Source: Zodiac Unmasked-Graysmith
The S. F. Chronicle had a letter arrive in 1970 with no signature. It read as follows"
" It is my personal opinion Zodiac has spent time in some type of institution -- either prison or mental hospital.....Zodiac would not be married. He is unable to function with a woman, either sexually or emotionally... The hunt for the zodiac killer has been a tragic comedy of errors... I know this: every act of horror such as mass killers beginning their ugly business has a starting point which is ignited by what I choose to call a trigger. The beast within them lies quietly most of the time, but then something triggers it or sets it off. In the case of Zodiac I speculate it was due to two things: an episode in his life at the time of the first killing, traumatic to the person known as Zodiac, but not necessarily to anyone else. He seems to have a real hatred for police and enjoys needling them in theirfailure to catch him. Possibly an encounter with police at that particular time. I don't personally believe he does his killing according to some astrological timetable. I think he kills on holidays and week-ends simply because he doesn't work then. I suggest in all probability he has a job which is a forty hour work week and five consecutive days....I shall remain anonymous. I hope you will not stop in your efrforts to find this fiend. I wish you good health and good hunting. [signed] Armchair."
It's interesting that the last sentences sound like Paul Avery and the Zodiac himself.
The Zodiac must be a very lonely person. It sounds like he has very few or no friends. Friends are hard to come by and we should cultivate all we can much less risk losing those we do have.
Until tomorrow-------D. Lathers
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