Interesting article that points to a new identity of the Zodiac Killer

[Clash City Rocker]

I know it’s been done many times, but I thought this was well-written, and very persuasive.

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/zodiac-killer-paul-alfred-doerr/

[Carlitos Brigante]

1. Spoiler alert: "Rafael Edward Cruz" nt

[Docreed2003]

2. 👆 this...all day this

[Ocelot II]

3. You mean it's not Ted Cruz?

[TheRealNorth]

4. Lol

If he runs against the TFG in 2024, he might be accused by TFG of being the Zodiac Killer.

[Carlitos Brigante]

5. No, but seriously. Still reading (I'm a slow reader). Pretty interesting so far. nt

[underpants]

7. It's a helluva a read. Very interesting to the end.

The fact that there’s such an industry around this is remarkable. The writer went to the inner circle of the Grand Poobahs of that world.

The author of the article really hit the right note here. The story had changed and Kobek had to know it.

At this point, the man was becoming a troubling distraction. Kobek had set out to write a cultural study that explored notions like uncertainty, historical revisionism, and self-validating leaps of logic, not to lose himself in rabbit holes of his own making. But each new bit of information, rather than excluding Doerr, as Kobek expected, seemed to deepen the connections. A friend, author Jonathan Lethem, remembers Kobek struggling as the implications of his research began to hit home. “When he kind of bumbles into this suspect, he’s really in denial,” Lethem recalls. “Like, ‘This isn’t good.’ It overtook his project.”

Very very amazing.

[Carlitos Brigante]

10. Agreed. And what a mega-psycho that poor woman had for a father. Whether he was

a killer or not....... although my money is still on Rafael.

[Clash City Rocker]

12. She started with "I hope it's not him"

And by the end she thought it was him, which shows a capability for rational thought, despite all the crap she has endured. Her mom wasn’t much better than her dad. And it might have started with her leaving that evil house, so there might be undeserved guilt on top of that.

But yet she turned into a functioning human being. She overcame both nature and nurture. I know she didn’t know the accusation the he was a serial killer until now, but I only had one abusive parent, and that was hard enough. All I can say is that the teacher who took her in must have been pretty amazing, and she must be amazing too.

[Indykatie]

6. Several Writers/Journos I Read Recommended This Piece so I Book Marked It To Read Later n/t

[underpants]

8. Thanks.

See my post #7. This was a great read.

[allegorical oracle]

9. Fascinating read. Thanks for posting. Began studying serial killers back in the 1970s, including

Zodiac. Doerr seems a strong candidate. Can't be many people who are into cryptology AND the Mikado. Don't understand why cops wouldn't be a bit more curious. Would really be interesting if a DNA comparison could be made. (Doerr surely was a violent SOB, if Gloria's account can be believed.)

[underpants]

11. Asking as an outsider to this - why hasn't anyone ran the prints?

I’d guess they could do that now. For that time period there’s a high chance of military service.

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[Corgigal]

14. I'm gonna order the book.

Wish I could listen to the podcast, but it doesn’t appear to be working. Thanks for the info.

[Meowmee]

15. It sounds doubtful to me

But they could run the prints and see, that would prove it one way or another.