Just over three years ago, on the Tapatalk Zodiac forum,. 0. 7 miles west of Clair Tappaan Lodge, the Sierra Club identified by former detective Harvey Hines as the location depicted on the Pines Card, in all likelihood mailed by the Zodiac Killer on March 22nd 1971, referencing the disappearance and likely murder of Donna Lass. Then using a copy of Zodiac's card, I cut out the phrases he had pasted on his card. DONNA ANN LASS MISSING FROM CALIFORNIA SINCE 1970 Donna Lass was last seen in South Lake Tahoe, she left her residence without her vehicle or personal. Bill Rozak. But this may be about to change, due to the persistent work of Zodiac enthusiast Alex Lewis (Welsh Chappie), an avid member of the. 1970) was a nurse who went missing in September 1970. September 6th 1970 - Donna Lass goes missing . Donna Lass 9/6/70. However, the postcard contained no proof, as Zodiac was known for including. The 25-year-old registered. Here is a Christmas card that was sent to Donna Lass' sister. In addition to the five official Zodiac murders, the team claims that Poste also killed Cathy Jo Bates in Riverside California in 1966 and Donna Lass in Lake Tahoe in 1970. She may have been a victim of the infamous Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who claimed 37 murder victims (seven of whom who were confirmed by investigators) during the 1960s and 1970s. Was the Zodiac Killer giving us clues to his identity or name, by leading us back to the 13 Symbol Cipher. If the murderer of Donna Lass is the Zodiac Killer (and this is by no means certain), then there is a connection between San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe. Newspaper editor Richard Gaikowski was linked to the murders. No evidence has been uncovered to definitively connect Donna Lass' disappearance with the Zodiac Killer. September 6th 1970 - Donna Lass goes missing . — On Labor Day 30 years ago, Donna Lass disappeared from her job at a Tahoe casino first-aid station. Bearing in mind that the Zodiac Killer was last seen entering the. You will see by the following that, after Donna Lass went missing, Zodiac claimed the same number of victims he had claimed before she went missing. The disappearance of Donna Ann Lass (25) from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel on September 6th 1970 seemed to push the Zodiac's murder count to 13, with the Halloween card mailed on October 27th 1970 proclaiming a possible fourteenth victim, arriving just two days after the murder of Nancy Bennallack (27), a court reporter, on October 25th 1970. Lawrence Kane (26th April 1924-May 20th 2010) has always been closely linked with the disappearance of Donna Lass, who was last seen by her nurses station at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel and Casino on September 6th 1970 at approximately 1:50 am. . Date Of Birth: November 3, 1944. Y by CB MNZ 85 (degrees) SE of Zephyr Cove, 4 mi E of Stateline on the Hoot-n-Tootin MS Dixie ship. For many years, people in the Zodiac community have puzzled over the identity of the author and meaning behind the "deep real estate" advertisements placed in the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner newspapers for one week beginning on August 26th 1976. He first came to the attention of the newspapers on October 21st. Her last entry in the nurse's log book was at 1:50 a. . Then on September 6, 1970, after finishing her shift at two AM, Lass disappeared. Sherwood Morrill, Robert Prouty and Satoru C. This area is extremely close to Donner Memorial. Coincidentally, she worked at the. Her parents are now deceased. "As Zodiac researcher Raymond Grant has already stated, the likeliest scenario is Donna Lass was enticed away from her work station close to the end of her shift in a planned abduction, performed under the guise of a medical emergency, that not only explains the abrupt pen mark trailing off her log book, but is the perfect ruse to. 0 Likes. We also discuss a report that was created by a private. In the correspondence he. Nurse Donna Lass, 25, worked at the first-aid station at Sahara Hotel-Casino’ in Nevada, and she was last seen in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1970. If the murderer of Donna Lass is the Zodiac Killer (and this is by no means certain), then there is a connection between San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe. The Zodiac Killer would ultimately infer his involvement in the Donna Lass disappearance, mailing the Pines card to journalist and reporter Paul Avery on March 22nd 1971, five months later. , who claims Donna Lass was. He’s also suspected in other cases, such. Nov 13, 1972. 774 736 1. The theory is that the Zodiac had sought to kill Donna Lass as his twelfth victim in June but missed his chance when she moved to Stateline. on the morning of September 6, 1970 when nurse Donna Ann Lass was working in the first aid room of the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino in Stateline, Nevada. The Tahoe Daily Tribune obtained a bootleg copy of a yet to be published memoir called “Catching Zodiac” by Peabody Award-winning TV journalist Dale Julin. Although Tom Colbert asserts that Dale’s Anagram solution was approved by an NSA codebreaker, cryptography expert David Oranchak,. Some researchers believe that Lawrence Kane and the Zodiac Killer may be one and the same, trailing Donna Lass from San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe, having lived at 217 Eddy Street, close to Mason and Geary Streets in San Francisco at the time of the Paul Stine murder. But this may be about to change, due to the persistent work of Zodiac enthusiast Alex Lewis (Welsh Chappie), an avid member of the ZodiacKillerSite forum . It may be where local woman Donna Lass’ remains were hung high up after she was murdered by the Zodiac more than 51 years ago. . The investigations into these cases had turned up some important leads and possible links to the Zodiac:The Zodiac Killer was referencing the murder of San Francisco police officer Brian McDonnell on February 16th 1970, who suffered devastating and sadly fatal injuries two months earlier, when a. Cheryl Segal. In March 1971, a suspected Zodiac message referred to Lake Tahoe and “victim 12,” feeling speculation that the Zodiac may have killed Lass. Donna Ann Lass (25) disappeared from Stateline, Nevada on September 6th 1970, having finished her shift that day at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, (now the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino). The Zodiac Killer investigation is still open, and new evidence and theories are seen each year, but so far none have been correct. Nine days after the Los Angeles letter, another communication arrived at the San Francisco Chronicle entitled the 'Pines' card . A sexual sadist, the Zodiac killer took pleasure in torture and murder. The second outer ring would be x1=2, y1=2, x2=16, y2=16 and so on. She was a nurse, and her nurse's logbook's last entry said 1:50 AM. During her overnight shift at the casino, Donna Lass vanished. "Due to the nature of the postcard, investigators believe the sender intended it as a reference to the disappearance of Donna Lass. She was once believed to have been a victim of the Zodiac Killer, although this is no longer the case. Tom O' Conner. Due to the nature of the postcard, investigators believe the sender intended it as a reference to the disappearance of Donna Lass. E by night you’ll see her now approaching Lunar Sunrise in Scorpius blue loch up gully view. com Since August, South Lake Tahoe Police Detective Tom Conner has gone over a report compiled by Harvey Hines, a 66-year-old investigator from Groveland, Calif. Some Zodiac sleuths have connected that postcard to the disappearance of Donna Lass, a nurse who worked at a Lake Tahoe casino. The Zodiac Killer mailed the Fairfield letter on December 16th 1969, but he made no update to his running total of seven victims. Post Aug 19, 2019 #186 2019-08-19T13:24. Almost three years earlier Donna Ann Lass disappeared from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel on September 6th 1970 after finishing her shift as a nurse. If my contention is correct, and the four purported Zodiac communications from 1974 were actually mailed by the Symbionese Liberation Army, then there is a reasonable argument to be made, that this is the fifth - and may explain the four year delay between the disappearance of Donna Lass from the Sahara Tahoe Casino and the mailing of this. If Zodiac had specifically identified her during this period he would have "sought victim 12"- that of Donna Lass. Calif. 1/5/2021. Lindsay Shuff and is located at 500 Greenleaf Circle, Ft Oglethorpe, GA 30742. Hines was convinced that Kane followed possible Zodiac victim Donna Lass when she moved to the Lake Tahoe area, and police received a postcard from the Sierra Club referring to a twelfth victim, supposedly Lass. Name: Donna Ann Lass Case Classification: Endangered Missing Missing Since: September 6, 1970 Location Last Seen: South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California. m. — On Labor Day 30 years ago, Donna Lass disappeared from her job at a Tahoe casino first-aid station. Zodiac Killer, Long-Sought Bay Area Serial Murderer, Identified By Cold-Case Task Force. Donna Lass had lived in Santa Barbara when BD/CM lived in a small house on 705 Bath St. 7,830. With any murders claimed by Zodiac we might have room for doubt, but here's my question. If Zodiac did perpetrate the Riverside murder, the weapon used was likely a short-bladed knife. Investigators in Riverside also pursued the idea that the murderer of Cheri Jo Bates on October 30th 1966 may have worked at the March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, situated only 14 miles from the Terracina Drive crime. One phrase read “Peek through the pines. The Zodiac has never been identified. DOJ. If the Zodiac Killer was a native of the Bay Area and visited Lake Tahoe for recreational purposes such as hunting, fishing and hiking, then had he been responsible for the abduction and likely murder of Donna Lass on September 6th 1970, it seems a logical argument can be made for the killer disposing of his victim in an area he was familiar with. He served just 2 1/2 years and was paroled in 1968. No. A postcard with an advertisement from Forest Pines condominiums (near Incline Village at Lake Tahoe) pasted on the back was received at the Chronicle on 22 March 1971, and has been interpreted as the Zodiac claiming Lass' disappearance as a victim. . On December 27th 2020, just twenty-four days later, Druzer (a regular contributor to both mainstream Zodiac forums) solved the 32-Symbol cipher. Kane himself has. K a t h l e e n Johns, 22, pointed out drawings of the Zodiac. On December 18th 2021, the Zodiac Speaking podcast will be releasing an interview with Jo Anne Goettsche, former roommate of Donna Lass at 4122 Balboa Street in San Francisco. At 4:30 pm they decided to leave the shores of Lake Berryessa and noticed his vehicle had gone. That is nine claimed victims of the fourteen he had placed on the Halloween card, but only four were teenagers, hence the wording of 4-TEEN. Starting in early December, it took him about three months to believe he cracked a case, infamous in some circles, that has thwarted South Shore authorities for more thanHowever, the Donna Ann Lass disappearance on September 6th 1970 and the Hood/Garcia murders would still remain a possibility. 9/29/2016. I believed if I followed the directions on the postcard I would find Donna Lass' grave. it is also a different modus operandi than the zodiac. Santa Barbara Investigations A Vallejo Times-Herald story appeared about the murder of a couple at a beach in. The people behind the Gary Poste theory called 911 to report a tree in the forest. Possible Zodiac Vic… Donna Lass 9/6/70. Probably resembled Zodiac quite a bit (Fouke, Johns, Ferrin's sisters) Didn't like women rejecting him Former detectives on the case believe it is him The "My name is cipher" has his name, zodiac sign and last two digits of his birthrate in it. Age at Time of Disappearance: 25 years old. Roosevelt stamps. Sahara Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe, Cal. Hopefully I am correct and this can either lead to the location of Donna Lass, or can give further clues to the zodiac’s identity. Then look at the eyes. I would not think this is a clue to what happen to Donna and Zodiac had evolved to a point of cannibalism. Episode 9 The Mystery of the Missing NurseOn September 6th, 1970, well over 100 miles North East of Zodiac's stomping grounds, 25 year old South Lake Tahoe nurse, Donna Lass went to work her shift at the Sahara Hotel-Casino just a few miles away. We have L, four dots and F. Six days before the Atlanta letter, on March 2nd 1981, a business reply envelope, postmarked Cleveland, OH, bearing the press printed address "The Danbury Mint, Richards Avenue, P. Patrol officer Don Fouke, who possibly observed the Zodiac Killer following the murder of Paul Stine, said that Kane closely resembled the man he and Eric Zelms encountered. The card to Donna Lass' sister that Howard has uploaded is interesting, if that is Z then the peek-through-the-pine cards is Z, but the Christmas card to Donna Lass' sister does not look anything like a Zodiac correspondance, so I dont know. The group also said the whereabouts of one of the Zodiac’s possible victims remains unclear. on September 6, 1970. This is the Zodiac speaking. She writes "A 21 year old young man, Ronald Stephen Murphy, disappeared the same day as Donna Lass, in the Lake Tahoe area, he was found dead [Sept 27,70] at the sea shore of Lake Aloha. We haven’t. Photos of Donna Lass and Mystery Donna photos. Kane himself has been suspected of involvement in the disappearance of Lass, who’s murder was alluded to in the alleged Zodiac’s postcard of March 22, 1971. (full stops added for clarity). Donna Lass. at the Oak Hill Memorial Park", which is situated in the Monticello neighborhood of San Jose. Her glasses and her purse containing four dollars were. The Zodiac Killer may very well have admitted in one of his correspondences that the 340 code was not a cipher. Another crime on the fringes of the Zodiac story was the likely abduction and murder of Donna Ann Lass from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel and. He also worked at the same hospital in Nevada as Donna Lass - a potential victim of the Zodiac. The next day, an unidentified man. But the word Knife is placed next to the letter Y of "By" (as it runs vertically). a kidnapping of a lone single woman. Wikimedia Commons Reward poster for Donna Lass, who was never found but never officially declared a Zodiac victim. Which means Zodiac was doing home invasion murders in Sacramento, just a couple of years before the EAR/ONS. “But we haven’t actually ever established that she was murdered. April 28th 1970 - The Zodiac's Dragon Card sent to the SF Chronicle , depicting two Miner 49ers . In the letters the Zodiac took credit for five murders, two attempted murders and a kidnapping; all in California in 1969 and 1970. They bounce from the known San Francisco Zodiac crimes to the Riverside Cheri Jo Bates crime, to a possible Santa Barbara double homicide, to the South Lake Tahoe, Donna Lass suspected Zodiac murder. If we apply a second decoding to the letter E remaining at the end of the 408 cipher, the letter E would now be replaced by the letter Z, which begins this repeating sequence. His main focus is that of the infamous Zodiac Killer, which for selfish reasons, I believe the burgeoning. There is also a guy called Joseph Holt who was recently discovered with familial DNA to have murdered women around Lake Tahoe. 6, 1970, and. I believe Donna developed a bond with her abductor. com . This composite represents the description given , by a taxi driver at Logan Airport , Boston , after a face to face altercation , with the Bearded Man , Ms. Quote from Powers. The Charley Project said a day after she vanished, an unidentified man called her job and. m. Tahoe Daily Tribune by Bill Rozak. Stranger. If the Zodiac Killer applied the same methodology he had used in the past, claiming victims such as Kathie Snoozy, Debra Furlong, Richard Radetich, Donna Lass, Cheri Jo Bates and Kathy Bilek, along with possible future victims such as Diane Kennedy Pike and Daniel Williams, then there is good reason to believe he sourced his potential. 'Zodiac Is Going To' Postcard, October 17th 1970, 2 X 3c Statue of Liberty stamp. I don't think she is a Zodiac crime. Each ring would then be defined by 4 arguments, say in a 17 by 17 rectangle the outer ring would be x1=1, y1=1, x2=17, y2=17. In this communication he added a supplemental drawing of a "Bleeding Knife" with seven drops of blood, possibly fashioned to incorporate the two extra victims he was claiming, that of Kathie Snoozy and Debra. The Zodiac killer was decently mobile, but this is quite far. I’ll start with a quick background on Zodiac, for the listeners who aren’t as familiar with the case. She was a student at Pierce College at the time of her disappearance. We went to Donna's apt and to Incline Village where the advertisement picture was used by Zodiac to claim Donna as his victim. She was last seen at approximately 2:00 a. It was the hunt for missing nurse Donna Ann Lass that became a near obsession for Harvey Hines, becoming closely allied to the family members of the young 25-year-old as he searched undaunted for. Forums; Members; Recent Posts; Main Category. It may be where local woman Donna Lass’ remains were hung high up after she. 8 Users. Donna Lass, 25: last seen September 6, 1970, in Stateline, Nevada. Beyond reasonable doubt , neither the probable murder of Donna Lass and the actually known murder of Judith Hakari , had anything to do with the Zodiac . Yet to be published memoir possibly IDs Zodiac; Says he killed Tahoe woman, hung remains in tree. This is significant, he believes, because labor day was when Donna Lass went missing. A reader asked me to investigate the Zodiac Killer, so this is the beginning. The Zodiac Killer wanted investigators to draw the conclusion he had previously targeted Donna Lass in the Presidio area of San Francisco, and so driving them to the conclusion that he had traveled to. The Zodiac Killer -- Unsolved & Unforgotten. They somehow convinced themselves that Zodiac concealed Donna Lass' body 40 feet up a tree. Please see below my solution explanation. Graham's case remains unsolved. The man in the light-colored car who had a large head, sat there for hours according to the babysitter. 9/29/2016. Although conflicting in parts, hopefully it will shed some more light on the 51-year-old case into the missing nurse from. OOD take the helm. THE AUTHENTICITY OF ZODIAC KILLER COMMUNICATIONS. Last seen September 6, 1970, in Stateline, Nevada. Many Zodiac researchers have questioned the connection between the Donna Lass disappearance and the Zodiac Killer, and indeed, if Lawrence Kane ever worked at the Stateline, Nevada casino. That code that the History Channel detectives followed was not created by the Zodiac Killer, it was created by Donna Lass' family on a reward poster and has nothing to do with directions to her grave site. Whether you are new to the. The journey from the Suennen family home to Darlene's residence of around 2. Tom O’ Conner. This envelope is addressed to an individual, Mary Pilker, Donna Lass' sister, who, like Donna, was a Registered Nurse. This is shown at 32:47 on his Let's Crack Zodiac episode. About a week prior Zodiac told the LA Times that he had a "lot" of undiscovered SoCal victims, while lauding the paper for not relegating him to the back pages. However, the Zodiac Killer used this cryptic vagueness in several other claims, such as the murders of Kathie Reyne Snoozy, Debra Gaye Furlong, Sgt Richard Radetich, Koy Ien Saechao, Choy Fow Saelee, and the likely murder of Donna Ann Lass - none of which he provided any evidence for. Throughout his reports, Hines notes Kane's introverted personally, his ambivalence towards women, his brain injury, and his. It is the 21st and a full moon. Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 135 lbs. Coincidentally, she worked at the. Fairfield letters} that carried the introduction of "This is the Zodiac speaking" on the first line of the message. My comments: This letter Tom is kindly posting for me was written by possible Zodiac victim Donna Lass about four months before she vanished from her nurse station position in Lake Tahoe on Labor Day September 6,1970. The postcard would be the last correspondence from the Zodiac for nearly three years, though Donna’s sister would receive a cryptic Christmas card in 1974, which featured a picture of trees covered in snow and was. "Waterson" (not his real name) was questioned by police following an abduction of a Tahoe woman in the 1960s, just a short distance from where still-missing nurse Donna Lass was last seen. The card was likely engineered by the Zodiac Killer sometime between March 19th 1971 and March 21st 1971, and mailed on the Sunday or Monday morning. Zodiac really wanted to communicate, so left behind many letters and react to the headlines. Classification: Endangered Missing. Remember the story of how the found Ted Kaczynski. Donna Ann Lass disappeared at the age of 25 at Lake Tahoe, California and was one of the possible victims of the famous Zodiac Killer. "But we haven't actually ever established that she was murdered. a kidnapping of a lone single woman. Donna Lass was a 25-year-old nurse who worked at Sahara Hotel and Casino. From August 4th 1969 to March 13th 1971 the Zodiac Killer mailed 12 authenticated letters (inc. We’ve highlighted our top 10 picks for the best whale watching tours in Victoria, BC (a local’s guide) below. The first known confirmed Zodiac murders took place on December 20,. After he abducted Johns, she doesn't know who he is, but she is going around telling everyone, "The man who abducted me was the Zodiac. The body of Rosa Vasquez (20) was discovered close to the Arguello boulevard entrance of the Golden Gate Park on May 29th 1973. Richard Gaikowski. Coincidentally, she worked at the same hotel as Kane. We haven't even found the body. Hines believed that Kane knew victim Darlene Ferrin after her sisters identified him as someone who scared Darlene. (KCRA) —. Harvey Hines, who retired from the California Police Department in 1992, had an avid interest in the Donna Lass case and remained resolute in his determination to solve her. If the Zodiac Killer applied the same methodology he had used in the past, claiming victims such as Kathie Snoozy, Debra Furlong, Richard Radetich, Donna Lass, Cheri Jo Bates and Kathy Bilek, along with possible future victims such as Diane Kennedy Pike and Daniel Williams, then there is good reason to believe he sourced his potential. Since that time, no trace of Donna Lass has been found. Donna Lass was last seen on Sept 6, 1970. Of these 12 letters, only the Melvin Belli letter on December 20th 1969 failed to keep the "This is the Zodiac speaking" introduction. Probably resembled Zodiac quite a bit (Fouke, Johns, Ferrin's sisters) Didn't like women rejecting him Former detectives on the case believe it is him The "My name is cipher" has his name, zodiac sign and last two digits of his birthrate in it. Some interpreted the cryptic message as a clue to the disappearance of 25-year-old Donna Lass. Lass lived in the 4000 block of Balboa Street. In the previous article we discussed the feature film Vanishing Point, which previewed in the January of 1971, had the usual trailers, and was released to the general public on March 13th 1971, the. Zodiac's victim count of 10 on April 20th, and 12 by June 26th, is exactly bisected by the date Donna Lass left for South Lake Tahoe. She was last. Donna Lass would have been working as a nurse in the Presidio park in the relevant time period for her to be sought as victim 12. Donna Lass was the daughter of James P. It is approximately 55 minutes running time. Jump to page:. 9/8/2019. DOJ. Then, a matter of days later, the Zodiac Killer has returned. 1970 Sept 6th-The Donna Lass Disappearance 1970 October 5th-13 Hole Postcard 1970 October 17th- "You Are. Lass, a nurse who had previously lived in San Francisco, went. Sherwood Morrill. In March 1971, a suspected Zodiac message referred to Lake Tahoe and “victim 12,” feeling speculation that the Zodiac may have killed Lass. Lass (August 28, 1897 – March 30, 1973) and of Frances Mary (Kukar) Lass (November 24, 1900 – August 5, 1982). Donna Lass, 25. ltc8k6. Little List Letter, July 26th 1970, 1 X 6c Franklin D. Using the words of Mike Oh from That Chapter, this old story involves a man who isn't the Zodiac Killer, but has probably more going for him than 99% of the suspects ever named. On September 6th, 1970, well over 100 miles North East of Zodiac's stomping grounds, 25 year old South Lake Tahoe nurse, Donna Lass went to work her shift at the Sahara Hotel-Casino just a few miles away. which he originally posted,at his ''Manson'' site,in 2009. 1,930. 00 pm. Cheri Jo Bates in Riverside in 1966 and Donna Lass in Santa Barbara in 1970. His involvement in Riverside activity is poor at best. The postcard would be the last correspondence from the Zodiac for nearly three years, though Donna’s sister would receive a cryptic Christmas card in 1974, which featured a picture of trees covered in snow and was. ZodiacTheFaceOfEvil wrote:. When she first arrived in South Lake Tahoe in June she stayed with Ann and Larry Lowe at 4054 US Highway 50, and was just finding her feet in the new residence when she went. , came Thursday to South Lake Tahoe Police station to tell the agents that they. Poste, an air force veteran and painting contractor who lived in Alameda California between 1963 and 1974. Here are the separate descriptions they submitted; #1. 7/25/2017. Issue Date: May 5, 1969. On the card, “Zodiac” claimed his 12th victim. Could Zodiac have knew the Donna Lass in Vallejo and then have used this to go after or even HOAX a connection to the Donna Lass killed in Tahoe once he had been linked in the press to the Riverside murder, he maybe noted in his twisted mind how someone with the same name as someone he knew from Vallejo had went missing. This observation on its own is meaningless, so we will travel back in time to the Little List Letter mailed on July 26th 1970, apparently the only other correspondence to contain references to The Mikado. Lass (August 28, 1897 – March 30, 1973) and of Frances Mary (Kukar) Lass (November 24, 1900 – August 5, 1982). Letter sent on October 5, 1970 - maintains. Just Human wrote: As far as I know, someone added a cipher and mailed it. Cheri Jo Bates, who might be the work of the Zodiac Killer; and a missing woman named Donna Lass, whose body was. The self-proclaimed murderer made phone calls, too. Donna Lass went missing at the end of her shift on the Labor Day weekend of September 6th 1970. The one thing I ask of you is this, please help me. Desert Sun Newspaper -November 10th 1969: Arsenic Is Found In Soft Drink MARTINEZ (UPI) -- 'A young schoolteacher who received threatening telephone calls for 10 days thought the caller was a crank who was pretending to be the Zodiac killer. On the card, “Zodiac” claimed his 12th victim. Circumstances of disappearance: Lass, age 25, worked as a nurse at the Sahara. "John Shimoda" were just three document examiners (of many) who had differing opinions as to the authenticity of Zodiac communications and the handwriting contained within them. The Zodiac Killer was referencing the murder of Sgt Brian McDonnell (44) on February 16th 1970, who was killed by a bomb packed with fence staples, planted on the window ledge of the 1899 Waller Street Park Police Station in Upper Haight, San Francisco. But this may be about to change, due to the persistent work of Zodiac enthusiast Alex Lewis (Welsh Chappie), an avid member of the ZodiacKillerSite forum . Investigators aren’t so sure. Issue Date: June 24, 1954. News News | Oct 8, 2021. But then he did announce more, even after Donna Lass went missing. Harvey Hines, who retired from the California Police Department in 1992, had an avid interest in the Donna Lass case and remained resolute in his determination to solve her. He also likely knew Donna Lass, that is according to Larry Lowe (a mutual friend of Kane and Lass who talks about her death in History Channel's Hunt for the Zodiac in 2018). The two skeletons may sadly have. Cisco, California is 11. “The Zodiac sent a postcard to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Donna Ann Lass. A Stateline casino nurse, Donna Lass, 25, disappeared after work on September 6, 1970. The next day, an unidentified man. • Definitively knew possible Zodiac victim Donna Lass ° After Stine murder, Zodiac fled towards PGH where she worked at. 3/17/2019 12:44:23 pm. Robin Graham, who went missing in 1970, is considered to be a possible Zodiac victim. Should be noted harvey was basically a crazy anti-abortionist and that a pregnant kathleen johns is surprisingly the only person to survive the zodiac. He would leave just before Dean would get home. She moved on June 6th 1970 and Zodiac claimed victim 12 on June 26th. He is still considered a possible suspect in the disappearances of Robin Graham and Jeannette Kamahele, however. 85 divided by 5 = 17. This, if indeed it was the Zodiac Killer, would suggest a marked deviation from his previous crimes. . He had been previously diagnosed with mental health issues and had a history of disappearing during the time of the murders. They found nothing. Tahoe. Kane moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1970, and that year a possible Zodiac victim named Donna Lass disappeared. Many Zodiac researchers have questioned the connection between the Donna Lass disappearance and the Zodiac Killer, and indeed, if Lawrence Kane ever worked at the Stateline, Nevada casino. 1,507 791. (full stops added for clarity). Donna Lass, who vanished in 1971, was a suspected victim, but police no longer believe the Zodiac Killer was involved in her case. A rock formation found in the Sierra Nevada might be the work of the Zodiac Killer, says one amateur sleuth. "A subject driving a late model silver-blue Chevrolet, 2-door sedan. 4. Much work has been done to determine if the Pines postcard holds clues to the whereabouts of Donna Lass. The 13 Symbol Cipher is simply too short for any meaningful decryption without a key or the answer. Donna Lass left her job at the Letterman General Hospital and moved to South Lake Tahoe on June 6th 1970 to begin her new post at the Sahara. Almost three years earlier Donna Ann Lass disappeared from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel on September 6th 1970 after finishing her shift as a nurse. This letter in all likelihood was not penned by the Zodiac letter, and despite its threatening tone, no murders or abductions occurred on the. 16 Niagara-on-the-Lake. It was the Presidio where Zodiac was seen entering just minutes after the murder of taxicab driver Paul Stine on October 11th 1969, never to be seen again. In 1999 a retired detective revealed to me that a former Zodiac investigator had admitted to forging the Lass postcard. A postcard, supposedly from Zodiac, was received by the San Francisco Chronicle on March 22, 1971, with the implication that Lass was a murder victim. Nurse Donna Lass, 25, worked at the first-aid station at Sahara Hotel-Casino’ in Nevada, and she was last seen in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1970. 1/16/2016. Donna Ann Lass (25), born November 3rd 1944 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was last seen nearing the end of her shift at the nurses station in the Sahara Tahoe Hotel. After the abduction and likely murder of Donna Lass on September 6th 1970, the Zodiac Killer mailed two cards. March 22nd 1971 - Pines Card emerges , with inferences from LE , that the Zodiac may have been responsible for the disappearance of Donna Lass . Who is Donna Lass? This case is often associated with the Zodiac Killer because of a possibly fake letter attributed to him claiming credit for her disappearance. Part One: An imposter by the name of Eric Weill called into the Jim Dunbar KGO-TV station on the morning of October 22nd 1969 and attempted to pass himself off to the host and Melvin Belli as the infamous Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac Killer stated "I have killed ten people to date" - so was the date of the 21st on a full moon?Considering the Melvin Belli letter was mailed on December 20th 1969, any double murder would have to fall on December 21st 1969, January 21st 1970, February. She is missing under suspicious circumstances. Once Paul Avery’s article had linked the Riverside murder to the Zodiac, The Los Angeles Times also received a letter from the killer: this one congratulating the police for discovering his “Riverside activity” and hinting. Lass, a nurse from Stateline and a former San Francisco resident, went missing in September, 1970. This DNA from the 1978 letter should now be run through the genealogy database to generate fresh information in this long-standing case. The FBI allegedly has this card in their possession, but I'm not sure if it has ever been authenticated as a Zodiac communication or if it was just a letter from a nut. Once Paul Avery’s article had linked the Riverside murder to the Zodiac, The Los Angeles Times also received a letter from the killer: this one congratulating the police for discovering his “Riverside activity” and hinting. Donna lass- Harvey travels a hand full of times to nevada and back, he actually developed a skin condition around the point of in time which makes me wonder about a possible encounter. Ross Sullivan: Ross was a suspect with a strong resemblance to the sketch of the Zodiac Killer. Zodiac Discussion Forum. Had he murdered Donna Lass, say, May 20th, she would have because victim 12, but she moved- so he murdered somebody else, claiming them as victim 12 instead. Shortly after the disappearance of Donna Lass and two days prior to the Halloween card, on October 25th 1970, Nancy Bennallack, a court reporter was found murdered, brutally stabbed numerous times in her own apartment. 6/9/2023. When looking at the card. Could Zodiac have knew the Donna Lass in Vallejo and then have used this to go after or even HOAX a connection to the Donna Lass killed in Tahoe once he had been linked in the press to the Riverside murder, he maybe noted in his twisted mind how someone with the same name as someone he knew from Vallejo had went missing. Kane was diagnosed with impulse-control disorder after suffering brain injuries in an accident in 1962. What stands out to me right away about this entity, is that their final letter was written on January 29, 1974. Zodiac added 8 eyes to the tree (one in knothole already on card), he added four big eyes outside the tree and wrote 4-TEEN above the skeleton's head. A rock formation found in the Sierra Nevada might be the work of the Zodiac Killer, says one amateur sleuth. The only way to approach the “Zodiac” phenomenon logically is to really treat each case and each communication as separate “artifacts” by separate individuals that may be related. Donna was born in South Dakota, November 3rd 1944. Return address symbol above, from the confirmed Zodiac ‘Halloween’ card of October 27th, 1970. Her last entry in the nurse's log book was at 1:50 a. ,. 22. In 1970, Donna Ann Lass disappeared after leaving work at the Sahara Tahoe casino in Stateline, Nevada. 7 miles west of Clair Tappaan Lodge, the Sierra Club identified by former detective Harvey Hines as the location depicted on the Pines Card, in all likelihood mailed by the Zodiac Killer on March 22nd 1971, referencing the disappearance and likely murder of Donna Lass. In 2003 Phillip Arthur Thompson was found guilty of the murder of Betty Cloer in 1971. Donna Lass a nurse disappeard from south lake tahoe 9/6/70, over a month later a doctor dissapeared from the same area,. Zodiac operated in California in the late 1960s. On October 23rd 1969, the Desert Sun. 6, 1970 (Saturday), approximately 2 a. Richard . In 1970 on Lake Tahoe, a 25-year old woman by the name of Donna Lass disappeared. I cannot reach out for help because of this thing in me wont let me. He died in 2010. But , the Zodiac did dip his toe in the water , mischievously, with the murder of Judith Hakari - and more complications in the case '' festered '' as a result . " There likely is no connection to Zodiac or. We know the Zodiac Killer was able to source newspaper articles from distant years, so does the similarity in wording between the 1970 Sacramento Bee article and 1974 Christmas card, specific to the religious tendencies of Donna Lass, lean towards the Zodiac Killer being the author of this festive message to Mary Pilker in South Dakota. Zodiac Speaking. He is still considered a possible suspect in the disappearances of Robin Graham and Jeannette Kamahele, however. Donna Lass, who vanished in 1971, was a suspected victim, but police no longer believe the Zodiac Killer was involved in her case. Therefore, victim number. A Stateline casino nurse, Donna Lass, 25, disappeared after work on September 6, 1970. Shortly after Darron had left the house she received an emergency phone call from a person.