FBI asks public for help breaking encrypted notes tied to 1999 murder - Polidicks

[QUOTE=cheater99;28898060]A fail on my part then :/ Uploaded it anyways [url]http://www.sendspace.com/file/bgxjia[/url][/QUOTE] Shift by 13 is pretty interesting. JANE and PORN (twice), among other actual words (though they are spread thin). Thank you, by the way.

isn't RSTLNE what you get from the wheel of fortune at the end to solve the main puzzle? But I don't think they gasve those letters to you automatically in 1999 but I am not a fan. Can anyone else remember when that was started?

the way the guy died is so weird, nobody knows apparently [url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0519ED0DEDE00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]something dumb that wants 3 bucks for full documentation[/url] [quote]SOURCE: PUBLICATION: St. Louis Post-Dispatch DATE: July 3, 1999 SECTION: NEWS EDITION: FIVE STAR LIFT PAGE: 10 WORD COUNT: 703 ID#: 9907030192 WEST ALTON Man found near field may have died naturally The Major Case Squad was wrapping up its investigation Friday into the death of Ricky McCormick, 41, whose body was found Wednesday near a cornfield off Highway 367 near West Alton. Maj. Tom O'Connor said medical examiners had not been able to determine a cause of death, and the 18 people working the case had found no evidence of a crime. The squad was turning the investigation back to the St. Charles[/quote]

[QUOTE=Errorproxy;28882647]Don't ask what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. [img_thumb]http://implementimprovement.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/JFK.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I always wondered, isn't this quote pretty much a summary of fascism? the state is more important than the individual?

[QUOTE=Jiyoon;28898709]I always wondered, isn't this quote pretty much a summary of fascism? the state is more important than the individual?[/QUOTE] another case of avatar fits statement :v:

Has anyone considered the enormous possibility of this just being gibberish? I know I'm not the only one who likes to print a piece of paper with random garble on it sequenced to look like a language of some sort and place it in interesting places to get people worried.

Look at the related murders and see how they were committed try and build up a profile, he might have based his cryptic style upon existing ones and merged them together. Look at the letter shape, spacing, positioning this can give you information on the actual person (more than you know). You can tell a lot from handwriting (brain usage, if hes left handed he could be more artistic so it could be more of a visual base or a riddle). If they are separations in the script then it could be like story, beginning a middle and an end. Try looking at it horizontal to if there is any similarities in the text or if any patterns appear, could be in different language and each individual letter is given and meaning. It could contain his identity so stringing letters together might come up with a name. Draw around the outlines of the text, it could be a picture or visual representation, such as a sign. Just some ideas.

so - it might be natural cuases and the FBI is involved in something that isn't even ruled an intra-state murder???? 1+1=11 this shyt does not add up this is a FBI play to gain information on a completely different case!

How where his crimes committed? Try and compare the style of his murders to other cryptic killers that got caught or their notes decrypted he might have used similar styles. Where was he based? Try and contact people from the same area from the same time and see if they were aware of common street encrypting for drug dealers or gangs see if was related to anything, check library records see if anyone checked out cryptic books and check out their houses etc. (library card on insert of book) see if they pursued cryptology and do encryption for fun or local newspapers and build up a profile.

[QUOTE=ludwig;28892097]I'm guessing he may have been at a library prior to being killed. I imagine he would have needed something to write on, which may have proven difficult out in the field where he was found. He may have known he was being pursued by his murderer(s). A public facility with lots of people around may have provided him a temporary sanctuary. If he was to leave additional information it may very well be within one of the books at a library. Maybe 99.84.52 is a dewey decimal reference. If i'm not mistaken that would place it among 'manuscripts and book rarities'.[/QUOTE] I doubt a guy who was a high school drop out would be referencing a manuscript.

[QUOTE=SleeperCell;28898954]so - it might be natural cuases and the FBI is involved in something that isn't even ruled an intra-state murder???? 1+1=11 this shyt does not add up this is a FBI play to gain information on a completely different case![/QUOTE] > implying the Cryptology department of the FBI encompasses the entirety of the FBI

[QUOTE=Murkat;28897286]When did Facepunch turn into expert codebreakers?[/QUOTE] around the time we realized facepunch had among the largest pools of autism in the universe

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;28899041]around the time we realized facepunch had among the largest pools of autism in the universe[/QUOTE] I'm not an expert codebreaker I'm just throwing out some ideas on the table so someone with more expertise could take them into account, there are quite a lot of people with high intelligence on FP but there are also kids who think their smart.

My grandfather was an expert codebreaker in WWII too bad he's dead!

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;28899109]My grandfather was an expert codebreaker in WWII too bad he's dead![/QUOTE] Once the enigma code got broke it didn't take much expertise.

i noticed when i put the numbers"1001 60 580 60" in google earth, i got "60. Sk, Istanbul, Turkey " ,it could be the location from were he fled to. jtluk, it is a hotel [editline]30th March 2011[/editline] im sorry, i meant house, in a neighborhood

[QUOTE=tleit004;28899157]i noticed when i put the numbers"1001 60 580 60" in google earth, i got "60. Sk, Istanbul, Turkey " ,it could be the location from were he fled to. jtluk, it is a hotel[/QUOTE] Why don't you go there and see if anyone has a hard a room for more than 11 years or if someone checked in, in 1999.

I do recall reading something that basically is if you keep the first and last letter the same no matter what way the letters are arranged in the middle you can still guess/make out what it is, mabye this is related?

Look at the mistakes on the top line, there done on purpose, could have meaning and also the brackets.

[QUOTE=kborg32592;28899019]I doubt a guy who was a high school drop out would be referencing a manuscript.[/QUOTE] high school dropout could mean he dropped out as a senior, I wouldn't put that sort of craftiness above a senior in high school

[QUOTE=Adzter;28899191]I do recall reading something that basically is if you keep the first and last letter the same no matter what way the letters are arranged in the middle you can still guess/make out what it is, mabye this is related?[/QUOTE] You try yourself, I know what you mean and done did it on some other places, it didn't work. :smith:

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;28899109]My grandfather was an expert codebreaker in WWII too bad he's dead![/QUOTE] did he kill McCormiock on his way out?

[QUOTE=killover;28883680]Whoa it has 'PI' in the corner, maybe this has something to do with pi? Like the numbers of pi translate into the letters (like kiddie grade 4 shit like 1=A 2=B).[/QUOTE] Can.

[QUOTE=Adzter;28899191]I do recall reading something that basically is if you keep the first and last letter the same no matter what way the letters are arranged in the middle you can still guess/make out what it is, mabye this is related?[/QUOTE] Which is actually bullshit. "adssnsbmhesittierintalniaam" Good luck figuring that out.

[QUOTE=haloguy234;28899350]Which is actually bullshit. "adssnsbmhesittierintalniaam" Good luck figuring that out.[/QUOTE] "I am a complete and total faggot" Am i right?

[img]http://www.optical-illusions.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/reading_illusion.jpg[/img] This little article is too obvious. Over half of it consists of two-three letter words like "how", "why", "is", "it", and "the." All that remains are four letter words such as "what" and "this" and "does." You can easily figure out what someone is saying if they just switch the two middle letters of a four letter word around. This leaves only a handful of words to play with, which, when jumbled, aren't even that tricky to figure out either because they mostly use vowels rather than consonants.

[QUOTE=haloguy234;28899350]Which is actually bullshit. "adssnsbmhesittierintalniaam" Good luck figuring that out.[/QUOTE] antidisestablishmentarianism.

[QUOTE=SleeperCell;28899296]did he kill McCormiock on his way out?[/QUOTE] no he died skiing in Vermont

[QUOTE=mark6789;28899479]no he died skiing in Vermont[/QUOTE] Well thats one person ruled out!

[QUOTE=haloguy234;28899439][img_thumb]http://www.optical-illusions.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/reading_illusion.jpg[/img_thumb] This little article is too obvious. Over half of it consists of two-three letter words like "how", "why", "is", "it", and "the." All that remains are four letter words such as "what" and "this" and "does." You can easily figure out what someone is saying if they just switch the two middle letters of a four letter word around. This leaves only a handful of words to play with, which, when jumbled, aren't even that tricky to figure out either because they mostly use vowels rather than consonants.[/QUOTE] uhm not adding or removing letters just mixing the current ones. can work with any word really, except for that really long one that made no sense in your last post.