Ross Sullivan: Timeline of primary sources

[doranchak]

The primary info and sources concerning Ross are all scattered all over the place, so I tried to organize them a little into this timeline:

http://zodiackillerciphers.com/wiki/ind ... s_Sullivan

Let me know what I've left out!

[morf13]

Wow Dave,great work. Very detail packed.

[Paul_Averly]

Excellent work!

You might want to include the LA Times article about the film as well:
viewtopic.php?f=106&t=1441&start=860

It would also be better to source the photos and articles from this site, since all of this information is originating here. (and not link to sites with video game ads)

[doranchak]

Thanks; I've added the article to the timeline.

[Jarlve]

That's all I could wish for doranchak! Really excellent.

I can't open these Evernotes: "Death certificate, page 1, page 2. Last Occupation: Dish Washer (duration: 2 years). Type of business: Restaurant."

[doranchak]

Thanks for reporting that, Jarlve. I updated the links.

[Paul_Averly]

Also a mental conservatorship around 1973-1974. Can't find the source...

Then he seemed to move back to Santa Cruz around 1974.

[doranchak]

The source appears to be the private investigator:

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtop ... 510#p20510

Morf's summary puts the conservatorship year at 1973:

viewtopic.php?t=2300&p=30870

I'll add that to the timeline (with the caveat that it is not yet well-sourced).

"We verified that Ross was a paranoid schizophrenic" <== how was that determined?

[ophion1031]

I always wondered who ran the Zodiac ciphers site. I always refer people to check that site out first before any message board to familiarize themselves with the details of the case. Great site Dave.

[Paul_Averly]

1) Worth noting something else that no one seems to mention. Ross seems to leave Riverside shortly after the Confession Letter. After Ross moves to Santa Cruz in 1967, Riverside Zodiac letters stop forever. If this was a copycat, letters still stop. Kind of the other end of the gaps in the bay area letters.

2) Ross moved from Riverside to Santa Cruz. If he was Z, he would need to have some connection to Vallejo/Napa that started in 1968. It would make a lot of sense that it was his arrest around 2/68, that sent him to Napa State Hospital (for a short say, or on and off treatment). Agnews is a bit more serious. He was probably sent there in Dec 1970, since that seems to be when his mental health really starts to deteriorate and matches up well with the gap in letters from 1971-1974.