Preliminary Report
on
Project MK-ZODIAC
The Origin of the
Poem
"The Taft Theory"

http://www.zodiackiller.com/RPHR.html
Sick of living /
unwilling to die
cut,
clean,
if red /
clean.
blood spurting,
dripping,
spilling;
all over her new
dress.
oh well,
it was red
anyway.
life draining into an
uncertain death.
she won't
die
this time
someone ll find her.
just wait till
next time.
rh
In a separate
preliminary report, Project MK-ZODIAC provided information about an
attack on a student at Riverside City College on April 13, 1965, which
may have inspired whoever stabbed Cheri Jo Bates to death on October
30, 1966. The murderer of Cheri Jo Bates may or may not have been the
criminal who later became known as the Zodiac.
https://mk-zodiac.com/041365.html
As explained in the
preliminary report, Rolland Lin Taft was convicted of the stabbing and
was in jail at the time that Bates was murdered.
As concerns Taft,
Project MK-ZODIAC would like to propose "The Taft Theory" which
is a possible explanation for the poem written on a desk at the library
at Riverside City College which has been alleged to have been written
by the murderer of Bates.
According to the
State of California, Department of Justice, Bureau of Criminal
Identification and Investigation Report, Supplemental #1, dated January
22, 1971, by Melvin H. Nicolai, Special Agent, the poem was discovered
sometime in December of 1966.

http://www.zodiackiller.com/DOJ34.html
Tom Voigt has this
report posted at the website, www.zodiackiller.com.
Project MK-ZODIAC
would like to suggest that it is possible that the poem is connected to
Rolland Lin Taft in some way.
Though the poem was
found in December of 1966, it is unknown how long the poem had existed.
Therefore, it is
theoretically possible that the poem could have been written months, or
even more than a year, before December of 1966.
The poem has been
interpreted as a description of someone being stabbed with a knife
which could be a specific reference to the attack by Taft on April 13,
1965.
On April 17, 1965,
there was an article with the headline "Clean-cut youth sought in
stabbing" which was printed in The Press and The Daily Enterprise.

The poem begins with
the words "cut" and "clean".

If the poem was
written by someone who had seen the headline in one of the newspapers,
then it is possible that the writer chose the words "cut" and "clean"
because the word "clean-cut" was in the headline of the article about
the stabbing.
The poem states that
"she won't die this time", "someone ll find her". The student that Taft
stabbed survived and was aided by her neighbors, so this reference is
consistent with the known facts.
The poem mentions
"her new dress" which was "red". However, information is not available
regarding what clothes were worn by the student that Taft stabbed on
April 13, 1965.
Note: The Taft theory
does not explain the meaning of the initials "rh" at the end of the
poem.
* * *
There are two
distinct variations of the Taft theory, as follows:
The Taft Theory -
Version #1:
Rolland Lin Taft wrote the poem soon after the stabbing incident of
April 13, 1965, before he was arrested.
or
The Taft Theory -
Version #2:
Someone else wrote the poem based upon the stabbing incident of April
13, 1965, which involved Rolland Lin Taft. The person who wrote the
poem may or may not have been the murderer of Cheri Jo Bates.
* * *
Project MK-ZODIAC
would like to challenge other researchers who may have contact with the
Riverside Police Department to investigate this theory.
For example, one
question that could be answered is whether or not Taft´s handwriting
was similar to the handwriting in the poem.
* * *
If you have any
additional information, please email project@mk-zodiac.com.
Also, in the event
that for any reason there is any discrepancy in this report, as a
courtesy, please advise.
* * *
To
read about the attack on a student
at Riverside City College on April 13, 1965,
which may or may not have inspired the Zodiac,
click here.
* * *
To
return to the message to the Zodiac, click here.
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Project MK-ZODIAC
An Investigation
of the Zodiac Killer
by Ricardo
Eugirtni Gomez
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