New Book claims to reveal identity of Zodiac Killer

[isotope]

...and its not the Unabomber!

[Gary L.] Stewart, a vice-president at Delta Tech Service in Baton Rouge, alleges that his father was the Zodiac Killer, who is believed to have killed at least five people in Northern California, and famously sent letters and cryptograms to Bay Area newspapers.

He reached this conclusion after twelve years of research, Tina Andreadis, a publicist at HarperCollins, told me this afternoon.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...-new-book.html

Intriguing. Its being published by Harper Collins, a mainstream, multinational publishing company (so its not some self-published crank job) who claim its been vetted by their legal team. The publicist also claims the author's dad bears a striking similarity to police sketches of Zodiac.

[elg0rd0]

My gut tells me to take this book with a grain of salt. I'll probably end up reading it just because the case fascinates me so much. Unless this guy has hard evidence like a DNA match or ballistics match to any of the shootings, his evidence is circumstantial at best.

[nohwheregirl]

It's been a couple of years since the last one, so I guess we are due.

[elg0rd0]

I literally take most of these books with a grain of salt. It's like they're trying to shoehorn in circumstantial evidence or evidence a grand jury would never take seriously, spin it and punt it off as the truth. Most people I've talked to about the Zodiac case still believe Arthur Leigh Allen did it because of how the book was sensationalized and how the author worked at the newspaper that was sent a letter and a cypher. If one did a survey I'm pretty sure just with the information in the main stream, a majority of people will say they think Allen did it. Unless someone comes up with a DNA match or other exculpatory evidence. These books and "new evidence" that the media shoehorn in can't be taken at face value.

[Tighthead]

I see that Steve Hodel now claims that his father was Zodiac in addition to Black Dahlia, and others. Might as well swing for the fences.

[tamanshud]

Only thing I can say for certain? The man looks just like the composite.

[tarheelslim]

Originally Posted by elg0rd0

I literally take most of these books with a grain of salt.

So do you literally place the grain of salt on top of the book, or do you use it as a bookmark, or maybe do you ingest the grain of salt while you're reading?

[elg0rd0]

Originally Posted by tarheelslim

So do you literally place the grain of salt on top of the book, or do you use it as a bookmark, or maybe do you ingest the grain of salt while you're reading?

It sits on the coffee table. Usually the ants walk away with it.

[tarheelslim]

[LaurierCrimmajor]

There's always money in writing about Zodiac, Dahlia and DB Cooper and there's always somebody coming up with a new twist on the case to get some pub.

[Awsi Dooger]

Originally Posted by LaurierCrimmajor

There's always money in writing about Zodiac, Dahlia and DB Cooper and there's always somebody coming up with a new twist on the case to get some pub.

Somebody should claim that Richard Floyd McCoy was Zodiac. Maybe that would gain traction.

[LaurierCrimmajor]

Originally Posted by Awsi Dooger

Somebody should claim that Richard Floyd McCoy was Zodiac. Maybe that would gain traction.

HAHAHA, I was literally going to make that comment but wanted to add Steve Hodel into it for the trifecta. You're awesome