Zodiac Suspect???

I am a retired police officer after 20 + years as well as my father who was involved in law enforcement since 1969. He was a patrol officer, narcotics detective for the DEA, street detective and retiring in 2008 as a chief of police. My father and I have been working on this case since late 1996-1997. We haven't stopped since. My father had been interviewed by a documentary film crew in November 2024 about the Zodiac killer. I know all of you will probably not believe me in some of the things that I am going to say but I get it. I will say a few things and leave it there but if anyone wants to ask me a question you can.

This individual that we have been investigating since 96/97 has since passed away. My father who was a detective at the time had arrested this individual for being a pedophile. The community we lived in at the time was very small and close knit and when we made this arrest some members of the community were upset. This individual was an elementary school band teacher. But after details of this individual's arrest began to leak out some members of the community changed their minds.

When we made this arrest we had no clue that he may be the Zodiac. It wasn't till after he was arrested that we hit his home with a search warrant. I will not give out that much info but over time we will.

Here is what we found during the raids:

  1. One Zodiac Gold Medallion

  2. One Zodiac Watch

  3. Numerous Books About Serial Killers

  4. One Steamer Trunk Full Of 50 Handguns At His Residence

  5. One Steamer Trunk At The Elementary School Where He Taught His Band Students That Contained 50 More Handguns Including a German Luger 22 Handgun, Super X Brand Ammunition Boxes With Bullets.

  6. A Black Band Uniform That Was Not A Match For His Students Band Uniforms. The Jacket Was Made To Stop At The Waist And Resembled A Bulletproof Vest Or Tactical Gear. This Item Was Handmade And Very Old.

    1. A Connection To Darlene Ferrin Because Our Suspect And Darlene Were From Colorado And Came To California At The Same Time.

  7. Wing Walker Shoes In The Suspects Closet.

  8. Numerous VHS Horror Films In His Collection. He Had Various Copies Of The Exorcist And The Cartoon Yellow Submarine By The Beatles. (Blue Meanies Anyone?)

  9. This Suspects Handwriting Matches The Zodiac Letters. Specifically Letters Such As E, T, L, I, O, P.

  10. Our Suspect Was A Huge Opera Fan And The Mikado Was His Favorite Piece.

  11. He Had His Students March In Different Parades And Contests Located In Oakland, Vallejo, San Francisco, South San Francisco.

  12. During These Competitions The Students Could Never Keep Track Of Their Band Teacher. He Would Vanish After Arriving In The Above Cities And Would Show Up Just Minutes Before His Band Would Compete.

  13. Assorted Women's Rings And Various Jewelry. Our Suspect Was Never Married Or Had Children.

  14. This Suspect Was An Elementary School Band Teacher. He Wrote His Own Charts For His Students. This Is Important Because The Zodiac Symbol Was A Cross Hair/Target Symbol. Right? But Has Anyone Here Ever Seen A Musical Symbol Called "A Coda" Before? Go See What The Symbol Resembles. You May Be Surprised.

There is more but I will leave it at that for now. Here is one more thing. After his arrest this individual was in court and my father was there to testify. During a break my father talked to our suspect with his lawyer. The suspect had his lawyer draw up a letter asking my father about his gold Zodiac medallion. It was important enough for our suspect to try and retrieve this item back. At this time my father was investigating this individual to possibly be the Zodiac But Not Telling Him About His Suspicions.

When my father told the suspect that he will never have his Zodiac medallion back because it was evidence the suspect stared back at my father.

He was very upset and began to growl at my father as if he was an angry dog.