Paul avery april 2 1934 december 10 2000 was an american journalist best known for his reporting on the serial killer known as the zodiac and later for his work on the patricia hearst kidnapping.

Zodiac killer paul avery. So avery and the suspect would have probably known each other. 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. Avery was born in honolulu hawaii the son of howard malcom avery a u s. He used to shadow zodiac suspects in hopes of secretly obtaining a handwriting sample.

The writer misspelled avery s name as averly and the number 4 teen was interpreted as a. I recall it was a tiny school with only like 100 kids in the grade. 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.

Sometimes one reaches an impasse you know who is the killer but you cannot prove it in a court of law. 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 avery was a top reporter for the san francisco chronical reporting on the famed zodiac killings.

What suspect was it that attended a small college with avery.

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