The DoodlerPossible confession sparks search for a psychiatrist
In late 1975, a psychiatrist contacted San Francisco police to say he knew who the Doodler serial killer was. Nearly half a century later, his identity has been maddeningly difficult to pin down. What answers would he have?
April 20, 2021 4:00 a.m.
The psychiatrist was the breakthrough. Said he had a confession. And a name. San Francisco homicide inspectors Rotea Gilford and Earl Sanders thought they were about to nab the Doodler, solving a string of murders.
Looking back to late 1975, it seemed like the handcuffs were about to come out. The shrink’s therapy session notes presumably had their suspect copping to being the guy who stabbed Doodler victims to death on Ocean Beach. Then there was the police sketch. The suspect apparently resembled the one generated by attack survivors that summer.
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chairman of the homeland security committee, also with us this morning, cnn national security contributor frances townsend, former bush homeland security adviser. congressman king, give me some more details of this plot as you know this and the man at the center of the plot whom we haven t heard much information about. soledad i really can t give you all the details. this is an ongoing operation. it was an unmetallic device, i can tell you it involves a number of countries and that at no time did the bomb ever make it on to the plane but as far as even the country it originated from, all of that for various reasons is not being disclosed but it is ongoing, involved sophisticated intelligence and it s something where i don t think the government expected it to be coming out yesterday because it s ongoing and the device is being tested by the fbi, and as you raise the issue about whether or not our current level of detection is enough to be able to find this type of device. t
we have a responsibility as parents and as authority figures not to encourage such thoughts and feelings. well, i guess, first of all, john, and then i want to go to michelle, to use the word barbarians to describe gay people. i think that s horrific. i think that whole concept he s talked about there is an amazing denial of human experience. and i think the first thing we need to do is to listen and validate to what people experience. and i remember in my own life, that was very important to be validated. i think to invalidate a person s feelings and say, oh, really, you don t feel that, is an amazing shutdown in relationship. and, personally, i also had a hard time following what he was even saying. it didn t make sense to me. i wonder, too, because if you think and feel you re straight, are you supposed to go by that or not? but michelle, these bachmanns engaged in this unusual mission
nature/nurture, whatever, so they say something stupid, oh, we make our choices. why is that politics? why do they have to make a political statement like that? in part, because it goes beyond homosexuality, and so much of their politics and their kind of cultural ideal is about a god-given hierarchy between men and women, god-given roles for men and women within the family. if you admit there are variations on the proper way to live a flourishing life, you open yourself to all kinds of challenges. to, you know, the kind of 70s feminists used to call patriarchy. if you admit that people are born gay or become gay very early in life, then you re admitting that god makes people gay. and john, you re one of god s children. i think we all ought to know that and everyone ought to say that every day when they get up in the morning. we re all god s children. let s start with that one. great to have you on. thank you so much for coming on this program, sir. and john smid, thank you. thank