December 16, 2023
Birch Bay, Washington
Have decided by way of a “thank you” to all my loyal readers (consider it an early Xmas present, which I will unwrap for you today) have decided to publish the “new clue” here on the website. For those who have already purchased the print or e-book, here it is.
In the comments section of the original 2019 blog announcing the publication of In The Mesquite “A Reader” wrote:
“I just read the book and have been reading through comments on the blog but I haven’t seen this anywhere: am I the only one who sees the letters “G” and “H” in the positioning of the victims’ arms?”
My answer to “A Reader”- Yes, you were the only one to see this and it is a huge “clew” and thoughtprint. Thank You, Thank you for this additional linkage to G.H.-George Hodel. As in his later killings, the egomaniacal G.H. just could not resist leaving a clue, a thoughtprint to his name at the crime scene.
No police photos exist publicly, showing this positioning, but thanks to the carefully reproduced 1938 crime sketch we see it captured in the illustration.
Here is my editor/author/partner, retired Dallas PD officer Robert Sadler’s graphic to help us aid in seeing how George Hodel positioned the bodies to write out his actual initials, G.H.
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Graphic by author Robert J. Sadler
Graphic by author Here is a link to the original 2019 announcement of the IN THE MESQUITE publication which includes “A Reader” comment/discovery. (I have asked the anonymous reader for permission to include his/her name so I may credit the writer for the discovery. No response to date.)
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