Lost this entire post due to computer problems!
So will just do a list.Jez...
Second i in Riverside written on the '66 confession envelope. Compare to the second row of symbols in the Gaul Z killer note the three symbols that look like the i in Riverside. Nelson discovered this. I found the same i in the Exorcist note.
Both the Confession and the Z killer note have:
Both have misspellings
Both mention the "beautiful" victim
Both in upper case typed characters
Both written in November on in '66 the other in '69 reverse the 9 you get a 66 so it an become a 69.
Both mention "time"relative to their death
Both indicate the writer knew the schedule of the vicitm/s
Both use to instead of too
Both were copies-no originals
More distant:the Confession mentions an alley-the Gaul murder was in an alley
Both murders were during a full moon
Both female vicitms were beaten and stabbed to death
Both females were in their teens.
Both scenes were near a Magnolia St.
In Silverlake Gaul murder and in Riverside Bates murder- both water symbols FYI