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| On October 7, 1970, the ''Chronicle'' received a three-by-five-inch (7.6 cm by 12.7 cm) card (nicknamed the "13 Hole Punch Card"<ref name=":26" />) signed by the Zodiac with the [[File:Zodiac Killer symbol.svg|27px|link=]] symbol and a small cross reportedly drawn with blood. The card's message was formed by pasting words and letters from an edition of the ''Chronicle'', and thirteen holes were punched across the card. Inspectors Armstrong and Toschi agreed that it was "highly probable" that the card had been sent by the Zodiac.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cdn.sfgate.com/chronicle/acrobat/2007/02/25/zodiac_1970_10_12_1.pdf |title=Gilbert and Sullivan Clue to Zodiac |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 12, 1970 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007030...le/acrobat/2007/02/25/zodiac_1970_10_12_1.pdf |archive-date=2007-03-06}}</ref> | On October 7, 1970, the ''Chronicle'' received a three-by-five-inch (7.6 cm by 12.7 cm) card (nicknamed the "13 Hole Punch Card"<ref name=":26" />) signed by the Zodiac with the [[File:Zodiac Killer symbol.svg|27px|link=]] symbol and a small cross reportedly drawn with blood. The card's message was formed by pasting words and letters from an edition of the ''Chronicle'', and thirteen holes were punched across the card. Inspectors Armstrong and Toschi agreed that it was "highly probable" that the card had been sent by the Zodiac.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cdn.sfgate.com/chronicle/acrobat/2007/02/25/zodiac_1970_10_12_1.pdf |title=Gilbert and Sullivan Clue to Zodiac |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 12, 1970 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007030...le/acrobat/2007/02/25/zodiac_1970_10_12_1.pdf |archive-date=2007-03-06}}</ref> |
| On October 27, 1970, Avery received a [[Halloween card]] (nicknamed as such<ref name=":11" />) signed with a letter ''Z'' and the Zodiac's crossed-circle symbol. Handwritten inside the card was the note, "Peek-a-boo, you are doomed." The threat was taken seriously and was the subject of a front-page story in the ''Chronicle''.<ref name="peekaboo">Graysmith 1986 (2007), p. 160.</ref> The phrase "4-teen" in the letter was interpeted as a possible reference to a 14 victim.<ref name=":9" /> Soon after receiving the letter, Avery received an anonymous letter alerting him to the similarities between the Zodiac's activities and the unsolved Bates murder in Riverside.<ref>Graysmith 1986 (2007), pp. 161–162.</ref> Avery reported his findings in the ''Chronicle'' on November 16, 1970.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} | On October 27, 1970, Avery received a [[Halloween card]] (nicknamed as such<ref name=":11" />) signed with a letter ''Z'' and the Zodiac's crossed-circle symbol. Handwritten inside the card was the note, "Peek-a-boo, you are doomed." The threat was taken seriously and was the subject of a front-page story in the ''Chronicle''.<ref name="peekaboo">Graysmith 1986 (2007), p. 160.</ref> The phrase "4-teen" in the letter was interpeted as a possible reference to a 14 victim.<ref name=":9" /> Avery started packing a pistol, while Chronicle reporters jokingly started wearing buttons saying "I "*****" Not Avery".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fagan |first=By Kevin |title=Zodiac Killer case: How the San Francisco Chronicle was involved |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/zodiac-killer-case-how-the-san-francisco-13464935.php |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> |
| Soon after receiving the letter, Avery received an anonymous letter alerting him to the similarities between the Zodiac's activities and the unsolved Bates murder in Riverside.<ref>Graysmith 1986 (2007), pp. 161–162.</ref> | |
| === Final Zodiac letter === | === Final Zodiac letter === |
Okumaya devam et...