“Tree of Life-Shangri-LA 1948”- Dorothy Bowman 75-Years Later Past and Present Reunited Through Internationally Recognized Artist’s Vintage Serigraph

April 28, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington The below photograph was taken “inside the palace walls” at our Sowden/Franklin House in 1948.  (Unknown photographer possibly tenant and later star/DA informant, Joe Barrett.) It was sent to me by artist/tenant Chris Dawn (“C.D.” in the photo, lower left) who was a friend/roommate of Barret’s at the home…

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The California DOJ Meeting/Briefing with Author on Dr. George Hill Hodel as Zodiac- DoJ Handwriting Expert Analysis Opines, “Cannot Exclude George Hodel as Zodiac”-Dr. Hodel’s Full DNA Profile Made Public for Law Enforcement

April 21, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington The following pages (304-308) are an excerpt from my fourth book, Most Evil II: Presenting the Follow-up Investigation and Decryption of the 1970 Zodiac Cipher in Which the San Francisco Serial Killer Reveals His True Identity (Rare Bird Books 2015). The section is entitled, “California DOJ (Department of Justice)…

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Los Angeles District Attorney Lt. Frank Jemison’s 1950 Black Dahlia Investigation Transcribed Interview of Dorothy Huston Hodel At Santa Monica Pier Residence

April 15, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Happy Birthday, Mother! BACKGROUND ON 146-PAGE 6 WEEK (2/15-3/27 1950) BUGGING TAPES OF HODEL RESIDENCE BY DA’S OFFICE Naysayers of my investigation will tell you, “Dr. Hodel’s residence was staked out just because he was one of the many doctor’s they were routinely checking out and because of his…

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2003 LAPD “Black Dahlia” Briefing – Attending Cold Case Detectives Remain Frigid- Head Deputy DA and Chief of Detectives say, “It’s Solved!”

April 11, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Background  A decade prior to my father’s death, after retiring from Hollywood Homicide, in 1986, I obtained my California State Private Investigators license and began conducting criminal defense investigations in Los Angeles.  After three years I then moved my family (wife and two young sons)  to Bellingham, Washington in…

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