Robert Graysmith’s New York Times bestselling account of the desperate hunt for a serial killer and his own investigation of California’s unsolved Zodiac murders. Donna Ann Lass disappeared from South Lake Tahoe, September 6th 1970. She was once believed to have been a victim of the Zodiac Killer, although this is no longer the case. 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 was very close to DL's apartment as well. 1970) was a nurse who went missing in September 1970. Donna Lass 48+51 = 99; Donna Lass = 4+6+5+5+1+3+1+1+1 = 27; Posted by Zachary K. Correspondence. Donna Lass went missing at the end of her shift on the Labor Day weekend of September 6th 1970. Rewinding the clock back fifteen years, the Donna Lass case entered the Zodiac sphere with the mailing of the Pines Card on March 22nd 1971 inferring he may be the killer. Donna Lass a nurse disappeard from south lake tahoe 9/6/70, over a month later a doctor dissapeared from the same area,. 1/5/2021. I wish you a happy Christmass. The Registered Agent on file for this company is R. The latter will. , who claims Donna Lass was. I believe Donna developed a bond with her abductor. 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. 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. The Donna Lass Christmas Card was mailed and postmarked in the 1970s, believed. Those old coincidences just keep following this bloke around northern and southern California. 1,507 791. Hines believed that Kane knew victim Darlene Ferrin after her sisters identified him as someone who scared Darlene. 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. . Why did Donna Lass disappear? Was the then-25-year-old nurse killed? Advertisement. Tom O' Conner. During her overnight shift at the casino, Donna Lass vanished. 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 thanThe body of Rosa Vasquez (20) was discovered close to the Arguello boulevard entrance of the Golden Gate Park on May 29th 1973. TomVoigt wrote: WORK IN PROGRESS: In this thread I will compile updated info about Waterson as it developes, as well as the known connections between Waterson and the Zodiac/Donna Lass cases. 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. Amateur sleuths think the card refers to the killing of Donna Lass, a nurse who. Zodiac Killer victims Betty Lou Jensen, David Faraday, and Darlene Ferrin. A. Melvin Belli agreed to appear on the show, to which a man. In the discovery channel series “the hunt for the zodiac”, the lead detective guy is given a sort of, for lack of a better term, treasure map, with directions to where she was supposedly. about 5 1/2 weeks after Zodiac's last claim of 13 victims, and about a month before his next claim on Oct 5th. 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. Victim Donna Lass worked at Letterman General Hospital in the Presidio at this time and was assigned the graveyard shift. This subject was described as 6' tall, weighing 200/210 pounds, muscular build, rather nice looking". . His involvement in Riverside activity is poor at best. Died November. ZodiacTheFaceOfEvil wrote:. Sahara Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe, Cal. Zodiac Discussion Forum. 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. Although conflicting in parts, hopefully it will shed some more light on the 51-year-old case into the missing nurse from. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. 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. — On Labor Day 30 years ago, Donna Lass disappeared from her job at a Tahoe casino first-aid station. Lass (August 28, 1897 – March 30, 1973) and of Frances Mary (Kukar) Lass (November 24, 1900 – August 5, 1982). 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. This envelope is addressed to an individual, Mary Pilker, Donna Lass' sister, who, like Donna, was a Registered Nurse. Sometime in 1971 a questionable Zodiac correspondence and cipher was received by the San Francisco Chronicle, postmarked Fairfield, California. I would not think this is a clue to what happen to Donna and Zodiac had evolved to a point of cannibalism. Sierra Club and an upside text of around in the snow. The 1974 card was addressed to Mary Pilker, a family member of the missing Donna Lass, much the same as the Santa Claus card was mailed to the family. 9/29/2016. There is a ton of direct evidence that can be. The eyes, and the wood, with the phrase ‘peek a boo you are doomed’ were considered a threat to the recipient, reporter Paul Avery of the SF. When looking at the card. The Charley Project said a day after she vanished, an unidentified man called her job and. From August 4th 1969 to March 13th 1971 the Zodiac Killer mailed 12 authenticated letters (inc. 18 Winnipeg. Gary poste is allegedly zodiac. ” Donna Ann Lass (born November 3, 1944-c. PATTERSON— A near-hysteri-•al young San Bernardino mother, who said she was driven around captive for two hours last night, identified her captor as Ihe notorious Zodiac killer suspecled of numerous bay area murders. Speaker 1: Donna Lass was a night shift nurse at a casino in Lake Tahoe, she’d recently moved there from San Francisco. YOU ARE TO BEAUTIFUL TO LIVE AND I MUST KILL YOU. I think it is the Lake Tahoe card that makes people think Donna Lass is a Zodiac crime, but I have a totally different opinion on that card. Donna Lass, 25: last seen September 6, 1970, in Stateline, Nevada. The targeting of a nurse at the end of her shift would seem eerily similar to the disappearance of Donna Lass from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel on September 6th 1970. 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. com, online since 1998. Zodiac Discussion Forum. Sep 9, 2005. In 1970 on Lake Tahoe, a 25-year old woman by the name of Donna Lass disappeared. In 1999 a retired detective revealed to me that a former Zodiac investigator had admitted to forging the Lass postcard. On November 9th 1969 the Zodiac Killer mailed the 'Bus Bomb' letter to the San Francisco Chronicle detailing the murder of Paul Stine. 1970 Sept 6th-The Donna Lass Disappearance 1970 October 5th-13 Hole Postcard 1970 October 17th- "You Are Next" Postcard 1970 October 27th-The Halloween Card 1971 March 13th-The Los Angeles LetterAlso, the narrator sometimes referred to Cheri Jo Bates, Kathleen Johns and Donna Lass as Zodiac victims instead of POSSIBLE Zodiac victims. K a t h l e e n Johns, 22, pointed out drawings of the Zodiac. > Julins anagrams use the word MS Dixie port as a reference to find donna lass> Card was mailed in 1970> Julin went to zephyr cove, followed the directions of the anagram and found a tree with mysterious gear in it that fell in line perfectly with his anagram>The Zodiac Killer mailed the 'Exorcist' letter on January 29th 1974 in response to the San Francisco Chronicle article entitled 'Weird Goings on at the Movies,' authored by Paul Avery and published on January 11th 1974, detailing the audience reaction to the recently released Exorcist movie in 1973. 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. Donna Lass disappeared from a South Lake Tahoe casino in the early hours of September 6th 1970 and has never been heard or seen of since. Of these 12 letters, only the Melvin Belli letter on December 20th 1969 failed to keep the "This is the Zodiac speaking" introduction. The Zodiac Killer also referred to as The Zodiac or simply Zodiac was an enigmatic serial killer active in California in the late 1960s and 1970s. Donna Lass was a 25-year-old nurse who worked at Sahara Hotel and Casino. Her glasses and her purse containing four dollars were. We also discuss a report that was created by a private. The code had no directions, so the spot they identified from it has no basis in reality. Tahoe. "There are suspicions that Donna Lass was a victim of the Zodiac," said South Lake Tahoe Sgt. It’s even been speculated. As infamous as he was, he only has a confirmed body count of five, though he is suspected of committing as many as thirty-seven murders in total. The order of the Zodiac astrological signs are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Lass, a nurse from Stateline, went missing in September, 1970. 71, was mailed six-and-a- half months after the disappearance of Donna Lass, falling on the first anniversary of the Modesto abduction of Kathleen Johns. Donna Lass, 25: last seen September 6, 1970, in Stateline, Nevada. " Was it innocuous or a sinister message from the Zodiac Killer, forever connected to the disappearance of Donna Ann Lass from. Cisco, California is 11. WHY THE ALBANY LETTER IS GENUINE ZODIAC. 9/29/2016. Circumstances of disappearance: Lass, age 25, worked as a nurse at the Sahara. where she was employed as a nurse. 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. Episode #3 of The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer examines Larry Kane’s possible connections to the 1970 disappearance of Donna Lass in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Richard Gaikowski. Bearing in mind that the Zodiac Killer was last seen entering the. Donna Ann Lass (25) Here is the private investigator's report regarding the disappearance of Donna Lass from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino on September 6th 1970, conducted on behalf of her family (Mary Pilker). Explore the Salish Sea on a high-speed, open-air inflatable zodiac and stay comfortable with all-weather exposure suits, hats, gloves and goggles provided by the tour operator. Oct 15, 2021. Her car was found parked at her apartment with no signs of a struggle. Donna lass was the victim in Lake Tahoe in 1970, and this is one of the reasons why Lawrence Kane kind of takes precedent as one of my top suspects. Zodiac sent letters to individuals on several occasions: Joseph Bates, Melvin Belli, Kathleen Johns (a Halloween card, October 1970), Paul Avery (a. 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. 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. 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. - It was 1:15 a. She moved on June 6th 1970 and Zodiac claimed victim 12 on June 26th. Physical Description. . Return address symbol above, from the confirmed Zodiac ‘Halloween’ card of October 27th, 1970. The next day, an unidentified man. Her father had been a farmer in the area of Beresford, South Dakota, and she was. 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. Some interpreted the cryptic message as a clue to the disappearance of 25-year-old Donna Lass. 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. Zodiac Speaking explores the infamous Zodiac Killer case which is one of America's greatest unsolved Mysteries. The only thing that connects her at all is a postcard claiming to be from the Zodiac that is in a completely different style from his. This article was released on Tuesday, October 21st 1969, indicating that the threat Fred Sowash was aware of last Wednesday, must have been delivered by the man claiming to be the Zodiac Killer on October 15th. m. [DONNA LASS][9/6/70=85. Santa Barbara Investigations A Vallejo Times-Herald story appeared about the murder of a couple at a beach in. We can see there are only 2 lines of text on the image, which is of the incline village. Lindsay Shuff and is located at 500 Greenleaf Circle, Ft Oglethorpe, GA 30742. But today it seems unlikely that ZODIAC even wrote the postcard. One of the murder investigators stated "It's. 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. Donna Lass had lived in Santa Barbara when BD/CM lived in a small house on 705 Bath St. Donna Lass was last seen on Sept 6, 1970. Her residence was 2. 20 pm for her 7 minute journey, having Darlene back at the 1300 Virginia Street residence shortly before 11. 8 Users. 4. Zodiac researcher and cryptographer, David Oranchak, has comprehensively covered all aspects of the Zodiac ciphers on his excellent ZodiacKillerCiphers website, including two offerings on the topic covered in this article. Lass lived in the 4000 block of Balboa Street. 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 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 Zodiac Killer -- Unsolved & Unforgotten. A postcard, supposedly from Zodiac, was. Issue Date: May 5, 1969. 6, 1970 (Saturday), approximately 2 a. 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. . On September 6, 1970, Donna Ann Lass, age 25, left her house at South Lake Tahoe. Please see below my solution explanation. I think that Kane got mistaken for the Zodiac Killer, and perhaps was a copycat who killed Lass. com, online since 1998. I don't think she is a Zodiac crime. For the first time, the decrypted messages are published in this book. Donna Lass was the daughter of James P. One newspaper ran with the headline "Clean-Cut Youth Sought in Stabbing" (credit to Mk-Zodiac), and Taft was eventually apprehended and sentenced to 6 months to 20 years in March, 1966. September 6th 1970 - Donna Lass goes missing . 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. The daughter of the victim contacted me after viewing "The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer" on television, a show that featured the Lass case. Donna Lass had recently moved into the Monte Verdi apartments on 3893 Pioneer Trail Road, located just a three minute drive from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel. 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. The Zodiac Killer may have given us the answer almost word-for-word when he wrote PS. 1971, and has been interpreted. During her overnight shift at the casino, Donna Lass vanished. from 67-70 off/on. During her overnight shift at the casino, Donna Lass vanished. The Zodiac Killer mailed a 408 character cipher on July 31st 1969, a 340 character cipher on November 8th 1969, a 38 character cipher on December 7th 1969, a 13 character code on April 20th 1970 and a 32 character code on June 26th 1970, but not once did he use the "sun cross" or "number 7" as a ciphertext character. The postcard and much assumption and nothing else has been the only thing that connected ZODIAC to Donna Lass’ disappearance. Zodiac Discussion Forum. e. 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. Investigators aren’t so sure. 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. Yet to be published memoir possibly IDs Zodiac; Says he killed Tahoe woman, hung remains in tree. Here are the separate descriptions they submitted; #1. Unlike other Zodiac researchers, we do not believe that the Celebrity Cipher refers to Lake Berryessa anniversary of September 21, 1969. I must admit I’ve found this theory intriguing and quite plausible. It had been mailed on March 22, 1971, long after the Lass disappearance of last September 1970. A Stateline casino nurse, Donna Lass, 25, disappeared after work on September 6, 1970. Therefore, victim number. 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. “Donna Lass would’ve been his 12th victim. Donna Ann Lass (25), born on November 3rd 1944 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was the youngest of eight children who spent her formative years in Beresford, attending Beresford High School and. His main focus is that of the infamous Zodiac Killer, which for selfish reasons, I believe the burgeoning. Last Post by Welsh Chappie 9 years ago 37 Posts. The author may have sent two different versions of the Confession letter to the Press-Enterprise and the. 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. 774 736 1. We went to Donna's apt and to Incline Village where the advertisement picture was used by Zodiac to claim Donna as his victim. Possible Zodiac Vic… Donna Lass 9/6/70. At 4:30 pm they decided to leave the shores of Lake Berryessa and noticed his vehicle had gone. It suggested a Lake Tahoe location for his 12th victim,” Williams said. But this. 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. Issue Date: June 24, 1954. m. A rock formation found in the Sierra Nevada might be the work of the Zodiac Killer, says one amateur sleuth. Just to point any readers , to '' Joan Webster's Bearded Man '' , easily accessed on Google images . A reader asked me to investigate the Zodiac Killer, so this is the beginning. Coincidentally, she worked at the. 1/16/2016. He first came to the attention of the newspapers on October 21st. Newspaper editor Richard Gaikowski was linked to the murders. So you want to change the offset of any particular rectangular ring in a cipher. Possible Zodiac Vic… Donna Lass 9/6/70. Sherwood Morrill. The 408 cipher would now be complete with a message and signature (or identity). Foul play is suspected in her disappearance. Interviewed by Mike Morford, she talks frankly about her recollections of Donna Lass and the relevant time period before and. 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. “Donna Lass would’ve been his 12th victim. On March 22, 1971, a postcard was sent to Paul Avery purporting to be from ZODIAC. The targeting of a nurse at the end of her shift would seem eerily similar to the disappearance of Donna Lass from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel on September 6th 1970. Upon seeing a tree that had an irregular split 40 feet off the ground, they decided this discovery was so logical and so urgent it required taxing the 911 system. On it was written, among other. In August 1969, Pike and Diane traveled to Israel, to do research for a proposed book on the historical. That means any cadaver dogs triggered by that area. During her overnight shift at the casino, Donna Lass. It’s a few feet outside a popular Tahoe campground and steps away from the lake. Colbert’s team believes that Zodiac was Gary F. which tends to the cold case of Donna Lass, who. In the letters the Zodiac took credit for five murders, two attempted murders and a kidnapping; all in California in 1969 and 1970. She clears up some of the murky details regarding the time around when Donna vanished, and helps us get to know Donna a bit better. Donna Lass Dragon Card Earl Van Best Jr Eureka Card Exorcist Letter Fairfield Letter. Letter sent on October 5, 1970 - maintains. Episode 9 The Mystery of the Missing Nurse 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. a kidnapping of a lone single woman. I didn't think to look for a newspaper article about the 50th anniversary while we were there to add to my Z. The Zodiac Killer last stated his victim count on November 9th 1969, when he claimed "This is the Zodiac speaking up to the end of Oct I have killed 7 people". It may be where Donna Lass’ remains were hung high up after she was murdered by the Zodiac killer more than 51 years ago. No. On Saturday, December 18th 2021, episode 21 of the Zodiac Speaking podcast will be. , and although her car was found parked at her apartment complex in nearby Stateline, she. Worked in the same building as Donna Lass, who he would apparently talk to. 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. The “Dice” might -also be a clue to Donna’s workplace as well being a place where people throw dice/gamble. The people behind the Gary Poste theory called 911 to report a tree in the forest. 17 – 10 = 7. m. He told us he didn't know anything about Donna Lass , or her being abducted from there. Throughout his reports, Hines notes Kane's introverted personally, his ambivalence towards women, his brain injury, and his. • Definitively knew possible Zodiac victim Donna Lass ° After Stine murder, Zodiac fled towards PGH where she worked at. Kane was diagnosed with impulse-control disorder after suffering brain injuries in an accident in 1962. Remember the story of how the found Ted Kaczynski. Stranger. 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. The 25-year-old registered nurse was never found. Lass, a nurse from Stateline,. This is the Zodiac speaking. which he originally posted,at his ''Manson'' site,in 2009. Another possibility is if someone (e. The Zodiac (or not) used Cancer and Leo here, and the April 20th letter possibly had Taurus and Aries. Lass's case remains unsolved. Sierra Club and an upside text of around in the snow. Post 7:57 PM - 1 day ago #24 2021-12-25T19:57. The December 7th 1969 Fairfield letter contained a 38 character code, much of which was 'stolen' from the 340. at the Oak Hill Memorial Park", which is situated in the Monticello neighborhood of San Jose. If we try to strip everything back to basics Rubislaw, without any predetermined view on whether it was Zodiac, the SLA, Donna Lass herself or another third party, what we have is a Christmas card and the wording "Best Wishes, St Donna & Guardian of the Pines". Amerikkka. Then look at the eyes. The Donna Lass disappearance also happened quite far away from the North Bay. Donna Lass lived at 4122 Balboa Street, San Francisco, just west of the Presidio, where she worked as a nurse at the Letterman General Hospital. 0 Likes. Zodiac contributor,Howard Davis,was tipped off,and acquired the copy,that we see on the internet. The company's filing status is listed as Withdrawn and its File Number is J251556. Episode 21 Deep dive into the Donna Lass case In this episode, we hear from Joanne Goettsche, the roommate of possible Zodiac victim, Donna Lass. This DNA from the 1978 letter should now be run through the genealogy database to generate fresh information in this long-standing case. 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. The Zodiac Killer investigation is still open, and new evidence and theories are seen each year, but so far none have been correct. ZODIAC FBI FILE REVEALED. 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. Both were designed with care, using seventeen characters in each row, and a form of 'filler' on the 408 code to keep the cipher symmetrical. If he truly was responsible for the abduction and murder of Donna Lass, then she had to be Zodiac victim number 14 as depicted on the October 27th 1970. “The Zodiac sent a postcard to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Donna Lass was the daughter of James P. No evidence has been uncovered to definitively connect Donna Lass' disappearance with the Zodiac Killer. Look Four Fourteen (ie: Look for victim 14). 10/5/2019. m. ZODIAC'S 'FAKE CLEWS'. Donna Lass was a conscientious worker, described as very reliable. I know that some people believe that Zodiac may have sent this as a clue to where the body of Donna Lass might be, but I was wondering if anyone has l. The company's principal address is 1 Northgate Park Ste 201, Chattanooga, TN 37415-6912. 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. The Zodiac Killer mailed the Fairfield letter on December 16th 1969, but he made no update to his running total of seven victims. 9/8/2019. Possible Zodiac Vic… Donna Lass 9/6/70. Experience memories that last a lifetime on a 3-hour whale watching tour from. The second outer ring would be x1=2, y1=2, x2=16, y2=16 and so on. 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. Harvey Hines, a retired law enforcement officer from Groveland, pitched in with his theory on the cipher with respect to Lawrence Kane, one of the high profile suspects in the Zodiac case. 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. Kane himself has. The first section of the Little List. That is nine claimed victims of the fourteen. Interviewed by Mike Morford, she talks frankly about her recollections of Donna Lass and the relevant time. 7:33 AM - 18 days ago #5. Cheri Jo Bates, who might be the work of the Zodiac Killer; and a missing woman named Donna Lass, whose body was. Episode 9 The Mystery of the Missing Nurse. Eye eye Capt. Donna was born in South Dakota, November 3rd 1944. Kane does bear a resemblance to the Zodiac composite, and possible Zodiac survivor Kathleen Johns identified Kane as her would-be abductor. 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. We have L, four dots and F. 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. Upon seeing a tree that had an irregular split 40 feet off the ground, they decided this discovery was so logical and so urgent it required taxing the 911 system. Classification: Endangered Missing. 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. The Zodiac Killer has also been suspected of being behind the 1970 disappearance of 25-year-old Donna Lass, a nurse working the first aid room at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino, according to South Tahoe Now. Forums; Members; Recent Posts; Main Category. Harvey Hines, a retired detective from Groveland, believed that Donna Lass was likely buried on the Donner Ski Ranch. She will forever be linked as a possible Zodiac victim because of the disputed Pines card correspondence received at the San Francisco Chronicle on March 22nd 1971, six months after her disappearance. Lass disappeared in 1970 working a late-night shift at a Stateline casino. 10/7/2022. Lake Tahoe is 3 hours and 6 minutes drive from Vallejo. The card coincides with the 20 years anniversary of the abduction and presumed following murder of possible Zodiac Killer victim Donna Ann Lass at South Lake Tahoe in September 1970. She was last seen at approximately 2:00 a. On the card, “Zodiac” claimed his 12th victim. Kane was also linked to a sketch of the Zodiac and was suspected to be involved in the disappearance of Donna Lass. She was a nurse, and her nurse's logbook's last entry said 1:50 AM. 'Zodiac Is Going To' Postcard, October 17th 1970, 2 X 3c Statue of Liberty stamp. The implication seemed to be that the Zodiac killer sent the postcard and was taking credit for Donna Lass’ disappearance. " * * * An unidentified man with blond hair may have been associated with Donna Ann Lass, who is considered a possible victim of the Zodiac. The show would have us believe the detectives are discovering new evidence and making “new linkage” from crime to crime. 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. Issue Date: June 24, 1954. 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. 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. 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. 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. The Zodiac later mocked the near encounter in one of his letters. Harvey Hines, a retired law enforcement officer from Groveland, pitched in with his theory on the cipher with respect to Lawrence Kane, one of the high profile suspects in the Zodiac case. This is possibly what happened to Donna Lass in the Zodiac. Is she the 12th victim of Northern California's infamous Zodiac Killer?Two members of the Lass family and a retired detective from Groveland, Calif. DOJ. " Was it innocuous or a sinister message from the Zodiac Killer, forever connected to the disappearance of. 18-11. 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. Gareth Sewell Penn, by some considered a Zodiac Killer suspect, contacted George and Eleanor Webster suggesting that the missing woman may have been the work of the Zodiac Killer. Her last entry in the nurse's log book was at 1:50 a. After months of investigating the disappearance of Lass, a 25-year-old Stateline nurse who some believe was a victim of the infamous Zodiac serial killer. 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. BURIAL Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: Donna Lass disappeared after being last seen at South Lake Tahoe, California. from 67-70 off/on. Lass, a nurse from Stateline, went missing in September 1970. It was a picture of an advertisement about a housing development at Incline Village around Lake Tahoe. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. It might rather be a hint about Donna Frislie, a “lass” of 14 murdered and buried in the Sierra foothills northeast of LA in 1962. After killing the cab driver at Cherry and Washington Streets, the Zodiac fled into the Presidio in the direction of Letterman General Hospital. Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 135 lbs. The mystery of the Zodiac killer lives on forever with the uncertainty of the astrological sign significance. Having recently become a widow after the tragic death of her husband in Israel in September 1969, Diane Kennedy Pike was featured in many newspaper articles in the intervening period before the November 21st 1969 "Zodiac" letter arrived. . In 2003 Phillip Arthur Thompson was found guilty of the murder of Betty Cloer in 1971. #1. She was last. But this may be about to change, due to the persistent work of Zodiac enthusiast Alex Lewis (Welsh Chappie), an avid member of the.