The true identity of the psychotic ZODIAC killer has been known by the Mandamus Seven (group of retired law enforcement officers, federal agents, a minister, and a District Attorney) since March 15, 1971. This true story is now being told for the very first time. Official corruption and political intervention forced the investigation into a top-secret, covert status, giving the insane ZODIAC killer immunity and a license to kill. Of the over 2,500 suspects cleared by the local authorities and the Department of Justice, this man is the only suspect who had the uncontrollable and powerful motive—adultery! Mind and body ravaged by years of severe alcoholism, his blood-lusting revenge turned him into the most shocking and vicious killer in our 20th century. Through his tauntings of the police, his codes, ciphers, and letters, he was on a mission to redeem his shattered ego, to prove that he is better, smarter, and more clever than all the judges and police put together. With lordly arrogance and jealousy, and with the assistance of the police, he continued his killing spree until he claimed a total of 37 victims. Lips sealed by secret oaths and federal obstructions of justice, the investigation was further impeded by personal associations with the suspect and his tenacious, intrepid wife, placing family members in imminent danger. The evidence is overwhelming and given the totality of the facts, it is the author’s opinion that there is no jury in the world that would not find the suspect guilty of being the criminal genius, ZODIAC. Author’s Bio: Lyndon E. Lafferty is an passionate outdoorsman who hiked to the top of Mt. Lassen three times and once to the top of Mt. Fujiyama, Japan during the Korean War. He also made two attempts each to climb Mt. Shasta and Mt. Whitney. Lyndon holds a U.S. patent and two patents pending. He loves to write and is currently working on two more novels. Lyndon has an excellent record with the California Highway Patrol with many commendations devoting 27 years to law enforcement. He is best known for crushing the hood and top of a patrol car as he and fellow officers used it as a platform to rescue 38 injured and trapped passengers on a commercial bus in November 1976. Inheriting the Zodiac investigation has been both a blessing and a curse. Bound by oaths of secrecy to a highly respected homicide detective, his lips were sealed until the death of the detective in 1977.
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46 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is truly awful. It is rife with factual errors, misleading statements and convoluted prose. Lyndon Lafferty is a retired CA CHP Officer, so you would think he would take the time and effort to fact check his work. Instead, the book is full of mistakes regarding the facts of the Zodiac case. Lafferty expresses disdain for Robert Graysmith, but apparently used Graysmith's first Zodiac book as reference material, since most of the mistakes Lafferty makes are the same ones Graysmith made in his Yellow Book.
Lafferty's claim of a cover up is never convincingly proved. It seems ludicrous to believe that a judge knowingly let the Zodiac get away simply because the Judge was having an affair with Lafferty's suspect's wife. It also seems unlikely that if Lafferty had any credible evidence on his suspect, all jurisdictions, including San Francisco, would look the other way.
Lafferty makes many misleading statements. He claims his suspect CONFESSED. When you read the whole book, you see his suspect confessed in AA meetings to doing awful things, but never specified his transgressions and NEVER confessed to being the Zodiac. Lafferty states that his suspect's voice was identified as being that of the Zodiac Killer, when what actually happened is someone getting calls from a person claiming to be the Zodiac and asking for help listened to a recording of Lafferty's suspect and said the voice sounded a lot like the person who had been calling her. These are but two examples.
The author is often unclear as to what happened when, making it impossible to put together a coherent timeline of events. At times he contradicts himself, and in many parts of the book it is hard to figure out just what he is claiming. The book does not have an index or set of end notes, which compounds the problem.
The various hare brained schemes they came up with to try to get the goods on the suspect sound like a cross between Scooby Doo and Lucy Ricardo's antics on I Love Lucy. Lafferty writes as if his suspect must be some master criminal with an amazing art of detection when it is more likely that Lafferty and his crew were just horribly inept and obvious in what they were doing.
The author also claims that three oaths he made to keep certain things secret prevented him from telling the truth about his suspect for 40 years. He says his word was his bond. On the other hand, he thinks nothing of having himself and various cohorts infiltrate AA meetings in order to spy on his suspect and then violates the sanctity of these meetings by revealing what was said.
Lafferty spends a lot of time accusing the judicial system, various branches of law enforcement and even private citizens of allowing his suspect to get away with at least 37 murders. Had he presented even one shred of compelling information, I might be inclined to believe him. As it stands, after reading the book I can only shake my head in disbelief.
The one bright spot I found was Lafferty's account of his meetings with Michael Maloney and with a former SFPD lab technician who tested various confirmed and suspected Zodiac letters for DNA around 1998. The technician told Lafferty that the authentic letters had too few DNA cells to create a profile. Maloney told Lafferty that the 2002 partial DNA profile was not valid. Lafferty's revelations here reiterate what Mike Rodelli and a number of other researchers have been asserting for a while now: the partial DNA profile that was used to eliminate certain suspects is flawed and thus useless.
Lafferty's claim of a cover up is never convincingly proved. It seems ludicrous to believe that a judge knowingly let the Zodiac get away simply because the Judge was having an affair with Lafferty's suspect's wife. It also seems unlikely that if Lafferty had any credible evidence on his suspect, all jurisdictions, including San Francisco, would look the other way.
Lafferty makes many misleading statements. He claims his suspect CONFESSED. When you read the whole book, you see his suspect confessed in AA meetings to doing awful things, but never specified his transgressions and NEVER confessed to being the Zodiac. Lafferty states that his suspect's voice was identified as being that of the Zodiac Killer, when what actually happened is someone getting calls from a person claiming to be the Zodiac and asking for help listened to a recording of Lafferty's suspect and said the voice sounded a lot like the person who had been calling her. These are but two examples.
The author is often unclear as to what happened when, making it impossible to put together a coherent timeline of events. At times he contradicts himself, and in many parts of the book it is hard to figure out just what he is claiming. The book does not have an index or set of end notes, which compounds the problem.
The various hare brained schemes they came up with to try to get the goods on the suspect sound like a cross between Scooby Doo and Lucy Ricardo's antics on I Love Lucy. Lafferty writes as if his suspect must be some master criminal with an amazing art of detection when it is more likely that Lafferty and his crew were just horribly inept and obvious in what they were doing.
The author also claims that three oaths he made to keep certain things secret prevented him from telling the truth about his suspect for 40 years. He says his word was his bond. On the other hand, he thinks nothing of having himself and various cohorts infiltrate AA meetings in order to spy on his suspect and then violates the sanctity of these meetings by revealing what was said.
Lafferty spends a lot of time accusing the judicial system, various branches of law enforcement and even private citizens of allowing his suspect to get away with at least 37 murders. Had he presented even one shred of compelling information, I might be inclined to believe him. As it stands, after reading the book I can only shake my head in disbelief.
The one bright spot I found was Lafferty's account of his meetings with Michael Maloney and with a former SFPD lab technician who tested various confirmed and suspected Zodiac letters for DNA around 1998. The technician told Lafferty that the authentic letters had too few DNA cells to create a profile. Maloney told Lafferty that the 2002 partial DNA profile was not valid. Lafferty's revelations here reiterate what Mike Rodelli and a number of other researchers have been asserting for a while now: the partial DNA profile that was used to eliminate certain suspects is flawed and thus useless.
19 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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For the most part I enjoyed Lafferty's book about his involvement in the notorious Zodiac murder case as a highway patrolman and the suspect he believes was the evil man behind the mask. Some of the episodes Lafferty retold in his book are wierd and creepy enough to fit in well with the ever growing body of work that has become the Zodiac Saga. Lafferty's face to face encounter with his suspect in an empty parking lot and the story of a young man who was approached by a man claiming to be the Zodiac on the day of the gruesome Zodiac attack upon two young people at the Berryessa National Park are but two examples.
Lafferty doesn't appear to always have his dates & names straight. He alledges that the Vallejo police department was ordered away from the suspect )called George Russell Tucker) because a powerful judge in the area had had an affair with Tucker's wife. The judge, according to the author, was more worried about a scandal involving him than in protecting the lives of people. If that was the case then Lafferty should have gone the route of "Deep Throat" in the Watergate case, turning informant to other law enforcement officers working on the case in different jurisdictions.
Lafferty doesn't appear to always have his dates & names straight. He alledges that the Vallejo police department was ordered away from the suspect )called George Russell Tucker) because a powerful judge in the area had had an affair with Tucker's wife. The judge, according to the author, was more worried about a scandal involving him than in protecting the lives of people. If that was the case then Lafferty should have gone the route of "Deep Throat" in the Watergate case, turning informant to other law enforcement officers working on the case in different jurisdictions.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Runyon
Format:Hardcover
The Zodiac is the most notorious unsolved serial killer investigation in U.S history. Mr. Lafferty's has taken 46 years of Zodiac investigative history and condensed it into 445pages of reading, which is complex and with many twists and turns. So much so that I had to go back a few times to make sure I was connecting and understanding the same dots, as Mr. Lafferty moved forward in making his case regarding his suspect. In addition to Mr. Lafferty, the Manadmus Seven team included several individuals with credible investigative backgrounds and professional integrity. While reading the book it is evident that they dedicated a large amount of time and effort in pursuing their suspect, which is much more than can be said of the cities and counties having jurisdiction in these cases. Whether you agree or disagree with Mr. Lafferty's investigative conclusions, anyone who is captivated by the Zodiac case will appreciate his experiences, insights and frustrations in trying to bring justice to the Zodiac's many victims. I have no regrets adding "The Silenced Badge" to my personal collection of Zodiac books.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Please write another book Mr. Lafferty
I have followed the Zodiac since he first began his reign of terror and at the time lived in SF and rode the streetcars etc so looked about for him even had a suspect. Read more
Published 11 days ago by dottie sarantis
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Zodiac Killer Cover-up
I thoroughly enjoyed "The Zodiac Killer Cover-up". I read it so fast that now I will re-read it. I think that Lyndon Lafferty did a wonderful job. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Wandaering
5.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING!!!!!
After reading this book, i was shocked and amazed by all the evidence even if circumstantial,,, I being the reader am convinced that Lyndon Lafferty does infact present a strong... Read more
Published 11 months ago by survivor423
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great detetive work by MR Lafferty
The best suspect yet. People who give this a bad review have an agenda. Zodiac said inches alomg the radian magnetic north runs right into the suspects back door
Published 11 months ago by ziggy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honest and Sincere
I have known Lyndon Lafferty my entire life, and I can attest to his honesty and sincerity. He has a sharp mind and a penchant for truth. Read more
Published 12 months ago by BobbieM
1.0 out of 5 stars
CHP officer a gumshoe????
If investigating law enforcement agencies in the Bay Area aren't accepting his theory or facts (if he has any) then why would anyone want to buy this book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by blackhole
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
A very disappointing read. There was nothing to prove Laffery's suspect was the Zodiac killer. The majority of the book is hearsay. Read more
Published 12 months ago by N.S. Sherlock
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting read. I liked it.
I learned some details about the Zodiac case I neer knew. Author certainly submersed himself in the topic and seems to have a good feel for the police and other players in what is... Read more
Published 12 months ago by James Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars
The True Cover Up
The True Cover Up.
Great Book, written by someone that was in Vallejo at the time. Written by a trust worthy retired highway patrol officer. This in itself is very credible. Read more
Great Book, written by someone that was in Vallejo at the time. Written by a trust worthy retired highway patrol officer. This in itself is very credible. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Interesting Coverup
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thank you Lyndon!
Lyndon, I enjoyed your book so much! Thank you so much for all of your help and the signed copy! You have always been nothing but kind to me in our conversations. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Kevin Sean
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