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Oh, and Welcome Vanilla89. Looks like you've done quite a bit of research in a short time.... well my theory is yes Paul Stine picked up on something about The Zodiac or his location, maybe he had even picked him up before, maybe got suspicious so Z ended up changing his MO and killed Stine that night.

Stine is the only true victim we know was, without a doubt, a Zodiac crime.

IF Paul knew Zodiac, then Paul could have been Zodiac's true target all along...the others being made to hide this fact. (Think Christie's ABC murders).

Or, could be Paul was just in the wrong place and the wrong time and Zodiac was continuing his cowardly ways. This is most logical to me. I mean, how hard is it to murder a cab driver?

Another explanation is that Zodiac wanted his name in the big-city newspapers and on TV this time. He chose to shoot a cabbie because it's an easy kill. And took a section of Stine's shirt to prove that he was now operating in San Francisco.

This is a good indicator that the killings were perhaps secondary to a primary purpose such as infamy, media-exposure, striking fear into the general public and/or taunting the cops.

So, the Stine killing can lead you to look at the previous crimes from a similar perspective.

I agree, RTF!!

Vanilla, Vanilla..Skandinavian girls are always welcome

You wrote:
Although Mike might not have been able to get a good look at the killer, it is quite obvious to me that it must have been an accurate observation that the killer was about to leave then came back and shot a second time when he saw Mike appeared alive, because thats something Mike would most likely notice and remember.

As far as I know, in his first statement Mike clearly had mentioned that he had not seen the face very well. The only thing he could remember was that Z had a large round face. Regarding Fouke's sketch: Similar, a second was drawn because the first one was too slim. Kathleen Johns pointed at this second sketch. Z might have had even a rounder face than on that sketch.

What I like is your observation that Z hadn't talked to his victims. He did, however, speak at Lake Berryessa, for about half an hour as far as I know. What is interesting is that there a 'drawl' was observed. Combining this with Z's phone calls ('Goooodbyyyye') makes it possible that Z not only was dyslectic but also had some problems with his speaking. This would explain all the three: Rather not speaking to his victims, his certain drawl as well as the strange 'gooodbyyye'..

Welcome

QT