Paul avery was a top reporter for the san francisco chronical reporting on the famed zodiac killings.

Zodiac killer paul avery. He used to shadow zodiac suspects in hopes of secretly obtaining a handwriting sample. I recall it was a tiny school with only like 100 kids in the grade. So avery and the suspect would have probably known each other. 16 halloween card sent to chronicle reporter paul avery postmarked october 27 1970.

I remember reading it in here but don t remember which suspect it was. But people shot down the connection even though the zodiac wrote to avery. The halloween card was widely assumed to be a direct threat towards paul avery a reporter at the san francisco chronicle. After making a break in the case the killer took to tormenting him through letters and cards.

The zodiac killer unsolved unforgotten click below for general zodiac case discussion all things zodiac general zodiac discussion paul avery. Paul felt this man was the zodiac but because of the relative lack of physical evidence left behind at the crime scenes avery felt his suspect he would never be apprehended. Avery was born in honolulu hawaii the son of howard malcom avery a u s. I m currently in the preliminary stages of writing a biography of the late great paul avery and am hoping to gather any and all information opinions photographs and connections.

Sometimes one reaches an impasse you know who is the killer but you cannot prove it in a court of law.

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