It's Happening Again...

[Kevin B Profile]

He also tells a dishonest story. I wrote to him, asked him if he wanted to post on my (former) site, and he simply answered with the reply "call me" and a telephone number. So, that kind of thing speaks for itself. I was willing to provide him the opportunity to write up a summary for the Original Research section but he obviously wasn't interested. I kept the email exchange.

As to his hair, etc., I have no idea what he's talking about. So, bottom line for me, is that his fussy behavior and inability to recall encounters accurately pretty much close the book for me.

As a small aside, I wonder what Ressler would think about who first coined the term "serial killer" since he (Ressler) was the first to put it into print in a peer-reviewed article. Oh, well . . . facts are obviously not a major consideration here.

Mike

Mike,

I apologize for you thinking I was being dishonest but I did ask you to call me for a reason. I will not post our information on any forum anymore. I really thought you were interested in solving this case as your book was pretty good! Your right Ressler is known as the first but many in our family and friends say Pierce used it far earlier. Probably family embellishment. I have also read articles that credit him as well like the one below. I hope you are well as I was ill for a long time as well. I will trouble you no more. Stay healthy I admire your work!

Sean Kevin Brooks

Etymology: The English term and concept of the "serial killer" is commonly attributed to former FBI Special agent Robert Ressler in the 1970s.[7][8] Author Ann Rule postulates in her 2004 book Kiss Me, Kill Me that the English-language credit for coining the term "serial killer" goes to LAPD detective Pierce Brooks, creator of the ViCAP system.[9] Criminal justice historian Peter Vronsky, in his book Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, while arguing that former FBI profiler Robert Ressler might have coined the official police use of the term "serial homicide" when guest lecturing in 1974 at the British Bramhill Police Academy in Britain, states that the terms "serial murder" and "serial murderer" appear in 1966 in John Brophy's book The Meaning of Murder. Vronsky reports that in Anne Rule's seminal book on Ted Bundy, The Stranger Beside Me, published in 1980, the term "serial killer" does not appear and is not yet in popular use

[LIVE55 Profile]

KevinB- If I may be so bold as to offer a few words of advice, this ain't our first rodeo. We've seen 'em come and seen 'em go through the years so, yeah, ANYONE with a 'new' POI is going to be met with a wall of SKEPTICISM. This website, probably more than any other Z related site, wants COLD,HARD, PROVABLE FACTS.
Most that come here take it very personal,and usually resort to lashing out and name calling by the 10th post. I will say you did NOT act that way, so kudos to you.If you have something solid then let the evidence speak for itself. For all I know your guy might be Zodiac,and believe me, we would jump for joy.
I've heard people say MikeB(and by extension the rest of us) don't want the case solved. Nothing could be further from the truth. Heck, tommorow is the 43rd anniversary of BRS.

[traveller1st Profile]

Morf Writes:

Well the simple truth is, there are prints for Bujok, and they were compared by Napa police and they did NOT match any zodiac case prints,end of story! Kevin still insists that Bujok was the Zodiac, and refuses to accept reality. You might just want to pass it along to the members over there,that while on paper,Bujok looked like a good possible suspect on paper(parolled from Deer Lodge 3 days before the 1st Z murders, wrote many letters to the editors including an exorcist related letter,etc)he was conclusively ruled out by police as a Z suspect.

[LIVE55 Profile]

Oh, okay I've heard of this guy before, and if I remember correctly his known whereabouts conflicted with some Z related dates? And of course those pesky fingerprints.
I was of the assumption this was a 'new' suspect.

[Kevin B Profile]

Hmmm, the guy DOES have 13 letters in his name, though.

Actually it's Fourteen!

Kevin Robert Brooks

[Kevin B Profile]

Oh, okay I've heard of this guy before, and if I remember correctly his known whereabouts conflicted with some Z related dates? And of course those pesky fingerprints.
I was of the assumption this was a 'new' suspect.

What the handprints that we sent? That we obtained and shared with two fellow researchers "for their eyes only" and then find them on Voigt's site? How do you know there was no match? Oh, that's right I told you...

Kevin Robert Brooks

[LIVE55 Profile]

Your posts make no sense.
I'm not sure what you're after here, but I'm guessing it has something to do with promoting a book.

If you've given this info to Law Enforcement and haven't heard back that should tell you something.
They thanked Dennis Kaufmann and said they would get back to him as well...

[smithy Profile]

Hmmm, the guy DOES have 13 letters in his name, though.

Actually it's Fourteen!
Kevin Robert Brooks

Damnit! Oh well never mind, let's keep looking.

[duckking2001 Profile]

Yes, they are processing the evidence right now...