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The problem with the people
that run tech companies
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is that they become fanatics,
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end up thinking
they're messiahs.
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There's a primal wound
that adoptees have.
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I think about my birth parents
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and who they are as people.
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"A lady from San Francisco
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claiming to be
your real mother."
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It was like a thousand
prayers answered.
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I had no idea what I would find
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when I went searching
for my father.
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- He was a pedophile.
- My father was
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subject to medical,
chemical treatment
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for his disorder.
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I've interviewed
a lot of people,
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and you can
sometimes sense evil.
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I found out that my
mother's second husband
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was one of the inspectors
on the Zodiac case.
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I was beginning to wonder if
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the San Francisco
Police Department
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was trying to
cover up for Rotea.
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When the police sketch
flashed on the screen,
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it made me realize
that my father...
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*
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may have been the Zodiac Killer.
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San Francisco
apparently has
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a mad killer
in its midst.
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Since last December, five
persons have been murdered
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in the San Francisco area,
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and in each case, the killer,
who calls himself Zodiac,
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has boasted of the slayings
in letters to newspapers.
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One letter, Zodiac said,
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"I love killing people."
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Two more communications have
been received from the Zodiac.
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One of the letters was signed
with the symbol of the Zodiac
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and written in code.
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- "Bates had to die.
- There will be more."
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He had this black hood on.
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Just little slits in the eyes.
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I did think I was going to die.
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That little symbol
of the circle
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with the cross in
the center of it,
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this symbolizes the center
of the universe.
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So, this is probably
sign of the Zodiac.
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*
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It appears that he is killing
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just for the thrill of killing.
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He's an absolutely ruthless,
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completely merciless killer.
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In letters,
he claimed 37 murders.
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Police confirmed
at least six.
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Then, four years ago,
the killing stopped
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and so did Zodiac's letters.
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We're still following
tremendous amount of leads,
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but as far as any
specific individual,
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we're no closer than we were.
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Four decades later,
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the search for this
serial killer goes on.
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*
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Why did I stumble across
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this psycho-serial killer
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partway through my journey
of looking for my father?
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I was not the guy who...
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looked for answers
to mysteries.
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I had a family.
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I had a commitment to
120 employees at my company.
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I would much rather
go home right now,
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and go see my son
and my grandson and say,
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"it wasn't us.
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We don't have that
defective gene."
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And Gary was kinda
upset to tell us
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that he thought that his
dad was the Zodiac killer.
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I was really upset about it.
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It worried us what
he would find out
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'cause Judy would
not tell us anything
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about him.
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It was so preposterous to me.
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I don't believe that the San
Francisco Police Department
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were trying to
cover up for Rotea
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because, I can assure you,
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if Rotea could've
solved that crime,
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he would've
solved that crime.
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*
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But, in hindsight,
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the next time Gary
came to San Francisco,
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we should've gone together
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to the police
department and said,
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"we gotta have
some clarity here."
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But, that didn't happen.
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I often get asked
the question, "why?
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Why, when you first
suspected your father
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was the Zodiac Killer,
why didn't you just stop?"
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Because it was my identity,
and it was my story.
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And regardless of the outcome,
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I just had to know.
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*
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I spent years
searching for my father
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before I ever suspected that
he was the Zodiac Killer.
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And as I researched
my father's life,
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I began writing about
my journey to find him.
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It began with a journal,
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notes that I would take when
I would find out something new.
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Eventually, I had written
hundreds of pages,
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but it only contained maybe
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two or three pages
about the Zodiac Killer.
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My story was too complicated
for me to handle.
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So, when I went to
a friend of mine,
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looking for a serial
killer expert to help me,
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he says, "boy, have I
got the writer for you."
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*
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I've been
an investigative journalist
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for more than 20 years,
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and I'm the author of several
best-selling true crime books.
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As a true crime author,
you get a lot of people
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approaching you, wanting
to tell this story or that.
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When Gary Stewart came to me
and told me that he believed
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his father was the Zodiac
Killer, I was very skeptical
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because so many people
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have come out
of the woodwork
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and claimed that their father
was the Zodiac Killer,
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or this person was,
or that person was.
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This is a case that's
50 years old. I mean,
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nobody believes
it can be solved.
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But when I read the manuscript,
I thought...
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maybe he was onto something.
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However, if I wrote this book,
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and it turned out
it wasn't true,
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then my reputation was ruined.
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But aside from
the Zodiac Killer,
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there were quite a few things
that sold me on this project.
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You had the Ice Cream Romance,
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Judy and Van running away to
New Orleans, abandoning Gary.
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You had the adoption
the story of Gary
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being left in this stairwell,
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and then adopted by
these wonderful parents.
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And then, Gary's journey
to find his father.
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It was just too much
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of a story to resist writing.
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When I got Susan to
help me write the book,
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she took the investigation
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to another level, to a place
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that I had never
dreamed we would go.
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Before I met Gary,
he had spent years
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researching his father,
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but we needed to
investigate further.
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So, we went to San Francisco
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to recreate the life
of Earl Van Best Jr.,
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and follow the trail
of the Zodiac.
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So, after serving 90 days in
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Atascadero State Hospital,
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and then three years
in San Quentin Prison,
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my father returned
to San Francisco
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and married a third time.
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Edith Kos was his
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social worker from San Quentin.
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I think that marriage
was part of his...
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attempt to be cured
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of whatever evil he had.
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When Edith became pregnant,
I'm pretty certain
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that she never knew anything
about my father's past,
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and that Van had another son
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who he had thrown away.
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Before he passed away,
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my father's best friend,
William Lohmus, told me
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that Van dreaded
having another baby.
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And when Edith gave birth,
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Van was out of work.
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Now with a crying baby at home,
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Van started
experimenting with drugs
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and found an escape
in the Summer of Love.
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("Liar, Liar" by
The Castaways playing)
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In 1967,
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San Francisco
was transforming.
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* Liar, liar, pants on fire
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* Your nose is longer
than a telephone wire... *
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People from all
over the country
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were attracted to free love,
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sex, drugs,
the counterculture.
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* Know it's a lie
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* Come kill me,
honey, see how I cry *
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My father immersed
himself into the scene
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and was hanging out with
some very bad people.
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*
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Robert Beausoleil,
a member Charles Manson's
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so-called "hippie family,"
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was sentenced to die in
a California gas chamber
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for stabbing a musician
to death last year.
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*
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William Lohmus told me that
Van was also hanging out
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with Anton LaVey,
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the founder of
the Church of Satan.
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Open wide the gates of Hell.
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And as William tells it,
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my father was fascinated
with the occult.
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- Hail Satan.
- Hail Satan.
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According to William,
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Van met Anton LaVey
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at San Francisco City College,
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where they both
studied criminology.
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Anton was also
an accomplished musician,
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and they bonded over their
love of playing the organ.
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And when Van got out of prison,
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he became more and more enamored
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of Anton LaVey's
Satanic principles.
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*
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If one were to do
a psychological profile on Van,
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from the hatred of his mother
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to the abandonment
by his father,
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and as he grew,
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he became violent
towards his wives.
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It was obvious Van's
rage was building,
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which would inevitably
lead him to murder.
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*
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Dear editor,
this is the murderer
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of the two teenagers last
Christmas at Lake Herman
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and the girl on
the Fourth of July
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near the golf
course in Vallejo.
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To prove I killed them,
I shall state some facts
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which only I
and the police know.
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Christmas.
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One, brand name of ammo,
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Super-X.
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Two, 10 shots were fired.
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Three, the boy was on his back
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with his feet to the car.
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Four, the girl was on her
right side, feet to the west.
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Fourth of July.
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One, the girl was
wearing patterned slacks.
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Two, the boy was also
shot in the knee.
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Three, brand name
of ammo was Western.
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*
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Here is part of a cipher.
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I want you to print this cipher
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on the front page
of your paper.
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In this cipher is my identity.
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If you do not
print this cipher,
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I will go on a kill
rampage Friday night
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until I end up with a dozen
people over the weekend.
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When the first
Zodiac letter came in,
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it was just something
totally new to us.
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The cipher didn't seem
to make any sense at all.
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You know, there were letters
and there were shapes
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and there were
circles and triangles.
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The writer was making
threats to kill more people.
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So, there was talk and buzz
around the newsroom
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about whether to print it.
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Do you tell people
and risk panic?
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*
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Ultimately, the decision
was to print the cipher.
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The writer sent three
virtually identical letters
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to the San Francisco Chronicle,
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the San Francisco Examiner,
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and the Vallejo Times.
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The newspapers each received
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one part of this cipher,
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and he demanded that
they print the ciphers
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by Friday August 1st,
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which is a significant date.
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It was actually
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seven years after
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the debut of
the Ice Cream Romance
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by Paul Avery in
the San Francisco Chronicle.
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In the letters,
the writer took credit
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for two sets of murders
that had happened
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in Northern California
in the past six months.
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...briefly described what
apparently happened last night.
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A double homicide involving
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16-year-old girl
and a 17-year-old boy.
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Betty Lou Jensen
and David Faraday
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were in their car when
the Zodiac started firing.
274
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David was shot in the head.
275
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Betty Lou was shot
five times in the back
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as she tried to escape.
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*
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Six months later, the Zodiac
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attacked another couple,
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Darlene Ferrin
and Michael Mageau,
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in Blue Rock Springs Park.
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He killed Darlene, and...
283
00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:24,094
Michael Mageau survived.
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The police had no suspects,
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so they publicly asked the
killer to send another letter,
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hoping that more information
would lead to his arrest.
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00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:38,473
The next letter started off
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with a new salutation.
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"This is the Zodiac speaking."
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The Zodiac, as if
it was like the God.
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We see the first sign of this
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grandiosity of the Zodiac.
293
00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:55,285
*
294
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This is the Zodiac speaking.
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In answer to your
asking for more details
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about the good times
I have had in Vallejo,
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00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:09,043
I shall be very happy to
supply even more material.
298
00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:13,274
By the way, are the police
299
00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,836
having a good time
with the code?
300
00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:22,682
We haven't personally
started anything on it
301
00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:26,015
because none of us in the police
department know cryptography.
302
00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:28,193
However, we have
sent copies of it
303
00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:31,291
to certain experts
in that field,
304
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:35,034
and we anticipate
that if there is a...
305
00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:38,573
if it is a logical...
306
00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:41,898
- cryptogram, that we
will have it solved.
307
00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:45,374
I had no idea what the cipher
had to do with my father.
308
00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,235
And this is exactly like
309
00:16:47,274 --> 00:16:50,714
every other discovery I made.
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00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:53,753
I wrote to Washington, DC,
requesting my...
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00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,820
grandfather's military record,
312
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,188
just to try to
find out anything.
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00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:00,248
*
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00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:03,917
I knew that my grandfather
was a chaplain in the navy,
315
00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:06,686
but when I got his military
record, I discovered
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00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,596
I discovered that he was
also an intelligence officer
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00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:12,999
and had formal training
in code breaking.
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00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,702
Gary's grandfather,
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00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:16,704
Earl Van Dorn Sr.,
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was a code breaker.
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00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:22,939
He passed on his
code breaking skills
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00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:24,405
to his son,
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Van.
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In my search, I discovered
a film of my grandfather
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in the military.
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00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,063
The family says that
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00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:38,559
my grandfather would actually
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00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:41,261
write codes,
329
00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:44,604
and challenge Van to
break those codes,
330
00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:46,801
and they would go back
and forth doing that,
331
00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:49,103
trying to trick each other.
332
00:17:49,136 --> 00:17:51,196
And that just kinda shocked me
333
00:17:51,238 --> 00:17:53,568
right there
because I'm thinking
334
00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:56,376
is that more than
a coincidence?
335
00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:59,109
*
336
00:17:59,146 --> 00:18:01,076
The Zodiac said
break this code,
337
00:18:01,114 --> 00:18:02,754
and you will know who I am.
338
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:05,252
But the police and other
law enforcement agencies
339
00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:06,915
were baffled by the ciphers.
340
00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:09,955
Eventually,
a high school teacher
341
00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:12,629
and his wife were able
to break the code.
342
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,457
They believed that
the killer's ego
343
00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:18,266
would dictate that
the letter "I"
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00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,668
would be the first
letter in the cipher.
345
00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,900
They also believed that
he would talk about killing,
346
00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,936
so therefore they looked for
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00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:27,942
the double symbols
that represent
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00:18:27,974 --> 00:18:31,284
two L's in the word
"kill" or "killing."
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00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:32,681
The hidden message began,
350
00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,110
"I like killing people
351
00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:37,578
because it's so much fun.
352
00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:41,117
It's more fun than killing
wild game in the forest
353
00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:44,994
because man is the most
dangerous animal of all."
354
00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,632
*
355
00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:52,030
The Zodiac said,
"if you crack this cipher,
356
00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:54,474
you will have my identity."
357
00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:58,171
But there was no name
in the solved cipher.
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00:18:58,205 --> 00:18:59,165
I think...
359
00:18:59,206 --> 00:19:01,266
the police just...
360
00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:03,308
prematurely stopped looking
361
00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:05,353
for a name in that cipher
362
00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:07,448
because you had to write
363
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,650
the solution next to
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00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:13,023
each symbol and each letter.
365
00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:16,122
So, it's the solution
plus the original puzzle.
366
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:18,855
When I looked at it,
I immediately saw...
367
00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,389
my father's name.
368
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,361
E... V...
369
00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:28,367
B... E... S... T...
370
00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,101
J... R...
371
00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:33,441
And...
372
00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,407
it pops right here.
373
00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:40,183
*
374
00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:43,153
Finding my father's
name in the cipher,
375
00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,592
that's when I was
convinced that
376
00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:47,988
my father...
377
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,890
was the Zodiac Killer.
378
00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,395
*
379
00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:15,781
Napa County Dispatcher.
380
00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:17,915
What's your emergency?
381
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:19,250
I wanna report a murder.
382
00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:23,117
No, a double murder.
383
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:26,555
They are two miles north
of park headquarters.
384
00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:30,203
They were in a white
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia.
385
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,159
I'm the one that did it.
386
00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:45,283
When I arrived on the scene,
387
00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:48,152
found this young girl laid
on the shoreline here.
388
00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,975
All stabbed in several places.
389
00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:54,121
And her boyfriend,
male companion, had...
390
00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:57,391
came to from...
He had been stabbed,
391
00:20:57,424 --> 00:20:58,994
and he had taken off for help.
392
00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:01,785
*
393
00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:04,798
Cece and I happened to hear
some rustling behind us,
394
00:21:04,831 --> 00:21:06,071
and I asked her to look
395
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,228
'cause she was facing
that direction.
396
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,796
I was facing toward the water.
397
00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,295
And when he came out,
398
00:21:10,337 --> 00:21:12,607
she said, "he's got a mask on."
399
00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:15,579
Just little slits in the eyes,
and these clip-on glasses.
400
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,538
They were clipped
into those loops.
401
00:21:18,545 --> 00:21:21,175
He mentioned that he was a
convict trying to get to Mexico
402
00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,283
and needed money, and he said,
403
00:21:23,316 --> 00:21:25,446
"what I need right now
is to get you tied up."
404
00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,785
And so he had the girl tie me.
405
00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:30,860
Of course, she was real nervous
and tied me rather loosely.
406
00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:33,960
I did think I was going to die.
407
00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:38,673
The message left on the side
of the victim's door
408
00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:42,868
were the dates of
the Solano County murders,
409
00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:45,442
and ours. Have they
indicated to us that
410
00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,042
they're one in the same.
411
00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:50,837
He knows he has
a problem, definitely.
412
00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:53,307
He's a mental...
413
00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:55,106
person that is sick.
414
00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,817
*
415
00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,449
This was the third couple that
416
00:21:58,485 --> 00:22:00,185
the Zodiac targeted,
417
00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:02,689
and he seemed to target women
418
00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:04,192
more than men.
419
00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:06,033
At Lake Berryessa,
420
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,988
he stabbed Cecelia
421
00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:11,227
many more times,
more viciously.
422
00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:14,203
She, in fact, dies as
a result of the stab wounds.
423
00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:19,042
His huge anger
against women
424
00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:22,071
would speak to his...
425
00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:26,078
not having been mothered well.
426
00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:28,552
These symptoms,
they don't come from nowhere.
427
00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:30,181
It's reasonable to assume that
428
00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:34,086
the Zodiac had very
traumatic beginnings,
429
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,260
and felt uncared
for as a child.
430
00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:39,689
And so, these people who want
431
00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:43,026
to inflict pain on others,
they're often...
432
00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:46,332
reenacting the pain that
was inflicted upon them.
433
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,265
There's a kind of revenge
434
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,240
motive behind all this.
435
00:22:50,269 --> 00:22:52,969
*
436
00:22:57,276 --> 00:23:00,376
The most significant
connection to my father
437
00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,083
from Lake Berryessa
438
00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,284
was the fact that
439
00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:07,186
the Zodiac told
Bryan Hartnell that
440
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,089
he wanted his car keys
441
00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:11,391
so he could drive to Mexico.
442
00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:14,694
That's where my father
earned his money.
443
00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:19,097
My father's profession
was an antiquities dealer.
444
00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:21,431
He's making trips
down to Mexico.
445
00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:25,709
I also found out
that Darlene Ferrin,
446
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,268
from the second Zodiac murder,
447
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:30,107
Darlene's sister
448
00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:31,982
told the police of
449
00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:34,951
someone with the name of
450
00:23:34,981 --> 00:23:39,421
Lee that brought Darlene
gifts from Mexico.
451
00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:42,252
During his time on
the run with my mother,
452
00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:45,388
my father used
the alias "Harry Lee"
453
00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:47,364
to write bad checks.
454
00:23:48,695 --> 00:23:51,325
Another one of
those coincidences.
455
00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:53,633
*
456
00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,666
After the Lake
Berryessa murder,
457
00:23:55,702 --> 00:23:58,972
I discovered that in late 1969,
458
00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:02,775
my father's marriage to
Edith Kos ended abruptly,
459
00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:05,009
with Edith taking her kids
460
00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,354
to go live with her father
461
00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,179
back in Styria, Austria.
462
00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,947
I was hoping to get answers
from the Austrian siblings
463
00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,316
to find out what
happened with my father
464
00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:18,355
and his Austrian family.
465
00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,031
So, I contacted Edith,
466
00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:23,760
as well as my half-
siblings in Austria.
467
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,866
And I'll never
know why they left,
468
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,098
but they all made
it perfectly clear
469
00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,204
that they wanted
nothing to do with me
470
00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:32,906
or anyone in my
father's family.
471
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:49,057
*
472
00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:52,158
The more I researched
the Zodiac Killer,
473
00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:54,091
the more it became
an obsession.
474
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:58,404
That search began with
one piece of paper,
475
00:24:58,430 --> 00:25:00,500
grew over time
476
00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:03,573
to thousands and thousands
of pieces of paper.
477
00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:07,011
And that was a journey that
478
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:09,679
has lasted almost 17 years now.
479
00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:15,921
I was educating myself
on the Zodiac case.
480
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:18,118
I knew the good, the bad,
and I knew the ugly.
481
00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,817
I had all sorts of...
482
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,186
thoughts go through
my head whenever...
483
00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:28,385
whenever I was told
that Rotea participated
484
00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:30,597
in the Zodiac investigation.
485
00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:34,600
Did Rotea actually know...
486
00:25:34,634 --> 00:25:37,574
who Jude Gilford was
before he married her?
487
00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:41,107
That is more than
just a coincidence.
488
00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:46,179
Van, I don't believe
that he could've become
489
00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:48,352
a serial killer.
490
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,250
He operated with his
brains, not his brawn.
491
00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:54,922
With Gary, things began
492
00:25:54,954 --> 00:25:56,864
to get tense simply because
493
00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,759
he believes it very strongly,
494
00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:01,631
and he has even said--
495
00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:04,201
I mean, he's shouted
at me on the phone,
496
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:06,930
"what did my dad tell Rotea?"
497
00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:09,296
*
498
00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:12,135
A very disappointing
499
00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:15,141
and low point in
our relationship
500
00:26:15,174 --> 00:26:17,084
was the fact that
I kept pressing.
501
00:26:20,446 --> 00:26:22,746
You might say it
was an intense time.
502
00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:25,922
It's something that's been
503
00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:29,422
a consuming aspect of
his life for probably
504
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:33,055
his entire adult life.
505
00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:36,662
Gary Stewart pursued this
like a dog chewin' a bone.
506
00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:40,666
So, when he started
getting information,
507
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,500
he just started pursuing it.
508
00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:44,604
As he went along
509
00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,807
and uncovered clue
after clue after clue,
510
00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:48,879
he became even more
obsessed with it.
511
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,980
He's always been a researcher,
512
00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:54,412
and he just
513
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,776
took with it and ran
and wanted to find out more.
514
00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,117
I was concerned for
him as an older sister
515
00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,693
because he was finding out
516
00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:04,992
some ugly stuff.
517
00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,964
I wanted to make sure
that he was okay,
518
00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:08,963
and I wanted to make sure that
519
00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:11,695
Zachary was okay.
520
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,371
In this very
difficult situation,
521
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,100
my husband, D.A., has been
522
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:19,165
a tremendous source of strength
523
00:27:19,205 --> 00:27:22,165
through the entire process.
524
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,878
When the door was
opened to his identity,
525
00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:27,011
Gary had the passion
526
00:27:27,046 --> 00:27:29,116
not just to open the door,
527
00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:30,718
but kick it open,
528
00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:34,550
and pursue every detail
to the nth-degree.
529
00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:40,063
So, when do you stop?
530
00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:43,057
*
531
00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:45,455
I know that Gary got divorced
532
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,867
from Zach's mother,
and it's understandable.
533
00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:50,971
How could a wife
live through that?
534
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,573
He was obsessed with...
535
00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:55,165
every minute of his life,
536
00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:58,077
with finding out his identity.
537
00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,324
There's no doubt in my mind
538
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:08,090
my determination
to find my father
539
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,620
affected previous
relationships.
540
00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:14,434
My name's
Cathy Bercegeay Stewart.
541
00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:17,061
I'm his fourth wife.
542
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:22,130
Gary and I were married
for three and a half years,
543
00:28:22,969 --> 00:28:26,609
and it started in
a whirlwind romance,
544
00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:31,408
and it ended about
as quick as it began.
545
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,383
The search for Gary's father
consumed our whole lives.
546
00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:38,081
Gary and I got divorced,
547
00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:41,147
and the search for his father
played a big role in that.
548
00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:46,992
I think all of Gary's
wives were mesmerized.
549
00:28:47,493 --> 00:28:50,433
I got a call from Zach's mom
550
00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:53,472
before we married, and she said,
551
00:28:53,499 --> 00:28:54,929
"you don't know him.
552
00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:58,444
You're all in love right now,
but you don't know him."
553
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,740
*
554
00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,114
It was very unfair
555
00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:05,412
for me to expect that
anybody around me
556
00:29:05,444 --> 00:29:07,914
would ever know the depths...
557
00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:10,981
of the tragedy
558
00:29:11,017 --> 00:29:13,417
and of the sense of loss...
559
00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:18,992
of what I went through.
560
00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:21,525
I probably realized how
important it was to him
561
00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:24,528
maybe a year or so into
our marriage, when he...
562
00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,731
became nearly obsessed,
563
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,336
if you will,
564
00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:32,598
with digging and finding
more and more.
565
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:35,669
So, we had many
discussions over...
566
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,335
the fact that I felt
like it was taking away
567
00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:40,807
from us and our family
and our children.
568
00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:45,154
I have got the best thing
569
00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:46,554
that ever happened
to me in my life now.
570
00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:50,317
And for nearly 12 years,
571
00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,763
Kristy has...
572
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,261
held my hand through
573
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,803
the most difficult
days of my life.
574
00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,130
She helps me understand,
575
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:03,867
although she has been
on the receiving end
576
00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:06,943
of my frustration and anger.
577
00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:09,043
*
578
00:30:09,075 --> 00:30:11,975
As time went on, I realized
how important it was to him
579
00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:15,111
to find the closure so
that he could move on.
580
00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:18,777
I never dreamed it
would take this long.
581
00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:22,017
It was difficult for me
because it took away from
582
00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:24,964
time that I thought-- I mean,
we were early in our marriage,
583
00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:28,161
that we should be doing other
things besides researching...
584
00:30:29,028 --> 00:30:30,558
serial killers.
585
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,967
*
586
00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:46,080
All units, 211 in progress.
587
00:30:46,112 --> 00:30:49,052
Presidio Heights. Suspect
is African American male.
588
00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,051
Proceed with caution.
589
00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:55,345
When I got the call
590
00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:57,717
and drove up Washington Street,
591
00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,386
saw the cab sitting there.
592
00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:03,196
There was blood everywhere.
It was incredible.
593
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,072
The first description that
came over communication
594
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,740
was an African-American male.
595
00:31:10,769 --> 00:31:12,499
But, as soon as
I started talking
596
00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:15,238
to the teenagers who
had seen the Zodiac,
597
00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:17,214
first words out of
their mouth was,
598
00:31:17,243 --> 00:31:19,083
"well, it was this white guy."
599
00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,881
Who screwed up? I don't know.
600
00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:27,049
I notified the station,
and at that point,
601
00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:30,856
Inspectors Toschi
and Armstrong showed up.
602
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,789
So they took over the scene,
603
00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,934
and started doing
604
00:31:34,961 --> 00:31:37,101
the full investigation.
605
00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,599
*
606
00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:40,130
Instead of attacking
607
00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,926
a couple on a lover's lane,
608
00:31:41,968 --> 00:31:45,198
he's attacking a lone male.
609
00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:48,367
The Zodiac shot
Paul Stine in the head.
610
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:53,308
The Zodiac very
nearly got caught.
611
00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:56,045
A couple of policeman
see the Zodiac,
612
00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:58,752
but erroneously
have been told that
613
00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:01,924
the murderer was
a black person. And so,
614
00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:04,464
the Zodiac was able to get away.
615
00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:08,125
The most wanted man
in San Francisco
616
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,800
calls himself
the Zodiac Killer.
617
00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:14,399
5- foot-8, about 30 years old,
reddish-brown hair.
618
00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,003
This bloody shirt belonged
619
00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,265
to the latest victim,
the cab driver.
620
00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:20,074
Zodiac mailed
a small piece of it
621
00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:22,836
to the
San Francisco Chronicle.
622
00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:25,984
And with the shirt,
there was a handwritten letter.
623
00:32:26,012 --> 00:32:28,282
"This is Zodiac
speaking," he wrote.
624
00:32:28,314 --> 00:32:29,984
"I murdered the taxi driver
625
00:32:30,016 --> 00:32:32,516
and did in the other
people in the Bay Area."
626
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:37,015
Since the release of
the latest letter yesterday,
627
00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:40,263
our office has received
additional phone calls
628
00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,692
from different persons in
the Bay Area, who feel that...
629
00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:45,329
they can be helpful
in the...
630
00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:48,168
apprehension of
the Zodiac suspect.
631
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,800
It's generally stirred up
quite a bit of interest.
632
00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:54,036
*
633
00:32:54,073 --> 00:32:57,513
The Zodiac caught
the attention of everyone
634
00:32:57,543 --> 00:33:00,213
in the Bay Area,
635
00:33:00,246 --> 00:33:03,676
and conned a very
high-profile case.
636
00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:07,115
So much can come
flooding in to...
637
00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:10,693
cloud the investigation.
638
00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,234
The Zodiac case presented
639
00:33:14,260 --> 00:33:16,130
several functional problems
640
00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:18,732
from a law enforcement
perspective.
641
00:33:18,764 --> 00:33:21,234
You have multiple
jurisdictions.
642
00:33:21,267 --> 00:33:22,997
A crime that might occur
643
00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:25,895
just across the border in
a different jurisdiction
644
00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:28,337
doesn't necessarily involve
645
00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:30,814
a regional effort.
646
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:34,152
There are practical reasons
for holding back information,
647
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:38,180
but there's an instinct
towards not sharing.
648
00:33:38,217 --> 00:33:40,517
The police botched
that investigation.
649
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,922
Not only did you have
multiple jurisdictions
650
00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:45,594
not sharing information,
but you had a situation
651
00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:48,194
in which every detective
in Northern California
652
00:33:48,227 --> 00:33:50,527
wanted to be the one to
solve the Zodiac case.
653
00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:55,003
There's nonsensical ego
654
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,003
at the core of so much of this,
655
00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,005
and that can work against
656
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,568
solving the case.
657
00:34:04,110 --> 00:34:07,110
*
658
00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:12,879
As I looked at the details
659
00:34:12,918 --> 00:34:14,788
from the Paul Stine murder,
660
00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:19,060
many things popped for me.
661
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:22,031
I discovered through
the Polk City directories
662
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,230
that my father lived at
663
00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:27,373
797 Bush Avenue,
664
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,439
which is exactly
two blocks from where
665
00:34:29,468 --> 00:34:32,738
the Zodiac hailed
Paul Stine's cab.
666
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,942
But the most compelling thing
667
00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:37,544
about the Paul Stine murder
668
00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:41,576
was the bloody fingerprints
left on the cab.
669
00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:44,883
The police, they
weren't able to extract
670
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:47,046
a complete fingerprint,
671
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:50,255
but the first thing
I noticed is this guy
672
00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:54,129
has a distinctive scar on
his right index finger,
673
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,860
going in the exact same
direction as my father's.
674
00:34:59,298 --> 00:35:02,398
I reached out to Bob Garrett,
who's a fingerprint expert.
675
00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:05,004
Mr. Garrett told me that
676
00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,966
scars cannot be compared.
677
00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:11,006
But, he did an overlay
from the Zodiac print
678
00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,012
against Van's print,
679
00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:15,014
and, I mean,
you can look at that
680
00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:16,646
and decide for yourself.
681
00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:18,122
*
682
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:21,520
What are the odds that
Gary Stewart's father
683
00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:25,623
could have the same scar
as the Zodiac Killer?
684
00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:27,087
And there was another message.
685
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,625
This one was signed with
the symbol of the Zodiac
686
00:35:29,661 --> 00:35:31,461
and written in code.
687
00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:33,127
The experts have
yet to decipher
688
00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:34,865
the meaning of this cryptogram.
689
00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:40,112
The 340 Cipher is considered
690
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:42,468
the Zodiac's most
sophisticated cipher,
691
00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:45,038
and it's called the 340
because it contains
692
00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,676
340 characters.
693
00:35:47,713 --> 00:35:51,183
All the experts tried
to solve the 340 Cipher,
694
00:35:51,217 --> 00:35:54,187
but the one piece of
information they were missing
695
00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:56,190
was my father's name.
696
00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:59,625
My father created this cipher
697
00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:02,288
to fit his name perfectly,
698
00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:05,858
utilizing all 17
columns of the cipher.
699
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,068
You can see it clearly.
700
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:11,839
E... A... R... L...
701
00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:14,970
V... A... N...
702
00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:18,506
B... E... S... T...
703
00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:22,014
And he spelled out Junior
for the very first time.
704
00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:26,947
J... U... N... I... O... R.
705
00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:30,559
"Earl Van Best Junior,"
backward.
706
00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:32,089
*
707
00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:34,733
The fact that my father's name
708
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,330
fits perfectly,
709
00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:39,002
utilizing every column,
710
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,900
is not only unique,
711
00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,002
but I think astronomical
to the point to where
712
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,305
it had to be him.
713
00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:52,376
In San Francisco,
two more communications
714
00:36:52,411 --> 00:36:54,111
have been received from
the person who calls himself
715
00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:55,505
the Zodiac Killer.
716
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:58,547
*
717
00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:02,418
This is the Zodiac speaking.
718
00:37:02,454 --> 00:37:04,094
Up until the end of October,
719
00:37:04,122 --> 00:37:06,732
I have killed seven people.
720
00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:09,058
I have grown rather
angry with the police
721
00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:11,204
for their telling
lies about me,
722
00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,229
so I shall no longer
announce to anyone
723
00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:15,065
when I commit my murders.
724
00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:20,036
They shall look like
routine robberies,
725
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,941
killings of anger,
and a few fake accidents.
726
00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:25,943
The police shall never catch me
727
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:28,277
because I've been
too clever for them.
728
00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:30,945
One,
729
00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:34,652
I look like the description
only when I do my thing.
730
00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:36,216
Two, as of yet,
731
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,724
I have left no
fingerprints behind me,
732
00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,427
contrary to what
the police say.
733
00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:44,960
In my killings, I wear
transparent fingertip guards.
734
00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:47,166
All it is is two coats
of airplane cement
735
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:50,068
coated onto my fingertips.
736
00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,941
Quite unnoticeable
and very effective.
737
00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:55,171
*
738
00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:59,078
P.S., two cops pulled a goof
739
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,910
about three minutes
after I left the cab.
740
00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:05,117
I was walking down the hill
when this cop car pulled up
741
00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:07,990
and asked if I saw
anyone being suspicious,
742
00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:10,019
and I said, "yes.
743
00:38:10,055 --> 00:38:13,185
There was this man who was
running by, waving a gun."
744
00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,264
And the cops peeled rubber.
745
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,903
And I disappeared,
never to be seen again.
746
00:38:20,198 --> 00:38:22,498
Hey, pig,
doesn't it rile you up
747
00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:26,044
to have your nose
rubbed in your boo-boos?
748
00:38:26,071 --> 00:38:28,141
The new letters from
the Zodiac Killer
749
00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,143
were sent to
the San Francisco Chronicle.
750
00:38:30,175 --> 00:38:31,975
There was also a greeting
card which said,
751
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,180
"sorry I haven't
written sooner.
752
00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,552
I just washed my pen."
753
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,151
*
754
00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:47,290
Everyone always thought
that the Zodiac case
755
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:50,155
would be solved
with handwriting.
756
00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:53,155
And in my search for my father,
757
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,668
I discovered my father's
marriage certificate
758
00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:58,041
to my mother.
759
00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:01,069
And I had seen the Zodiac
letters enough to know
760
00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:03,736
when I looked down at
that piece of paper...
761
00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:07,577
I mean, my heart stopped.
762
00:39:07,613 --> 00:39:09,623
I had seen that
handwriting before.
763
00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:13,823
Some of this looks
really, really similar.
764
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:16,522
So, I contacted
Michael Wakshull,
765
00:39:16,555 --> 00:39:19,115
who is a forensic
handwriting expert.
766
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,262
As a document examiner,
767
00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:25,663
at least 21 different
attributes that we look at
768
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,027
for handwriting comparison.
769
00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:31,936
Some of those are relative
height of the letter.
770
00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,940
Does the person write large?
Do they write small?
771
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:39,183
Do they write in cursive?
Do they write in print?
772
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:42,780
Is it all uppercase
or is it uppercase lowercase?
773
00:39:42,814 --> 00:39:45,084
How does the person dot the I?
774
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:46,546
Do they dot it
right over the I,
775
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:48,615
or do they dot it to
the right, to the left?
776
00:39:48,654 --> 00:39:51,364
And no one of those attributes
777
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:54,259
will confirm or not confirm
778
00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,032
that it's a person.
779
00:39:56,061 --> 00:40:00,601
You have to look at the whole,
the entirety of the writing.
780
00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:03,372
So, here's an example.
In the marriage certificate,
781
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,101
there's "est" in best.
782
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:08,807
Then, in several of
the Zodiac letters,
783
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,240
he wrote the word "western."
In each instance,
784
00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:14,776
it's the second, third,
and fourth letter of the word,
785
00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:17,783
which is good because you're
comparing at the same locations.
786
00:40:18,984 --> 00:40:20,794
When I did the comparison,
787
00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:22,989
the spacing between
the letters was the same.
788
00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:24,761
The heights are
relatively the same.
789
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:28,390
The slant is
basically the same.
790
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:31,226
And in the Zodiac letters,
791
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:35,102
there is July,
and July was capitalized.
792
00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:38,173
There were two J's in
the marriage certificate.
793
00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:41,213
And what's interesting when you
look at this, they're perfect.
794
00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:44,140
I mean, once it's right
on top of the other,
795
00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:46,845
the curves, the way
that they're on top,
796
00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:49,948
crossed, the arc on the bottom,
797
00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:51,281
it's identical.
798
00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:55,654
My opinion was that there's
a strong probability
799
00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:58,187
that Earl Van Best Jr.
wrote the Zodiac letters.
800
00:40:58,490 --> 00:41:01,160
The words "strong probability"
is synonymous
801
00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:03,032
with virtually certain.
802
00:41:03,061 --> 00:41:05,461
*
803
00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:09,167
When Mike Wakshull
sent me the overlays
804
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,140
of the Zodiac's handwriting
805
00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:13,469
and Van's handwriting,
806
00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:17,005
and I saw them,
I could not believe it.
807
00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:22,150
As we were writing the book,
808
00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:26,120
the deeper we went into it,
the more I begin to believe.
809
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,521
I mean, what are the odds
that Gary Stewart,
810
00:41:28,554 --> 00:41:31,024
who lives in Louisiana,
thinks his father
811
00:41:31,056 --> 00:41:32,216
was the Zodiac Killer,
812
00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:34,487
and they've got
the same handwriting?
813
00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:37,156
And they've got the same scar?
814
00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:40,295
And the police sketch, it's
like it's the same person.
815
00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,001
And they're in the same places.
816
00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:45,043
You know, it just
added up too much.
817
00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:49,468
I can't answer for
818
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:51,177
the things that my father did,
819
00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:54,479
and what he became
later in life.
820
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:58,022
I certainly have to
compartmentalize my feelings
821
00:41:58,049 --> 00:42:01,249
about the father I never knew.
822
00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:04,216
In order to try to
give him a fair shake...
823
00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,315
*
824
00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,727
because I believe everybody...
825
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,660
who may have done
something in their past
826
00:42:11,697 --> 00:42:15,567
should be given the opportunity
to receive forgiveness.
827
00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:21,009
And so, my sole intent
828
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,609
and my sole purpose
was to find this man.
829
00:42:28,814 --> 00:42:31,824
*
830
00:43:17,028 --> 00:43:19,098
Do I just knock, or what?
What do you think?
831
00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,766
I feel like
they're not ever gonna...
832
00:43:24,703 --> 00:43:26,713
Why are you wearing
your sunglasses inside?
833
00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:29,335
Bro, you know I gotta drip, bro.
We're goin' to the studio
right now.
834
00:43:30,275 --> 00:43:32,005
Snack Time. I didn't--
835
00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:34,483
Okay. You're welcome.
836
00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:37,984
I feel like that did nothing
for my career.
837
00:43:38,016 --> 00:43:39,346
* Hi, I'm Dave *
838
00:43:47,058 --> 00:43:48,358
- Mom.
- Yes?
839
00:43:48,393 --> 00:43:50,803
- Okay. I want
a big party this year.
- Serious?
840
00:43:50,829 --> 00:43:53,029
- I want a quinceaƱera.
- QuinceaƱera?
841
00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:56,404
We can't do that.
We're too white for that.
We're not allowed.
842
00:44:05,711 --> 00:44:08,681
Do me a favor?
Never look me in the eye again.
843
00:44:08,714 --> 00:44:11,684
Okay? 'Cause your stare
is way too intense.
844
00:44:11,717 --> 00:44:13,517
It's starting to make
my hair fall out.
845
00:44:28,934 --> 00:44:30,044
Check!
846
00:44:31,536 --> 00:44:32,536
Check.
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