Unsolved Murders of the Napa Valley By Harry V. Martin

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Unsolved Murders of the Napa Valley By Harry V. Martin

Postby proldic » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:48 pm

From the co-author of "Mind Control", published in 1991 by the Napa Valley Sentinel:<br> <br>Zodiac left several clues to his location on Washington Street<br>July 29, 2005<br>Part Nine in a Series (part three of the Zodiac)<br><br>Bates had been beaten, stabbed repeatedly in the face and neck, and her throat had been cut so viciously she was almost decapitated. The first Zodiac letter in 1969 claimed responsibility for the gruesome murder - three years later. In the original letters to the Riverside newspaper, there was no concept of the term Zodiac, but a capital "Z" was scrawled on the letters.... <br><br>...a desktop poem was found in the Riverside City College Library. It read, "Sick of living/unwilling to die. Cut. Clean. If red/clean. Blood spurting, driping (sic), spilling all over her new dress. Oh well, it was red anyway. Life draining into an uncertain death, she won't die. This time someone will find her. Just wait till next time." The desk scrawling was signed "rh".... <br><br>It is important to note that both Bates and Shepherd were stabbed repeatedly, the same as in the Tate murders. All the other victims associated with the Zodiac were shot. The method of murder of the two young women is out of character with other killings associated with the Zodiac....<br><br> ...Based on information the Sentinel received from a person associated with the FBI, Bates’ murderer has been in jail for decades – Bruce Davis, who was charged with two murders - and was involved in the Sharon Tate-Mason Family murders in 1969...three years after Bates’ murder.... <br><br>The Zodiac letters of 1969-1970 were compared with the death letter of 1966. Handwriting experts from the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification said a preliminary investigation of the handwriting indicated that there was "a high probability" that it was the Zodiac's writing....<br><br>A member of the Manson family fit the description of the killer at Lake Berryessa and was also working on a construction site that Bates passed every day on the way to school....<br><br>Because the Zodiac claimed them, does not always mean the Zodiac did them - was the claim a way of deception? Were four of the first five victims the real targets of this killer? Is there more than one Zodiac? Is there a team Zodiac?<br><br>The theories on Zodiac abound, and each law enforcement unit had its own prime suspect. We know that the killer of Shepherd and the kidnapper of Johns match the same description and photographs of a man who followed and spent a lot of time with Ferrin. We know that this suspect is well dressed, quiet spoken, has a brief military background in cryptography.... <br><br>What we have found are two individuals, and perhaps a third, who can be closely linked to the victims. One of the difficulties law enforcement officials are having with the case is that each suspect fits the crime perfectly - except one or two flaws....<br> <br>What if there is actually a team Zodiac, in which each individual carries out part of the role? This would explain some of the discrepancies in the case.<br><br>Law enforcement never really checked the full backgrounds of the victims to ascertain their relationship, if any. Law enforcement has never checked the full background and links of several of their prime suspects to see if they match up. Law enforcement has not checked the linkage between properties where bodies were found. At least six of the victims died because they knew too much. What did they know?<br><br>HOUSE OF ZODIAC<br><br>The killer's clues may have been telling the police exactly where he lived In its day, the search for the Zodiac was one of the biggest manhunts in history.<br><br>The murder of the San Francisco Yellow Cab driver Paul Stein on October 11, 1969, perhaps provided more information on the Zodiac than any other killing. The Zodiac, acting in a bold manner, taunted police with clues - some of them directly led to his house. <br><br>THE MURDER OF PAUL STEIN<br><br>Twenty-nine-year-old Paul Stein picked up a passenger at Mason and Geary Streets on October 11, 1969.... The passenger...told Stein to drive him to Washington and Maple Streets.<br><br>When they arrived at Washington and Maple, Stein was asked to drive one more block to Cherry and Washington – one-and-one-half blocks away from the San Francisco Presidio...Stein was shot at close range and his wallet, taxi keys and a torn portion of his shirt were taken by the killer.<br><br>Three teenagers, across the street from the shooting, witnessed the killer wiping down the interior of the cab and the door handle. The killer nonchalantly walked north on Cherry Street toward the Presidio.... <br><br>The killer was believed to be heading toward the Presidio in a heavily wooded area. San Francisco Chief Inspector Martin Lee indicated that the police had the whole area flooded with lights, had seven police dogs and a large number of patrolmen searching the area tree by tree and bush by bush. The dogs, according to Lee, were the "best in the country." He said, "A mouse couldn't have escaped our attention."<br><br>The Zodiac taunted the police with clues, indicating he could observe all the activity going on. It would have been impossible for an individual hiding in the woods to have observed all the activity.... <br><br>SCHOOL BUS THREAT OR CLUE TO WHEREABOUTS?<br><br>Another part of his letter - the one that panicked school districts throughout the Bay Area - stated, "School children make nice targets. I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning. Just shoot out the front tire and pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out." The Napa County Sheriffs Office had patrol cars follow the buses and planes patrol school bus routes....<br><br>The Zodiac sent a new cryptogram which was never decoded nor made available to the public. Some of his letters were also partially kept from the public. These messages, combined with other clues can direct police right to the spot where the Zodiac lived, who he was and what involvement he had.<br><br>WHERE DID ZODIAC LIVE?<br><br>Based on an obscure police memorandum and documents in the possession of the Sentinel, and information from the unpublished portions of the Zodiac letter, [the article shows] how some of the clues unravel...<br><br>There is a correlation [in messages left by the Zodiac]between Robert Emmett the hippy and the Academy of Sciences compared to Washington and Maple....<br><br>One house in the vicinity which fits the Zodiac's geographic clues was owned by the Academy of Sciences....<br> <br>BREAKING THE CODES<br><br>All the clues provided by the Zodiac zero in one house at Washington and Maple. Who lived in the house at Washington and Maple? According to real estate records, the house on the corner of Washington and Maple...was owned by the California Academy of Sciences at the time of Stein's murder. A statue of Robert Emmett appears in Golden Gate Park adjacent to the California Academy of Sciences building. The site of the statue was also the site of many hippie rallies. Thus, the clue Robert Emmett the Hippie (REH), with the other clues may indicate the house was owned by the California Academy of Sciences. The house is up-hill from Kiddie School.<br><br>San Francisco real estate records...show that the California Academy of Sciences owned the property...until its transfer on May 26, 1970 - almost eight months after Paul Stein's death. The property was transferred in 1970 to Robert E. Hunter, Jr., a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy. Hunter, a vice president for Crocker Bank, lived in Pasadena at the time of Stein's murder. A woman had died in 1968 and left her estate to the Academy. Migon Augsbury's estate was transferred by a title company at 111 Sutter Street. Hunter worked in the same building as the title company, when he was with Crocker Bank - he later went to work for Wells Fargo. The house was purchased by Hunter for $220,000.<br><br>So who occupied the house at 3799 Washington Street - the house that all the Zodiac clues lead to - on the night of October 11, 1969? There was a car parked in the driveway at 3799 Washington Street several years later. It was a 1968 Plymouth, license number VRP854.<br><br>This house would provide an excellent vantage point to oversee the entire police operation in the park and on the street.<br><br>What connection, if any, does the car have with Cheri Jo Bates, who was murdered on October 30, 1966? What other amazing facts can possibly be linked to this house and the Zodiac? What connection, if any, does this have to do with Donna Lass, who disappeared and is believed to have been murdered in Lake Tahoe on September 26, 1970? Was there other property owned by the California Academy of Sciences that has links to other murders in Northern California? What was found at that house that might draw closer links to the Zodiac case? What is the analysis of a secret police report - now in the possession of the Sentinel - to this scenario?<br><br>(Continued next week.)<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://napasentinel.com/ArticleTemplate.php?id=202&pid=1">napasentinel.com/ArticleT...=202&pid=1</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>
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