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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,702 --> 00:00:04,572 The problem with the people that run tech companies 2 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:07,939 is that they become fanatics, 3 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:10,012 end up thinking they're messiahs. 4 00:00:23,124 --> 00:00:26,094 There's a primal wound that adoptees have. 5 00:00:26,127 --> 00:00:27,997 I think about my birth parents 6 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:30,028 and who they are as people. 7 00:00:30,064 --> 00:00:31,904 "A lady from San Francisco 8 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:34,002 claiming to be your real mother." 9 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,544 It was like a thousand prayers answered. 10 00:00:36,570 --> 00:00:39,010 I had no idea what I would find 11 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:40,369 when I went searching for my father. 12 00:00:40,408 --> 00:00:43,578 - He was a pedophile. - My father was 13 00:00:43,611 --> 00:00:46,751 subject to medical, chemical treatment 14 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:48,680 for his disorder. 15 00:00:48,716 --> 00:00:50,446 I've interviewed a lot of people, 16 00:00:50,484 --> 00:00:52,954 and you can sometimes sense evil. 17 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:55,516 I found out that my mother's second husband 18 00:00:55,556 --> 00:00:58,086 was one of the inspectors on the Zodiac case. 19 00:00:58,126 --> 00:00:59,456 I was beginning to wonder if 20 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,303 the San Francisco Police Department 21 00:01:01,329 --> 00:01:03,129 was trying to cover up for Rotea. 22 00:01:03,164 --> 00:01:06,034 When the police sketch flashed on the screen, 23 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:08,966 it made me realize that my father... 24 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:10,202 * 25 00:01:10,238 --> 00:01:13,008 may have been the Zodiac Killer. 26 00:01:16,144 --> 00:01:18,384 San Francisco apparently has 27 00:01:18,412 --> 00:01:20,382 a mad killer in its midst. 28 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:22,924 Since last December, five persons have been murdered 29 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:24,490 in the San Francisco area, 30 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:27,318 and in each case, the killer, who calls himself Zodiac, 31 00:01:27,355 --> 00:01:31,055 has boasted of the slayings in letters to newspapers. 32 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,631 One letter, Zodiac said, 33 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:34,800 "I love killing people." 34 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:38,128 Two more communications have been received from the Zodiac. 35 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:40,966 One of the letters was signed with the symbol of the Zodiac 36 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:43,071 and written in code. 37 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:45,643 - "Bates had to die. - There will be more." 38 00:01:45,673 --> 00:01:47,613 He had this black hood on. 39 00:01:47,641 --> 00:01:49,841 Just little slits in the eyes. 40 00:01:49,877 --> 00:01:52,407 I did think I was going to die. 41 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:54,576 That little symbol of the circle 42 00:01:54,615 --> 00:01:55,975 with the cross in the center of it, 43 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:59,246 this symbolizes the center of the universe. 44 00:01:59,287 --> 00:02:02,087 So, this is probably sign of the Zodiac. 45 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,692 * 46 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:06,134 It appears that he is killing 47 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,800 just for the thrill of killing. 48 00:02:08,829 --> 00:02:11,529 He's an absolutely ruthless, 49 00:02:11,565 --> 00:02:13,995 completely merciless killer. 50 00:02:14,034 --> 00:02:16,174 In letters, he claimed 37 murders. 51 00:02:16,204 --> 00:02:18,174 Police confirmed at least six. 52 00:02:18,206 --> 00:02:20,036 Then, four years ago, the killing stopped 53 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:23,043 and so did Zodiac's letters. 54 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:26,006 We're still following tremendous amount of leads, 55 00:02:26,046 --> 00:02:28,046 but as far as any specific individual, 56 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:30,551 we're no closer than we were. 57 00:02:30,584 --> 00:02:32,054 Four decades later, 58 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:34,885 the search for this serial killer goes on. 59 00:02:36,224 --> 00:02:38,234 * 60 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,664 Why did I stumble across 61 00:02:42,696 --> 00:02:46,696 this psycho-serial killer 62 00:02:46,734 --> 00:02:50,074 partway through my journey of looking for my father? 63 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,313 I was not the guy who... 64 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:55,310 looked for answers to mysteries. 65 00:02:55,343 --> 00:02:57,083 I had a family. 66 00:02:57,110 --> 00:03:00,010 I had a commitment to 120 employees at my company. 67 00:03:02,216 --> 00:03:04,586 I would much rather go home right now, 68 00:03:05,586 --> 00:03:08,186 and go see my son and my grandson and say, 69 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,233 "it wasn't us. 70 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:15,429 We don't have that defective gene." 71 00:03:15,463 --> 00:03:18,033 And Gary was kinda upset to tell us 72 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:20,895 that he thought that his dad was the Zodiac killer. 73 00:03:22,102 --> 00:03:24,612 I was really upset about it. 74 00:03:24,638 --> 00:03:27,608 It worried us what he would find out 75 00:03:27,641 --> 00:03:30,281 'cause Judy would not tell us anything 76 00:03:30,311 --> 00:03:32,281 about him. 77 00:03:32,313 --> 00:03:35,223 It was so preposterous to me. 78 00:03:35,249 --> 00:03:38,849 I don't believe that the San Francisco Police Department 79 00:03:38,886 --> 00:03:42,056 were trying to cover up for Rotea 80 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:43,519 because, I can assure you, 81 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:45,627 if Rotea could've solved that crime, 82 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:47,429 he would've solved that crime. 83 00:03:47,461 --> 00:03:49,931 * 84 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:51,633 But, in hindsight, 85 00:03:51,665 --> 00:03:54,365 the next time Gary came to San Francisco, 86 00:03:54,402 --> 00:03:56,542 we should've gone together 87 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:59,440 to the police department and said, 88 00:03:59,473 --> 00:04:01,883 "we gotta have some clarity here." 89 00:04:01,909 --> 00:04:03,679 But, that didn't happen. 90 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:10,117 I often get asked the question, "why? 91 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:13,090 Why, when you first suspected your father 92 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,390 was the Zodiac Killer, why didn't you just stop?" 93 00:04:16,424 --> 00:04:19,434 Because it was my identity, and it was my story. 94 00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:22,734 And regardless of the outcome, 95 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:24,733 I just had to know. 96 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:26,025 * 97 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:32,873 * 98 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:39,137 I spent years searching for my father 99 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:42,042 before I ever suspected that he was the Zodiac Killer. 100 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:45,711 And as I researched my father's life, 101 00:05:45,746 --> 00:05:48,616 I began writing about my journey to find him. 102 00:05:49,617 --> 00:05:51,247 It began with a journal, 103 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:54,294 notes that I would take when I would find out something new. 104 00:05:56,289 --> 00:05:59,089 Eventually, I had written hundreds of pages, 105 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:02,597 but it only contained maybe 106 00:06:02,630 --> 00:06:04,970 two or three pages about the Zodiac Killer. 107 00:06:08,736 --> 00:06:12,166 My story was too complicated for me to handle. 108 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:13,935 So, when I went to a friend of mine, 109 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:16,344 looking for a serial killer expert to help me, 110 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:19,776 he says, "boy, have I got the writer for you." 111 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:24,124 * 112 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:31,433 I've been an investigative journalist 113 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:34,029 for more than 20 years, 114 00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:36,931 and I'm the author of several best-selling true crime books. 115 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:41,699 As a true crime author, you get a lot of people 116 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:45,105 approaching you, wanting to tell this story or that. 117 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:49,436 When Gary Stewart came to me and told me that he believed 118 00:06:49,477 --> 00:06:52,307 his father was the Zodiac Killer, I was very skeptical 119 00:06:53,113 --> 00:06:55,823 because so many people 120 00:06:55,849 --> 00:06:57,219 have come out of the woodwork 121 00:06:57,250 --> 00:07:00,250 and claimed that their father was the Zodiac Killer, 122 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:03,387 or this person was, or that person was. 123 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:06,133 This is a case that's 50 years old. I mean, 124 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:10,057 nobody believes it can be solved. 125 00:07:10,097 --> 00:07:13,097 But when I read the manuscript, I thought... 126 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:14,473 maybe he was onto something. 127 00:07:15,503 --> 00:07:18,173 However, if I wrote this book, 128 00:07:18,205 --> 00:07:20,835 and it turned out it wasn't true, 129 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:22,784 then my reputation was ruined. 130 00:07:22,810 --> 00:07:24,980 * 131 00:07:25,012 --> 00:07:28,082 But aside from the Zodiac Killer, 132 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:31,015 there were quite a few things that sold me on this project. 133 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:33,491 You had the Ice Cream Romance, 134 00:07:33,521 --> 00:07:36,991 Judy and Van running away to New Orleans, abandoning Gary. 135 00:07:37,024 --> 00:07:39,534 You had the adoption the story of Gary 136 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,090 being left in this stairwell, 137 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:43,858 and then adopted by these wonderful parents. 138 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,797 And then, Gary's journey to find his father. 139 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:50,201 It was just too much 140 00:07:50,237 --> 00:07:52,467 of a story to resist writing. 141 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:57,205 When I got Susan to help me write the book, 142 00:07:57,244 --> 00:07:58,984 she took the investigation 143 00:07:59,012 --> 00:08:00,682 to another level, to a place 144 00:08:00,714 --> 00:08:02,354 that I had never dreamed we would go. 145 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,152 * 146 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:06,054 Before I met Gary, he had spent years 147 00:08:06,086 --> 00:08:07,886 researching his father, 148 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:10,021 but we needed to investigate further. 149 00:08:10,057 --> 00:08:11,687 So, we went to San Francisco 150 00:08:11,725 --> 00:08:14,525 to recreate the life of Earl Van Best Jr., 151 00:08:14,562 --> 00:08:16,902 and follow the trail of the Zodiac. 152 00:08:20,067 --> 00:08:22,037 So, after serving 90 days in 153 00:08:22,069 --> 00:08:24,169 Atascadero State Hospital, 154 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:26,744 and then three years in San Quentin Prison, 155 00:08:28,776 --> 00:08:30,976 my father returned to San Francisco 156 00:08:31,011 --> 00:08:32,251 and married a third time. 157 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:36,021 Edith Kos was his 158 00:08:36,049 --> 00:08:39,719 social worker from San Quentin. 159 00:08:39,753 --> 00:08:42,563 I think that marriage was part of his... 160 00:08:42,590 --> 00:08:44,360 attempt to be cured 161 00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:46,391 of whatever evil he had. 162 00:08:48,395 --> 00:08:51,025 When Edith became pregnant, I'm pretty certain 163 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:53,604 that she never knew anything about my father's past, 164 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:56,104 and that Van had another son 165 00:08:56,136 --> 00:08:58,236 who he had thrown away. 166 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:01,042 Before he passed away, 167 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:03,744 my father's best friend, William Lohmus, told me 168 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:07,107 that Van dreaded having another baby. 169 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:09,117 And when Edith gave birth, 170 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:11,219 Van was out of work. 171 00:09:11,251 --> 00:09:13,421 Now with a crying baby at home, 172 00:09:13,453 --> 00:09:15,963 Van started experimenting with drugs 173 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:19,089 and found an escape in the Summer of Love. 174 00:09:19,126 --> 00:09:22,126 ("Liar, Liar" by The Castaways playing) 175 00:09:22,830 --> 00:09:24,430 In 1967, 176 00:09:24,464 --> 00:09:26,204 San Francisco was transforming. 177 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:29,303 * Liar, liar, pants on fire 178 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:32,936 * Your nose is longer than a telephone wire... * 179 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:35,043 People from all over the country 180 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:38,075 were attracted to free love, 181 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:41,151 sex, drugs, the counterculture. 182 00:09:41,181 --> 00:09:42,421 * Know it's a lie 183 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:45,089 * Come kill me, honey, see how I cry * 184 00:09:45,118 --> 00:09:47,388 My father immersed himself into the scene 185 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:50,260 and was hanging out with some very bad people. 186 00:09:51,191 --> 00:09:54,231 * 187 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:57,131 Robert Beausoleil, a member Charles Manson's 188 00:09:57,164 --> 00:09:59,004 so-called "hippie family," 189 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:02,102 was sentenced to die in a California gas chamber 190 00:10:02,135 --> 00:10:04,195 for stabbing a musician to death last year. 191 00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:31,995 * 192 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:35,702 William Lohmus told me that Van was also hanging out 193 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,096 with Anton LaVey, 194 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:39,337 the founder of the Church of Satan. 195 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:41,743 Open wide the gates of Hell. 196 00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:46,050 And as William tells it, 197 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:48,979 my father was fascinated with the occult. 198 00:10:49,016 --> 00:10:51,986 - Hail Satan. - Hail Satan. 199 00:10:53,086 --> 00:10:54,446 According to William, 200 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:55,957 Van met Anton LaVey 201 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,729 at San Francisco City College, 202 00:10:57,758 --> 00:11:00,058 where they both studied criminology. 203 00:11:00,093 --> 00:11:02,533 Anton was also an accomplished musician, 204 00:11:02,562 --> 00:11:05,372 and they bonded over their love of playing the organ. 205 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:07,198 And when Van got out of prison, 206 00:11:07,234 --> 00:11:09,174 he became more and more enamored 207 00:11:09,202 --> 00:11:12,072 of Anton LaVey's Satanic principles. 208 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:15,005 * 209 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:19,082 If one were to do a psychological profile on Van, 210 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:21,052 from the hatred of his mother 211 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:23,581 to the abandonment by his father, 212 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:26,194 and as he grew, 213 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:28,759 he became violent towards his wives. 214 00:11:30,724 --> 00:11:33,334 It was obvious Van's rage was building, 215 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,860 which would inevitably lead him to murder. 216 00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:49,037 * 217 00:12:10,130 --> 00:12:12,300 Dear editor, this is the murderer 218 00:12:12,332 --> 00:12:15,072 of the two teenagers last Christmas at Lake Herman 219 00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:17,142 and the girl on the Fourth of July 220 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:19,470 near the golf course in Vallejo. 221 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:24,044 To prove I killed them, I shall state some facts 222 00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:26,307 which only I and the police know. 223 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:30,381 Christmas. 224 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,547 One, brand name of ammo, 225 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,145 Super-X. 226 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:37,157 Two, 10 shots were fired. 227 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:39,390 Three, the boy was on his back 228 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:41,156 with his feet to the car. 229 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:44,164 Four, the girl was on her right side, feet to the west. 230 00:12:45,933 --> 00:12:47,903 Fourth of July. 231 00:12:47,935 --> 00:12:51,165 One, the girl was wearing patterned slacks. 232 00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:54,414 Two, the boy was also shot in the knee. 233 00:12:54,441 --> 00:12:57,341 Three, brand name of ammo was Western. 234 00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:59,847 * 235 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,950 Here is part of a cipher. 236 00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:04,480 I want you to print this cipher 237 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:06,417 on the front page of your paper. 238 00:13:06,453 --> 00:13:09,123 In this cipher is my identity. 239 00:13:09,156 --> 00:13:11,016 If you do not print this cipher, 240 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:14,158 I will go on a kill rampage Friday night 241 00:13:14,194 --> 00:13:16,704 until I end up with a dozen people over the weekend. 242 00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:32,480 When the first Zodiac letter came in, 243 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:35,352 it was just something totally new to us. 244 00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:39,452 The cipher didn't seem to make any sense at all. 245 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,146 You know, there were letters and there were shapes 246 00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:45,658 and there were circles and triangles. 247 00:13:45,692 --> 00:13:49,502 The writer was making threats to kill more people. 248 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,699 So, there was talk and buzz around the newsroom 249 00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:53,331 about whether to print it. 250 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:56,296 Do you tell people and risk panic? 251 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,866 * 252 00:13:58,906 --> 00:14:01,506 Ultimately, the decision was to print the cipher. 253 00:14:03,944 --> 00:14:06,714 The writer sent three virtually identical letters 254 00:14:06,746 --> 00:14:08,846 to the San Francisco Chronicle, 255 00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:10,482 the San Francisco Examiner, 256 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,087 and the Vallejo Times. 257 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:16,657 The newspapers each received 258 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:19,989 one part of this cipher, 259 00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:23,427 and he demanded that they print the ciphers 260 00:14:23,463 --> 00:14:25,773 by Friday August 1st, 261 00:14:25,798 --> 00:14:27,728 which is a significant date. 262 00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:29,097 It was actually 263 00:14:29,136 --> 00:14:31,836 seven years after 264 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:35,041 the debut of the Ice Cream Romance 265 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:39,105 by Paul Avery in the San Francisco Chronicle. 266 00:14:39,146 --> 00:14:41,106 In the letters, the writer took credit 267 00:14:41,148 --> 00:14:43,218 for two sets of murders that had happened 268 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:45,990 in Northern California in the past six months. 269 00:14:48,255 --> 00:14:51,615 ...briefly described what apparently happened last night. 270 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:53,628 A double homicide involving 271 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:57,430 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. 272 00:14:57,464 --> 00:14:59,134 Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday 273 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:02,736 were in their car when the Zodiac started firing. 274 00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:04,439 David was shot in the head. 275 00:15:04,471 --> 00:15:06,971 Betty Lou was shot five times in the back 276 00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:09,077 as she tried to escape. 277 00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:10,879 * 278 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,550 Six months later, the Zodiac 279 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:13,979 attacked another couple, 280 00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:16,124 Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau, 281 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:18,149 in Blue Rock Springs Park. 282 00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:21,418 He killed Darlene, and... 283 00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:24,094 Michael Mageau survived. 284 00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:27,726 The police had no suspects, 285 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,930 so they publicly asked the killer to send another letter, 286 00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:33,874 hoping that more information would lead to his arrest. 287 00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:38,473 The next letter started off 288 00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:41,065 with a new salutation. 289 00:15:41,108 --> 00:15:43,678 "This is the Zodiac speaking." 290 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:47,680 The Zodiac, as if it was like the God. 291 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,854 We see the first sign of this 292 00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:52,252 grandiosity of the Zodiac. 293 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:55,285 * 294 00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:00,955 This is the Zodiac speaking. 295 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:03,034 In answer to your asking for more details 296 00:16:03,063 --> 00:16:06,103 about the good times I have had in Vallejo, 297 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:09,043 I shall be very happy to supply even more material. 298 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:13,274 By the way, are the police 299 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,836 having a good time with the code? 300 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:22,682 We haven't personally started anything on it 301 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:26,015 because none of us in the police department know cryptography. 302 00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:28,193 However, we have sent copies of it 303 00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:31,291 to certain experts in that field, 304 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:35,034 and we anticipate that if there is a... 305 00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:38,573 if it is a logical... 306 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:41,898 - cryptogram, that we will have it solved. 307 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:45,374 I had no idea what the cipher had to do with my father. 308 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,235 And this is exactly like 309 00:16:47,274 --> 00:16:50,714 every other discovery I made. 310 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:53,753 I wrote to Washington, DC, requesting my... 311 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,820 grandfather's military record, 312 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,188 just to try to find out anything. 313 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:00,248 * 314 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:03,917 I knew that my grandfather was a chaplain in the navy, 315 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:06,686 but when I got his military record, I discovered 316 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,596 I discovered that he was also an intelligence officer 317 00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:12,999 and had formal training in code breaking. 318 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,702 Gary's grandfather, 319 00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:16,704 Earl Van Dorn Sr., 320 00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:19,206 was a code breaker. 321 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:22,939 He passed on his code breaking skills 322 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:24,405 to his son, 323 00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:26,054 Van. 324 00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:31,021 In my search, I discovered a film of my grandfather 325 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,490 in the military. 326 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,063 The family says that 327 00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:38,559 my grandfather would actually 328 00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:41,261 write codes, 329 00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:44,604 and challenge Van to break those codes, 330 00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:46,801 and they would go back and forth doing that, 331 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:49,103 trying to trick each other. 332 00:17:49,136 --> 00:17:51,196 And that just kinda shocked me 333 00:17:51,238 --> 00:17:53,568 right there because I'm thinking 334 00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:56,376 is that more than a coincidence? 335 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:59,109 * 336 00:17:59,146 --> 00:18:01,076 The Zodiac said break this code, 337 00:18:01,114 --> 00:18:02,754 and you will know who I am. 338 00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:05,252 But the police and other law enforcement agencies 339 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:06,915 were baffled by the ciphers. 340 00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:09,955 Eventually, a high school teacher 341 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:12,629 and his wife were able to break the code. 342 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,457 They believed that the killer's ego 343 00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:18,266 would dictate that the letter "I" 344 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,668 would be the first letter in the cipher. 345 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,900 They also believed that he would talk about killing, 346 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,936 so therefore they looked for 347 00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:27,942 the double symbols that represent 348 00:18:27,974 --> 00:18:31,284 two L's in the word "kill" or "killing." 349 00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:32,681 The hidden message began, 350 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,110 "I like killing people 351 00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:37,578 because it's so much fun. 352 00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:41,117 It's more fun than killing wild game in the forest 353 00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:44,994 because man is the most dangerous animal of all." 354 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,632 * 355 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:52,030 The Zodiac said, "if you crack this cipher, 356 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:54,474 you will have my identity." 357 00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:58,171 But there was no name in the solved cipher. 358 00:18:58,205 --> 00:18:59,165 I think... 359 00:18:59,206 --> 00:19:01,266 the police just... 360 00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:03,308 prematurely stopped looking 361 00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:05,353 for a name in that cipher 362 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:07,448 because you had to write 363 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,650 the solution next to 364 00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:13,023 each symbol and each letter. 365 00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:16,122 So, it's the solution plus the original puzzle. 366 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:18,855 When I looked at it, I immediately saw... 367 00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,389 my father's name. 368 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,361 E... V... 369 00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:28,367 B... E... S... T... 370 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,101 J... R... 371 00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:33,441 And... 372 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,407 it pops right here. 373 00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:40,183 * 374 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:43,153 Finding my father's name in the cipher, 375 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,592 that's when I was convinced that 376 00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:47,988 my father... 377 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,890 was the Zodiac Killer. 378 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,395 * 379 00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:15,781 Napa County Dispatcher. 380 00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:17,915 What's your emergency? 381 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:19,250 I wanna report a murder. 382 00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:23,117 No, a double murder. 383 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:26,555 They are two miles north of park headquarters. 384 00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:30,203 They were in a white Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. 385 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,159 I'm the one that did it. 386 00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:45,283 When I arrived on the scene, 387 00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:48,152 found this young girl laid on the shoreline here. 388 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,975 All stabbed in several places. 389 00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:54,121 And her boyfriend, male companion, had... 390 00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:57,391 came to from... He had been stabbed, 391 00:20:57,424 --> 00:20:58,994 and he had taken off for help. 392 00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:01,785 * 393 00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:04,798 Cece and I happened to hear some rustling behind us, 394 00:21:04,831 --> 00:21:06,071 and I asked her to look 395 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,228 'cause she was facing that direction. 396 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,796 I was facing toward the water. 397 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,295 And when he came out, 398 00:21:10,337 --> 00:21:12,607 she said, "he's got a mask on." 399 00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:15,579 Just little slits in the eyes, and these clip-on glasses. 400 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,538 They were clipped into those loops. 401 00:21:18,545 --> 00:21:21,175 He mentioned that he was a convict trying to get to Mexico 402 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,283 and needed money, and he said, 403 00:21:23,316 --> 00:21:25,446 "what I need right now is to get you tied up." 404 00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,785 And so he had the girl tie me. 405 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:30,860 Of course, she was real nervous and tied me rather loosely. 406 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:33,960 I did think I was going to die. 407 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:38,673 The message left on the side of the victim's door 408 00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:42,868 were the dates of the Solano County murders, 409 00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:45,442 and ours. Have they indicated to us that 410 00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,042 they're one in the same. 411 00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:50,837 He knows he has a problem, definitely. 412 00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:53,307 He's a mental... 413 00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:55,106 person that is sick. 414 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,817 * 415 00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,449 This was the third couple that 416 00:21:58,485 --> 00:22:00,185 the Zodiac targeted, 417 00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:02,689 and he seemed to target women 418 00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:04,192 more than men. 419 00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:06,033 At Lake Berryessa, 420 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,988 he stabbed Cecelia 421 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:11,227 many more times, more viciously. 422 00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:14,203 She, in fact, dies as a result of the stab wounds. 423 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:19,042 His huge anger against women 424 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:22,071 would speak to his... 425 00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:26,078 not having been mothered well. 426 00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:28,552 These symptoms, they don't come from nowhere. 427 00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:30,181 It's reasonable to assume that 428 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:34,086 the Zodiac had very traumatic beginnings, 429 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,260 and felt uncared for as a child. 430 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:39,689 And so, these people who want 431 00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:43,026 to inflict pain on others, they're often... 432 00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:46,332 reenacting the pain that was inflicted upon them. 433 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,265 There's a kind of revenge 434 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,240 motive behind all this. 435 00:22:50,269 --> 00:22:52,969 * 436 00:22:57,276 --> 00:23:00,376 The most significant connection to my father 437 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,083 from Lake Berryessa 438 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,284 was the fact that 439 00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:07,186 the Zodiac told Bryan Hartnell that 440 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,089 he wanted his car keys 441 00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:11,391 so he could drive to Mexico. 442 00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:14,694 That's where my father earned his money. 443 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:19,097 My father's profession was an antiquities dealer. 444 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:21,431 He's making trips down to Mexico. 445 00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:25,709 I also found out that Darlene Ferrin, 446 00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,268 from the second Zodiac murder, 447 00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:30,107 Darlene's sister 448 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:31,982 told the police of 449 00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:34,951 someone with the name of 450 00:23:34,981 --> 00:23:39,421 Lee that brought Darlene gifts from Mexico. 451 00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:42,252 During his time on the run with my mother, 452 00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:45,388 my father used the alias "Harry Lee" 453 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:47,364 to write bad checks. 454 00:23:48,695 --> 00:23:51,325 Another one of those coincidences. 455 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:53,633 * 456 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,666 After the Lake Berryessa murder, 457 00:23:55,702 --> 00:23:58,972 I discovered that in late 1969, 458 00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:02,775 my father's marriage to Edith Kos ended abruptly, 459 00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:05,009 with Edith taking her kids 460 00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,354 to go live with her father 461 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,179 back in Styria, Austria. 462 00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,947 I was hoping to get answers from the Austrian siblings 463 00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,316 to find out what happened with my father 464 00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:18,355 and his Austrian family. 465 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,031 So, I contacted Edith, 466 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:23,760 as well as my half- siblings in Austria. 467 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,866 And I'll never know why they left, 468 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,098 but they all made it perfectly clear 469 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,204 that they wanted nothing to do with me 470 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:32,906 or anyone in my father's family. 471 00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:49,057 * 472 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:52,158 The more I researched the Zodiac Killer, 473 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:54,091 the more it became an obsession. 474 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:58,404 That search began with one piece of paper, 475 00:24:58,430 --> 00:25:00,500 grew over time 476 00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:03,573 to thousands and thousands of pieces of paper. 477 00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:07,011 And that was a journey that 478 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:09,679 has lasted almost 17 years now. 479 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:15,921 I was educating myself on the Zodiac case. 480 00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:18,118 I knew the good, the bad, and I knew the ugly. 481 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,817 I had all sorts of... 482 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,186 thoughts go through my head whenever... 483 00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:28,385 whenever I was told that Rotea participated 484 00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:30,597 in the Zodiac investigation. 485 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:34,600 Did Rotea actually know... 486 00:25:34,634 --> 00:25:37,574 who Jude Gilford was before he married her? 487 00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:41,107 That is more than just a coincidence. 488 00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:46,179 Van, I don't believe that he could've become 489 00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:48,352 a serial killer. 490 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,250 He operated with his brains, not his brawn. 491 00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:54,922 With Gary, things began 492 00:25:54,954 --> 00:25:56,864 to get tense simply because 493 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,759 he believes it very strongly, 494 00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:01,631 and he has even said-- 495 00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:04,201 I mean, he's shouted at me on the phone, 496 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:06,930 "what did my dad tell Rotea?" 497 00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:09,296 * 498 00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:12,135 A very disappointing 499 00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:15,141 and low point in our relationship 500 00:26:15,174 --> 00:26:17,084 was the fact that I kept pressing. 501 00:26:20,446 --> 00:26:22,746 You might say it was an intense time. 502 00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:25,922 It's something that's been 503 00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:29,422 a consuming aspect of his life for probably 504 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:33,055 his entire adult life. 505 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:36,662 Gary Stewart pursued this like a dog chewin' a bone. 506 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:40,666 So, when he started getting information, 507 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,500 he just started pursuing it. 508 00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:44,604 As he went along 509 00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,807 and uncovered clue after clue after clue, 510 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:48,879 he became even more obsessed with it. 511 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,980 He's always been a researcher, 512 00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:54,412 and he just 513 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,776 took with it and ran and wanted to find out more. 514 00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,117 I was concerned for him as an older sister 515 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,693 because he was finding out 516 00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:04,992 some ugly stuff. 517 00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,964 I wanted to make sure that he was okay, 518 00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:08,963 and I wanted to make sure that 519 00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:11,695 Zachary was okay. 520 00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,371 In this very difficult situation, 521 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,100 my husband, D.A., has been 522 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:19,165 a tremendous source of strength 523 00:27:19,205 --> 00:27:22,165 through the entire process. 524 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,878 When the door was opened to his identity, 525 00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:27,011 Gary had the passion 526 00:27:27,046 --> 00:27:29,116 not just to open the door, 527 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:30,718 but kick it open, 528 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:34,550 and pursue every detail to the nth-degree. 529 00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:40,063 So, when do you stop? 530 00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:43,057 * 531 00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:45,455 I know that Gary got divorced 532 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,867 from Zach's mother, and it's understandable. 533 00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:50,971 How could a wife live through that? 534 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,573 He was obsessed with... 535 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:55,165 every minute of his life, 536 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:58,077 with finding out his identity. 537 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,324 There's no doubt in my mind 538 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:08,090 my determination to find my father 539 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,620 affected previous relationships. 540 00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:14,434 My name's Cathy Bercegeay Stewart. 541 00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:17,061 I'm his fourth wife. 542 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:22,130 Gary and I were married for three and a half years, 543 00:28:22,969 --> 00:28:26,609 and it started in a whirlwind romance, 544 00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:31,408 and it ended about as quick as it began. 545 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,383 The search for Gary's father consumed our whole lives. 546 00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:38,081 Gary and I got divorced, 547 00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:41,147 and the search for his father played a big role in that. 548 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:46,992 I think all of Gary's wives were mesmerized. 549 00:28:47,493 --> 00:28:50,433 I got a call from Zach's mom 550 00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:53,472 before we married, and she said, 551 00:28:53,499 --> 00:28:54,929 "you don't know him. 552 00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:58,444 You're all in love right now, but you don't know him." 553 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,740 * 554 00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,114 It was very unfair 555 00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:05,412 for me to expect that anybody around me 556 00:29:05,444 --> 00:29:07,914 would ever know the depths... 557 00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:10,981 of the tragedy 558 00:29:11,017 --> 00:29:13,417 and of the sense of loss... 559 00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:18,992 of what I went through. 560 00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:21,525 I probably realized how important it was to him 561 00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:24,528 maybe a year or so into our marriage, when he... 562 00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,731 became nearly obsessed, 563 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,336 if you will, 564 00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:32,598 with digging and finding more and more. 565 00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:35,669 So, we had many discussions over... 566 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,335 the fact that I felt like it was taking away 567 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:40,807 from us and our family and our children. 568 00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:45,154 I have got the best thing 569 00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:46,554 that ever happened to me in my life now. 570 00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:50,317 And for nearly 12 years, 571 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,763 Kristy has... 572 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,261 held my hand through 573 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,803 the most difficult days of my life. 574 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,130 She helps me understand, 575 00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:03,867 although she has been on the receiving end 576 00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:06,943 of my frustration and anger. 577 00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:09,043 * 578 00:30:09,075 --> 00:30:11,975 As time went on, I realized how important it was to him 579 00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:15,111 to find the closure so that he could move on. 580 00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:18,777 I never dreamed it would take this long. 581 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:22,017 It was difficult for me because it took away from 582 00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:24,964 time that I thought-- I mean, we were early in our marriage, 583 00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:28,161 that we should be doing other things besides researching... 584 00:30:29,028 --> 00:30:30,558 serial killers. 585 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,967 * 586 00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:46,080 All units, 211 in progress. 587 00:30:46,112 --> 00:30:49,052 Presidio Heights. Suspect is African American male. 588 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,051 Proceed with caution. 589 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:55,345 When I got the call 590 00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:57,717 and drove up Washington Street, 591 00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,386 saw the cab sitting there. 592 00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:03,196 There was blood everywhere. It was incredible. 593 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,072 The first description that came over communication 594 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,740 was an African-American male. 595 00:31:10,769 --> 00:31:12,499 But, as soon as I started talking 596 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:15,238 to the teenagers who had seen the Zodiac, 597 00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:17,214 first words out of their mouth was, 598 00:31:17,243 --> 00:31:19,083 "well, it was this white guy." 599 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,881 Who screwed up? I don't know. 600 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:27,049 I notified the station, and at that point, 601 00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:30,856 Inspectors Toschi and Armstrong showed up. 602 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,789 So they took over the scene, 603 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,934 and started doing 604 00:31:34,961 --> 00:31:37,101 the full investigation. 605 00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,599 * 606 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:40,130 Instead of attacking 607 00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,926 a couple on a lover's lane, 608 00:31:41,968 --> 00:31:45,198 he's attacking a lone male. 609 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:48,367 The Zodiac shot Paul Stine in the head. 610 00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:53,308 The Zodiac very nearly got caught. 611 00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:56,045 A couple of policeman see the Zodiac, 612 00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:58,752 but erroneously have been told that 613 00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:01,924 the murderer was a black person. And so, 614 00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:04,464 the Zodiac was able to get away. 615 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:08,125 The most wanted man in San Francisco 616 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,800 calls himself the Zodiac Killer. 617 00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:14,399 5- foot-8, about 30 years old, reddish-brown hair. 618 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,003 This bloody shirt belonged 619 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,265 to the latest victim, the cab driver. 620 00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:20,074 Zodiac mailed a small piece of it 621 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:22,836 to the San Francisco Chronicle. 622 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:25,984 And with the shirt, there was a handwritten letter. 623 00:32:26,012 --> 00:32:28,282 "This is Zodiac speaking," he wrote. 624 00:32:28,314 --> 00:32:29,984 "I murdered the taxi driver 625 00:32:30,016 --> 00:32:32,516 and did in the other people in the Bay Area." 626 00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:37,015 Since the release of the latest letter yesterday, 627 00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:40,263 our office has received additional phone calls 628 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,692 from different persons in the Bay Area, who feel that... 629 00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:45,329 they can be helpful in the... 630 00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:48,168 apprehension of the Zodiac suspect. 631 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,800 It's generally stirred up quite a bit of interest. 632 00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:54,036 * 633 00:32:54,073 --> 00:32:57,513 The Zodiac caught the attention of everyone 634 00:32:57,543 --> 00:33:00,213 in the Bay Area, 635 00:33:00,246 --> 00:33:03,676 and conned a very high-profile case. 636 00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:07,115 So much can come flooding in to... 637 00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:10,693 cloud the investigation. 638 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,234 The Zodiac case presented 639 00:33:14,260 --> 00:33:16,130 several functional problems 640 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:18,732 from a law enforcement perspective. 641 00:33:18,764 --> 00:33:21,234 You have multiple jurisdictions. 642 00:33:21,267 --> 00:33:22,997 A crime that might occur 643 00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:25,895 just across the border in a different jurisdiction 644 00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:28,337 doesn't necessarily involve 645 00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:30,814 a regional effort. 646 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:34,152 There are practical reasons for holding back information, 647 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:38,180 but there's an instinct towards not sharing. 648 00:33:38,217 --> 00:33:40,517 The police botched that investigation. 649 00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,922 Not only did you have multiple jurisdictions 650 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:45,594 not sharing information, but you had a situation 651 00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:48,194 in which every detective in Northern California 652 00:33:48,227 --> 00:33:50,527 wanted to be the one to solve the Zodiac case. 653 00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:55,003 There's nonsensical ego 654 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,003 at the core of so much of this, 655 00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,005 and that can work against 656 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,568 solving the case. 657 00:34:04,110 --> 00:34:07,110 * 658 00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:12,879 As I looked at the details 659 00:34:12,918 --> 00:34:14,788 from the Paul Stine murder, 660 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:19,060 many things popped for me. 661 00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:22,031 I discovered through the Polk City directories 662 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,230 that my father lived at 663 00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:27,373 797 Bush Avenue, 664 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,439 which is exactly two blocks from where 665 00:34:29,468 --> 00:34:32,738 the Zodiac hailed Paul Stine's cab. 666 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,942 But the most compelling thing 667 00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:37,544 about the Paul Stine murder 668 00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:41,576 was the bloody fingerprints left on the cab. 669 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:44,883 The police, they weren't able to extract 670 00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:47,046 a complete fingerprint, 671 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:50,255 but the first thing I noticed is this guy 672 00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:54,129 has a distinctive scar on his right index finger, 673 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,860 going in the exact same direction as my father's. 674 00:34:59,298 --> 00:35:02,398 I reached out to Bob Garrett, who's a fingerprint expert. 675 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:05,004 Mr. Garrett told me that 676 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,966 scars cannot be compared. 677 00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:11,006 But, he did an overlay from the Zodiac print 678 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,012 against Van's print, 679 00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:15,014 and, I mean, you can look at that 680 00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:16,646 and decide for yourself. 681 00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:18,122 * 682 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:21,520 What are the odds that Gary Stewart's father 683 00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:25,623 could have the same scar as the Zodiac Killer? 684 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:27,087 And there was another message. 685 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,625 This one was signed with the symbol of the Zodiac 686 00:35:29,661 --> 00:35:31,461 and written in code. 687 00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:33,127 The experts have yet to decipher 688 00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:34,865 the meaning of this cryptogram. 689 00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:40,112 The 340 Cipher is considered 690 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:42,468 the Zodiac's most sophisticated cipher, 691 00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:45,038 and it's called the 340 because it contains 692 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,676 340 characters. 693 00:35:47,713 --> 00:35:51,183 All the experts tried to solve the 340 Cipher, 694 00:35:51,217 --> 00:35:54,187 but the one piece of information they were missing 695 00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:56,190 was my father's name. 696 00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:59,625 My father created this cipher 697 00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:02,288 to fit his name perfectly, 698 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:05,858 utilizing all 17 columns of the cipher. 699 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,068 You can see it clearly. 700 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:11,839 E... A... R... L... 701 00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:14,970 V... A... N... 702 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:18,506 B... E... S... T... 703 00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:22,014 And he spelled out Junior for the very first time. 704 00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:26,947 J... U... N... I... O... R. 705 00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:30,559 "Earl Van Best Junior," backward. 706 00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:32,089 * 707 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:34,733 The fact that my father's name 708 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,330 fits perfectly, 709 00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:39,002 utilizing every column, 710 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,900 is not only unique, 711 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,002 but I think astronomical to the point to where 712 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,305 it had to be him. 713 00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:52,376 In San Francisco, two more communications 714 00:36:52,411 --> 00:36:54,111 have been received from the person who calls himself 715 00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:55,505 the Zodiac Killer. 716 00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:58,547 * 717 00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:02,418 This is the Zodiac speaking. 718 00:37:02,454 --> 00:37:04,094 Up until the end of October, 719 00:37:04,122 --> 00:37:06,732 I have killed seven people. 720 00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:09,058 I have grown rather angry with the police 721 00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:11,204 for their telling lies about me, 722 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,229 so I shall no longer announce to anyone 723 00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:15,065 when I commit my murders. 724 00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:20,036 They shall look like routine robberies, 725 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,941 killings of anger, and a few fake accidents. 726 00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:25,943 The police shall never catch me 727 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:28,277 because I've been too clever for them. 728 00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:30,945 One, 729 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:34,652 I look like the description only when I do my thing. 730 00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:36,216 Two, as of yet, 731 00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,724 I have left no fingerprints behind me, 732 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,427 contrary to what the police say. 733 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:44,960 In my killings, I wear transparent fingertip guards. 734 00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:47,166 All it is is two coats of airplane cement 735 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:50,068 coated onto my fingertips. 736 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,941 Quite unnoticeable and very effective. 737 00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:55,171 * 738 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:59,078 P.S., two cops pulled a goof 739 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,910 about three minutes after I left the cab. 740 00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:05,117 I was walking down the hill when this cop car pulled up 741 00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:07,990 and asked if I saw anyone being suspicious, 742 00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:10,019 and I said, "yes. 743 00:38:10,055 --> 00:38:13,185 There was this man who was running by, waving a gun." 744 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,264 And the cops peeled rubber. 745 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,903 And I disappeared, never to be seen again. 746 00:38:20,198 --> 00:38:22,498 Hey, pig, doesn't it rile you up 747 00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:26,044 to have your nose rubbed in your boo-boos? 748 00:38:26,071 --> 00:38:28,141 The new letters from the Zodiac Killer 749 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,143 were sent to the San Francisco Chronicle. 750 00:38:30,175 --> 00:38:31,975 There was also a greeting card which said, 751 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,180 "sorry I haven't written sooner. 752 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,552 I just washed my pen." 753 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,151 * 754 00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:47,290 Everyone always thought that the Zodiac case 755 00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:50,155 would be solved with handwriting. 756 00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:53,155 And in my search for my father, 757 00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,668 I discovered my father's marriage certificate 758 00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:58,041 to my mother. 759 00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:01,069 And I had seen the Zodiac letters enough to know 760 00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:03,736 when I looked down at that piece of paper... 761 00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:07,577 I mean, my heart stopped. 762 00:39:07,613 --> 00:39:09,623 I had seen that handwriting before. 763 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:13,823 Some of this looks really, really similar. 764 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:16,522 So, I contacted Michael Wakshull, 765 00:39:16,555 --> 00:39:19,115 who is a forensic handwriting expert. 766 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,262 As a document examiner, 767 00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:25,663 at least 21 different attributes that we look at 768 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,027 for handwriting comparison. 769 00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:31,936 Some of those are relative height of the letter. 770 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,940 Does the person write large? Do they write small? 771 00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:39,183 Do they write in cursive? Do they write in print? 772 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:42,780 Is it all uppercase or is it uppercase lowercase? 773 00:39:42,814 --> 00:39:45,084 How does the person dot the I? 774 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:46,546 Do they dot it right over the I, 775 00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:48,615 or do they dot it to the right, to the left? 776 00:39:48,654 --> 00:39:51,364 And no one of those attributes 777 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:54,259 will confirm or not confirm 778 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,032 that it's a person. 779 00:39:56,061 --> 00:40:00,601 You have to look at the whole, the entirety of the writing. 780 00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:03,372 So, here's an example. In the marriage certificate, 781 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,101 there's "est" in best. 782 00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:08,807 Then, in several of the Zodiac letters, 783 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,240 he wrote the word "western." In each instance, 784 00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:14,776 it's the second, third, and fourth letter of the word, 785 00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:17,783 which is good because you're comparing at the same locations. 786 00:40:18,984 --> 00:40:20,794 When I did the comparison, 787 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:22,989 the spacing between the letters was the same. 788 00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:24,761 The heights are relatively the same. 789 00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:28,390 The slant is basically the same. 790 00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:31,226 And in the Zodiac letters, 791 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:35,102 there is July, and July was capitalized. 792 00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:38,173 There were two J's in the marriage certificate. 793 00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:41,213 And what's interesting when you look at this, they're perfect. 794 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:44,140 I mean, once it's right on top of the other, 795 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:46,845 the curves, the way that they're on top, 796 00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:49,948 crossed, the arc on the bottom, 797 00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:51,281 it's identical. 798 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:55,654 My opinion was that there's a strong probability 799 00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:58,187 that Earl Van Best Jr. wrote the Zodiac letters. 800 00:40:58,490 --> 00:41:01,160 The words "strong probability" is synonymous 801 00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:03,032 with virtually certain. 802 00:41:03,061 --> 00:41:05,461 * 803 00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:09,167 When Mike Wakshull sent me the overlays 804 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,140 of the Zodiac's handwriting 805 00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:13,469 and Van's handwriting, 806 00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:17,005 and I saw them, I could not believe it. 807 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:22,150 As we were writing the book, 808 00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:26,120 the deeper we went into it, the more I begin to believe. 809 00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,521 I mean, what are the odds that Gary Stewart, 810 00:41:28,554 --> 00:41:31,024 who lives in Louisiana, thinks his father 811 00:41:31,056 --> 00:41:32,216 was the Zodiac Killer, 812 00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:34,487 and they've got the same handwriting? 813 00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:37,156 And they've got the same scar? 814 00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:40,295 And the police sketch, it's like it's the same person. 815 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,001 And they're in the same places. 816 00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:45,043 You know, it just added up too much. 817 00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:49,468 I can't answer for 818 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:51,177 the things that my father did, 819 00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:54,479 and what he became later in life. 820 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:58,022 I certainly have to compartmentalize my feelings 821 00:41:58,049 --> 00:42:01,249 about the father I never knew. 822 00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:04,216 In order to try to give him a fair shake... 823 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,315 * 824 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,727 because I believe everybody... 825 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,660 who may have done something in their past 826 00:42:11,697 --> 00:42:15,567 should be given the opportunity to receive forgiveness. 827 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:21,009 And so, my sole intent 828 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,609 and my sole purpose was to find this man. 829 00:42:28,814 --> 00:42:31,824 * 830 00:43:17,028 --> 00:43:19,098 Do I just knock, or what? What do you think? 831 00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,766 I feel like they're not ever gonna... 832 00:43:24,703 --> 00:43:26,713 Why are you wearing your sunglasses inside? 833 00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:29,335 Bro, you know I gotta drip, bro. We're goin' to the studio right now. 834 00:43:30,275 --> 00:43:32,005 Snack Time. I didn't-- 835 00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:34,483 Okay. You're welcome. 836 00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:37,984 I feel like that did nothing for my career. 837 00:43:38,016 --> 00:43:39,346 * Hi, I'm Dave * 838 00:43:47,058 --> 00:43:48,358 - Mom. - Yes? 839 00:43:48,393 --> 00:43:50,803 - Okay. I want a big party this year. - Serious? 840 00:43:50,829 --> 00:43:53,029 - I want a quinceaƱera. - QuinceaƱera? 841 00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:56,404 We can't do that. We're too white for that. We're not allowed. 842 00:44:05,711 --> 00:44:08,681 Do me a favor? Never look me in the eye again. 843 00:44:08,714 --> 00:44:11,684 Okay? 'Cause your stare is way too intense. 844 00:44:11,717 --> 00:44:13,517 It's starting to make my hair fall out. 845 00:44:28,934 --> 00:44:30,044 Check! 846 00:44:31,536 --> 00:44:32,536 Check. 61582

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