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Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer

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Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer

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I don't know enough about the Zodiac Killer to determine whether or not this is true. But I do know that when the only $search_engine results to something are from one media network (a few Fox local & Fox News), and a tabloid... take it with a grain of salt.

Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer

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I find this quite convincing: > In one note, the letters of Poste's full name were removed to reveal an alternate message, [Jen Bucholtz, a former Army counterintelligence agent] told Fox News. > "So you've got to know Gary's full name in order to decipher these anagrams," Bucholtz said. "I just don't think there's any other way anybody would have figured it out."

This would indeed be convincing, but I can't seem to find any further information on it. Here is the Case Breaker's blog announcement[1]. And here is a press release from them with some details of their work[2]. I'd really like to see this in action, but it seems like they haven't published it yet. Am I missing it? [1] https://thecasebreakers.org/2021/09/the-last-zodiac-victim/ [2] https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.…

I'm missing something here. I could create a coded message that required apeace to decipher. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm you.

Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer

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Consult a dictionary, eg., > pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it. You are correct that within a technical legal context most evidence is circumstantial. But that isnt the only meaning of the word, and indeed, largely not what is meant.

What they meant is wrong. I can consult Merriam Webster, which agrees with what I said. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumstantial%20... Or Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/circumstantial-evidence Or Cornell https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/circumstantial_evidence Or basically any single law firm or courthouse https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/legal-defenses/circumst... https://www.ojp.gov…

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumstantial

1. belonging to, consisting in, or dependent on circumstances

2. pertinent but not essential : incidental

The original comment used the word correctly. Because dictionaries describe how people actually speak, not prescribe rules on how to use words. That's why they get updated every so often as word usages change.

Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer

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"For the full story, and more evidence from the Case Breakers, visit"[0] Can we update the link to just go to the full story rather than the summarized version? (sorry, I know it's kinda "offtopic" but that just bugged me starting to read and just being redirected to another site) [0] https://www.foxnews.com/us/cold-case-zodiac-killer-identifie...

Articles on the Case Breakers' site:

https://thecasebreakers.org/2021/10/cold-case-team-says-zodi...

https://thecasebreakers.org/2021/09/the-last-zodiac-victim/

Press release #1: https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.114.250/g9q.07b.myftpuplo...

Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer

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I believe the parent comment was a sarcastic remark on that very fact.

people on HN only use exclamation points in code or sarcasm

Thank you for pointing it out bluntly. For people like me, it does help to read the unwritten rules.
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