngstor, ho was |ott-handod, and that ho was torcod
to wr|to w|th h|s r|ght hand by h|s paronts. 1hus, ho bocamo amb|doxtrous. AllEl stoadtast|y don|od th|s [ab|||ty|, |nd|cat|ng ho was on|y ab|o
to wr|to w|th h|s r|ght hand. |owovor, h|s brothor |nd|catod that, |n tact, Arthur lo|gh AllEl cou|d wr|to w|th o|thor hand. A|so, wo |ntorv|owod
Arthur lo|gh AllEl's bost tr|ond, G|on lllE|Al1, who was vory dotons|vo ot AllEl, but cont|rmod that AllEl was ab|o to wr|to w|th h|s
|ott hand.
1ho handwr|t|ng ot tho Zod|ac k|||or has novor boon matchod to tho handwr|t|ng ot Arthur lo|gh AllEl. Our handwr|t|ng oxport,
CUllllG|AV, cont|rms that |t AllEl had tho ab|||ty to wr|to w|th h|s |ott hand, that th|s cou|d oxp|a|n tho |nab|||ty to match tho handwr|t|ng to
Arthur lo|gh AllEl.
80. ln August ot 1002, Arthur lo|gh AllEl was tound doad |n h|s ros|donco ot a hoart attack. A soarch warrant sorvod at AllEl's
ros|donco rovoa|od moro bomb tormu|as, and a v|dootapo ot a|| tho 1v |ntorv|ows ro|atod to tho Zod|ac. A|so, a |ottor that was to bo oponod
upon h|s doath |nd|cat|ng that ho was not, |n tact, tho Zod|ac, and that ho had boon porsocutod by tho va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont.

1ho Zodiac Lottora

ZOD|AC'5 R|VER5|DE, CAL|FORN|A WR|1|NC5
1. lovombor 20, 1000 (1uosday). 1wo typowr|tton carbon cop|os ot a contoss|on' |ottor sont to tho pross and l|vors|do po||co. Zod|ac
typod on a sandw|ch ot 1o|otypo papor and carbon papor and ma||od tho ta|ntost, tho tourth and t|tth |mpross|ons. 1ho or|g|na| typod top pago
was novor sont. |o ont|t|od tho |ottor 1|E COl|E33lOl 3y----' and typod at tho bottom: CC C|lE| O| lOllCE, El1Ellll3E.' 1ho
contoss|on had tho samo mock|ng tono Zod|ac usod |n a |ator |ottor ho bogan Vy lamo |s---.' 1ho throat ot moro k||||ngs to como |s a|so
Zod|ac-||ko. 3oth onvo|opos woro addrossod |n hoavy-to|t typo pr|nt|ng to tho |om|c|do 0ota||, l|vors|do' and tho Lol|y Eotorprlso,
l|vors|do, Ca||torn|a.' |o t|aggod thom A11l, CllVE.' 1ho two |ottors had no postago, on|y tho stampod rom|ndor: AlWAY3 U3E Zll
CO0E. lostmark: llvEl3l0E CAll|. lOv 20 lV 1000.
2. Apr|| 80, 1007 (3unday). Zod|ac's handwr|tton |ottor on 8/-by-11-|nch ||nod throo-ho|o noto papor and onvo|opo |n ponc|| to tho
Rlvorsloo Pross-Eotorprlso. loto tho Z' at tho bottom ot tho |ottor (tho |3l agrood that th|s was a Z' and not a numora| 2' and doub|o
postago-two tour-cont l|nco|n stamps, on tho onvo|opo and |ack ot postmark. 3atos had to d|o . . .' |3l 3poc|mons O00 and O07. 3|l0
ltom #10. lnc|udos tho throo |ottors and onvo|opos postmarkod Apr|| 80, 1007.
8. Apr|| 80, 1007. Zod|ac's |ottor |n ponc|| to tho l|vors|do lo||co 0opartmont. 1wo tour-cont l|nco|n stamps, on tho onvo|opo and |ack ot
postmark. 3atos had to d|o . . .' |3l 3poc|mons Oc08 and O00.
4. Zod|ac's |ottor |n ponc|| to 1osoph 3atos, Apr|| 80, 1007. 1wo tour-cont l|nco|n stamps, on tho onvo|opo and |ack ot postmark. 3atos
had to d|o . . .'
b. C|rca 1anuary 1007. 0osktop poom, tound |n tho l|vors|do C|ty Co||ogo l|brary around tho samo t|mo as lottors 1, 2, and 8, but
probab|y wr|tton throo and a ha|t months oar||or, thon storod |n an unusod basomont. lt was d|scovorod by a jan|tor. 3a||po|nt pon, 3|ck ot
l|v|ng . . .' lhotocopy ot ton ||no poom ot crudo troo vorso. 1ho mossago was wr|tton on p|ywood board study dosktop w|th a ba||po|nt pon.
|our t|ngorpr|nts and throo part|a| pa|m pr|nts (latont Caso #78000) on tho top roma|nod un|dont|t|od. 1hoy d|d not match tho throo |oca|
suspocts that l|vors|do l.0. had undor |nvost|gat|on. 1h|s poom moasurod a moro t|vo |nchos doop by throo-and-ono-ha|t |nchos w|do, no
b|ggor than a t||o card. Zod|ac sont cards through tho ma|| ot tho samo s|zo. 3y wr|t|ng so t|ny, Zod|ac was ab|o to turthor d|sgu|so h|s
handpr|nt|ng.
1ho |3l lab, work|ng on|y trom photos and photocop|os, roportod that lort|ons ot tho mator|a|, part|cu|ar|y tho throo l|vors|do |ottors, may
havo boon d|sgu|sod or do||borato|y d|stortod . . . tho handpr|nt|ng oxam|nat|on ot thoso |ottors was |nconc|us|vo. |owovor cons|stont
handpr|nt|ng charactor|st|cs woro notod tho O8b-Oc100 |ottors wh|ch |nd|cato that ono porson may havo proparod a|| ot tho |ottors |nc|ud|ng tho
l|vors|do |ottors and tho mossago tound on tho dosktop |n tho l|vors|do caso.'

ZOD|AC'5 NOR1EERN CAL|FORN|A WR|1|NC5
1. 1u|y 81, 1000 (1hursday). Zod|ac's |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o conta|ns ono-th|rd ot a c|phor. 1h|s |s tho murdoror . . . brand
namo |s Wostorn.' lago 1wo ot Zod|ac's b|uo to|t-t|p pon |ottor to tho Cbroolc|o , 1u|y 81, 1000 |s on back. lapor |s so th|n that ovor|oat shows
through. 1ho |ottor wo roco|vod at tho Cbroolc|o moasurod 7/-|nchos-by- 10/-|nchos. lottors ma||od to tho Exomloor and 7lmos-loro|o
moasurod d|ttoront s|zos and |nd|catod tho k|||or was us|ng roma|ndorod papor bought |n |ots. Ono-th|rd ot Zod|ac's throo-part c|phor onc|osod
|n h|s |ottor. Envo|opo, s||p ot c|phor, onvo|opo t|ap and both pagos ot Zod|ac's |ottor t|ngorpr|ntod. lo||co m|stakon|y markod photocopy sont
to |3l as c|phor to tho Exomloor.'
1A. August 10, 1000 (3unday). 1ypowr|tton onvo|opo addrossod 3orgoant lynch, va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont va||ojo, Ca||torn|a.
Accompany|ng damagod wh|to throo-|nch-by-t|vo-|nch card (tho samo s|zo card usod |ator) boar|ng typowr|tton noto, 0oar 3orgoant lynch l
hopo tho onc|osod koy . . .' 3hoot ot papor boar|ng handpr|ntod |ottors and symbo|s bog|nn|ng A-G-3-(backwards) l . . .' lo |ndontod wr|t|ng
tound. lostmark: 3an |ranc|sco Ca||t. 8A lV 10 AUG 1000.
13. 3a||nas schoo|toachor 0ona|d Gono |ardon's or|g|na| workshoots tor docod|ng tho t|rst part ot Zod|ac's throo part c|phor sont to 3ay
Aroa's papors on 1u|y 81, 1000.
2. 1u|y 81, 1000 (1hursday). lottor to 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, conta|ns ono-th|rd ot a c|phor wh|ch moasurod 7
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-|nchos-by-10/-
|nchos. Envo|opo postmarkod 3Al |lAlCl3CO, CAll| lV 81 1UlY 1000,' boar|ng handpr|ntod addross 3.|. EXAVllEl 3an |ran,
Ca||t.' On t|ap aro tho |argo, scraw|od words: llEA3E lU3| 1O E0l1Ol.' ||rst pago ot handpr|ntod |ottor: 0oar Ed|tor 1h|s |s tho murdoror
ot tho two toonagors . . .' 3ack ot |ottor bog|ns: |oro |s part ot a c|phor . . .'
8. 1u|y 81, 1000 Zod|ac's |ottor to tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o. l am tho k|||or . . . pr|nt th|s.' lo||co oxh|b|t |nc|udos tront and back ot
onvo|opo, ono-th|rd ot a Zod|ac c|phor moasur|ng 7
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-|nchos, a |ottor moasur|ng 7/-|nchos-by-10
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-|nchos and photo ot
tho c|phor attor bo|ng t|ngorpr|ntod. lo||co |n mark|ng oxh|b|t contusod tho part|a| c|phor w|th ono sont to tho Cbroolc|o on tho samo day. On
August 2, po||co tumod tho |ottor w|th l|nhydr|n, a chom|ca| that dovo|ops pr|nts, but causos tho handpr|nt|ng to run and b|ur. Ot tho throo
c|phors ma||od 1u|y 81, 1000 and markod OC 82, tho |3l wroto, 1ho c|phors aro hand drawn and not norma| handpr|nt|ng. |or thoso roasons
not dot|n|to|y dotorm|nod whothor spoc|mons subm|ttod and othors |n th|s caso wr|tton by ono porson. |owovor, a|| throaton|ng |ottors may bo
ono wr|tor.'
4. lago 1wo ot Zod|ac's throo-pago |ottor to tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o, August 1000. ||rst uso ot namo Zod|ac. ln answor to your ask|ng
tor moro dota||s.' lo||co dato th|s |ottor as August 7, 1000. lt may havo boon sont on tho t|rst or socond ot August as an art|c|o |n tho Exomloor
roproducos |t on August 4, 1000 and bur|os |t' on lago |our. Zod|ac novor wroto tho Exomloor aga|n. lt Zod|ac ma||od tho t|rst throo |ottors
on 1u|y 81, 1000 and thoy woro pub||shod August 1 ho wroto that socond |ottor bocauso tho cop askod tor moro dota||s. lt |ooks ||ko ho
jumpod r|ght on |t,' po||co sa|d.
4A. 3optombor 27, 1000 (3aturday). Wr|t|ng on 3ryan |artno||'s vo|kswagon Karmann Gh|a car door at lako 3orryossa,. lt can bo soon |n
cr|mo scono p|cturo |n tho photograph soct|on and c|oso-up |n Zooloc. 1ho pr|nt|ng on |artno||'s |ockod car (wh|to w|th a b|ack v|ny| top wh|to
Orogon ||conso, #4U2040) as doscr|bod by 0oputy 0avo Co|||ns on 0/20/00: At tho top ot tho door pano| and to tho contor was a c|rc|o and an
ovon s|dod cross, runn|ng comp|oto|y through tho c|rc|o on a|| tour s|dos. 3o|ow tho c|rc|o and tho cross wh|ch |s doscr|bod as a cross ha|r
symbo| tho word 'va||ojo.' 3o|ow tho word 'va||ojo,' tho dato '12/20/08.' 3o|ow that dato '7/4/00.' 3o|ow that word '3opt. 27, 00-0:80.' 3o|ow
that |n pr|nt|ng 'by kn|to.' 1h|s was wr|tton |n b|ack |nk that appoarod to bo put on w|th a to|t pon.'
b. Octobor 18, 1000 (Vonday). |ront and back ot tho onvo|opo to Zod|ac's |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o . . . about tho 3t|no
k||||ng. Envo|opo conta|nod a b|oody squaro ot lau| 3t|no's gray and wh|to sh|rt. ln custody ot tho 3|l0 lab, #1 and |3l O8b. lostmark: lV
18 OC1. 1000 13.
0. lovombor 8, 1000 (3aturday). |ront and back ot tho onvo|opo to Zod|ac's |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, Envo|opo conta|nod a
840-symbo| c|phor and a groot|ng card (3orry l havon't wr|tton . . .') w|th a dr|pp|ng tounta|n pon trom tho G|bson Company w|th dr|pp|ng pon.
3|l0 lab #2. lnc|udos squaro ot 3t|no's sh|rt. lostmark: lV 8 lOv. 1000 4A.
7. lovombor 0, 1000 (3unday). 3ovon pago |ottor, Chango my way ot co||oct|ng . . .' 3|l0 lab #2. |3l 3poc|mon O80. lo postmark.
7A. 0ocombor 7, 1000 (3unday). Copycat |ottor addrossod to 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o,' postmarkod |a|rt|o|d. l w||| k||| aga|n . . . l w||| turn
my so|t |n O K.' |3l markod documonts Oc84 and Oc8b. 3omo ot tho throaton|ng |ottors |n th|s caso, part|cu|ar|y Oc84 and Oc8b, conta|n
somo d|stort|on and woro not wr|tton as troo|y as othor throaton|ng |ottors |n th|s mattor,' roportod tho |3l |ab.
8. 0ocombor 20, 1000 (3aturday), 0oar Vo|v|n . . . |o|p mo . . . can not roma|n |n contro| much |ongor . . . |appy Chr|stmass . . .
[Zod|ac's way ot spo|||ng Chr|stmas|.' Varkod |3l 3poc|mon Oc48 (onvo|opo) and Oc44 (|ottor). l|oco ot 3t|no's sh|rt por koo|. locat|on ot
onvo|opo unknown. 3|l0 lab #8, |3l 3poc|mon O87. lostmark: lV 20 0oc. 1000 no mark, CA. at bottom contor.
8A. 0ocombor 8, 1008 (1uosday). Ana|ys|s ot bank robbory noto to 3uttor branch ot Wo||s-|argo 3ank |n 3an |ranc|sco to soo |t matchod
Zod|ac's pr|nt|ng. lt d|d not. 1h|s |s a 3ank lobbory |t you dont do as l say l w||| shot.'
0. Apr|| 20, 1070 (Vonday). Vy namo |s . . .' and bomb d|agram. Zod|ac's onvo|opo, tront and back, to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o.
3|l0 lab #4. |3l #Oc4b and O88. lostmark: AV 20 All. 1070 4A.
10. Apr|| 28, 1070 (1uosday). |ront ot ovorpostod Zod|ac's onvo|opo to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o. Van on dragon groot|ng card.
Enjoy tho b|ast . . . buttons . . .' 3|l0 lab #b, |3l O80. lostmark: |. l.V.
11. 1uno 20, 1070 (|r|day). 3|ng|o-stampod Zod|ac onvo|opo. lostmarkod 3an |ranc|sco, Ca||torn|a 1A 20 1Ul AV 1070,' to tho 5oo
lrooclsco Cbroolc|o. Enc|osod, a torn port|on ot a lh||||ps 00 road map (|3l 3poc|mon Ocb1 and O00). 0ar|ono |orr|n's t|rst husband was
namod lh||||ps. W|th a s|ng|o ||no ot crypto. lh||||ps 00 road map had symbo|s |nd|cat|ng Contra Costa County and spoc|t|ca||y Vount 0|ab|o,
aka 3atan's Vounta|n.' 1ho k|||or now c|a|mod two|vo v|ct|ms. 1ho back ot Zod|ac's map has novor boon roproducod |n pr|nt and conta|ns a
v|sua| c|uo ||nk|ng tho k|||or to h|s oar||ost murdor noar 3anta 3arbara. Envo|opo to Zod|ac's |ottor ot 1uno 20, 1070 wh|ch conta|nod tho throat
to pun|sh thom |t thoy d|d not comp|y by an||at|ng a tu|| schoo| buss.' 3|l0 lab #0. lostmark: AV 1UlE 1070 1A.
12. 1u|y 24, 1070 (|r|day). Envo|opo, Zod|ac's |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, a mont|on ot k|dnappod woman and baby, a
rotoronco to Kath|oon 1ohns and hor |ntant. 3|l0 lab #7. Varkod Ocb8 and O01 by |3l. lostmark: lV 24 1Ul. 1070 03.
18. 1u|y 20, 1070 (3unday). Got a ||tt|o ||st . . .' 1ho rarost ot a|| Zod|ac |ottors-novor roproducod, novor soon outs|do po||co
hoadquartors. l was tortunato to soo |t whon |t arr|vod at tho Cbroolc|o |n 1070. Zod|ac paraphrasod G||bort and 3u|||van's 7bo Vlkooo |n h|s
|ottor (|3l 3poc|mons Ocb4 and Ocbb). Envo|opo markod Ocb2 by |3l. On|y Zod|ac's |ongthy |ottor ot lovombor 0, 1000 conta|nod moro
c|uos. 3|l0 lab #8, |3l O02. |3l documont photocopy Ocbb bogan As somo day |t may hapon that a v|ctom must bo tound . . .' Ocb0
bogan 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng 3o|ng that you w||| not woar . . .' 1ho |3l |ab notod that 3omo ot tho photocop|os [prov|dod to thom by
3|l0| |nc|ud|ng Ocb2-Ocb0, aro not sutt|c|ont|y c|oar to porm|t dota||od handpr|nt|ng compar|sons. |owovor, charactor|st|cs |nd|cato that a||
ot tho throaton|ng |ottors, |nc|ud|ng Ocb2-Ocb0, woro probab|y proparod by ono porson.' 1ho lab turthor suggostod, 1ho rotoronco to b||||ard
p|ayors |n Ocb0 may havo boon takon trom a song sung by tho V|kado |n Act ll. . . . lo codo or c|phor mator|a| was tound |n 3poc|mons Ocb2
through Ocb0. lostmark: lV 20 1Ul. 1070 no mark.
14. Octobor b, 1070 (Vonday). A throo-by-t|vo-|nch card addrossod to lau| Avor|y'-laco |sn't any s|owor . . .' |ront ot Zod|ac's
montago postcard to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o. 1ho card |s gonora||y rogardod as a tako, but Zod|ac's los Ango|os |ottor ot Varch 1b,
1071 a|so usos tho phraso Crackproot.' 1ho throo-by-t|vo-|nch card (w|th th|rtoon punch ho|os symbo||z|ng v|ct|ms) conta|ns a b|oody cross. lt
|s not human b|ood. 0on Chonoy sa|d, lo|gh had a throo-ho|o punch,' but Zod|ac usod a s|ng|o-ho|od punch. 1osch| adv|sod mo that tho cross
undor tho numora| 18 was mado ot th|n rod papor pastod on tho postcard as was othor pr|nt|ng. 3ack ot Zod|ac's montago postcard to tho
5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, Vonday, Octobor b, 1070. lostmark: lV b OC1. 1070 1A. lt was pub||shod on Octobor 0, tho ono yoar ann|vorsary
ot lynch's |ntorv|ow w|th Arthur lo|gh A||on.
14A. Octobor 17, 1070 (3aturday). Copycat |ottor postmarkod 3ElKElEY, CA 17 OC1 lV 1070.' 3oar|ng mossago cut out ot nowspapors
or othor pub||cat|ons bog|nn|ng Von, Oct 12, 1070 . . . tho Zod|ac |s go|ng to . . .'
1b. Octobor 27, 1070 (1uosday). Your socrot pa| . . .' Conta|nod a throaton|ng twonty-t|vo cont (G|bson Groot|ngs) |a||owoon card to lau|
Avory, c|a|m|ng tourtoon v|ct|ms. 1ho brush |ottor|ng spo|||ng Avor|y' |s tho samo as on a Varch 28, 1071 postcard. Zod|ac's postcard, ho|o-
punchod ||ko tho Octobor b, 1070 card, was dono w|th brush |ottor|ng. Zod|ac domonstratod art sk|||s and pract|co w|th a brush. |o m|sspo||s
tho roportor's namo horo and on a tho Octobor b, 1070 card as Avor|y,' a common Zod|ac touch. 3|l0 lab #0. |3l 3poc|mons Oc00-Oc0s
and O08. lostmark: lV 27 OC1. 1070 03.
10. Varch 18, 1071 (3aturday). lostmarkod l|oasanton 04b00, to Los Aogo|os 7lmos. 3|uo Voan|os . . .' 3|l0 lab #10 |3l
3poc|mon Oc04. Or|g|na|s |n possoss|on ot tho los Ango|os lo||co 0opartmont. lostmark: lV 18 VAl. 1071 l|oasanton 04b00.
17. Varch 22, 1071 (Vonday). Zod|ac's |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, |our-cont postcard. look through tho p|nos . . .' Cut out
and pastod |ottors, ho|os punchod. Ono roador, V|ko |opk|ns, stud|od tho |ono punch ho|o |n tho uppor r|ght-hand cornor ot tho card. lt's at
approx|mato|y tho 11:00 pos|t|on,' ho oxp|a|nod. Whon tho card |s or|ontod so tho words '3|orra C|ub' aro upr|ght, thoro |s tho suggost|on ot a
taco |n tho to||ago. 0|d Zod|ac skotch h|mso|t |nto tho p|cturo and |s that what ho moant by 'pook through tho p|nos'?' 1ho author obta|nod tho
or|g|na| o|aborato brochuro wh|ch Zod|ac usod to manutacturo tho postcard and stud|od |t |nch by |nch. 1ho k|||or had addod no add|t|ona|
artwork to tho pon and |nk |andscapo. lostmark: Canco|od l|nco|n stamp |n wh|ch tho pros|dont |s shown |n |ott prot||o and mourn|ng, wh|ch |s
anothor |nd|cat|on that somoono |n Zod|ac's ||to had rocont|y d|od.
18. 1anuary 20, 1074 (1uosday). Zod|ac's |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o. Exorc|st lottor. 3|l0 lab #14. |3l t||o #Oc02 and
Oc08. Ocb0-Oc01 bo|ng torward to Cryptography 3oct|on tor ova|uat|on,' roportod tho |ab, you w||| bo adv|sod on tho rosu|ts.' lostmark: AV
20 1Al. 1074 040. 1hroo contact pa|m odgo pr|nts woro tound |n 2001 wh|ch d|d not match A||on's pa|m pr|nt.
18A. Copycat card and onvo|opo markod 3lA' to Cbroolc|o, postmarkod 14 |obruary, 1074. 3|l0 lab #11.
183. Copycat postcard markod Vay 0, 1074. 3|l0 lab #12.
10. Vay 8, 1074 (Wodnosday). Zod|ac's |ottor trom A|amoda to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o. Boo|ooos lottor, s|gnod A C|t|zon.'
lostmark: 8 VAY 1074 A|amoda County.
20. 1u|y 8, 1074 (Vonday). Zod|ac's lod lhantom' to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o trom 3an latao|. 3|l0 lab #18, |3l 3poc|mon
O07. lostmark: lV 8 1Ul. 1074 3an latao| 13.
21. Apr|| 24, 1078 (Vonday). |oax Zod|ac |ottor to tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o. l am back w|th you . . .' 3an |ranc|sco lo||co notat|on:
0lA 3AVllE O31AllE0/lO1 AU1|El1lC ZO0lAC lE11El.' 3|l0 lab #1b, |3l 3poc|mon O00. lostmark: lV 24 All. 1078 83.

ZOD|AC COPYCA1 LE11ER5
22.Octobor 20, 1087 (Wodnosday). A Zod|ac copycat, probab|y tho truo author ot tho Apr|| 1078 |ottor (21), wr|tos tho Vo||ojo 7lmos-
loro|o . 0oar Ed|tor 1h|s |s tho Zod|ac spoak|ng l am crack proot. 1o|| horb caon that l am st||| horo. l havo a|ways boon horo. 1o|| tho b|uo
p|gs . . .'
28. 1uno 10, 1000 (1uosday). Anno Vurray, a roportor w|th tho NowYork Post roco|vod a |ottor trom Zod|ac ll. 1hoy taxod mo a copy,'
C|ravo|o to|d mo. lt's our guy-|t's obv|ous|y tho samo handwr|t|ng- c|a|m|ng rospons|b|||ty tor throo pr|or shoot|ngs. |o says ho shot a man
w|th a cano |n tho stroot on Varch 8.'
24. 1uno 21, 1000 (1hursday). ln tho |ottor l |ott,' Zod|ac ll sa|d |ator, l usod tho phraso l road trom tho oncyc|opod|a. lt was to throw you ott
tho track. . . . l just wantod to |ncroaso tho toar.'
2b. 1uno 2b, 1000 (Vonday). Zod|ac ll wroto, On|y Or|on [1ho |untor| can stop Zod|ac and tho 3ovon 3|stor. lo moro gamos, p|gs.'
20. August b, 1004 (3aturday). V|ko C|ravo|o to|d mo, l got a ca|| say|ng 'Zod|ac shot poop|o. |o's wr|t|ng notos [and codos|.' lt chocks
out. |o's out thoro aga|n.'
27. Vay 24, 1007 (3aturday). 3o th|s |s tho bog|nn|ng ot tho gamo,' road tho |ottor trom 1apan's Zod|ac lll. l dosporato|y want to soo
poop|o d|o. loth|ng makos mo moro oxc|tod than k||||ng. 3tup|d po||co, stop mo |t you can. lt's groat tun tor mo to k||| poop|o.'
28. 1uno b, 1007 (1hursday). 1ho 1apanoso Zod|ac's ramb||ng 1,400-word |ottor |s pub||shod and s|gnod 3o|to 3akak|bara [Apost|o
3ako 0ov|| loso|. Zod|ac lll c|a|mod th|s was h|s roa| namo.

Booka, FiIma, Radio, and 1oIoviaion 5howa 1hat |nairod Zodiac

1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo,' pr|ntod |n Vorloty and pub||shod by V|nton 3a|ch 8 Company |n 1024, won tho O. |onry Vomor|a| Award tor that
yoar. l|chard Conno||'s short story has boon |nc|udod |n numorous advonturo antho|og|os ovor tho yoars.
7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo. ln 1082 lKO-lad|o l|cturos, lnc. t||mod a 08-m|nuto-|ong b|ack and wh|to t||m vors|on ot 1ho Vost 0angorous
Gamo' w|th oxocut|vo producor 0av|d O. 3o|zn|ck, producor Vor|an C. Coopor, and d|roctors Ernost 3. 3choodsack and lrv|ng l|cho| (d|a|oguo
d|roctor). 3croonwr|tor was 1amos Ashmoro Croo|man. 1ho t||m starrod 1oo| VcCroa (3ob la|nstord), |ay Wray (Evo 1rowbr|dgo), los||o 3anks
(Count Zarott), lobort Armstrong (Vart|n 1rowbr|dgo), lob|o 1ohnson, 3tovo C|omonto, and 0utch |orn|an. Vax 3to|nor, mus|c. lKO lroduct|on
#002.
ln 104b lKO ro-mado 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo as A Oomo o Lootb d|roctod by lobort W|so and starr|ng 1ohn lodor and Audroy long.
Edgar 3arr|or p|ayod Gonora| Kro|gnor. 1ho to||ow|ng yoar, 1obooy A||ogro usod o|omonts ot Conno||'s story. l|na |och and Goorgo latt. Goorgo
VacCroady omu|atod our o|d tr|ond Count Zarott as a sportsman k|||or, who ||kod to c|a|m h|s v|ct|ms w|th bow and arrow.
ln 10b0 camo tho th|rd roto|||ng ot Conno||'s yarn. 3ob Watort|o|d, tormor l.A. lams quartorback, producod tho t||m. Un|tod Art|st's Roo or tbo 5oo
starrod l|chard W|dmark, 1rovor |oward, and 1ano Groor as a magaz|no od|tor who goos to Vox|co to torrot out a roc|us|vo novo||st. lathor than
an |s|and, th|s t|mo tho act|on was sot on a jung|o p|antat|on. W|dmark and Groor crash-|and on tho ostato ot a laz| war cr|m|na| who hunts wayward
travo|ors w|th a pack ot b|oodhounds. long attor tho t||m was comp|otod, Groor |oarnod sho had boon oxposod to a raro v|rus contractod dur|ng tho
gruo||ng watorta|| and swamp sconos, Coxsac| 3, that |ay dormant |n hor body tor yoars. On|y a hoart oporat|on |n tho 1000s savod hor ||to.
ln 1001, lobort lood starrod |n B|ooo|ost-anothor var|at|on. Corno| W||do's 7bo Nokoo Proy was t||mod t|vo yoars |ator. 7bo Porvorso Coootoss
was ro|oasod |n 1078, 5|ovo Olr|s rom Boyooo lololty |n 1088, and Looo|y Oomo |n 1001-a|| vors|ons ot 7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo.
lo||owVo Oolot|y. 0|roctod by l|chard ||o|schor, lKO. 3tarr|ng W||||am lund|gan, 0orothy latr|ck, and Edw|n Vax as 1ho 1udgo.' 1040, b0
m|nutos. 1ho 1udgo' |s a Zod|ac-||ko charactor who carr|os on a doad|y choss match w|th a po||co |nspoctor.
Cbor|lo Cboo ot 7roosoro ls|ooo. 1ho 1080 20th Contury-|ox t||m. 0|roctod by lorman |ostor and 1ohn lark|n. Or|g|na| 3tory and 3croonp|ay by
1ohn lark|n. 3asod on tho charactor Char||o Chan, croatod by Ear| 0orr 3|ggors. 3|dnoy 1o|or, Cosar lomoro, lau||no Vooro (Evo Ca|ro), v|ctor
3on Yung (lumbor 1wo son, 1|mmy Chan), 0oug|as |ow|oy (loto low|s, 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o cr|mo roportor), 1uno Ga|o (Vyra lhad|n|,
lhad|n|'s w|to and a protoss|ona| kn|to-throwor), 0oug|ass 0umbr|||o (1homas Grogory, an |nsuranco |nvost|gator), 3a||y 3|ano (3to||a Essox), 3||||o
3oward (3oss|o 3|b|oy), Wa||y vornon (E|mor), 0ona|d Vac3r|do (Ch|ot K||va|no), Char|os |a|ton (lod|oy), 1rovor 3ardotto (tho troachorous 0r.
Zod|ac's 1urk|sh sorvant), Gora|d Vohr (vo|co ot 0r. Zod|ac), lou|s 1oan |oydt (lau| Essox). 72 m|nutos. A|| tho mag|c props trom th|s t||m woro
|ator ro-usod |n A-loootlog o l|| Oo (|ox, 1044), a lauro| and |ardy comody.
7bo Bostoo 5troog|or, tho t|rst docudrama about a roa|-||to sor|a| k|||or, starrod 1ony Curt|s, 1008.
No oy to 7root o Looy. A psychot|c k|||or, Chr|stophor G||| (lod 3to|gor) d|sgu|sos h|mso|t as a po||coman, a woman, and a pr|ost. |o choosos to
p|ay a cat-and-mouso gamo w|th a po||co dotoct|vo, Vorr|s 3rummo| (Goorgo 3oga|). 1ho k|||or ca||s h|m attor oach cr|mo, |oavos c|uos |n taunt|ng
|ottors, and draws h|s mothor's ||ps on h|s v|ct|ms' torohoads. 1ho cop and k|||or both havo mothor comp|oxos. 0otoct|vo 3rummo| says to tho k|||or
ot h|s v|ct|ms, 3ut thoy a|| had ||pst|ck, d|dn't thoy? 1ho vory shapo ot your doar mothor's ||ps. 1ho vory ||ps on a|| thoso portra|ts out |n your |obby.'
Zod|ac conco|vab|y took |doas trom th|s 1008 mov|o |n wh|ch 3to|gor portrayod what has boon ca||od tho portoct t|ct|ona| sor|a| k|||or . . . |nto|||gont
and ogot|st|ca| who novor changos h|s pattorn unt|| su|tab|o mot|vat|on |s prov|dod.'
7bo Exorclst. W||||am lotor 3|atty's book and 1078 t||m, |nt|uoncod Zod|ac as shown |n h|s wr|tton cr|t|quo ot tho mov|o on 1anuary 20, 1074 |n
wh|ch ho doomod tho t||m tho bost sator|ca| com|dy' ho had ovor soon. lorhaps domon|c possoss|on as a tactor |n sor|a| k||||ngs |ntr|guod tho
C|phor 3|ayor.
Boo|ooos, a mov|o basod on tho Char||o 3tarkwoathor and Car|| Ann |ugato 10b0s murdor sproo, arousod Zod|ac to wr|to tho Cbroolc|o aga|n on
Vay 8, 1074 to oxpross h|s constornat|on concorn|ng your poor tasto' by runn|ng ads tor tho t||m.
1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo' appoarod on tho rad|o on 5ospooso on 3optombor 28, 1048, as tho most tamous aud|o adaptat|on ot Conno||'s
short story. 1ho t|tty-o|ghth op|sodo ot tho sor|os, tho program starrod Orson Wo||os and Koonan Wynn. 1acquos A. ||nko wroto tho scr|pt tor
producor-d|roctor W||||am 3p|or. 1ho rad|o show was st||| susta|n|ng (w|thout a sponsor) and had just movod trom 3aturday n|ghts to 1hursday tho
month botoro.
On |obruary 1, 104b, ||nko's scr|pt was usod tor a socond 5ospooso broadcast, but th|s t|mo starrod 1. Carro| la|sh and 1osoph Cotton. 1wo
yoars attor that los Crutcht|o|d adaptod 1ho Vost 0angorous Gamo' as a ha|t-hour show tor producor-d|roctor lorman Vacdonno||'s Escopo, on
Octobor 1, 1047, starr|ng lau| |roos and |ans Conr|od. Escopo had bogun |ts |rrogu|ar run on C33 rad|o |n 1u|y.
A 10b0s A|roo lltcbcock Prosoots starr|ng Vyron VcCorm|ck and adaptod trom a story by W||||am C. Vorr|son-toaturod a young man w|th a
t|ash||ght tapod to h|s r|t|o. 1ust shoot tor tho dark spot |n tho ||ght and you w||| h|t your targot,' ho sa|d-oxact|y as Zod|ac wroto. |unt|ng sma||
gamo at n|ght, ho chancod upon two |ovors-rosu|t: acc|donta| murdor and tho man's |mpr|sonmont. ||s vongotu| tathor says at tho conc|us|on, oyos
g||ttor|ng: 1ho oxc|tomont ot a manhunt-tho most dangorous gamo.'
7bo Voo bo Novor os, starr|ng lobort lans|ng and toatur|ng tho crossod-c|rc|o symbo|. 1h|s A3C to|ov|s|on show dobutod Wodnosday,
3optombor 7, 1000.

FiIma and 1oIoviaion 5howa 1hat Zodiac |nairod

Zooloc, a m|n|mum-budgot, 84-m|nuto co|or t||m |n wh|ch Zod|ac |s h|gh|y t|ct|ona||zod. 1ho t||m toaturos a pon||ght on a gun barro| and |ovors' |ano
murdors. 3hown oxc|us|vo|y at tho lKO Go|don Gato 1hoator at Go|don Gato Avonuo and 1ay|or 3troot tor a s|ng|o wook. lo||co stakod |t out |n
caso Zod|ac shou|d attond and t||| out a card oxp|a|n|ng, |n twonty-t|vo words or |oss, why thoy bo||ovod Zod|ac k|||od. 1ho porson who answorod
bost wou|d w|n a troo Kawasak| 8b0cc motorcyc|o. Ono rov|ow: A mov|o d|sgu|sod as a warn|ng snoakod |nto tho Go|don Gato th|s wook . . . tho
pr|nt |s t|awod, but th|s |s oxpoctod to bo |mprovod. loss oas||y romod|od |s tho scr|pt and |ts d|a|oguo . . . tho p|cturo onds ||mp|y, dosp|to a tow
romarks |n tho narrat|vo that Zod|ac may bo tho man boh|nd you |n tho thoatro.' 1ho cast |nc|udos |a| lood, 3ob 1onos, lay lynch, and 1om
l|ttman. lroducod and d|roctod by 1om |anson, w|th a scroonp|ay by lay Cantro|| and Vanny Cardoza. 1ho t||m was advort|sod |n tho Cbroolc|o
w|th tho ||nos, Who |s ho . . . what |s ho . . . whon |s ho go|ng to str|ko aga|n??' and Zod|ac says . . . 'l lay Awako l|ghts 1h|nk|ng ot Vy loxt
v|ct|m.''
Llrty lorry. Wh||o Zooloc was |ow-budgot, 0on 3|ogo|'s 1071 Llrty lorry was shot |n 1ochn|co|or lanav|s|on and starrod C||nt Eastwood as an
lnspoctor 1osch|-typo soarch|ng tor a sk|-maskod sn|por namod 3corp|o' (Andy lob|nson) who s|gns h|mso|t w|th a crossod-c|rc|o symbo|. l|ko
7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo, 3corp|o t|rod a 80-.00 r|t|o w|th a sn|por scopo such as Zarott usod |n tho mov|o. lntorost|ng|y, 3corp|o woro tho
m|||tary shoos worn by Zod|ac. ln Llrty lorry po||co usod tho porsona| co|umn ot tho Cbroolc|o to commun|cato w|th h|m. l suspoct that tho roa|
Zod|ac a|so usod tho papor's porsona| co|umn to commun|cato w|th a contodorato or |nst||| toar |n poop|o who suspoctod h|m. 0|rty' |arry tracks
tho sor|a| k|||or through tho undorbrush ot Vt. 0av|dson and cornors h|m noar Go|don Gato lark at Kozar 3tad|um c|oso to 3tanyan and |a|ght
3troots, not tar trom lau| 3t|no's houso. |a|thtu| to tho tacts, tho mov|o d|vorgos |n mak|ng Zod|ac's throat to k|dnap a schoo| bus t|||od w|th ch||dron
a roa||ty. Wr|tton by |arry 1u||an ||nk, l. V. ||nk, and 0oan lo|snor, photographod by 3ruco 3urtoos. ||rst cho|cos tor tho ro|o woro |rank 3|natra
(an |njurod tondon |n h|s hand mado |t pa|ntu| to ho|d a gun) and lau| lowman (who objoctod to |ts po||t|cs and suggostod C||nt Eastwood). 1ho
namo ot Er|c Zo|ms, |ouko's partnor tho n|ght Zod|ac oscapod |nto tho lros|d|o, |s shown on a momor|a| p|aquo to 3an |ranc|sco po||co ott|cors.
Zo|ms d|od |n tho ||no ot duty |n 1070.
Loroo, d|roctod by 0oug|as 3|rk, a |ost' t||m trom 1047. 3|ack and Wh|to, 10b m|nutos and starr|ng luc|||o 3a||, Goorgo 3andors, 3or|s Kar|ott, and
Char|os Coburn. lroducod by 1amos lassor w|th scroonp|ay by loo loston. 1h|s t||m concornod a sor|a| k|||or proy|ng on young womon |n london.
7bo 1oooory Voo, starr|ng Kov|n K||no.
Exorclst lll. Logloo. 1ho Gom|n| K|||or' |s basod on Zod|ac.
Vl||ooolom. 1h|s |ox lotwork sor|os toaturod a roa||st|c drama about Zod|ac. 1ho scono whoro Agont |rank 3|ack approachod Zod|ac's tra||or |s
ospoc|a||y authont|c as |s tho c||max |n tho darkonod thoator whoro Agont 3|ack |s too|od by a statuo ot Zod|ac |n costumo.
Nosb Brlogos. toaturod an lnspoctor 1osch|' charactor and an oncountor w|th Zod|ac. At tho conc|us|on, 3r|dgos (0on 1ohnson) |mp||os that
Zod|ac w||| roturn.
A 1074 Loo Oroot op|sodo, starr|ng Ed Asnor toaturod a po||co |nspoctor obsossod w|th a Zod|ac-typo sor|a| k|||or, tho 1udgo, who has apparont|y
roturnod and |s wr|t|ng |ottors to pross and po||co aga|n. lnsp|rod by tako Zod|ac |ottor ot Apr|| 1078.
7bo Llmblc Rogloo w|th Edward 1amos O|mos, and to a |ossor dogroo, Copycot w|th 3|gournoy Woavor, 7bo Vooo 5oosoo w|th Kurt lusso||,
and 5ovoo w|th 3rad l|tt.

FactuaI 1oIoviaion Programa on Zodiac

Ro|oooo 5bow. 1ho low York and 3an |ranc|sco Zod|ac.' 1uosday, 3optombor 0, 1004.
loro Copy. Zod|ac [||nos's suspoct|.' Vay 10, 1004.
Amorlco`s Vost ootoo. Amor|ca ||ghts 3ack: 1ho Zod|ac K|||or.' 3aturday, lovombor 14, 1008.
5o||y 1osso Ropboo|. Zod|ac.' 1apod on 1hursday, August 10, 1000.
Uoso|voo Vystorlos. 1ho Zod|ac K|||or. (Ep|sodo #2824.)
Crlmos o tbo Cootory. Zod|ac.' 3ynd|catod program.
7bo llstory Cboooo|. Zod|ac.' 1apod 1000.
7bo Loorolog Cboooo|. Caso looponod.' A 1000 op|sodo w|th host lawronco 3|ock.
Zodiac'a |nairation trom Light Oora, Cartoona, and Comica

G||bort and 3u|||van's 7bo Vlkooo.
7bo Yo||ow5obmorloo. Zod|ac mont|onod tho 3|uo Voann|os,' a rotoronco to tho mus|c-hat|ng 3|uo Voan|os' who torror|zod tho 3oat|os |n tho
1008 cartoon toaturo. 1ho submar|no aspoct mado sonso. 3|nco Zod|ac was obsossod w|th wator and A||on was a sk|n d|vor, a|| ot h|s souvon|rs
m|ght bo h|ddon |n watort|ght conta|nors undorwator. 5gt. Poppor`s Looo|y loorts C|ob Booo rotorrod to tho k|||or's |ono||noss.
Voo magaz|no: Zod|ac adaptod tho to|d-|ns' on tho back covor to concoa| mossagos |n ono ot h|s |ottors, Vad #170's parody ot 7bo Exorclst,
1ho Ecchorc|st,' wr|tton by larry 3|ogo| and drawn by Vort 0ruckor. 1ho |ampoon appoarod |n tho Octobor 1074 |ssuo (pub||shod |n August),
covor capt|onod, lt tho 0ov|| Vakos You 0o lt,' and show|ng A|trod E. lowman costumod as 3atan.
blz Comlcs #2 [#1|. A mont|on ot tho 0oath Vach|no.' 1h|s, my tr|ond, |s tho ||to mach|no. W|th |t l can rostoro tho doad to ||to. 3ut t|rst l must k|||
you, so-tho doath mach|no!' says a mad chom|st, a doad r|ngor tor Count Zarott. l p|aco thoso cyan|do p|||s |n tho cup. Whon tho door |s c|osod
thoy w||| drop |nto tho buckot ot su|tur|c ac|d, torm|ng a doad|y gas.'
1ho Llck 7rocy com|c str|p ran da||y |n tho Cbroolc|o. Zod|ac was a |ongt|mo roador ot tho str|p s|nco ho roca||od var|ous 1racy's t|ps to avo|d
|oav|ng pr|nts and othor c|uos. On August 17, 1000, Chostor Gou|d's story ||no |ntroducod tho Zod|ac Gang, a group ot astro|og|ca| k|||ors who
drownod an astro|ogy co|umn|st. 1ho|r |oador, 3corp|o, had an astro|og|ca| symbo| ot 3corp|o tattoood across h|s taco. l|ght-ha|rod and round-
tacod, ho c|oso|y rosomb|od both A||on and Vagoau's doscr|pt|on ot Zod|ac at 3|uo lock 3pr|ngs.

ViauaI |nairationa tor Zodiac

7bo Vost Loogoroos Oomo. Count Zarott's costumo.
Ku K|ux K|an hoods and b|ack robos ot K|an ott|c|a|s.
3|ack Vass 3ymbo|s and hoods usod by Anton lo voy's Church ot 3atan.
A catt|o brand usod on |rod |armon's lagosa 3pr|ngs, Co|orado ranch.
Carry|ng a cockod bow and r|t|o, Zod|ac rosomb|od not on|y Zarott, but tho hoodod k|||or, a stap|o ot pa|ntor |. l. larkhurst's tort|os 5plcy Vystory
pu|p covors ono ot wh|ch showod a n|ghtt|mo scono w|th a powortu| hoodod k|||or t|r|ng a .4b at h|s pursuors and c|utch|ng a strugg||ng woman
undor h|s arm. ls that how Zod|ac v|sua||zod h|mso|t? ~
1ho cross w|th|n a c|rc|o was tho mark ot Ca|n, tho k|||or-totb |n anc|ont |obrow. 1ho word tov stood tor tho r|ghtoous.
1ho cross-ha|rod symbo| |s tound |n anc|ont Amor|can lnd|an carv|ngs |n tho lovada cavos.
sourcos
FodoraI, 5tato, and LocaI Law Entorcomont FiIoa, |ntorviowa

A spoc|a| Cont|dont|a| loport: UN5OLVEL lEVALE lOVlClLE5, Ao Aoo|ysls o o 5orlos o Ro|otoo Voroors lo Co|lorolo ooo ostoro
Amorlco, Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot 1ust|co, 0|v|s|on ot law Entorcomont Organ|zod Cr|mo 8 Cr|m|na| lnto|||gonco 3ranch, |obruary 107b.
3poc|a| loport: ZOLlAC lOVlClLE5. Cont|dont|a|. Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot 1ust|co, 0|v|s|on ot law Entorcomont / 3uroau ot lnvost|gat|on,
1071. 1072 corroctod od|t|on. 1ho author a|so stud|od tho rough dratt ot th|s roport as corroct|ons woro bo|ng mado by tho dotoct|vos |nvo|vod.
0r. Vurray 3. V|ron ot tho 3yracuso losoarch lnst|tuto, Cont|dont|a| |3l psycho||ngu|st|cs roport, work|ng trom Zod|ac |ottors, Vay 81, 1077.
|odora| 3uroau ot lnvost|gat|on |||o lumbor 2b28-3|-04447-1. 1ho comp|oto 000-pago |3l t||o on Zod|ac. Ono hundrod pagos ot tho t||o aro on
Arthur lo|gh A||on.
|3l roport 0-40011-88 (1anuary 14, 1070). Ouotos convorsat|on botwoon 3o|||'s housokoopor and Zod|ac, 0ocombor 18, 1000.
|3l roport, 0ocombor 81, 1000, notod 3o||| |ottor not boon wr|tton as troo|y as tho othor throaton|ng |ottors |n th|s mattor.' Enc|phorod A|rto|,
12/20/00.
|3l t||o #82-2710b, latont Caso #78000.
|3l lab, Vay 10, 1078. Ouost|onod 0ocumonts O8b through O00. l|vors|do |ottors, |nc|ud|ng tho dosktop, stud|od soparato|y |n photograph|c torm
and |abo|od Oc100.
|3l roport 2b23-3|-0447, Varch 28, 1002.
Ott|cor 0ona|d |ou|k's 3|l0 lntra-0opartmonta| Vomorandum, lovombor 12, 1000.
lapa County 3hor|tt's Ott|co, Caso #10b007.
3awart and Conway loport, Caso #24814b.
0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart ot va||ojo l.0. A sovon pago roport to tho |3l, Caso #24814b. C|rcumstancos Wh|ch lnd|cato Arthur lo|gh A||on ls, |n
|act, tho Zod|ac K|||or,' 1002.
A||on 3oarch Warrant #1070, 22 pagos, by loy Conway, datod |obruary 18, 1001.
loturn to A||on 3oarch Warrant, t||od |obruary 21, 1001 by loy Conway. loturn ||sts 87 |toms rocovorod |nc|ud|ng p|po bombs, tusos, guns, and
r|t|os.
lnspoctor W||||am Armstrong, Att|dav|t tor 3oarch Warrant, 3anta losa, 0 pagos, 3optombor 14, 1072, 12:00 l.V.
1ack Vu|anax Ott|cor's loports, 1u|y 28, 1071, August 8, 1071, August 0-12, 1071, porsona| |ntorv|ows w|th tho author.
Vu|anax and W||||am Gar||ngton: 1u|y 20, 1071: Exomp|ars tor Arthur lo|gh A||on, roport trom A. l. Cottoy, Ch|ot ot tho 3uroau.
Vanhattan 3oach lo||co 0opartmont: lntormat|on: loss|b|o Zod|ac 3uspoct,' 1u|y 10, 1071, Ch|ot Char|os W. Crum|y.
l|vors|do loport, Octobor 20, 1000.
1ohn lynch, va||ojo l.0. loport on Arthur lo|gh A||on, 4:0b l.V. Octobor 0, 1000.
3|l0 loport. 1wo pagos: 3uspoctod Zod|ac Corrospondonco and 0lA 1ost|ng.
3an |ranc|sco lo||co 0opartmont, va||ojo lo||co 0opartmont, lapa 3hor|tt's 0opartmont, 3on|c|a lo||co 0opartmont, va||ojo 3hor|tt's
0opartmont, 3anta losa lo||co 0opartmont, and l|vors|do lo||co 0opartmont |nc|dont roports and t||os. lnc|udod |n thoso roports aro ba|||st|cs
and cr|mo |ab rosu|ts, autopsy roports, t|ngorpr|nt compar|sons, and suspoct t||os.
lorsona| lntorv|ows by author w|th va||ojo 0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart, 0otoct|vo 3orgoant 1ohn lynch, 0otoct|vo 1ack Vu|anax, Capta|n Kon lar|ow
ot lapa 3hor|tt's 0opartmont, |om|c|do lnspoctor 0av|d 1osch| (1osch|'s |ntorv|ows ran to a|most throo hundrod hours ovor a th|rty-yoar por|od),
0otoct|vo W||||am 3akor, l|outonant 1om 3ruton, and lnspoctors v|nco lopotto and l|ch Adk|ns. lo||co |nvost|gators' porsona| caso notos and
roports, |nc|ud|ng rough dratts ot |oca| and stato roports.
lsych|atr|c stud|os ot Arthur lo|gh A||on.
Unpub||shod cr|mo scono photographs and maps.
Unroproducod Zod|ac |ottors and potont|a||y authont|c typowr|tton |ottors trom tho k|||or. lhotos ot tho k|||or's shoos, watch, and actua| samp|os ot
tho pr|mo suspoct's handpr|nt|ng. A|| nowspapor and to|ov|s|on accounts ot tho Zod|ac caso, |nc|ud|ng computor t||os and unpub||shod stor|os.
var|ous stor|os, |ntorna| momos, and unpub||shod notos tor stor|os |nc|ud|ng porsona| obsorvat|ons by roportor lau| Avory to tho author botwoon
1000-1070.
Cab|ograms and roports by phono trom Vo|v|n 3o||| trom lomo and Vun|ch, 0ocombor 1000.
3an |ranc|sco 3tato Zod|ac Contoronco: Attondod by author, Capta|n loy Conway, 0otoct|vo Goorgo 3awart, and l|ta W||||ams. Author workod
trom h|s handwr|tton rocord ot tho moot|ng and a tapo rocord|ng that ho mado. |o||ow-up quost|ons woro askod ot Conway, 3awart, and W||||ams
attor tho moot|ng, and |n tho wooks to||ow|ng. Add|t|ona| dota||od |ntorv|ows w|th W||||ams by phono and |n porson woro conductod by tho author |n
2000 and 2001.
1ho or|g|na| t|p |ottors roco|vod at tho 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o 1000-1088.
lottors and phono ca||s trom roadors to tho author 1000-2001.
Emp|oymont rocords, phono |ogs, and acadom|c t||os ot somo suspocts.
|ypnot|c |ntorv|ows conductod w|th w|tnossos and suspocts.
3uspoct's |ottors trom Atascadoro 3tato |osp|ta| tor tho Cr|m|na||y lnsano.
Ca||torn|a 0opartmont ot Votor voh|c|os and somo |nsuranco rocords.
Cl8l |andwr|t|ng roports and numorous |ntorv|ows w|th tho 3tato Ouost|onod 0ocumonts ch|ot.
0|scardod t||os on tho caso.
Xorox photocop|os mado trom tho or|g|na|s ot a|| ot tho Zod|ac |ottors.
lntorv|ows w|th 0ona|d loo Chonoy, 1anuary, |obruary, Vay 2001.
lntorv|ow w|th 3andy lanzaro||a. 1ho tu|| story ot Chonoy and lanzaro||a's t|p to po||co |s a|so onc|osod |n tho 1001-02 roquosts tor soarch warrants
tor A||on's homo. 1hoso court documonts aro now on t||o at tho County Courthouso.
1anuary 20, 1081, |ntorv|ow w|th 0ar|ono's c|oso tr|ond, 3obb|o lamos.
lntorv|ow w|th l|nda 0o| 3uono on lovombor 8, 1080, 1anuary 20, 1081.
3obb|o Oxnam, a c|oso tr|ond ot 0ar|ono's, |ntorv|ow, 1uno 1b, 1081.
lntorv|ow w|th Vary l||kor, 0onna lass's s|stor, Apr|| 7, 2001, 1u|y 7, 2001.
3outh lako 1ahoo lo||co |||o, Caso #70-0480-0onna lass, ll.
0oug|as County 3hor|tt |||o, Caso #70-8120-0onna lass, ll.
3onoma County lrobat|on |||o lo. 02802, Court lo. 7b88-C.
1ochn|ca| adv|co: 0avo 1osch|, Vary Ontano, Wondy Vann|ng.
lonny 0ona|y, 3onoma County Coronor's Ott|co.
3anta losa 3orgoant 3tovo 3rown, August 2001.

Nowaaora and PoriodicaIa

3|um, Wa|tor. Zod|ac.' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, lovombor, 1008.
C|ark, Vark. 0angorous Gamos.' 5cor|ot 5troot Vogozloo, lo. 27, Apr|| 1008, pp. 88-87.
0orn, lorman K. lutt|ng tho l|ght 3ound |nto 3||ont Vov|os.' 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, 1anuary 4, 1072.
G|n|oy, 1acquo||no. loca| Attornoy C|a|ms to Know Zod|ac.' Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o, Octobor 80, 1001, p. A-1.
|ack|or, 1|mothy. Can Wo 3|amo lt on tho Voon?' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, 0ocombor 18, 1078, p. 24.
|odgor, Vatthow. Was tho Zod|ac K|||or a loca| 1oachor?' Co|ovoros Coooty Loogor Llspotcb, 1uno 2, 2001.
|o|t, 1|m. 1ho Von Who 3ta|k tho Zod|ac K|||or.' 5oo lrooclsco Vogozloo , Apr|| 1074, pp. 84-80.
1onn|ngs, 0utty. 3top by 3top w|th 1wo 0otoct|vos.' 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, Apr|| 1, 1074, p. 4.
l|obor, 0r. Arno|d l. 1ho lunar Ettoct and 0ado County.' loport cu||od by 0r. Arno|d trom l|orloo lomlcloo Rocoros, 10bb-70.
lyons, Coroy. Zod|ac.' Cootro Costo 7lmos, 0ocombor 8, 2000.
Vart|n, |arry v. Zod|ac.' Nopo 5ootloo|, 0ocombor 17, 1001.
VcCockran, lobort. 3uspoct's 0oath Won't |a|t Zod|ac lnvost|gat|on.' Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o, 3optombor 8, 1002.
O'||ahorty, 1orronco. 1ho lo||co: loo| vs. loa|.' 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o , August 21, 107b, p. 40.
lotorson, 0avo. Zod|ac l|nk to 3anta 3arbara Vurdors.' Vo||ojo Nows-Cbroolc|o , 1000.
3tarr, Kov|n. 1ho C|ty's 3uporcop.' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, August 18, 1077, p. 11.
3||vorman, Gono. Zod|ac.' Vo||ojo 7lmos-loro|o, 1anuary 10, 1080, p. 1.
3tark, 1ohn. 1ho Van Wo lovod to |ato.' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, 1anuary 20, 1080, 3cono 3oct|on, p. 1.
3t|onstra, 1om. Zod|ac.' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, Varch 17, 2000.
Wo|r, 1om. 1ho Cop Who |unts Zod|ac.' Ook|ooo 7rlbooo, 1u|y 18, 1070.
Zo||orbach, Vor|a. Vy |a|r C|ty.' 5oo lrooclsco Cbroolc|o, 3optombor 11, 1008.

5ourcoa tor tho Now York Zodiac [Zodiac ||}

Assoclotoo Pross. Attacks by 'Zod|ac' Gunman l|nkod to 3ook.' 1u|y 1, 1000.
Co|ona, larry, and 3ow|os, loto. 3hootor |o||s 'Zod|ac' Author's lntont.' NowYork Nowsooy, 1uno 24, 1000, p. 1.
3unch, W||||am, and Gordy, Vo||y. 1ry|ng to Chart a Gunman's Vovos.' Nowsooy, 1uno 22, 1000.
Crow|oy, K|oran. 3roaks Zod|ac Codo.' NowYork Post, August 8, 1004, p. b.
Crow|oy, K|oran. 5|oop Vy Lltt|o Looo. low York: 3t. Vart|n's lross, 1007.
|ranko|, 3ruco. Zod|ac K|||or 3ta|ks lYC.' U5A 7oooy, 1uno 27, 1000, p. 8A.
Goorgo, 1ara, 3roon, v|rg|n|a, and Voonoy, Vark. |o's la||od.' NowYork Lol|y Nows, 1uno 10, 1000.
lyons, l|chard 0. Zod|ac 0otoct|vos 1urn to Computors and 3tars.' NowYork 7lmos, 1uno 28, 1000.
Varzu|||, 1ohn. Zod|ac Know 3|gns ot v|ct|ms.' NowYork Lol|y Nows, p. 8.
Vclamara, 1osoph. low York Zod|ac Cop|os 3.|. K|||or.' NowYork Lol|y Nows, 1uno 24, 1000.
Vclamara, 1osoph. |r|sco K|||or Unro|atod to 3ta|kor.' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, 1uno 24, 1000, p. 48.
Vclamara, 1osoph. Zod|ac ||ros on 4th Van.' NowYork Lol|y Nows, 1uno 22, 1000, p. 7.
VcA|ary, V|ko. Cop's lot tor Van|ac.' NowYork Lol|y Nows, 1uno 28, 1000, p. 84.
VcA|ary, V|ko. |o||ow|ng tho 3tars.' NowYork Lol|y Nows, 1uno 24, 1000, p. 2.
VcOu|||an, A||co, Varzu|||, 1ohn, and 3|omaszko, Corky. Gunman Adm|ts 3or|a| 3hoot|ngs.' Al, 1uno 10, 1000, p. 80.
V|||or, A|an. K|||or Vay 3o Copycat.' U5A 7oooy, 1uno 27, 1000, p. bA.
Zod|ac ll-tho low York Gunman.' NowYork 7lmos, 1uno 28, 1000.
Zod|ac.' NowYork 7lmos, August 18, 1004.
lashbaum, W||||am K. Contoss|on ot Vurdorous 1orror 3proo.' UPl, 1uno 20, 1000, p. 84. 3ourco tor t|rst-porson contoss|on ot Zod|ac ll.
3ha|n, V|chao|. 3ubway 1rap tor Zod|ac.' NowYork Lol|y Nows. 1u|y 12, 1000, p. b.
3m|th, Grog 3. 3on ot Zod|ac Croatos C||mato ot |oar |n low York.' 5oo lrooclsco Exomloor, 1u|y 2, 1000, p. A-0.
Wo|ss, Vurry. |o Warnod lo||co 3otoro ||rst Attack.' NowYork Post, 1uno 22, 1000, p. b.
so|octod rotoroncos
3o|||, Vo|v|n, and Ka|sor, lobort 3|a|r. Vy Llo oo 7rlo|. low York: W||||am Vorrow 8 Co., lnc., 1070.
0oug|as, 1ohn, and O|shakor, Vark. 7bo Cosos 7bot looot Us. low York: 3cr|bnor, 2000.
|a|||s, Grog. A Voroor. low York: V. Evans and Company, lnc., 1000.
Gardnor, Ear|o 3tan|oy. 7bo Coort o Lost Rosort looobook. lr|vato|y pub||shod.
G||||am, |aro|d. 5oo lrooclsco Boy. Gardon C|ty, low York: 0oub|oday 8 Company, 10b7.
Go|dnor, Orv|||o, and 1urnor, Goorgo E. 7bo Voklog o Klog Koog. 3a||ant|no 3ooks, low York, 107b.
|anko, Kon. Cbor|lo Cboo ot tbo Vovlos. Vc|ar|and 8 Co. lnc.
|uttman, lob. Camp|ng w|th tho Zod|ac.' 1007, 2000.
Koss|or, lobort. 7bo lBl. low York: lockot 3ooks, 1008.
lundo, 0ona|d 1., V.0. Voroor ooo Vooooss. low York: W.W. lorton 8 Company, lnc., 1070.
1|mo-l|to, od|tors. 5orlo| Kl||ors. A|oxandr|a, v|rg|n|a: 1|mo-l|to 3ooks, 1002.
Z|nman, 0av|d. 5otorooy Atoroooo ot tbo Bljoo. low York: Ar||ngton |ouso, 1078.
Vap ot va||ojo 3how|ng lr|mo 3uspoct's C|oso lrox|m|ty to tho v|ct|ms, W|tnossos and Cr|mo 3conos.
|ndox
Abduction and abduction attomta
Adkina, Rich
AIioto, Nayor Joo
AIIon, Arthur Loigh:
ambidoxtority
and animaIa. 8ee also AnimaI torturo
arroata
rior
in 5anta Roaa, 5ot. 27, 1074
in VaIIo[o, Jan. 28, 1075
background intormation . 8ee also Chonoy, DonaId Loo
birthday
cIothing worn by
comutor tiIoa
connoction with victima' namoa n.
croaa-oxamination ot Aug. 4, 1071
doath and cromation
oducation and dogrooa . 8ee also CaIitornia PoIytochnic 5tato univoraity, 5onoma 5tato
CoIIogo
tinancoa
Firat Aid cortitication
tondnoaa tor rhymoa
gait
hoaIth
|.O.
Iott-handodnoaa
Iink to Zodiac
in tho Bawart Roort
tho big ti
oaitivo idontitication by Nagoau
in tho modia
FaIr|Ield aIly RepublIc intorviow
KP|X intorviow
K1Vu intorviow
8an FrancIsco ChronIcle intorviow
vallejo 1Imes-Herald intorviow
voico
aroIo. 8ee also PoIIo, Bruco R.
hyaicaI doacrition
aa oIico grouio
oIygrah toat
in riaon. 8ee Ataacadoro 5tato EoaitaI tor tho CriminaIIy |naano
quoationing by 5an Franciaco P.D.
quoationing by VaIIo[o P.D.
roIationahi with brothor
roIationahi with tathor
AIIon, Arthur Loigh (cont.)
roIationahi with mothor
5anta Roaa traiIor
aoxuaIity. 8ee also ChiId moIoatation
aix roaaona tor hating tho oIico
aociaI akiIIa
traiIora ownod by. 8ee 1raiIora
VaIIo[o homo
wiII
AIIon, Bornico (mothor)
AIIon, Ethan Warron (tathor)
AIIon, Karon (aiator-in-Iaw)
AIIon, Kim Wondy
AIIon, RonaId Cono (brothor):
aoIogizing tor Arthur'a chiId moIoatation
on Chonoy
choking incidont
coIIogo
coooration with oIico
dociaion to go to tho oIico
and Forrin
in Loigh'a wiII
oraonaIity
tri to Noxico
AIongia, RonaId
A. M.
Ambidoxtority, ot auaocta
Amoa, Richard
Androwa,"
AnimaI torturo
Ankron, Larry
Anatoy, Nario
Antioch PoIico Doartmont
Armchair,"
Armatrong, BiII. 8ee also 5an Franciaco PoIico Doartmont
during AIIon croaa-oxamination
invoatigation
ot tho AIIon homo
and BoIIi
intorviow with Chonoy and PanzaroIIa
intorviow with tamiIy
aoarch ot 5anta Roaa roorty
work with NuIanax
Iink tor aimiIara,"
rotiromont
tranator trom Eomicido
Araon
Aahman, CharIoa
AatroIogy:
AIIon'a aign
horoacooa
aymboIa uaod in
ayzygy
and timing ot murdora
1roicaI Zodiac anaIyaia
Ataacadoro 5tato EoaitaI tor tho CriminaIIy |naano
AutomobiIoa. 8ee Cara
Avory, PauI
hoaIth
mooting with Rivoraido P.D.
rotiromont
auggoation tor intormation cIoaringhouao
thott ot Zodiac tiIoa trom
thoorioa on Zodiac
throata to
witnoaa to atabbing
Ayora, 5uo

Badlands
Bakor, Dotoctivo
Bakor, WiIIiam
BaIdino, 5tovo
BaImor, 1homaa D.
Barca, CharIoa
Baaomont. 8ee AIIon, Arthur Loigh, VaIIo[o homo
Batoa, Chori Jo:
and AIIon
ovidonco
murdor
aurvoiIIanco at buriaI
Zodiac Iottora about
Batoa, Joaoh
Bawart, Coorgo:
caao aummary
and doath ot Zodiac
during DNA anaIyaia
and Emmott
on Forrin
intorviowa
invoatigation
Bawart, Coorgo (cont.)
on [uriadiction iaauoa
on oIygrah toat by AIIon
ro-ooning Zodiac invoatigation
Roort ot 1002
rotiromont
Booman, WiIIiam 5toadman
BohavioraI 5cionco unit
BoIIi, NoIvin
Bonocia, CaIit.
Bonocia PoIico Doartmont
BonnaIIack, Nancy N.
BorkoIoy, CaIit.
Borkowitz, David (5on ot 5am)
Borryoaaa. 8ee Lako Borryoaaa
Botta, 5andy
Bianchi, Konnoth
Bidou, Piorro
BIack hood. 8ee Eood and oxocutionor'a coatumo
BIockor, Dan
Bloodlustn.
BIood toata
BIuo/bIack toIt ti ona. 8ee Lottora, bIuo/bIack toIt ti ona uaod
BIuo Noannioa,"
BIuo iga,"
BIuo Rock 5ringa murdor/ahooting. 8ee also Forrin, DarIono, Nagoau, Niko
and AIIon
and Androwa
invoatigation
timing ot
Boaata to oIico. 8ee Zodiac, boaata
Boata, ownod by AIIonn.
Bobbio (tirat Iovo, mothor ot Karon Earria)
Bodoga Bay, CaIit.
Bodioa:
oaitioning ot
atratogy tor hiding
Bomba:
onginooring diagrama
ot Now York Zodiac
in Ian to oacao Ataacadoro
auIioa in AIIon homo
auIioa in Now York
throata in Iottora to BoIIi
throata to chiIdron. 8ee 5chooI bua attack throata
by tho unabombor
Bonino, Davo
Borgoa, 5toIIa
BorroIIi, Joaoh
Bow and arrow
Box, gray motaI
Brandon. E.
Bronatoin, PhiI
BrookIyn, N.Y. 8ee Now York Zodiac
Brothora, Joyco
Brown, EarI
Brown, Loo
Brown, 5tovo
Bruton, 1om
Bryant, Coorgo R.
BuIIota
Bundy, 1od
Burko, John
Buttorbach (otticor)

Cabdrivor murdora. 8ee also 5tino, PauI Loo
Caon, Eorb
CahiII, 1om
CaIitornia Doartmont ot Fiah and Camo
CaIitornia Doartmont ot Juatico (DOJ)
CaIitornia PoIytochnic 5tato univoraity
CannibaIiam
CaitaI uniahmont
Cardimono, Andy
CarIatodt, Butch
Carnoy, Jack
Carontor, David
Cara:
Batoa murdor
BIuo Rock 5ringa murdor/ahooting
Forrin murdor
Lako Borryoaaa murdora
Lako Eorman Road murdora
ownod by AIIon
whito ChovroIot aoon by witnoaaoa
Caao aummarioa
CauItioId, Jim
ContraI |ntoIIigonco Agoncy (C|A)
CharlIe Chan at 1reasure lsland
Chonoy, Ann
Chonoy, DonaId Loo:
AIIon on
AIIon'a viait to
Chonoy, DonaId Loo (cont.)
and Armatrong
convoraation with Voigt
daughtor and AIIon
handrinting trom AIIon, attomt
handrinting ot
oIygrah toat
toatimony and oiniona
ChiId moIoatation:
by AIIon
and Chonoy'a daughtor
Ioaa ot [oba duo to
notoa in gray motaI box
aychoIogy ot odohiIoa
aiator-in-Iaw on AIIon
ChiIdron. 8ee 5chooI bua attack throata
ChooIaa, Coorgo 1.
Cihora, aymboIa, and crytograma:
AIIon ahowod to triond aa Zodiac'a
croaaod circIo. 8ee Croaaod circIo aymboI
in gray motaI box
in Iottora
chomicaI
C|A anaIyaia
FB| anaIyaia
and Nt. DiabIo
Poat Ottico aymboIa
rootroador'a aymboIa
aomahoro tIaga
throo-art
-aymboI codo
and Mad Nagazino
trom 1ho Noat Dangoroua Camo,"
uaod by Now York Zodiac
uao ot mirrora
Cihor 5Iayor,"
CiravoIo, Niko
CIoaringhouao tor invoatigation. 8ee CriminaI |dontitication and |nvoatigation
CIothoa, worn by Zodiac:
hood and oxocutionor'a coatumo
[ackot and anta
ahooa
Codo KiIIor,"
Cottoy, A. L.
Cohon, Nickoy
CoIoman, Kato
Comica
Communication robIoma, oIico . 8ee also Juriadiction iaauoa
Comoaito drawinga
Comutor tiIoa, ot AIIon
Concornod Citizon,"
Concord PoIico Doartmont
Contoroncoa on Zodiac caao
Contoaaiona
ConnoII, Richard
ConnIoy, Robort
Contra Coata County 5horitt'a Doartmont
Conway, Roy:
Forrin murdor
on handrinting
on Einoa'a thoory
intorviow by WiIIiama
on oIico communication robIoma
ro-ooning ot Zodiac caao
rotiromont
aoarch ot VaIIo[o homo
5tino murdor
5tonor murdor
work with Bawart
on Zodiac caao cIoauro
Zodiac caao aummary
Coycata." 8ee |mitatora ot Zodiac, Lottora, coycat
Cotati, CaIit. 8ee 5onoma 5tato CoIIogo
Count Narco
Count Zarott (tiIm charactor). 8ee Most angerous Game, 1he (tiIm)
Court o| Last Resort
Crabtroo, Rick
Cracked Nagazino
Crank caIIa. 8ee 1oIohono caIIa
Cronahaw, Cary
CrIme and the 8exual Psychopath
CriminaI |dontitication and |nvoatigation (C|&|)
Crockor Bank omIoyoo auaoct
Croaa, |rvin
Croaaod circIo aymboI:
in Amorican |ndian carvinga
in anciont Eobrow
on Britiah oIico car
on cIothoa. 8ee also Eood and oxocutionor'a coatumo
on tiIm Ioador
at tho Lako Borryoaaa murdor acono
in Iottora trom Zodiac
and murdor in Jaan
aa oIar co-ordinato aito
aa rootroador'a aymboI
and 5ataniam
at tho 5tino murdor acono
on tho Zodiac watch
CrowIoy, Kioran
Crytograma. 8ee Cihora, aymboIa, and crytograma
Cunningham (oIico aorgoant)

Dacoy, F. PauI, Jr.
Dagitz, Bob
DahIbron, J. B.
aIly News
Dandurand, Joo
Davia, CaroIyn Nadino
Doaay, Jamoa
Doath Nachino," 5. 8ee also AIIon, Arthur Loigh, VaIIo[o homo
DoI Buono, Linda
DoLouiao, Joaoh
DoLuca, Chria
Doartmont ot Juatico. 8ee CaIitornia Doartmont ot Juatico
Dorham, CoraId
Do Rivor, J. PauI
DoviI Roao." 8ee Zodiac |||
Ick 1racy comic
Diotz, Park
DNA anaIyaian.
Dr. Zodiac (charactor)
Domingoa, Robort Coorgo
DougIaa, John
Drawinga ot Zodiac. 8ee Comoaito drawinga
DroxIor, Doan
Dunbar, Jim
Dunham, Wayno
Durham (douty)
DuaaoIdort Rior

Eaatman, Davo
EboraoIo, Ron
Edwarda, Linda Fayo
Eiaon, Jay
EIIia, CharIoa
EImor Cavo EIomontary 5chooI
Emmott, Robort 1ho Eiio." 8ee Roditor, Robort Emmott
Emmy Lou." 8ee Roditor, Robort Emmott
EngIiah, Frank
Ehron, Eonry
Erakat, Zuhoir
Escapen.
ExorcIst, 1he
ExorcIst lll
EyogIaaaoa
FairtioId, CaIit.
FaIr|Ield aIly RepublIc
FaIIia, Crog
Faraday, David. 8ee also Lako Eorman Road murdora
FodoraI Buroau ot |nvoatigation (FB|)
FoIt ti ona. 8ee Lottora, bIuo/bIack toIt ti ona uaod
Fordon, John Jay
Forrin, Chriatina
Forrin, DarIono:
invoatigation
Jonaon miatakon tor
murdor
and tho occuIt
ainting arty
Forrin, Doan
Forrin, Pam:
in AIIon'a homo
on Booman
on 8ally Jesse Raphael 8how
toatimony and oiniona
throata to
FiddIo and tart around" hraao
FiIma. 8ee Zodiac, Iovo ot movioa, specI|Ic tItles
Fingorrinta:
FACE5 5yatom
FB| tiIoa
hiding/torging
trom Lako Borryoaaa murdora
trom Naa hono booth
ot Now York Zodiac
ointa ot anaIyaia
trom Rivoraido murdor
ot 8an FrancIsco ChronIcle atatt
trom 5anta Roaa traiIor
trom 5tino murdor
Firo, Rotugio Crook murdora
Fiahor, CaroI
FIuor Comany
Fogarty, AI
Fong, RonaId Eonry
Fonto, Patricia
Footrinta. 8ee also 5hooa
Fort Point, CaIit.
Fouko, DonaId A.
Fourth ot JuIy murdor. 8ee BIuo Rock 5ringa murdor/ahooting, Forrin, DarIono
Franz VaIIoy Road murdor
Frooh, Louian.4
Friodman, Larry

Cacy, John Waynon.2
Cain, CharIoa
CaIvin, CoraId
Camo," hunting man aa. 8ee Eunting, man aa gamo"
Game o| eath, An.0
Cardnor, EarIo 5tanIoy
Caaaor, Frank
Cavin, 5tovo
Coborth, Vornon
CoograhicaI ProtiIing
Coorgo, Eorman
Cormany, 1ho Eiio" trom. 8ee Roditor, Robort Emmott
CiIbort and 5uIIivan ooraa
CiItord, Rotoa
CiImoro, 5uo
CinIoy, Jackio
Ciubbini, WaItor
Coding, Bud
Coottacho, Jo Anno
Cordon, Eoward Buzz,"
Craaa VaIIoy murdora
Cray motaI box. 8ee Box
Crayamith, Robort:
ottocta ot invoatigation on
initiaI intoroat in Zodiac
intorviow in ContraI Park
on uao ot ZodIac by Now York Zodiac
viowa on ZodIac
on why ZodIac waa writton
Croator VaIIo[o Rocroation Diatrict. 8ee Kiddor, 1od, 1uckor, PhiI
Cron, LoRoy
Criog, Niko
Cugaa, Chria
Cuna:
oIoctric gun aight" onIight attachod to
ownod by AIIon
uaod by Now York Zodiac
uaod by 1oachi
uaod by Zodiac
Lako Eorman Road murdora
Rotugio Crook murdora
Cuttmachor, Nantrod

Eaaa (douty)
Eakari, Judith
EaIIiaay, Erin
EaII ot Juatico
EamIot, BiII
Eammott, DaahioII
Eandrinting. 8ee also Ambidoxtority ot AIIon
Chonoy'a attomt to obtain
romomborod by aiator-in-Iaw
on Rivoraido doak
trom 5anta Roaa traiIor
anaIyaoa
by FB|
by NorriII
by 5an RataoI grahoIogiat
ottocta ot montaI atato on
ovidonco by NuIanax
how to diaguiao
ot Now York Zodiac
ot Roditor
aacing ot individuaI Iottora
trom thoator oator
EanIoy, Jamoa
Eanohy, Robort J.
Hard Copy
Eardon, DonaId Cono
Earria, Karon
Earahman, 5tovo
EartnoII, Bryan
Eaao, Jun
Eatrod:
ot oIico, aix roaaona to hato
ot womon
Eawkoa, John
Eaynoa, Larry
EoaIy, 1homaa N.
Eoirona, WiIIiam
EoII'a AngoIa
Eonnoaay, NichaoI
EoraI, BiII
Eorbort, Joaoh
Eiob, Coorgo
EighIand, Donnia EarI
EiIburn, CaroI Both
EinckIo, Warron
Einoa, Earvoy
Eiio, 1ho." 5oo Roditor, Robort Emmott
Eitchhikor diaaoarancoa/murdora
Eockaby, Vornon
Eottman, Richard
EoIidaya, aa timing tor murdora
EoIIoway, CiIbort
Eom, PauI
Eomahor, E. L.
Eood and oxocutionor'a coatumo
Eokirk, John D.
Eoran, Dan
Eoroacooa. 8ee AatroIogy
Euttman, EaroId
Euttman, Kay
Euttman, Rob
Euman FIy Bandit,"
Euntor EiII Roat 5to murdora
Eunting:
ot chimunka
convoraationa during tria
ot door
man aa gamo," xi
Eurba, Earriot
Eurkoa, Potor
Euatod, Jim
Eynoaia

|mitatora ot Zodiac . 8ee also Lottora, coycat, Now York Zodiac, Zodiac |||
|ntormation. 8ee 5ourcoa
|nk bIot toat
|naanity Dotonao,"

Jackaon, Lanco
Jack tho Rior
Jack the ZodIac
Jaan, Zodiac ||| murdor
Jonaon, Botty Lou . 8ee also Lako Eorman Road murdora
Jonaon, BiII
Jim (triond)
Johnny Allegron.
Johna, KathIoon
Jonoa, Jamoa, Jr.
Jonoa, Victor
Jordan, Jack
Juriadiction iaauoa

Kaczynaki, 1od (unabombor)
KamahoIo, Joanotto
Kanoa, Lynda
Kay (triond)
Kay, PamoIa
Koo, 5tovon
KooIon, CarmoIa (Loigh)
KooIor, Loonardo
KoIIohor, 1homaa, Jr.
KoIIy, Bud
Komor, Ed
Konnody, Craig
Konnody, John
KCO-1V
Kiddor, 1od
Kidnaing. 8ee Abduction and abduction attomta
Kimura, Naaahiro
King, Nartin Luthor, Jr.
Kinkoad. 1.
Kinnicut, Earry 5.
KirkindaI, BiII
KIointoId, DanioI L.
Knivoa:
Lako Borryoaaa murdor
ownod by AIIon
Rotugio Crook murdora
Rivoraido murdor
uaod by Zodiac
Kobo KiIIor,"
Ko-Ko, Lord Eigh Exocutionor
KP|X-1V
Kraua, Kim
K5FO Radio
K1Vu-1V
Kuraa, Lori Loo
Kurton, Potor

Lattorty, Lyndon Lynn,"
Lako Borryoaaa, CaIit.
Lako Borryoaaa murdora. 8ee also EartnoII, Bryan, 5hoard, CocoIia
and AIIon
cara
handrinting on victim'a car
invoatigation
knivoa uaod
oaition ot bodioa
aychoIogy ot Zodiac
quoationing ot AIIon
ro-ooning ot caao
Lako Eorman Road
Lako Eorman Road murdora:
cara
and Forrin
guna uaod
invoatigation
[uriadiction iaauoa
quoationing ot AIIon
Lako Eorman Road murdora (cont.)
aocond, in 1070
timing ot
Lako 1ahoo aroa
Land, Donnia
Lang, Jim
Langatatt, Art
Laraon (doctor)
Laaa, Donna
La Voy, Anton 5zandor
Loo, DaIora
Loo, Narty
LegIon
Logrow, Davo
Loigh. 8ee AIIon, Arthur Loigh
Loigh, BiII
Loigh, CarmoIa
Lottora. 8ee also Eandrinting
abaonco ot, whiIo AIIon in Ataacadoro
trom AIIon
about uItra-Iight aoroIano,"
torgod cIoaranco ot himaoIt aa Zodiac
to 1oachi attor [aiI roIoaao, Aug. 81, 1077
trom Armchair,"
to Avory
Oct. 5, 1070
Oct. 27, 1070, EaIIowoon card
Batoa had to dio,"
to BoIIi
bIuo/bIack toIt ti ona uaod
coycat . 8ee also |mitatora ot Zodiac
DNA anaIyaia ot
to Foinatoin, Aug. 27, 1070
tho tirat aignod Zodiac
torgod, trom AIIon cIoaring himaoIt aa Zodiac
on hia own aoaranco
on John'a abduction
IonoIinoaa in
to Los Angeles 1Imes
Nov. 10, 1070, achooI bua throat
Narch 18, 1071, bIuo moanioa
miaaoIIinga
trom Now York Zodiac
aor and watormarka
hraaoa uaod in handrinting toat
to oIico
Aug. 10, 1000, koy to cihor
Aug. 20, 1000, awamod by rain
AriI 20, 1070, Mad Nagazino and tIooding
Jan. 80, 1074, numbor ot victima
cIaiming Radotich murdor
oatago
to Rivoraido Press-EnterprIse
Nov. 20, 1000
AriI 80, 1007, Batoa had to dio
contoaaion
to 8an FrancIsco ChronIcle
JuIy 81, 1000, thia ia tho murdoror
Aug. 0, 1000, doath machino
Oct. 18, 1000, 5tino murdor
Nov. 8, 1000-charactor cihor
Ar. 20, 1070, bomb diagram
Ar. 28, 1070, dragon grooting card
Juno 20, 1070, Nt. DiabIo
JuIy 24, 1070, Nt. DiabIo
JuIy 20, 1070, got a IittIo Iiat
Nov. 17, 1070 about hair coIor
Narch 22, 1071, digging with a ahovoI
Jan. 20, 1074, 1he ExorcIst
ob. 14, 1074, 5LA
Nay 8, 1074, Badlands
JuIy 8, 1074, 1ho Rod Phantom
AriI 28, 1078, oaaibIo hoax
JuIy 10, 1078, | am in controI
Jan. 28, 1080, movod to highor country
to 8an FrancIsco ExamIner
JuIy 81, 1000, horo ia art ot a cihor
Aug. 1000, corroction ot VaIIo[o aor
Aug. 4, 1000, tirat aignod aa Zodiac
to 5onoma [udgo
aummarioa
aymboIa uaod in. 8ee Cihora, aymboIa, and crytograma
tochniquo uaod
tyowritor uaodn.1
to vallejo 1Imes-Herald
JuIy 81, 1000, | am tho kiIIor
Oct. 28, 1087, car aa woaon
to WiIIiama
to Zodiac, Jan. 4, 1071
Liobor, ArnoId L.
Lio dotoctor toata. 8ee PoIygrah toata
Liatick KiIIor ot Chicago,"
Liator, 5am
LittIo, Coorgo
Lorna" (witnoaa)
Loa AngoIoa Coronor'a Ottico
Los Angeles 1Imes. 8ee under Lottora
Lovott, Jim Ray
Lowo, Bob
Luco, Bob
LundbIad, Loa
LundbIad, Loa, Jr.
Lundo, DonaId 1.
Lynch, John:
Bawart on
on Forrin murdor
on EoII'a AngoIa
intorviow with 5outhard
Lako Borryoaaa murdora quoationing
Lako Eorman Road murdora
Iottor to, trom Concornod Citizon
NuIanax on
5tino murdor
aummary ot caao

NacEaIhatton, Davo
Mad magazino
Nagoau, Niko
NaIdon, KarI
Nan trom Zodiac, 1ho,"
Nanhattan Boach, CaIit.
Nanhattan Boach PoIico Doartmont
Naro |aIand, CaIit.. 8ee also u.5. Navy, VaIIo[o, CaIit.
Nartin, David OdoII
Nartin, Earry V.
NcAIary, Niko
NcKonna, John
NcNamara (oraonnoI)
NoIton, 5hawn
Nondocino, CaIit., car accidont
Nonkin (chiot ot oIico)
MIkado, 1he
MIllennIum
MInd o| the Murderer, 1he
Niron, Nurray 5.
Niaogyny
NiaaoIIing ot worda
NitchoII, Loron
Nodua oorandi (N.O.) ot tho Zodiac
Noncuro, Robbio Loo
Nontonoadro, Jormaino
Noon, haaoa ot
Nooro, Kovin
Nooro, Lox
NorriII, 5horwood:
anaIyaia ot Iottora
background intormation
handrinting roorta
8acramento Bee articIo on
toating aoquoncoa by
Noaoa, Kon
Most angerous Game, 1he (tiIm)
Most angerous Game, 1he (radio adatation)
Noat Dangoroua Camo, 1ho" (ahort atory)
Nt. DiabIo ma
Novioa. 8ee Zodiac, Iovo ot movioa, specI|Ic tItles
NuIanax, Jack:
during AIIon croaa-oxamination on Forrin invoatigation
on tho Zodiac caao
Murder and Madness
Nurdor woaona. 8ee Woaona
Nurhy, Coorgo
Nurhy, Vinco
Nurray, Anno

NaiI, Niko
Naked Prey, 1hen.
Naa County
Naa County 5horitt'a Doartmont. 8ee also NarIow, Kon
Naa PoIico Doartmont
Napa 8entInel
NarIow, Kon:
invoatigation
[uriadiction iaauoa
roaction to Bawart Roort
rotiromont
Rivoraido P.D. contoronco
with auaoct
work with LundbIad
Nash BrIdges
NationaI 5ocurity Agoncy (N5A)
Navy. 8ee u.5. Navy
NoIdor, AI
NoIaon, Fay
Now York City PoIico Doartmont
New ork Post
Now York Zodiac (Zodiac ||) . 8ee also 5oda, Eoriborto Eddio"
Ng, CharIoa
NicoIai, NoI
NIghtlIne
Norm (triond)
Now lt Can Be 1old
Noyoa, Poto
NumoroIogy

OakIand PoIico Doartmont
OccuIt
OId 1om,"
OIaon, EvoIyn
Oroaco, Nario
Ovoratroot, Jim
Oxnam, Bobbio

Pacitic NuIti-huII Racing Aaaociation
PaIm rinta. 8ee also Fingorrinta
PanzaroIIa, 5anto 5andy" PauI:
on AIIon
and Armatrong
ownor ot RKO Picturoa
at 5cionco Dynamica
toatimony and oiniona
Parham, Larry
Parkor, Brant
Paacoo, 1orry
PoarIman, Davo
PooIor, VioIot
PoIIo, Bruco R.
Pona. 8ee Lottora, bIuo/bIack toIt ti ona uaod
Porry, RaIh
Potoraon, Davo
Phantom ot CordoIia, 1ho,"
PhiIIia, Jim
Piano, Nancy
Pitta, DanioI
PIanotary torcoa, ottocta on aychoIogy
PIoaaanton, CaIit.
Poiaoning murdora, with atrychnino
PoIico grouioa
PoIygrah toata
Pomoroy, Woa
Pomona PoIico Doartmont
Po, Bob
Poatago atama on Iottora. 8ee Lottora, oatago
PractIcal HomIcIde lnvestIgatIon
Printa. 8ee Fingorrinta, Footrinta, PaIm rinta
Probation Otticor. 8ee PoIIo, Bruco R.
Proco, Joaoh
Prouty (handwriting anaIyat)
Paychiatric toata on AIIon
Paychica
Paychic trauma ot aurvivora
PaychoIogicaI rotiIoa ot Zodiac

Raco, Niko
Radotich, Richard
Ramoa, Bobbio
RandoI, EarI
Raaino, 5uaan
RaytioId, CIitton
RaytioId, David
Rod Phantom, 1ho,"
Rooao, Nra. (traiIor court managor)
Rotoroncoa
Rotugio Crook murdora
Rootto, Vinco
Rhodoa, Janot Lynn
Rico, David
Richmond Diatrict PoIico
Rinohart, CIon
Ringa:
bIood atono, on tao to BoIIi
with Z" ombIom
Rivoraido, CaIit. . 8ee also Batoa, Chori Jo, Eandrinting, ot AIIon, on Rivoraido doak
Rivoraido PoIico Doartmont
Rivoraido Press-EnterprIse. 8ee also under Lottora
RKO Picturoa
Roditor, Robort Emmott
Rodman, Jamoa
Roonik, WiItrod
Rolanda 8how
Roman, 1omaa
Roo
Ruby, Jack
Run |or the 8unn.
Ruat, Ed
Rykott, 1homaa
5acramonto, CaIit.. 8ee also CriminaI |dontitication and |nvoatigation
8acramento Bee
5adiam:
ot AIIon. 8ee also AnimaI torturo
ovidonco trom Ewy. 12 car craah
in Kuraa murdor
in Lako Borryoaaa murdora
rotiIo ot aoxuaI aadiata
5aIom, Robort
5aIiva toata
8ally Jesse Raphael 8how
5antord, Byron
5an Franciaco, CaIit.:
cabdrivor murdora. 8ee also 5tino, PauI Loo
Caon on crimo trond
8an FrancIsco ChronIcle. 8ee also Avory, PauI
ad on |moriaI Wizard
articIoa
on AIIon attor hia doath
on Einoa'a thoory
intorviow ot AIIon
on Rivoraido murdor
buiIding aocurity
intorottico momo
Iottora to. 8ee under Lottora
oraonaIa ad
hono caII to
ubIication ot cihor koy
Zodiac aa oaaibIo omIoyoo
5an Franciaco CriminaI Crand Jury
8an FrancIsco ExamIner:
buiIding aocurity
Iottora to. 8ee under Lottora
atratogy with Zodiac
5an Franciaco PoIico Doartmont (5FPD). 8ee also Armatrong, BiII, Juriadiction iaauoa,
1oachi, Davo
bomb dotonation
ovidonco miaIacod by
ovidonco atoIon trom
tingorrint anaIyaia
handrinting anaIyaia
manowor ahortago
ro-ooning ot Zodiac invoatigation
5tino murdor invoatigation
Zodiac buIIotina
Zodiac taunting ot. 8ee Zodiac, boaata
5an Joao PoIico Doartmont
5an PabIo Bay
5anta Barbara County 5horitt'a Doartmont
5anta Roaa, CaIit.:
AIIon'a traiIor in. 8ee 1raiIora, ownod by AIIon
attomtod abduction
ovidonco trom car wrock on Ewy. 12, Aug. , 1070,
5torIing and Wobor diaaoaranco
5anta Roaa Junior CoIIogo
5anta Roaa PoIico Doartmont
8anta Rosa Press emocrat, witnoaa rogram
5artor Croaa,"
5atan, and Zodiac
5ataniam
5atton, Joaoh
5chochmoiator, Bryan
5chizohronia
5chIoaaborg, Earvoy
5chooI bua attack throata
5chuIor, CharIoa A.
5chwartz, NarahaII
5cionco Dynamica
5cott, Don
5oaI ot Vaaaago
5oarch warranta
5obaatooI, CaIit.
5oda, Eoriborto Eddio," . 8ee also Now York Zodiac
5ox ottondor notitication
5oxuaIity, ot AIIon. 8ee also ChiId moIoatation
5oxuaI aadiata, aychoIogicaI rotiIo
5hoard, CocoIia
5hoard, AI
5himoda, John
5hiriaago, Frod
5hooa:
tootrinta
worn by AIIon
worn by Zodiac
5iobo (invoatigator)
5iIvor, Jim
5iIvorman, Cono
5ina, PhiI
5kraoc, Candico
5Iaight, David
5Iovor, Nancy
5Iuga. 8ee BuIIota
5nook, EaI
5ocioathic murdoror. 8ee also 5oxuaI aadiata
5oIano County 5horitt'a Doartmont
5on ot 5am
5on ot Zodiac. 8ee Now York Zodiac
5onoma County JaiI
5onoma County 5horitt'a Doartmont
5onoma 5tato CoIIogo
5ourcoa ot intormation
todoraI, atato and IocaI Iaw ontorcomont tiIoa
nowaaora and oriodicaIa
tor Now York Zodiac
5outhard, 1homaa Loonard Loo,"
5ooch attorna, ot Zodiac
5inoIIi, Narco (Count Narco)
5inoIIi, RaIh
5tabbing murdora. 8ee Knivoa
5tama on Iottora. 8ee Lottora, oatago
5taniaIaua 5horitt'a Doartmont
5tarr, Bornico. 8ee AIIon, Bornico
5tarr, Karon. 8ee AIIon, Karon
5tarr, Robort EaII, uao ot aoudonym. 8ee also AIIon, Arthur Loigh
5tarr, RonaId. 8ee AIIon, RonaId
5tato Farm |nauranco
5torIing, Nauroon Loo
5tiItz, Jack E.
5tino, PauI Loo:
bIoody ahirt
connoction with 5inoIIi
tingorrinta trom cab
ink bIot toat ot AIIon and
invoatigation
murdor
and oIico doacrition ot Zodiac
5tono, CharIoa E.
5tonor, Joromy
5tranguIation
5triooko, Don
5trychnino oiaoning
5uicido
5ummarioa ot caao
5uaocta
5ymboIa. 8ee Cihora, aymboIa, and crytograma
5yzygy

1ahoo aroa
1aunting ot oIico. 8ee Zodiac, boaata
1ayIor, CharIoa
1odaIdi, Jamoa
1oIohono caIIa:
about Zodiac
to BoIIi
broathing aound
hang-u
to oIico attor crimoa
to victima' tamiIioa
1oIoviaion rograma on Zodiac
1hoator on 5an Bruno Avonuo
1hittauIt, WiIIiam
1homaon, Loonti
1horazino
1Imes-Herald. 8ee vallejo 1Imes-Herald
1imox brand watch
1iro tracka
1orranco, CaIit.
1oachi, Davo. 8ee also 5an Franciaco PoIico Doartmont
attor Ioaving tho Zodiac caao
authority tor Avory to carry a gun
on caao'a 80th annivoraary
tamiIy
hoaIth
invoatigation
anaIyaia ot Iottora
and BoIIi
intorviowa with tamiIy
quoationing ot AIIon
aoarch ot 5anta Roaa roorty
5tino murdor
work with Armatrong
work with NuIanax ot VaIIo[o P.D.
work with Rivoraido P.D.
ot Zobra murdora
on miaaing box ot ovidonco, 1007
on oraovoranco
roaaaignmonta
roIaxation activitioa
rotiromont
5tato 5onato commondation
on why thoy did not arroat AIIon
1ownaond, DonaId A.
1raiIora, ownod by AIIon:
Bodoga Bay
#C58808
#NE8080
arkod on noighbor'a roorty
5anta Roaa
1rauma roaction, ot aurvivora
1ravia Air Forco Baao
1roaauro |aIand, CaIit.
1uckor, Joan
1uckor, PhiI:
in AIIon quoationing
AIIon'a uao ot car
Bawart on
toatimony and oiniona

uItra-Iight aoroIano,"
unabombor. 8ee Kaczynaki, 1od
union OiI ot CaIitornia
union RichtioId
Unsolved MysterIes
uN5uB
u.5. Navy. 8ee also AIIon, Ethan, Naro |aIand, 5hooa

VaIIo[o, CaIit.:
AIIon'a tamiIiarity with
AIIon'a homo in. 8ee AIIon, Arthur Loigh, VaIIo[o homo
doacrition
VaIIo[o County 5horitt'a Doartmont
VaIIo[o lndependent Press
VaIIo[o PoIico Doartmont (VPD). 8ee also Juriadiction iaauoa, NuIanax, Jack
AIIon oxamination
AIIon'a omIoymont aIication to
cIoauro ot caao
Forrin murdor roort
manowor ahortago
rior arroat ot AIIon
taoa on AIIon
uao ot ZodIac
work with 5an Franciaco P.D.
VaIIo[o Rocroation Doartmont. 8ee Kiddor, 1od, 1uckor, PhiI
vallejo 1Imes-Herald:
AIIon intorviow
articIoa on Zodiac
Iottora to. 8ee under Lottora
Zodiac tiIo atoIon trom
VaIIoy 5ringa EIomontary 5chooI
Vamiro, 1ho." 8ee Now York Zodiac
Vanco, Jack
Vaughn, Robort
Vaughn," in Forrin'a oraonaI diroctory
ViIIaroaI, Bon
VioIont CriminaI Arohonaion Program
Virgin |aIanda
Voigt, 1om
VoIImor (oIico chiot)

WaIah, 1horoaa Diano
Warnor, WiIIiam 1.
Watchoa. 8ee 1imox brand watch, Zodiac brand watchoa
Wator, aa murdor Iocation
Watorman (oIico otticor)
WataonviIIo, CaIit.
WataonviIIo PoIico Doartmont
Woaona . 8ee also Bomba, Bow and arrow, Cuna, Knivoa, Roo
Wobor, Yvonno
Wobator, Jamoa W.
Wobator, WiIIiam E.
WoInor, NichaoI
Woahor, Bingo
Whito, Archio and Both
Whito, WiIIiam (oIico aorgoant)
Whito, WiIIiam Langdon (noighbor)
Whit Nonday murdor
WhIz ComIcs
WIccan Rede
WiIIiama, Rita
WiIIiama, WaItor WiIIio tho Woodcuttor,"
WiIIiama, Wayno
WiIIy" (auaoct)
WiIaon, J. R.
WiIaon, RaIh
Wiaamann, Frank
Witchcratt
Wogan, Earry
Womon, hatrod ot. 8ee Niaogyny
WooIridgo, Bob
Writing. 8ee Eandrinting

Yamaa, C. J.
Yamaahita, Ayaka
ellow 8ubmarIne, 1he
Yonkora, Dick
Youngor, EvoIIo J.

Zobra murdora
ZoIma, Eric
Zodiac. 8ee also Cara, Comoaito drawinga, 5adiam, Woaona
boaata
Zodiac (cont.)
cIoauro ot caao
cIothoa worn by. 8ee CIothoa, worn by Zodiac
communication trom. 8ee Cihora, aymboIa, and crytograma, Lottora, 1oIohono caIIa
contoronco and caao aummary
gait and body Ianguago
Iinguiatica ot
Iink to AIIon
in tho Bawart Roort
tho big ti
oaitivo idontitication by Nagoau
Iovo ot movioa
main auaoct. 8ee AIIon, Arthur Loigh
in tho modia
murdora and murdor attomta
bogging to bo atood
hair diaguiaoa
N.O. 8ee Nodua oorandi
totaI numbor oatimatoa
trohioa
origin ot namo
ooIo cIaiming to bo. 8ee |mitatora ot Zodiac
hyaicaI aoaranco
aychiatric rotiIoa . 8ee also 5adiam, 5chizohronia
rotorraI to himaoIt aa 1ho Zodiac,"
roIationahi with mothor
ro-ooning ot caao
and 5atan
aoxuaIity
aociaI akiIIa
aooch attorna
tao to BoIIi about
unmaakod
uao ot oIico contuaion. 8ee Communication robIoma, Juriadiction iaauoa
voico
Wob aito on
ZodIac (book):
and AIIon
ottocta ot
oIico viowa on
uao by intormanta
uao by oIico
uao by Zodiac imitatora
ZodIac (tiIm)
Zodiac brand watchoa
ownod by AIIon
5oa WoIt #20804
Zodiac car
Zodiac cIub
Zodiac ||. 8ee Now York Zodiac
Zodiac |||
Zodiac ot Now York. 8ee Now York Zodiac
ZodioicaI Iightn.
Zygomatic arch
1
1ho FB| boIiovod tho tyowritor to bo a RoyaI Norit Pica 508. Pica rovidoa ton charactora
to tho vorticaI inch. EIito rovidoa twoIvo. 1ho anonymoua writor, working with
muItigonorationaI coioa, uaod tho Iargor tont.
2
Anothor Cacy oraonaIity waa a arty ontortainor, Pogo tho CIown. Cacy aintod an oiI ot
Zodiac in coatumo and auctionod it ott ono aring. Actor Johnny Do ownod a Cacy
ainting. 1hoy toId mo whon | got it that tho rocooda wont to a charity or to tho victima'
tamiIioa...." Do aaid. But | tound out that waan't tho caao. 5o | got rid ot it. Faacinating
trom a aychoIogicaI oint ot viow, but roaIIy dark atutt."
8
1hia namo haa boon aItorod.
4
Whon FB| Diroctor Louia Frooh ordorod atood-u oIygrah toating ot agonta to boIator
tho buroau'a intornaI aocurity ayatom, tho agoncy'a nino thouaand agonta woro troubIod.
5
1hia namo haa boon changod.
0
1hia namo haa boon changod.
7
#CF 0127 FD Liconao, 5tickor # E107782.
8
Locatod at tho Naa Car Waah, 1200 Nain 5troot, twonty-aovon miIoa trom Lako Borryoaaa.
0
RKO, A Game o| eath, diroctod by Robort Wiao, atarring John Lodor and Audroy Long.
Edgar Barrior Iayod tho Zarott charactor, ConoraI Kroignor.
10
Johnny Allegro in 1040 uaod oIomonta ot tho atory. |n 1050, Run |or the 8un, atarring
Richard Widmark, Jano Croor, and 1rovor Eoward, waa aot on a [ungIo Iantation rathor
than an iaIand. |n 1001 camo Bloodlust, anothor variation. CornoI WiIdo'a 1he Naked Prey
ahowod tivo yoara Iator.
11
1wo yoara Iator, Finko'a acrit waa uaod again, thia timo atarring J. CarroI Naiah and
Joaoh Cotton. 1wo yoara attor that, Loa CrutchtioId adatod tho atory aa a thirty-minuto
rogram tor roducor-diroctor Norman NacdonnoII'a Escape.
12
1hia namo haa boon changod.
18
|t ia aIao a dittuao gIow aoon in tho woat attor twiIight and in tho oaat botoro dawn.
14
LA 554 121700 48/5005 100 82.
15
A coIIoction ot trading carda: 1rue CrIme 8erIes Four: 8erIal KIllers & Mass Murderers,
cIiinga ot aIly News crimo atorioa on Zodiac, and a coy ot NichaoI Nowton'a 8erIal
8laughter, A HIstory o| 800 8erIal KIllers incIuding a ahort ontry on tho originaI Zodiac.
10
Convoraation quotod in FB| roort 0-40011-88, January 14, 1070.
17
5oo Aondix tor comIoto roort.
18
1ho FB| haa boon conducting toronaic DNA (an acronym tor dooxyribonucIoic acid) toating
ainco 1080.
10
1hia namo haa boon changod.
20
Othor Zodiac victima and roIationa aoomingIy tit thia namo gamo: Arthur David Faraday,
tirat Northorn CaIitornia victim, Arthur Doan Forrin, huaband ot tho third Northorn
CaIitornia victim, BiII LeIgh, hor boaa, 5anta Roaa atudonta Lori Lee Kuraa, Nauroon Lee
5torIing, Kim Wondy Allen.
21
1ho thoory hoIda that 5tino'a murdor occurrod ono bIock turthor [than Waahington and
NaIo 5troota}," wroto John DougIaa, bocauao tho kiIIor noodod him at a rociao oint on
tho ma. 1hat'a why tho Zodiac awitchod hia victim choico trom couIoa to a cabdrivor.
Whom oIao couId ho got to a rociao aot ot coordinatoa ao oaaiIy?"
22
NaiIod Novombor 17, 1070, trom Atoa, CaIitornia, at 1:00 P.N.
28
1hia namo haa boon changod by roquoat.