FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

Post by thinkalone » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 3:03 AM UTC

noonespecial wrote: post #69

thinkalone wrote: post #68

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> Is there a way to just output the letters as a stream of phonyms? After noticing the frequency of NCBE, I focused on these three lines from the first document: (FLRSE PRSE ONDE 71 NCBE) (CDNSE PRSE ONS*E 74 NCBE) (PR+SE PRSE ONREDE 75 NCBE) They seem pronounceable in a sort of pig-latin style - "Flur-say pur-say ohn-day 71 nick-bay" > although its tough to say "oranger than orange with a texture like crumpled sandp…

I lit on that too. I find myself adding syllables and sounds to words in my mind all the time to "smooth their edges". Some words just don't fit together without "help". I thought maybe "Firse Perse On de 71 Nice be" I'm perusing the thought that maybe he's taking notes on how people treated him or something.

Post by Shibalba » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 4:25 AM UTC

uptown wrote: post #23

Anybody have a copy of the legible characters so each of us doesn't need to transcribe the same text?

Post by Klonoar » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 4:32 AM UTC

jarin wrote: post #70

noonespecial wrote: post #67

We know that he's had this "language" since he was a child so I'm going to go out on a limb here (and introduce no small measure of my own bias) and guess its not a cerebral cipher that will easily be unraveled by simple frequency of note correlation. I've likely got a touch of Asperger's myself and I know I have a bigger touch of synesthesia. I remember vividly during my childhood certain words being an explosion of…

No offense, and I think your approach to the cipher sounds like a pretty good one, but why do so many people try to self-diagnose with Asperger's? Pretty sure there are clinically-accepted criteria for it that go beyond "nerdy and slightly awkward".

Post by ams6110 » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 4:37 AM UTC

famousactress wrote: post #7

Really intriguing. The first page has 'p1' up in the corner, which makes me think the sequence of the pages might matter... The whole thing reminds me of pages in my notebook where I kept all of my Windows and Adobe license codes.

Post by Shibalba » Wed, Mar 30, 2011, 5:04 AM UTC

thinkalone wrote: post #71

noonespecial wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I lit on that too. I find myself adding syllables and sounds to words in my mind all the time to "smooth their edges". Some words just don't fit together without "help". I thought maybe "Firse Perse On de 71 Nice be" I'm perusing the thought that maybe he's taking notes on how people treated him or something.

Yeah, I think it is more phonetic shorthand than any kind of cypher. Unfortunately, it's a long shot that we'll be able to get any insight into it without knowing more about the victim's personal characteristics or habits.