ProfessorD
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An Open Letter to the Members, and Readers, of therealzodiackiller.com
My name is Steve Dewhurst. My name has come up recently in a number of threads on this message board, and now I see on a few other sites as well. I have decided to take theopportunity to clear up a few things.
First, I have been "lurking" on this board since December of 2007. That is when I became involved with the issue of Jack Tarrance, and whether he was in fact the Zodiac. I have not posted, or otherwise made my presence known, for a variety of reasons. But, the investigation has reached a new stage, and now seems an appropriate time to come here and state some of the important facts that I know, and to clarify some mis-perceptions and misrepresentations.
Now, some disclosure:
Soon after I became acquainted with Dennis Kaufman, I decided that the story of Jack Tarrance as a suspect for the Zodiac crimes was worthy ofa book. Dennis is not a wealthy guy, and he clearly needed some financial support to continue his investigations. He had written a book about Jack Tarrance and the Zodiac, which he had self published but never really got any traction with. I bought the rights to his book, and I have been writing a book of my own which combines Dennis's story with my own, and describes the events of the last year and a half as Dennis and I have continued to develop the case against Jack Tarrance. So, it is obvious that I have an interest in Jack being finally and officially identified as the Zodiac, since that will help me get my book published. Any aspiring author has fantasies about best-sellers and movie deals, and I am no different. Whether you believe it or not, however, I have reached a point where the conventional rewards of fame and fortune really don't mean much to me anymore, and are not my motivation. It is really about revealing the truth about a decades-old mystery. It is about exposing those who helped Jack get away with it. It is about exposing those who have tried to obstruct the investigation, and who have obscured or suppressed the truth, for what they are. It is about telling my own story too, and how I came to know Jack Tarrance, and his associates, between 1968 and 1974.
About Rick Larsen:
I have been aware of who Mr Larsen is for about 18 months, but I have never met him or talked to him. I have nothing personal against him, and I am not attempting to harm to discredit him through my comments. However, Rick has recently come of this board and made some interesting statements, some of which involve issues with which I am familiar, and some of which involve me. I know facts which he does not know, and I have a different perspective on some of the things he has said, so I am going to shed some additional light on issues which Rick raised. No attack or insult intended, Rick, I just see some things differently than you.
First, at one point Rick wonders whether somebody has told me the truth about Dennis, and he seems to imply that I am just a gullible egghead who hands money over to Dennis on demand, not knowing who and what he really is. I have provided some support for Dennis and the investigation, that is true, and I did buy rights to his book and related materials. But, I consider every dime of that to have been well spent. In hindsight, it is clear that without my support, Dennis would probably never have been able to get the case to where it is today. Dennis told me a long time ago about his past, and some of the darker aspects of his family, but we agreed that it was not relevant to what we had to do together. What I asked of Dennis was to tell me the truth as it related to Jack and the evidence that he might be the Zodiac. Dennis has done that, and I have confirmed these truths through my own knowledge and lines of evidence. This is not about Dennis, it is about the Zodiac, which means it is about Jack.
Second, Rick seems to have revealed the identity of the "Tattoo Man", and it seems that his information may in fact be correct. Rick states that Mr Noel died in a drunken fall from a railway bridge (supposedly about 15 feet). I have seen all of the pictures of this man from the negatives Dennis found in Jack's stuff, and it seems quite clear that the individual in the pictures did not die from a fall alone. He is lying next to a railroad track, and he has been brutally beaten on both the front and back of his body. His face is smashed, seemingly from being head-slammed, face-first, into the rocks of the rail bed. A scattered area of blood is visible some distance from the body, where it looks like his face was pounded into the rocks. If the Port Huron police looked at these photos and this victims injuries, and concluded that he died from a 15-foot fall, then they need to get their eyes examined. The story that some family member just happened along with a camera, not knowing what happened, and then calmly and systematically took pictures of the body before calling the police, smells pretty suspicious to me. The body in the photos is fresh and fairly pink, and the individual looks to have been dead for only a few minutes when the photos were taken. It seems pretty unlikely that someone just happened upon the body so soon after death without hearing or seeing what happened. I'm not buying the "nobody knows what happened" statement, and I think somebody knows a lot more than they are admitting about this event, which looks like a homicide to me. One other thing I find a little weird: Mr Noel died in January in Michigan. The clothes on the Tattoo Man do not look like winter clothes. The ground around him, and the background, do not look like winter in Michigan to me. The records for that month do show warmer than normal conditions, but something just doesn't look right. Also, while there seems no clear link between Jack Tarrance and Mr Noel's death, the fact that these negatives were found in Jack's possessions raises questions about why he had them, and how he got them. Think about it: put 1000 random people in a room, and ask "everyone raise your hand who has original photographic negatives of a murdered dead body in your house", how many do you think would raise their hands? I believe there is more to this story, and that the final act has yet to be played on this. The most important point for me, however, is that these pictures are not important at all in the real case against Jack Tarrance. The FBI has in no way based their case on these photos. I was there when they looked them over, in July of 2008, and it did arouse their curiosity. Ironically, the comment was made by the FBI that "with that tattoo, somebody is going to recognize him". But, they viewed these pictures as circumstantial evidence at best, until the victim was identified and could somehow be tied to Jack. They have the same basic attitude about the "snuff film", too.
Thirdly, Rick and others seem to have been trying to provide alternate explanations as to what I found on the film which I developed, the undeveloped film which was found in Jack Tarrance's possessions. The whole issue of the film, how I came into possession of it, and why I developed and interpreted it myself is a complex one. I'll put a more complete description of these events in my book. But, I will say that the FBI knew when I got the film. I called them before I developed it, asking what they wanted me to do. They did not call me back. They had ample opportunity to demand that I turn over to them, which I probably would have done, but they did not. Many of you have probably seen the interview I did with CBS-13 on this topic, and it is disturbing stuff. I readily admit that many of the pictures are very "murky" and subject to interpretation. I have over 25 years of experience in aerial photo interpretation and image processing, and I have taught 20 or so courses involving those topics during my teaching career. We use a lot of imagery in forestry. Even so, it took me almost 2 weeks after I developed the film to realize what I was looking at. There are 2 victims on the film. The 2nd victim I have tentatively identified as Rose Lena Cole, who disappeared in 1973. Dennis and I have notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and her next of kin. We told them what we were going to do, which was to turn the film over to the FBI for confirmation. The film was developed in February, 2009, and we dropped it off at the FBI office in Sacramento in late March. The FBI has the negatives, digitally-enhanced prints I made from those negatives, and hand-sketched tracings of what I saw in the images. I am 99% sure that the young woman in the film is Rose Cole. The pictures of the little boy (who Rick seemed to imply was one of his children wearing fake blood, or maybe he didn't) appears on the same roll of film, before Rose Cole. Assuming I am correct in my identification of Rose, and since the type of film we are discussing (110-format Kodacolor C-41 process) was not marketed until 1972, the pictures of the little boy must have been taken no earlier than 1972, but before mid-1973, when Rose was declared missing. He looks to be 5-7 years old at the time. Rick's children were born much later than that. Dennis has stated that the photos do not look like any of the children in his extended family, and he knows what Rick's children look like. Dennis and I met with the FBI in late May of 2009, and at that time I explained how I got the film, how I processed it, and my interpretations of the pictures. The material has been forwarded to the Special Photographic Section of the FBI for analysis, but as of this time neither I nor Dennis have heard what their conclusions are. I used the term "snuff film" in my CBS-13 interview specifically as a dig at the FBI, since they had earlier informed me that they had never encountered a real "snuff film": what had been represented as such in other cases had been proven to be fakes. I am quite interested, of course, in what they say about this film: I think they may have to stop telling people that. Oh, by the way, not all of the pictures were shown on CBS-13, some were too graphic. Also, those who are trying to do an in-depth analysis using screen captures from the CBS-13 video are working with 3rd generation material, originating from poor quality negatives scanned using consumer-grade equipment. The negatives are really the only "data" suitable for sophisticated analysis, and that is what the FBI has now. I did only basic image enhancements on it before turning it over to the FBI. More sophisticated equipment than my HP flatbed scanner are needed to try and get the most out of the deteriorated film. I could have spent more time working on this stuff, but I found the work very disturbing, and having that stuff (yes, original photographic negatives of what I think are murdered dead bodies) in my home bothered me. No, I will not give my digital scans of the negatives to anyone, since if they are what I think they are they are child pornography. Yes, I told that to CBS-13 before they broadcast them. We'll just have to wait for the FBI.
Fourth, Rick makes a number of revelations about Jack, Dennis, and their family life. These include drugs and sexual abuse. I had become aware of much of this over the last 18 months, and it is clear that Jack and many members of his extended family have many dark secrets, and criminal records. Jack used "speed" as early as the 1960's, or maybe even earlier. He cooked it himself until not long before he died. This kind of thing was part of family life in the Jack Tarrance household. I can only imagine what it was like for children who were raised in this kind of environment, and Dennis was one of those children. Would Dennis have been involved in any of this kind of thing if a large percentage of his family had not been? Probably not. Dennis is a victim of this dysfunctional family, too. He was raised in an environment of violence, and he has the physical and emotional scars to prove it. Dennis's mother, Nora, seems to have been one of the few members of this clan who was not involved in some sort of violence or criminality. Her children are among the least damaged, seemingly because of her influence.
Fifth, Rick made the comment that Dennis had made a Zodiac hood, and used to wear it around. This is true: I have seen at least one of those hoods, which appeared in an early version of Dennis' documentary, worn by Dennis. But, it was a prop made for the documentary, and it is not the same hood which Dennis found in July of 2008. Dennis went looking in that pre-amp after a conversation I had with him about the film. I had wondered where Jack had hidden it, and that spurred Dennis' recollection of odd references that Jack had made to that pre-amp. You may recall that in an early CBS-13 interview, Dennis said that when he found the hood, he unfolded it just enough to realize what it was, then he put it back where he had found it and called me. I came out to California a week or so later, and I was there when he took it out of the pre-amp again, and unfolded it fully for the first time. What I can say is that the hood looked exactly like it should have if it had lain undisturbed in that piece of equipment for an extended period of time. It had a single set of well defined folds in it. It looked simultaneously fresh, but with a patina of age. My camera batteries went dead at exactly the wrong time (of course), and I came back a few days later to film it. The video and still pictures which have since been widely seen are of the hood when it had been unfolded for the second time, and the CBS 13 footage is from later still. Those early photos I took, however, show that the hood did not look like it had been unfolded, or worn, for a very long time. If Dennis had in fact seen the hood in the pre-amp earlier, or if he made it himself, then I believe the hood he made for and used in the documentary would have been much more similar to the real thing than it was. Dennis' prop hood was made from Graysmith's sketch and the descriptions in the police reports. The hood found in the pre-amp had features which were not described by either source. The FBI Lab deemed the hood that Dennis found as "authentic" with respect to the materials and construction. I have heard that Brian Hartnell identified the hood as being consistent with what he saw, but I have no direct knowledge of this. Rick has no direct knowledge of anything related to the hood that the FBI has, and his claim that it is a fake has no credibility. Sorry Rick, but you just weren't there.
Sixth, Rick makes statements questioning whether the FBI even has jurisdiction in this case. On Nora's death, probably not. On the Zodiac, they absolutely do. I specifically asked them about this, and the reply was "we do serial killers, jurisdiction is not a question". Besides, on the Zodiac crimes, the FBI's help was requested by local law enforcement agencies on various of these cases long ago. If Jack is identified as the Zodiac, a serial killer, then Nora's death might somehow fall under their jurisdiction too, but that is a technicality I cannot answer. There is one thing that I would like to clarify, however. My understanding is that Nora's hospital stay was in 2 phases: first, she went in for an infection. She was recovered from that and waiting for discharge when she was found on the floor of her room, unconscious. This began the second phase of her hospitalization, with her in intensive care with brain damage. There seems to be an argument about the circumstances of her final death, but I am more interested in what happened to put her into that coma, when she had been seemingly recovered and was ready to be discharged. That is the point at which she was really murdered, in my opinion.
Seventh, Rick makes a statement that any evidence turned over to the FBI by Dennis will be useless. Not true, and I have specific knowledge to the contrary. Usable forensic evidence has been obtained from items turned over by Dennis. I have come to have the highest regard for the FBI Lab, they have provided superb support for this investigation.
Regarding my interactions with the FBI:
I have met with the FBI on 4 or 5 occasions over the last 18 months, with Dennis. I have had a further 7 or so telephone conversations with them during that period. My last meeting with them was in May, 2009. Some have questioned what Dennis' real relationship with the FBI is, and I can attest to the fact that they take Dennis very seriously. In February, 2008, we discussed with the FBI what burden of proof would be required to get Jack publicly acknowledged by them as the Zodiac. The reply was "If we were going to trial, we would probably want 10 things. But, since Jack is dead, we might do it with 5". By my count, they have more than 5 now. So, let me state unequivocally, I have reason to believe that the FBI has sufficient concrete information to identify Jack Tarrance as the Zodiac. We have met the required burden of proof, given that Jack is dead and cannot be prosecuted. So, why has the FBI not acknowledged that??
I do not know for sure, they have not told me. They are of course under no obligation to do so. I suspect, however, that they have internally identified Jack as the Zodiac, and they are following up on issues related to possible charges against living persons who may have had some involvement in helping Jack, or in covering up who the Zodiac really was. The job of the FBI is to assist local law enforcement, to develop cases against individuals who have broken federal laws, and to help win those cases in federal court. They have a very clear policy about not speaking about ongoing investigations, and they would be professionally remiss if they made public pronouncements which compromised their ability to bring chargeable people to justice. Once Jack was known to them to have been the Zodiac, then the investigations related to possible accomplices and people who helped him escape justice became something that had to be pursued. It is now an active investigation of specific live individuals and organizations for specific crimes, and they are acting accordingly.
Based on what I have observed, however, the behavior of the FBI has changed substantially since about the beginning of June, 2009, and I suspect that was around that time that they finally decided that Jack was really the Zodiac. I don't think it was the "snuff film", I think it is something else. Since then, they have acted like they are working an active case, and they are much less talkative. In October, 2008, I asked them if they had any doubt that it was Jack. The answer was "Of course I have doubts.". But then, we were only talking about a guy who was dead, and who would therefore never be prosecuted. So, there was no particular reason for them not be forthcoming with Dennis and I. Now, they seem much more reticent to talk about it. I take this as significant, although frustrating for those of us who are anxious for closure.
Those of you who are anxiously awaiting the "big announcement" (that includes me) will have to wait a while longer, I fear. Ironically, the longer it goes before the FBI makes their conclusions publicly known, the more likely it is that they think they can make a case against somebody who is still alive, and who can be prosecuted for a crime. If they ever give up on prosecuting anyone, then I think they will somehow make their conclusions public quite quickly. I hope. They may decide to go ahead and say something anyway, but that is up to them, and I am not holding my breath waiting for it.
All of this could take a long time. Another quote from my meetings with the FBI: when I asked them how long this was going to take, the response was "It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.". They are in no hurry, and they will not be rushed by me, or by Dennis, or by anyone else. They also have many other things to do, and an old case like this is not a high priority compared to current kidnappings and terrorist threats. They work on it when they have the time. But they do work on it.
How the Zodiac wins:
Probably the most disturbing realization for me has been that the Zodiac may "win" in the end, even if we can finger Jack. There are 3 elements to Jack's victory, in my opinion. First, he wished to taunt and terrorize the public, to continue for decades to indulge his twisted fantasies and blood-lust, and to get away with it. I'm convinced that Jack was the Zodiac, and that at some point that will become publicly known. He died a free man, so the Zodiac wins on that point. Second, Jack seems to have wished it to be known that he was the Zodiac, but only after he died. Jack Tarrance left abundant evidence behind to prove that he was the Zodiac, and I have reason to believe that the FBI has finally come to that conclusion too. I have assisted in revealing and interpreting some of the evidence. Ironically, by helping Dennis convince the FBI, I may have inadvertently played a role in helping Jack win on this point. When it is publicly confirmed that it was Jack, and he posthumously receives recognition as possibly the most cunning and successful serial killer in history, then the Zodiac will win on this point too.
Third, my theory of the Zodiac crimes leads me to the conclusion that "Jack the Zodiac" had a specific vendetta against the San Francisco Police Department, and that the motive for that vendetta has its origins in about 1954, in San Francisco. I believe that Jack used the Zodiac crimes to set up the SFPD for public humiliation. The real and ultimate victim of the Zodiac crimes was to be the SFPD. The SFPD seems poised to walk into the trap Jack set for them 40 years ago, and to give Jack the completion of his victory. Read what SadBadge said on this board a few months ago. Some of what he said proved a hoax, but there is a lot in that thread which has a ring of truth about it. If some of that stuff really happened, some people now or formerly with the SFPD could be in deep trouble. It would be better if the SFPD went to the FBI, rather than waiting for the FBI to come to them. I believe, unfortunately, that their egos, their disdain for the FBI, and their fear of embarrassment may prevent them from doing so. There is an old saying in public relations: "When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging". The shovels are still in motion. It might be worth noting that the FBI's mission statement includes "investigation of public corruption, at whatever level". If public officials hid or destroyed evidence which could have identified a serial killer, or colluded to obstruct bringing that person to justice, then the FBI has jurisdiction and a mandate to pursue it. There are issues regarding the statute of limitations and such, and I think that is one aspect of what the FBI is quietly working through now.
I asked the FBI a few months ago how it is that they decide whether to prosecute someone or not. The response was, "Everybody makes mistakes. But if you did something wrong, God help you." The problem with cover-ups is that they indicate intent to deceive, and hence remove any possibility that the wrong doing is simply error or incompetence.
So, if the day comes when the FBI raids the SFPD, and/or hauls current or former members of the SFPD away to the federal courthouse in handcuffs, then it will be the day when Jack Tarrance, the Zodiac, wins his final victory. I hope the SFPD is smart enough to deny Jack his final victory, by cooperating with the FBI to reveal the truth, and by admitting their mistakes. Jack did not think that the SFPD were smart or professional enough to beat him, and he was pretty smart about many things. It is up to the SFPD now.
Regarding disinformation about the case, on this board or elsewhere:
I have concluded that there are at least 5 groups of people who have been systematically trying to discredit and obstruct Dennis in his quest to prove that Jack was the Zodiac:
1) Cranks, wackos, contrarians, the misinformed, and people who just like to argue. These people have weird, or at least different, ideas about the Zodiac case. Some of them have been quite brutal in their attacks on Dennis and his case, but I am prepared to accept that their opinions and arguments are often made in something resembling good faith. I just think, and in many cases I know, that they are wrong. Unfortunately, they are oftentimes aggressively wrong, and they tend to try and shout others down. This phenomenon is not unique to this board, as the current debate on health care reform demonstrates.
2) Enemies of Dennis. The feud between Dennis and Tom Voigt is well known, and there are others out there who just do not like Dennis for various reasons. They will oppose and attempt to undermine anything he says, almost as a matter of principle. These are people who seem to be less interested in revealing the truth, and more interested in embarrassing Dennis and causing him trouble. They crop up every time Dennis gets some traction, it seems, and are seemingly driven by the most petty and juvenile of motives. I wish Dennis could ignore them, but they get under his skin sometimes.
3) Deborah Perez and her like. Whether you think she is a gold-digger, or merely nuts, she is part of a group of people out there who want to use the Zodiac case to achieve their personal ends. They profit from the mystery, or have ambitions to profit or gain notoriety from putting forth alternate suspects with minimal evidence. If Jack is finally acknowledged as the Zodiac, it will be bad for their business and their egos. People who would take a real case like this and manipulate it to serve their own personal ends are reprehensible characters, in my opinion. Those who might accuse me of doing the same thing don't know what they are talking about.
4) I have thought for a while that there is a covert disinformation campaign aimed at Dennis, run by some person or group who is intent on keeping Dennis from being proven right. Some of the odd events which have happened over the last 18 months lead me to believe that the people behind them are propaganda professionals, who know the disinformation business very well. Whether this is a private investigator somewhere, or an evil public relations specialist, or maybe even some active or retired members of military or police intelligence organizations, I do not know. But a few of the dirty tricks which have been played have been very well done, and lead me to believe that they are the work of professionals. When it is considered who might fit this description, and what their motives might be, it leads to some suspicions as to who these people might be, and who is behind them. I leave it to your imagination. Of course, maybe I'm just paranoid, but there is a saying I am rather fond of: "It’s only paranoia if it’s not true".
5) People who have something to hide, or to obscure. Jack Tarrance might have been brought to justice, but that would have cast unwanted light on these people and their activities. Jack had accomplices. Once it is accepted that Jack is the Zodiac, then it will be much easier for further investigations to look backwards and see the actions which have obstructed the course of justice, and who should be scrutinized as a possible participant in the crimes or the cover-up.
Some individuals may belong to more than one group, of course. Groups 4 and 5 are the subject of active interest by the FBI, I believe, or should be. The rest are just a pain in the hind-end. It does not matter at this point, anyway. The FBI is going to do what they are going to do, and the opinions of Internet bloggers and message board posters are not going to change that. My apologies for any bruised egos.
Regarding Nanette Barto:
Nanette and I are cordial acquaintances, but we are not buddies or anything. I have, however, a great respect for her technical abilities as a document examiner: she seems to be really, really good. The FBI has verified her analysis results, and that speaks for itself. They may not be willing to say so publicly right now, but they have said so privately. Bart Baggett created his own monster by training Nanette so well, and it is indeed ironic that she skunked him on his ambitions to be the solver of the Zodiac case. I do regret that this case fell into Nanette's lap while she was so early in her career, though. I think she would have gotten far less anxiety from it if she was a more established professional, who was not still officially in an apprenticeship relationship with Bart. Their relationship must be pretty complex these days. But, Bart will demonstrate what kind guy he really is partly through how he handles his mentor obligations to Nanette. He gave her permission to work on Jack's handwriting, and to compare it to the Zodiac letters. I don't think he took Dennis or Nanette that seriously, and the results clearly blind-sided him. If he tries to take retribution against Nanette somehow, for proving something that he did not want proven, in spite of the fact that she was correct in her analysis and he gave her permission do it, then I think that will discredit Bart more than Nanette. My read on Bart is that he is smart enough to realize that, and he will soon be shaking Nanette's hand to congratulate her, smiling that Bart Baggett smile. Doing otherwise could be bad for his business.
Finally, in closing:
I have written this open letter because I thought that it was important, now, that some of the things I know be made public. The constructively-inclined members of this board have been acting in good faith to help Dennis make his case. We are almost there. There are others who are bent on destruction, disruption, delay, and character assassination; and I felt that they were being enabled by my silence.
I intend to return to being a passive "lurker" on this message board, and I won't have anything further to say unless events warrant it. I will watch, with interest, the progress the members of this board make in filling out the story of Jack Tarrance. I must say that some of you are getting very close to realizing what the Zodiac was really all about.
But, I still know a few things that you don't know... :-)
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Kudo's to ya, ProfessorD!
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WOW! Tongue on the floor! I think that took 20 minutes to read, but was well worth it. Nice summary of events past and current!!! :)
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I just wanted to say a few more things before I go off to beddie-bye. I don't care if books get written by Dennis, you, the whole clan of fighting families as I believe that with Jack & accomplices it is finally the right place to start. I understand that for any story, it must have a beginning, a middle and an end. So, by getting Jack named and Zodiac solved, there can be a proper story. These other Manuscript Machine people: Voigt, Graysmith, Wark, Davis and who-else, well, they have overtaken the rights of Dennis, and others in the Tarrance circle and whomever he decides to tell/sell his or their story to. So, I would love to see your book, ProfessorD as it is finally in the right order and not taken out of sequence for hype, movies, television and radio, newspapers, websites, year after year. It would no longer be a never-ending, round and around money making mystery i.e. an absolute Cash-Cow. It will be, yes, a money making solved true crime story but definitely done for and by all the right reasons.
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Thanks Steve for that informative and timely post..........its always good to get another perspective..........sorry about the trolls......we have had the extermintators out several times but they seem to be impossible to get rid of :)
About the FBI.......I dont really see alot of upside in this for them and alot of downside if they get it wrong..........which in my opinion is a big part of why this is taking so long..........I have no inside info but I do have a have a little insight on how they work and I really think we are several months away, at least on what we are all so impatiently waiting on.
When it is done and your book is done I hope it sells a million copies the first week...........good luck to you and happy hunting
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Professor D, I am astounded with your letter. In a very good way.
I have always felt that Dennis was a victim of his upbringing/dysfunctional family and that this has to be a difficult journey for him. Thank you so much for the information on the hood as that has been run around on the various Zodiac MB's as the big hoax from Dennis. It is good to know that someone of your abilities and intellect was there when it was removed and witnessed the event. Your statements definitely lend credibility to this. Your description of the state in which it was found is very convincing.
I believe you are wrong though in your assessment of the scenario's where Jack as the Zodiac wins. The Zodiac was a coward and a murderer who snuck around in the night and took the life of innocent people in the prime of their lives and terrorized the public. He may have had the first laugh, but I believe he lived the rest of his life in fear of discovery and drank himself into oblivion. So maybe he had his freedom, but I have to believe (or hope) that his life was hell.....and he paid then and will pay in eternity.
Anyway, this is so exciting. It is difficult to wait for the FBI. Thank you for taking the time to give us this information. It certainly solidifies, in my mind, that Dennis (and you all that have worked with him) are on the right track and Jack will eventually be identified as Zodiac.
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Thanks Professor D....I appreciate you coming here and opening up as you have. I obviously don't know you personally, but when someone such as yourself is willing to stick his money, reputation, and neck on the line, it says alot about ones character.
As the others have said, you cleared up some serious misconceptions, straightened out Rick Larsen, and just speaking for myself, you instilled confidence back in me that this case is infact moving forward and that the FBI is on top of things and basically in control. The nay-sayers, those with constant negativity, and the blatant jerks that show up here from time to time, do have a way of gnawing at your patience and tollerance!
Thanks again for your post ProD, I believe your timing was perfect!
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Tamoose, as always you are on top of it! Perfect timing it is! This is the first time I have heard spoken in public that the FBI excepted my findings.... Something I could assume considering the recent events, but always nice to hear!
Actually it makes me want to cry!!! In such a good way! :)
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In regards to how impatient we all are...and we all are....for some more concrete answers, I think Steve nailed it on the head when he referred to the fact that not only are they treating it as an active investigation, they are doing so knowing full well that although Jack may be gone, there are other living persons that may be prosecutable.
That being said, they really really need to have their ducks in a row. After all this time and effort it would be an absolute sin that some "accomplice" or someone that knew something and could possibly still be charged with obstruction of justice got off scott free because of charging ahead to quickly. We all hate that we don't know everything and that the end seems so near...but we have to sit on our hands and wait. |
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Steve Dewhurst, Thanks for the insight. What do you mean when you said, "It is about telling my own story too, and how I came to know Jack Tarrance, and his associates, between 1968 and 1974". Are you saying you knew Jack back then? You also said, "I intend to return to being a passive "lurker" on this message board, and I won't have anything further to say unless events warrant it". I understand where your coming from but, please can you give just a sentence or two as to how you came to know Jack and his associates. Did you know him personally? Thanks.
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Scarlett I couldn't agree more about the FBI making sure they have their proverbial "ducks in a row"! This is so critical and as you said, they can not make any mistakes on this. So yes, patience has to be the montra around here!
Bruyoc, I think what ProD was saying concerning knowing JT back in the day was, that through all his conversations with Dennis, his own investigating and reading about JT, that he felt as though he knew him. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that's sort of how I understood him. I don't think the Professor is old enough to have known JT personally.
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Ahhh contrar,
I believe that ProfessorD has intimate knowledge of this group of misfits. First he use to live in the same neighborhood as JT and kin in So. Lake Tahoe, and there was some talk of having a run in with JT?, Denny?, Danny?, one of them, I don't entirely remember! Something to do with recognizing JT in his linen truck. He didn't put this together with Dennis until about 2 years ago. So, yes ProfessorD did know who they all were.
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I can say it, I'm just not sure how to spell it! LOL J/K VINDICATION!!!! :)
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| | JCloser
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In my mind I had moved on from this board and from the whole JT thing. Today I was told by a friend to come back to read this thread--specifically your post. Wow, thank you Professor, this is the post of the year! I really appreciate you telling this story in a coherent and logical manner.....it explains a lot!
You tell a very digestible tale, you really put the scattered pieces back together for me. Great post!
I hope you will come back often with more of your lucid updates.
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