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Co do myślenia podczas akcji policjant powinien być wyczulony na miejsca, osoby itd.
I w tym przypadku to było bo jak dokładnie opisano osobę napotkaną. I tu pojawia się niespójność i w mojej opinii mataczenie.
Pasażer po którego stronie szedł prawdopodobnie Zodiak nie zwrócił na nic uwagi ? Za to kierowca opisał go tak jakby z nim stał i rozmawiał z 20 minut. Ale już nie pamięta gdzie ta osoba poszła po schodach....późniejsze wypowiedzi też ulegają modyfikacji.
Obaj Panowie coś tu mijali się z prawdą lub nie nadawali się na funkcję policjanta.
Osobiście coraz bardziej jestem przekonany, że rozmawiali z Zodiakiem i tylko co poszło nie tak ..., Że go nie zatrzymali...
Zgodziłbym się z tym co piszesz John gdyby nie podany przez Fouka opis napotkanej osoby... Widać po nim że ta osoba go zainteresowała.
Prawdy się już nie dowiemy tym bardziej że Eric Zelms został zastrzelony kilka miesięcy po tym zdarzeniu.
Na
http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=2773 chyba znalazłem klucz do rozwiązania naszej dyskusji:
The dispatcher sent out the Paul Stine assault and robbery instruction to Armond Pelissetti and Donald Fouke at the identical time.
It takes 90 seconds to 2 minutes for Donald Fouke to travel to Cherry Street from his initial receiving of the radio dispatch at Washington and Presidio Avenue, traveling at 30 mph. It is here he says he met Armond Pelissetti in the 'This is the Zodiac Speaking Documentary'.
Armond Pelissetti takes 1-2 minutes to reach the crime scene and the walk up Cherry takes 1 minute, but he was checking all the alcoves and parked cars using all his police training, so we will give him 90 seconds. This is a minimum of 2 minutes 30 seconds already, so he cannot meet Fouke in Cherry Street if Fouke travels directly there.
Don't forget Armond Pelissetti when he arrived at the crime scene ushered the teenagers to the alcove across the street, checked the cab and Paul Stine, retook the description and direction of travel of Zodiac from the teenagers and finally got to the radio to send out the new description of a white male. Add this to the above 2 minutes 30 seconds, you can see it would take him a minimum of 4 minutes to reach either half way or the upper reaches of Cherry Street.
It does not take Donald Fouke 4 minutes to reach any part of Cherry Street, it takes no longer, even traveling at the slower speed of 30 mph, than 90 seconds to 2 minutes. And don't forget Donald Fouke claimed he was traveling faster, 35-40 mph.
So where does Donald Fouke go for this missing 2-2:30 minutes. The answer is here in a 1989 documentary when his memory was better.
https://youtu.be/_A3kD-j25jQ?t=57s.
He states he continued up Jackson Street to Arguello Street and entered West Pacific Avenue, scanning the Julius Khan Park area, he did NOT turn south into Cherry Street immediately. BUT WHY; the normal police procedure is to head via the quickest route to the crime scene. So why was Donald Fouke heading away from the crime scene towards West Pacific Avenue.
The answer is, he was directed there by Zodiac, as Zodiac claimed in the Bus Bomb Letter. Donald Fouke's venture up to Arguello and West Pacific Avenue and back would then account for the lost 2 to 2:30 minutes and he would then meet Armond Pelissetti somewhere in Cherry that would be totally impossible without the diversion.
Donald Fouke also said in the above video that he retook the new description of the suspect in Arguello, not from Armond Pelissetti as he claimed in the 'This is the Zodiac Speaking' documentary.
No matter what Donald Fouke says, he almost certainly stopped Zodiac, otherwise the timeline does not fit and there would be no reason to head away from a crime scene you have been sent to.