From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   Well recent headlines insists that Marvin Margolis is the   
   Zodiac killer AND the murderer of the famous "Black   
   Dahlia" murder...   
      
   And at least one photograph of him does bear a rather   
   striking similarity to a police sketch of the Zodiac   
   killer...   
      
   And he can be connected to the Black Dahlia, having   
   dated her...   
      
   But I performed my customary 30-second Google search   
   (and EXHAUSTIVE 30 second Google search) and I found   
   absolutely nothing connecting him to a single Zodiac   
   victim.   
      
   So I'm ignoring it. Not dismissing it, just ignoring   
   it. There's nothing to connect him to the zodiac   
   killings except for one single coincidence:  His photo   
   is very similar to a police sketch.   
      
   That's it.   
      
   So if this bores you then how about something else:   
      
   The zodiac murders would be solved already if the police   
   could have somehow known what we would be able to do in   
   the future, or even guessed at what kind of "Evidence"   
   might be collected...   
      
   You know, DNA.   
      
   So how do we -- right now -- figure out what's coming   
   in the future?   
      
   Imagine, if you will, the police investigating a crime   
   and they are completely stumped. WORSE, imagine it's a   
   zodiac style serial killer!   
      
   Picture a situation like the zodiac where nothing is   
   coming up. What do you save for that future tech that   
   will one day be invented? How do you handle and preserve   
   evidence with that future tech in mind?   
      
   This is JTEM so you know I've got an answer! After all,   
   how else can I impress you?   
      
   So this is how you do it:  You sit down. You brainstorm.   
   You imagine what kind of evidence you WANT. You image   
   what kind of tools which do not exist but you wish they   
   did. THAT is probably going to be the future tech that'll   
   solve your case and THAT is what you need to keep in mind,   
   preserve your evidence to meet one day in the far future.   
      
   Now I don't know what law enforcement wishes for, when   
   they spend time wishing for tests/tools that don't yet   
   exists, but...   
      
   Gun powder residue:  Maybe if the government required all   
   gun powder to include "Markers," some sort of chemical   
   residue that won't burn and thus identify the manufacturer   
   of the powder.   
      
   Guns stamping both the bullet and the casing?   
      
   I know, it would be impossible to give each one a unique   
   identifying number. But think of this:  Even just three   
   letters presents 17576 combinations!   
      
   26 x 26 x 26   
      
   And even ONE SINGLE LETTER would be enough to exclude   
   25 out of every 26 guns looked at!   
      
   And we can't get away with gun registrations -- because   
   registering cars keeps them all off the roads so that'll   
   do the same with guns -- so gun TITLES!   
      
   Every gun made has a title. The gun changes hands, the   
   title is filled out, mailed in and the new one arrives.   
      
   This leaves you with record that tells you where & when   
   that gun left legal hands. Because all guns start out   
   legal, and then either the gun owner goes criminal, sells   
   or gifts it to a criminal or the criminal steals it. So   
   if they could identify where & when a gun left legal hands,   
   that might point to a suspect or even eliminate some!   
      
      
   Okay. All of these won't work in a zodiac style scenario.   
   Because, you can't apply future changes, like stamping   
   bullets, to bullets fired in the past. We need some sort   
   of advancement that can be retroactively applied, like DNA.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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