Zodiac Unmasked (77 page)

Sexuality, of Allen.
See also
Child molestation

Sexual sadists, psychological profile

Shepard, Cecelia

Sheppard, Al

Shimoda, John

Shirisago, Fred

Shoes:

footprints

worn by Allen

worn by Zodiac

Siebe (investigator)

Silver, Jim

Silverman, Gene

Sins, Phil

Skrapec, Candice

Slaight, David

Slover, Nancy

Slugs.
See
Bullets

Snook, Hal

Sociopathic murderer.
See also
Sexual sadists

Solano County Sheriff’s Department

Son of Sam

Son of Zodiac.
See
New York Zodiac

Sonoma County Jail

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department

Sonoma State College

Sources of information

federal, state and local law enforcement files

newspapers and periodicals

for New York Zodiac

Southard, Thomas Leonard “Lee,”

Speech patterns, of Zodiac

Spinelli, Marco (Count Marco)

Spinelli, Ralph

Stabbing murders.
See
Knives

Stamps on letters.
See
Letters, postage

Stanislaus Sheriff’s Department

Starr, Bernice.
See
Allen, Bernice

Starr, Karen.
See
Allen, Karen

Starr, Robert Hall, use of pseudonym.
See also
Allen, Arthur Leigh

Starr, Ronald.
See
Allen, Ronald

State Farm Insurance

Sterling, Maureen Lee

Stiltz, Jack E.

Stine, Paul Lee:

bloody shirt

connection with Spinelli

fingerprints from cab

ink blot test of Allen and

investigation

murder

and police description of Zodiac

Stone, Charles H.

Stoner, Jeremy

Strangulation

Striepeke, Don

Strychnine poisoning

Suicide

Summaries of case

Suspects

Symbols.
See
Ciphers, symbols, and cryptograms

Syzygy

Tahoe area

Taunting of police.
See
Zodiac, boasts

Taylor, Charles

Tedaldi, James

Telephone calls:

about Zodiac

to Belli

breathing sound

hang-up

to police after crimes

to victims’ families

Television programs on Zodiac

Theater on San Bruno Avenue

Thiffault, William

Thompson, Leonti

Thorazine

Times-Herald. See Vallejo Times-Herald

Timex brand watch

Tire tracks

Torrance, Calif.

Toschi, Dave.
See also
San Francisco Police Department

after leaving the Zodiac case

authority for Avery to carry a gun

on case’s 30th anniversary

family

health

investigation

analysis of letters

and Belli

interviews with family

questioning of Allen

search of Santa Rosa property

Stine murder

work with Armstrong

work with Mulanax of Vallejo P.D.

work with Riverside P.D.

of Zebra murders

on missing box of evidence, 1997

on perseverance

reassignments

relaxation activities

retirement

State Senate commendation

on why they did not arrest Allen

Townsend, Donald A.

Trailers, owned by Allen:

Bodega Bay

#GS8803

#ME8636

parked on neighbor’s property

Santa Rosa

Trauma reaction, of survivors

Travis Air Force Base

Treasure Island, Calif.

Tucker, Joan

Tucker, Phil:

in Allen questioning

Allen’s use of car

Bawart on

testimony and opinions

Ultra-light “aeroplane,”

Unabomber.
See
Kaczynski, Ted

Union Oil of California

Union Richfield

Unsolved Mysteries

UNSUB

U.S. Navy.
See also
Allen, Ethan; Mare Island; Shoes

Vallejo, Calif.:

Allen’s familiarity with

Allen’s home in.
See
Allen, Arthur Leigh, Vallejo home

description

Vallejo County Sheriff’s Department

Vallejo
Independent Press

Vallejo Police Department (VPD).
See also
Jurisdiction issues; Mulanax, Jack

Allen examination

Allen’s employment application to

closure of case

Ferrin murder report

manpower shortage

prior arrest of Allen

tapes on Allen

use of
Zodiac

work with San Francisco P.D.

Vallejo Recreation Department.
See
Kidder, Ted; Tucker, Phil

Vallejo Times-Herald:

Allen interview

articles on Zodiac

letters to.
See under
Letters

Zodiac file stolen from

Valley Springs Elementary School

“Vampire, The.”
See
New York Zodiac

Vance, Jack

Vaughn, Robert

“Vaughn,” in Ferrin’s personal directory

Villareal, Ben

Violent Criminal Apprehension Program

Virgin Islands

Voigt, Tom

Vollmer (police chief)

Walsh, Theresa Diane

Warner, William T.

Watches.
See
Timex brand watch; Zodiac brand watches

Water, as murder location

Waterman (police officer)

Watsonville, Calif.

Watsonville Police Department

Weapons .
See also
Bombs; Bow and arrow; Guns; Knives; Rope

Weber, Yvonne

Webster, James W.

Webster, William H.

Welner, Michael

Wesher, Bingo

White, Archie and Beth

White, William (police sergeant)

White, William Langdon (neighbor)

Whit Monday murder

Whiz Comics

Wiccan Rede

Williams, Rita

Williams, Walter “Willie the Woodcutter,”

Williams, Wayne

“Willy” (suspect)

Wilson, J. R.

Wilson, Ralph

Wissmann, Frank

Witchcraft

Wogan, Harry

Women, hatred of.
See
Misogyny

Woolridge, Bob

Writing.
See
Handprinting

Yamas, G. J.

Yamashita, Ayaka

Yellow Submarine, The

Yonkers, Dick

Younger, Evelle J.

Zebra murders

Zelms, Eric

Zodiac.
See also
Cars; Composite drawings; Sadism; Weapons

boasts

Zodiac (
cont.
)

closure of case

clothes worn by.
See
Clothes, worn by Zodiac

communication from.
See
Ciphers, symbols, and cryptograms; Letters; Telephone calls

conference and case summary

gait and body language

linguistics of

link to Allen

in the Bawart Report

the big tip

positive identification by Mageau

love of movies

main suspect.
See
Allen, Arthur Leigh

in the media

murders and murder attempts

begging to be stopped

hair disguises

M.O.
See
Modus operandi

total number estimates

trophies

origin of name

people claiming to be.
See
Imitators of Zodiac

physical appearance

psychiatric profiles .
See also
Sadism; Schizophrenia

referral to himself as “The Zodiac,”

relationship with mother

re-opening of case

and Satan

sexuality

special skills

speech patterns

tape to Belli about

unmasked

use of police confusion.
See
Communication problems; Jurisdiction issues

voice

Web site on

Zodiac
(book):

and Allen

effects of

police views on

use by informants

use by police

use by Zodiac imitators

Zodiac
(film)

Zodiac brand watches

owned by Allen

Sea Wolf #26894

Zodiac car

Zodiac club

Zodiac II.
See
New York Zodiac

Zodiac III

Zodiac of New York.
See
New York Zodiac

Zodieical lightn.

Zygomatic arch

1

The FBI believed the typewriter to be a Royal Merit Pica 508. Pica provides ten characters

to the vertical inch. Elite provides twelve. The anonymous writer, working with

multigenerational copies, used the larger font.

2

Another Gacy personality was a party entertainer, Pogo the Clown. Gacy painted an oil of

Zodiac in costume and auctioned it off one spring. Actor Johnny Depp owned a Gacy

painting. “They told me when I got it that the proceeds went to a charity or to the victims’

families....” Depp said. “But I found out that wasn’t the case. So I got rid of it. Fascinating

from a psychological point of view, but really dark stuff.”

3

This name has been altered.

4

When FBI Director Louis Freeh ordered stepped-up polygraph testing of agents to bolster

the bureau’s internal security system, the agency’s nine thousand agents were troubled.

5

This name has been changed.

6

This name has been changed.

7

#CF 9127 FD License, Sticker # H107782.

8

Located at the Napa Car Wash, 1200 Main Street, twenty-seven miles from Lake Berryessa.

9

RKO,
A Game of Death,
directed by Robert Wise, starring John Loder and Audrey Long.

Edgar Barrier played the Zaroff character, General Kreigner.

10

Johnny Allegro
in 1946 used elements of the story. In 1956,
Run for the Sun,
starring

Richard Widmark, Jane Greer, and Trevor Howard, was set on a jungle plantation rather

than an island. In 1961 came
Bloodlust,
another variation. Cornel Wilde’s
The Naked Prey

showed five years later.

11

Two years later, Finke’s script was used again, this time starring J. Carrol Naish and

Joseph Cotten. Two years after that, Les Crutchfield adapted the story as a thirty-minute

program for producer-director Norman Macdonnell’s
Escape
.

12

This name has been changed.

13

It is also a diffuse glow seen in the west after twilight and in the east before dawn.

14

LA 554 121790 43/5005 100 32.

15

A collection of trading cards:
True Crime Series Four: Serial Killers & Mass Murderers
,

clippings of
Daily News
crime stories on Zodiac, and a copy of Michael Newton’s
Serial

Slaughter, A History of 800 Serial Killers
including a short entry on the original Zodiac.

16

Conversation quoted in FBI report 9-49911-88, January 14, 1970.

17

See Appendix for complete report.

18

The FBI has been conducting forensic DNA (an acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid) testing

since 1989.

19

This name has been changed.

20

Other Zodiac victims and relations seemingly fit this name game:
Arthur
David Faraday,

first Northern California victim;
Arthur
Dean Ferrin, husband of the third Northern

California victim; Bill
Leigh,
her boss, Santa Rosa students Lori
Lee
Kursa, Maureen
Lee