by UKSpycatcher » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:34 am
Well I believe he killed Paul Stine at Washington and Maple, the car was performing a run through, so after he was shot, his foot disengaged from the brake pedal, the car motioned out of control, the Zodiac who was directly behind Stine exited the left rear door, entered the driver side door, to gain control of the taxicab. In doing so he pushed Stine, who was still upright, to the left side window to gain limited control of the taxicab pedals. ( Look at the left side of the shirt, how the pattern on the left side stops abruptly- this coincides with the vehicles door arm rest). However he initially stalled the car and had to restart it with the keys. This explains the downward pattern of blood on the shirt between the two intersections, the fingerprints on the exterior driver side door (possibly blooded), the fingerprints on the driver side compartment where he braced himself to step over Paul Stine, the lack of a gunshot heard by the 3 teenagers, the fingerprints on the keys and why he took them, as he did with the wallet. However he now had blood predominantly on his left side where he pushed against Stine to access the pedals. So imagine the majority of blood being on your left side, which side of Jackson Road would you walk where this would be less visible to traffic, the north side of Jackson St. It may explain why as Fouke and Zelms approached, he motioned to his left side and feinted to walk up the 3712 Jackson St stairwell, to shield the blood transfer. Also Fouke described him as having a lumbering gait, like a semi-limp. Had he exited the moving car at Washington and Maple, he may possibly have jarred his ankle or knee, explaining the limp saw by Fouke. So the answer basically, is to face the visible blood away from oncoming vehicle or police headlights, otherwise there was no other reason for him to have crossed over this early onto Jackson St.