Stewart wrote an entire book about his theory, The Most Dangerous Animal of All. Gary Stewart-Earl Van Best Jr., Stewart’s father, was the Zodiac. More on that and why Hodel’s claims are so dubious in general below.
He offered handwriting samples to prove his case but some of those turned about to be from Black Dahlia victim Elizabeth Short. He proposed that his father George Hodel was the Zodiac. Steve Hodel-As a former LAPD homicide detective Hodel brought credibility to any theory he might propose. Perez was her own worst enemy credibility-wise as well she’d previously claimed she was JFK’s love child. There was little besides Perez’s claims to really make a case. Kaufman has been quiet for the last ten years so it’s likely the FBI wasn’t impressed.ĭeborah Perez - A few years after Kaufman’s claim, Perez claimed her father Guy Ward Hendrickson was the Zodiac. Kaufman also said Tarrance could be the Black Dahlia killer. He claimed Tarrance’s handwriting was like the Zodiac letters and that he’d found bloodstained evidence he sent to the FBI. Here are just a handful:ĭennis Kaufman - In 2006 Kaufman claimed his stepdad Jack Tarrance had to be Zodiac. And there the stage was set for several claims to be made about 40 years down the road that dad had to be the mysterious killer. Those men often had some military experience as well. Over time, those children grew up with memories and photos of-in some cases-emotionally remote, at worst abusive fathers who sported the pinched look and style of the Zodiac suspect sketch. What we do know about the Zodiac’s appearance, his personality as portrayed in the letters he sent to the press and police can be applied to a wide variety of men.Ī famous suspect sketch of the killer depicted him with square-rimmed glasses and a crewcut-a look for perhaps millions of white males over 30 in the late 1960s. Because the Zodiac left behind so much mystery with his unsolved codes, taunting letters, and seemingly random murders he’s become a tabula rasa. That’s one explanation for why his unsolved string of murders-his confirmed death toll is five victims-created its own niche in the study of unsolved crimes. Zodiac, however, came damn close to matching a fictional character for intrigue and cleverness. Most aren’t as smart as their fictional counterparts they benefit from bad policing, animal cunning, and a certain amount of community and law enforcement denial. It’s worth a shot to at least tackle three of the big ones: the Zodiac Killer, the Black Dahlia Murder, and the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. That means all the lies, myths, and urban legends that have accumulated around those cases have come along for the ride.ĭebunking all that b.s. Thanks to the mass appeal of the Serial podcast, people who once whispered in embarrassment about their fascination with a big murder case in the news are now happily live-tweeting watching Netflix docs like Making a Murderer or the remarkable HBO doc about killer millionaire Robert Durst, The Jinx.Īlong with this surge in true crime’s popularity has come a renewed interest in major unsolved crimes. A trip to the true crime section of a bookstore, with all its black and red covered paperbacks, could feel awkward-as if anyone who saw you there might assume you were up to no good. There was a time when some who were big fans of true crime weren’t all that comfortable telling others.
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