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Re: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

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Post by jaredmck »

Shibalba wrote: post #78
thinkalone wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

are there any freeways around st louis that would go along with these numbers? If he is street smart, and the family said that in 1999....maybe is was homeless, but creative at getting what he needs.

71,74,75 are all interstates in/around Cincinnati

Re: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

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Post by thinkalone »

Shibalba wrote: post #78
thinkalone wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

are there any freeways around st louis that would go along with these numbers? If he is street smart, and the family said that in 1999....maybe is was homeless, but creative at getting what he needs.

Interstate 71, 74, and 75 are near Cincinnati.

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Re: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

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Post by thinkalone »

Shibalba wrote: post #79
thinkalone wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I feel as if someone could talk to his family, this would be so much easier....I did notice how it sounds like his family was never intrigued by this kids home-made language, that he had since he was a kid....i dont think they would disregard this language unless they knew it had any discernable patterns, but once again we dont know his folks.

That's why I'm not too confident that there's anything to find here - the case went all the way to the FBI, so they certainly followed all the leads they had and talked to any witnesses and family members. And, not to be morbid, but the victim was 41 in 1999, so his parents are likely deceased by now.

Re: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

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Post by Shibalba »

jaredmck wrote: post #81
Shibalba wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are there any freeways around st louis that would go along with these numbers? If he is street smart, and the family said that in 1999....maybe is was homeless, but creative at getting what he needs.

71,74,75 are all interstates in/around Cincinnati

AHA!....i think he was going around and looking at cars on the sheet that says NOTES, that would explain the reccurences and the circling, he was keeping the vehicles separated.....he went to go see a car and got murdered by the owner?? oh yeah i live in SOCAL, so the freeway thing was a longshot....i also believe that this man has Aspergers and Dyslexia....but they balled up his symptoms as Aspergers. One word keeps calling to me .... PSESHLE....take the first three letters PSE change them to SPE and add SHLE SPESHLE....this guy had the basics, mixed with his own different thinking style.

Re: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

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Post by [deleted] »

jaredmck wrote: post #81
Shibalba wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are there any freeways around st louis that would go along with these numbers? If he is street smart, and the family said that in 1999....maybe is was homeless, but creative at getting what he needs.

71,74,75 are all interstates in/around Cincinnati

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Re: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery

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Post by Shibalba »

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.

Maybe the 71, 74 and 75 were busses?
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