Soze
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:02 pmI began reading up on the Zodiac in April of 2010 after reading an article on Rodney Alcala. 120 photos were presented to the public by law enforcement in attempts to locate them - law enforcement fears of potential victims. These faces of unknown women, reminded me of a woman I saw in 1985 in an infomercial presented by law enforcement. It was a bust of her head and law enforcement was seeking help from the public in identifying her. I was 15 then, now 43, and I still see her face. It was the first time I had ever seen anything like it and my heart poured out to her. We look at the loss of life and think how could it be any worse? It can. Your identity can be ripped from you in a blink of an eye and the slate of your life wiped clean. This woman from 27 years ago was something to someone and worth more than what she was reduced to. The same can be said for the countless number of remains found each day.
I began to wonder at this point just how many people like Rodney Alcala were in this world. I thought that if I did an Internet search that I might find a statistical analysis of the potential number walking the streets today. I was looking for a number and maybe even an understanding. Instead, the first website i clicked on, presented a list of known killers and the list was long. There amongst the list of killers was the zodiac.
I have oftened wondered, if there had been someone standing over me that day saying "Soze, if you click that zodiac link, one day is going to turn into two and those two would turn to a month and a month to three years", would I have clicked that link? When I think of the negativity applied to those who research him, then, I would have to say no. I would have to say that I wished, countless times, that it was another name I read about. But having read the case through and through, the letters inside and out, I know that this case can be solved.
I cant say that solving this case should be without some regret. Yes, the five lives we know he took deserve justice and the two lives we know he didn't take deserve justice as well. But I would be a liar if I said that I dont think of his family too. I do. He was someones child and possibly someones husband, father, grandfather or even a friend. I doubt any of them really knew the killer he is or was.
One day his name will be revealed and more victims will surely come and I would again be a liar if I said it didn't bother me. It does. But when I think of the name Zodiac and the countless others like him, it makes me sick. He has managed to carve himself a place in history by being a mystery for nearly 45 years. So when i think of the reasons why I push forward each day, its to see that's its not another year more.
I began to wonder at this point just how many people like Rodney Alcala were in this world. I thought that if I did an Internet search that I might find a statistical analysis of the potential number walking the streets today. I was looking for a number and maybe even an understanding. Instead, the first website i clicked on, presented a list of known killers and the list was long. There amongst the list of killers was the zodiac.
I have oftened wondered, if there had been someone standing over me that day saying "Soze, if you click that zodiac link, one day is going to turn into two and those two would turn to a month and a month to three years", would I have clicked that link? When I think of the negativity applied to those who research him, then, I would have to say no. I would have to say that I wished, countless times, that it was another name I read about. But having read the case through and through, the letters inside and out, I know that this case can be solved.
I cant say that solving this case should be without some regret. Yes, the five lives we know he took deserve justice and the two lives we know he didn't take deserve justice as well. But I would be a liar if I said that I dont think of his family too. I do. He was someones child and possibly someones husband, father, grandfather or even a friend. I doubt any of them really knew the killer he is or was.
One day his name will be revealed and more victims will surely come and I would again be a liar if I said it didn't bother me. It does. But when I think of the name Zodiac and the countless others like him, it makes me sick. He has managed to carve himself a place in history by being a mystery for nearly 45 years. So when i think of the reasons why I push forward each day, its to see that's its not another year more.
