AK Wilks wrote:Peterson has had some inconsistent and incorrect information before. I'd like to know where he got the description from, what is the source, it just doesn't match any of the photos we have of Ross Sullivan.
Ross Sullivan's hair is not what I would describe is curly, and none of the pictures depict a reddish brown hair or any type of brown hair. The majority of commentators in here believe, as I do, that most of the pictures depict blonde hair, some of the photographs showing light blonde, some perhaps showing regular blonde.
When Peterson notes the info about Sullivan weighing at least 250 lb, he does not contrast that to the descriptions of Officer Fouke, Mageau and John's that Zodiac weighed 160 - 180 lbs. Rather he goes to what he sees as the most matching and incriminating information, that the supposed study of the depth of footprints revealed that Zodiac could weigh as much as 220 lbs (which is still not 250 - 300 lbs).
I can't speak at all to the validity and accuracy of using the depth of footprints to estimate a person's weight, I've never seen that used in any actual court case and I've never read any actual science to back that up.
I would certainly put much more emphasis on actual witness descriptions of a person's weight, Mageau who saw him up close, John's who sat in the car with him, and most of all two police officers who saw him at a fairly close distance. Those two civilians and two police officers put the height and weight of zodiac at 5'8"- 5'10", and 160 - 180 lbs. That is very inconsistent with Ross Sullivan at 6' 2"and 250 - 300 lbs.
Given with what he did with that information, trying to put it in the most incriminating light, it might be wise to remember that some reports of zodiac hair color involved brown hair, possibly brown hair with the reddish tint, which is what I believe it states on the SFPD wanted poster.
So he puts in a totally unsourced statement, and the statement contradicting known facts, that Sullivan has curly reddish brown hair. Sullivan's Selective Service card stated his hair color was blonde, meaning either he and / or the draft board described it as blonde in color. That matches every known picture of Sullivan, which shows hair color ranging from light blonde to regular blonde, to maybe a slightly sandy blonde. All the known photos show hair that is too short to be described as curly, and it's somewhere on the range of blonde, none of them show brown hair of any type.
Ham Friend I would say the photo display that you put together is more persuasive to me that perhaps the man getting makeup in the photograph is in fact Ross Sullivan. The photos show more similarity in face structure then I noticed previously.
But those same photos reinforce to me even more that Sullivan had light blonde to regular blonde hair, short not curly. If that is indeed Sullivan in the chair getting a fake black mustache applied, that black hair is simply not his, As it does not match, at all, any photograph of Sullivan.
When I was younger my hair would change colors from reddish/light brown to blonde. It was like that pretty much until I was in my mid-20's. My hair was always curly when I grew it out, so it is possible that Ross had curly hair if he grew it out a bit. Unfortunately we only have older pics to go on and nothing beyong high school.
(I didn't know that until today)
