Greetings Friends of OPORD,

My name is Christopher Farmer, and I am the President of OPORD Analytical, and the author of the report that names Gareth Penn as the Zodiac Killer. Gareth Penn's name wasn't pulled out of a vacuum--it was derived from thousands of hours of hard work on the Zodiac case, and while we do have our share of critics regarding the report, to date there have been no challenges to the information provided in the report, and an energetic campaign across the internet by many people to discredit it and our work has been initiated.

This can only mean we are very close to the truth now.

We at OPORD are therefore pleased that you folks understand our work and are talking about it. Capturing the Zodiac Killer is important and our efforts demonstrate that such criminal activity will not be ignored by us as well as law enforcement.

There are many rumors that my work isn't taken seriously by law enforcement, and we are subjected to that babble on the internet all the time. In answer to that, and I haven't said this at any other site external to OPORD, is that in 2004 I met with the FBI in relation to the Zodiac Killer's "My Name Is" cipher that I solved, and law enforcement is following this case. So while we do not have the time to address every claim on the internet made against our work, it is easy to contact me via email and I do read every email I receive.

I am convinced Gareth Penn is the Zodiac. Penn tells us in Times 17 that he was a Zodiac suspect, and yet law enforcement has said he never was and wondered why he said that and Penn also stated that it would be easy for him to take a military charter to commit a murder. Like the Zodiac did, Penn is brazenly saying he is the killer.

In Times 17 on page 15 of that book, Penn explains step by step how to solve the "My Name Is" cipher, but instead of using the keyword ZODIAC, he uses WIZARD instead in the example. So are we to believe an intellect like Penn's wouldn't use a different 6 variable keyword ZODIAC instead of WIZARD, and thus not solving the cipher? The evidence just keeps mounting.

We have caught a lot of flak for figuring out that Penn is the Zodiac, and this is due to the fact that he has been dismissed as a crackpot by other Zodiac investigative groups, amateur and professional alike. Penn, to us, is no crackpot. He had training in cryptography, map reading and land navigation, and he has credentials in Library Science. His research skills are extraordinary. As a librarian, he would have the tools and the time to research and draft up the ciphers and other puzzles the Zodiac left for the media and law enforcement.

Now, I just wanted to say thanks for linking the Savage Nation You-Tube video. That is very interesting and I will share that with the folks at my forum. You guys have an excellent website. Keep up the good work!

I appreciate your work! I skimmed your report (it is exceptionally complex after all!) and am very impressed.

Perhaps you already addressed it, but what about the most elementary riddle?

Why is Zodiac named "Zodiac"?

All I could come up with is that the contents of the Zodiac are elements in mythology, and a mythos (King Arthur though, not grecoroman) you say is involved in the Zodiac riddle system.

Is there more to it?

[edit on 10-1-2009 by mbkennel]

Very interesting thread. Was convinced that Richard Gaikowski was Z, now I'm not so sure!

Deborah Perez said that Guy Ward Hendrickson was friends with Gareth Penn.

I spoke with Gareth Penn 3 different times last year. The first time he spoke with me he told me his mother contacted spirits of the dead with a Ouija Board.

The Zodiac said he was collecting slaves for the afterlife.

In 2004 a young couple was killed at Jenner Beach Calif. They were shot in the head as they slept. Nearby were found several pieces of driftwood with evil faces drawn on them. Penn lived near Jenner Beach then.

In 2005 Penn moved to Seattle, WA. In 2006 two women were killed while hiking at a remote spot in a park. Both shot in the head.

Penn is Zodiac and if not for his knowledge of the Opord Zodiac report, there would be more murders.

Chris farmer of Opord received an email in german and it was signed "Zodiac" Penn studied in Germany for awhile.