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Jelberg wrote:The links between zodiac, and issue number 30 of the Tim Holt comics of 1952 have already been established
There are multiple stories mentioning criminals defecting to cabins in the wilderness after committing their crimes.
***one even in the same issue with the lovers Lane story***




What do you know, the perfect crime comics contain ads for books on fingerprinting.


These comics were from a decade before the zodiac crimes. With the established link to the Tim Holt comics the same year, it seems there is a strong possibility, that these perfect crime comics, could have been an influence to the crimes committed nearly a decade later.

Here is a link to the whole series

These are just some weird similarities that I felt were worth sharing.
If you find any other correlations please feel free to add them to this thread.

Thanks for this post. Is there any direct evidence that TK actually read comic books in his childhood?

I don't know if there is evidence if Ted read comics as a child.

I moved a good POI specific question from Druzer here:

DRUZER:

Wilks, Jelberg, this is great stuff, thank you so much for all of this work!

Location questions aside you are putting forth a very compelling argument here for one the few known Zodiac suspects that actually has a history of violence. The circumstantial evidence is certainly overwhelming. If we are now to discard the DNA tests, and the fingerprint evidence are to be regarded as just as dicey, Kaczynski seems very worthy of study.

The fact that brother David's inspired fiction project was born before Yellow book really got my mind racing. I have nothing to contribute, but this thread is a fascinating read. Thanks!

AK Wilks:

Thanks Druzer. All the extensive research presented here was done by Jelberg, I just did some editing. I also edited your statement above because the sentences got all spread out mixed up. I did not change any content, just edited for clarity. I moved your good question here because it was POI specific.

Yes, as most people know, I have long thought TK is really the only suspect with the proven History of Violence, especially a known proven serial killer of strangers, a known expert at creating elaborate unbreakable codes and at designing and building bombs.

In regards to your comment, Ted has never had his DNA compared to suspected Zodiac DNA. In fact, until literally this very moment, there has never been any reliable Zodiac DNA recovered. A while back there was DNA recovered from a Zodiac stamp that at the time the SFPD seemed to believe in.

But when I contacted them several years ago they informed me that they actually had "no confidence" that that was actually recovered Zodiac DNA. (Now we have reports that RPD has recovered male DNA from blood on Cheri Jo Bates pants).

It is true that Ted had his fingerprints checked against the fingerprints from the cab, with no match being made. Both Allen and Sullivan had their fingerprints checked against the cab prints with no match being made either, yet interest in them as a suspect still continued after that fact. With two search warrants being served on Allen.

I strongly doubt that Zodiac left any prints in that cab, simply wearing gloves he could avoid it, and after the shooting he was observed wiping things in the cab. In fact he says he was planting false clues, but whether planting false clues or wiping down any areas he touched, I don't think there are any Zodiac prints in the cab.

When I talked to detective and forensic lab Chief Paul Holes he told me that he also doubted if Zodiac left any prints in the cab. Paul Holes said to me, exact words, "I would not rule out Ted Kaczynski, Mister X or any otherwise valid suspect simply on the basis of a non - match to the cab prints."

DRUZER: The fact that brother David's inspired fiction project was born before Yellow book really got my mind racing.

AK Wilks:


TECHNOPHOBIA

Is the name of the novel written by Joe LaFollette in 1985, based on long conversations with David Kaczynski. The plot is about a Berkeley professor who hates computers, in particular an artifical intelligence system named LAURA.

He starts doing KNIFE MURDERS in a war against society.

Hmm, sounds like anyone David Kaczynski would have known?

The information from David is consistent with Ted doing knife based personal murders like Zodiac, or Valerie Percy, or others. Or was just a figment of David and Joe's imagination.

When I personally asked David to give his DNA to be compared to what I thought was possible Zodiac DNA, David refused. He told me he didn't think Ted was the Zodiac or Tylenol Killer, but he refused to give DNA on the grounds that Ted could be "exposed to a possible death penalty." Of course Ted would only face a death penalty if he actually was the Zodiac or Tylenol Killer.

The only copy of the book is in the Library of Congress.

Sorry if I add what may seem like a minor detail but to me the fact that Zodiac once referred to detective Toschi as "city pig" suggests that the person behind Zodiac hated and despised big cities. We know from his biography and the letter he sent to that MN small town mayor that TK hated and despised big cities.

Daxide wrote:Sorry if I add what may seem like a minor detail but to me the fact that Zodiac once referred to detective Toschi as "city pig" suggests that the person behind Zodiac hated and despised big cities. We know from his biography and the letter he sent to that MN small town mayor that TK hated and despised big cities.

Good point. For those that missed it, here is a letter to the editor (hmm, who else did that?) that Ted wrote.

At Jelberg's suggestion, I found the best general topic thread for his excellent research, so it acknowledges Tahoe's work and is seen by those previously interested in the subject. I posted it here:

viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1275&start=240

All those who have any questions or comments about the comics and their possible influence on Zodiac generally, please post them there. If there are any remaining questions or comments about this material and TJK specifically, continue to post them right here.

It strikes me as odd, and frustrating, that the handwriting "expert" could not find a clear match between Kaczynski's and Zodiac's handwritings. I am no handwriting expert but the two look almost identical to me. I wonder which samples of TK handwriting the "expert" used to match it to Zodiac. Also, do we have handwriting from the other suspects? Do they look like worse or better matches?

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Jelberg wrote:

Daxide wrote:It strikes me as odd, and frustrating, that the handwriting "expert" could not find a clear match between Kaczynski's and Zodiac's handwritings. I am no handwriting expert but the two look almost identical to me. I wonder which samples of TK handwriting the "expert" used to match it to Zodiac. Also, do we have handwriting from the other suspects? Do they look like worse or better matches?

It is strange... From what I've seen, Ted's handwriting is a very close match in my opinion. I do find the whole handwriting analysis thing kind of dubious since there's so much evidence that zodiac intentionally tried to disguise his handwriting. But what do I know? I'm not an expert handwriting analyst.

Hmm well...perhaps we should hire our own handwriting expert and wait for the verdict?

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Maybe I missed it and it was already posted on one of the threads but I found this regarding Donna Lass' murder by Zodiac:
The 'Pines' card depicted an advertisement for mountain condominiums.
A newspaper article stated that: "The site depicted on the 'Pines Card' was from an advertisement published last Sunday by several newspapers. It was an artist's rendition of houses among the trees at a Boise Cascade Company project at Incline Village, where construction has just begun on the development. While much of the Sierra area is under several feet of snow, Incline Village has only two feet on the ground. Police went to the area to determine if a search is possible." https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-ne ... donna-lass

A lot of similarities with TK's fascination with mountains and forests but also his concern for development and construction in natural areas.