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As Zodiac stated in his
' 71 missive: ". . . they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there
(victims in Southern
California)."
On
May 18, 1969, Rose
Tashman, an 18-year-old Israeli beauty, was driving home late at night
(during a new moon, a Zodiac trait) on the Hollywood Freeway. (Bruce Davis had just returned to the U.S. from the
U.K. at this
time.) Her tire went out near the Hollywood Reservoir. Evidently, a "Good Samaritan" stopped and offered help. Since Rose's trunk key had been
stolen at some earlier time, the man could not get in the trunk, so, no doubt, he used a ruse like
"I'm an off duty officer. I will give you a lift to get your car fixed,"
or the like. When an officer found the car there were "neatly" arranged flares all around it but Rose was gone. She was found soon after, off of Mulholland Drive
- strangled. (Bates' killer attempted to strangle her at one
point.)
This case has never been solved and is similar to the Graham case on
November 15, 1970 (full moon, a Zodiac trait). Was this one of the "hell of a lot more
(Southern California victims)" that the Zodiac boasted of? It is known that Tashman was going to the same college that Manson had told some of his male followers to check out for female recruits. Did one of them take her trunk key,
and then, that night, follow her.
He could have previously slit her tire (as some of the
"killer" books show) to create a slow leak, then pull up
(like the guy in the ' 59 primered ' Vette in the Robin Graham
case) and offer assistance?
It would seem that the
Northern California police were too
"land locked" - they were stuck on "local guys" and didn't realize it was now the age of the
nomadic serial killer.
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Water held a very important place in the symbolic teachings of Celtic / Druid lore. Charles Manson studied these subjects and in at least one taped interview affirmed Druidism. Manson instructed the Family that, whenever possible, they were to conduct their "activities" near water or it's symbolic representation. As Manson went so went Bruce Davis - both believed alike.
Cheri Jo Bates was killed at Riverside City College in
Riverside, California. The killer's car was parked on
Riverside Drive. In a typed letter the killer indicated that Bates was not the first.
Go back to 1963 and a couple was killed in Santa Barbara near water. This case is unsolved. In 1964 the unsolved
Seaside Honeymoon Murders in San Diego were committed right next to the ocean. In Zodiac's 1968 attack, the couple was murdered on
Lake Herman Road, very near the lake itself. In 1969 Zodiac attacked a couple at Blue Rock
Springs. He may have left the area using
Lake Herman Rd. The killer made his phone call from the intersection of Tuolumne and
Springs Road. In September of that year he attacked another couple at
Lake Berryessa and made a phone call from near the Napa Car
Wash. Came October and Zodiac murdered a cab driver in San Francisco on
Washington St. very near to a
fire
hydrant. At least one suspected Zodiac killing took place in
Lake County. Donna Lass (a possible Zodiac victim) was murdered near
Lake Tahoe.
On at least one occasion the killer appeared in Navy-like clothing. Zodiac was also interested in astrology and when the attack dates and times are astrologically charted the three water signs and their associated planets figure
prominently.
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