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C repeat all the reasons why. yic ALBION, CALIFORNIA 95410 9 SET Quantico, VA ~ December 30, 1983 Dear Sir: The decapitation and mutilation of a young woman, including attempted removal of her heart, in a ritual homicide near -San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge this week certainly _ Smacks of Zodiac. | +. — “The Christmas season is significant to Zodiac. He started. =| a his Bay Area homicide series at that time in 1968. It is _ the winter solstice witchcraft sabbat period. ~~ SO Also significant is the possible linking of this 187 with “eve the'multiple stabbing homicide of “another woman in the' mS vos same area four years ago. I told you of the numerological = significance of the number four to Zodiac. _ There has been some indication that Zodiac may have _ : observed the Druidic new moon, and the Druids reportedly _ tui ty wpuenn sana _ Practiced human sacrifice, as did the Aztecs and others. — 2 we - Zodiac vowed never again to publicly claim a homicide, | rae but that doesn't mean he wouldn't enjoy the publicity : oe this sadistic 187 is receiving. His mentor, black... a ne magician Aleister Crowley, urged secrecy upon his disciples, a which may partly explain Zodiac's abrupt change of MO. — oe oe Also, his messages were helpful to authorities, as he must os have realized. As I suggested to San Francisco Police In d t Good luck in the hunt.