LAPD Police Museum "New Evidence" May Hold Key to DNA Solution to Black Dahlia Murder: Chief Charlie Beck Declines Request for One-Hour Meet with Detectives to Discuss New Findings
February 18, 2018 Los Angeles, California “…I must respectfully decline that request. (one hour meet with detectives to discuss new DNA evidence) Given the fiscal constraints facing the City, and the impact on investigations assigned to my command, I do not believe it prudent that we pursue the Black Dahlia investigation at this time. …I…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel and Juliet Man Ray Letters: 1980s Correspondence and a Meeting in Paris
February 7, 2018 Los Angeles, California “Je me souviens des jours ancients, et je pleure.” “I remember the old days, and I cry.” George Hodel in his letter to Juliet Man Ray dated 27 July 1983 Prior to this article, the last public documented communication between the Man Ray’s and George Hodel occurred in the early 1950s…
Read MoreCan DNA Testing of John Walsh America's Most Wanted 1990 “Remember Me? Letters” Link "SCORPION" to San Francisco’s “ZODIAC”?
January 19, 2018 Los Angeles, California “Scorpion’s” Remember Me?” threatening letters and Cryptograms mailed to America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh in 1990 In Black Dahlia Avenger II (2012 & 2014) Chapter 22, “Touch DNA” I called for the analysis of numerous items currently booked…
Read MoreTHROUGH THE DECADES January 15, 2018 Features 71st Anniversary of Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short Murder
January 15, 2018 Los Angeles, California THROUGH THE DECADES “Black Dahlia” Anniversary interview will be airing on Monday, January 15th. The segment airs at about 32 minutes after the hour. This link shows the markets and channels in around the country. http://decades.com/wheretowatch/ . The program airs daily at 7a, 7p, 10p ET. In Los Angeles, the show…
Read MoreA Blast from the Past? Did Zodiac in his 1969 “Bomb Letter Threat” Leave Us a 46-Year-Old Thoughtprint from His Caltech Student Days?
January 7, 2018 Los Angeles, California “Steve: The Photoelectric Effect thing kind of blows me away. If there were a Nobel Prize for Murder, your dad would have gotten it “ LW (Luigi Warren) I want to share this recent on-line contribution, which to paraphrase both…
Read MoreCritiquing History Channel's "The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer" and their Discovery that "Zodiac May Be Copycatting the Black Dahlia Murder from 1947?"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zodiac-speaking-bill-briere/December 31, 2017 Los Angeles, California Zodiac’s 340Z Code (Mailed to San Francisco Chronicle 11.9.69 Spoiler Alert- For any readers that plan to watch the History Channel’s “The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer” be advised that the following critique contains numerous disclosures and…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger/Zodiac New Handwriting Linkage/ George Hodel Uses Jack the Ripper's "Bleeding Knife Drawing" As One of His Black Dahlia Avenger-Zodiac Crime Signatures
December 14, 2017 Los Angeles, California “After comparing his handwriting to the original documents, we are unable to eliminate Dr. George Hill Hodel as the author of the Zodiac letters. We would like you to provide us with additional samples of his lowercase…
Read MoreJohn Huston Letter No. 6-Rancho Mirage and Halloween 1949 -"A Bat, Cochise, Gorgeous George and a Schmoo"-" Trick or Treat?
December 5, 2017 Los Angeles, California Steve Hodel, age 9, In the desert In my sequel, Black Dahlia Avenger II (2014) Chapter 8, I included fourteen separate typewritten letters written by my mother, Dorothy Hodel to her former husband, famed film director, John Huston. These letters spanned the years from 1948-1957. Author Note: My discovery of…
Read MoreThe Gentleman, The Cowboy and The Bracero: Los Feliz Elementary School 1949
November 19, 2017 Los Angeles It was the second to the last day of April, 1949, a Friday. A light rain was falling on the streets of Hollywood, as the Gentleman, the Cowboy and the Bracero each readied himself for the picture taking. It was mid-morning when each gathered with their separate classmates at Los…
Read More"Waking the Echos of the Spot" Dorothy Huston Hodel and Two Childhood Memories
November 14, 2017 Los Angeles, California Kelvin, Michael, Steven Hodel circa 1944 Dorothy Huston Hodel (Man Ray 1944) One of my strongest childhood memory’s remains a song that our mother sang to us at bedtime. Not…
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