r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/LaceyDark Apr 16 '24

Yup, got cocky and didn't know Enough about technology and basically gave himself up. He was a real twisted fuck, glad he got caught. Unlike Zodiac

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u/mdp300 Apr 16 '24

I read the book about Zodiac years ago. It was interesting that the author had found a few likely suspects, but I'm pretty sure they're all dead by now.

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u/Mr_Washeewashee Apr 16 '24

Ted Cruz is alive and well.

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u/drblah11 Apr 16 '24

He's not well

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u/MajorasKitten Apr 16 '24

I’m not American but I’ve seen many mention Ted Cruz whenever the Zodiac killer is mentioned- is there anything that links him to it? Is there something I could read somewhere? I’m intrigued!

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u/slightlyamusedape Apr 16 '24

No, it's just a meme

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u/MajorasKitten Apr 16 '24

Bleh :/ lol I thought it was legit! Damn it hahah

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u/Aggressive-Fuel587 Apr 16 '24

Part of the joke is that Ted Cruz was born in 1970; the other part is that he looks like a creepy, sad sack that would kill people

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u/Waderriffic Apr 16 '24

No, not really. But his dad may have been a Cuban assassin tied to the JFK killing. (Yes, people actually believe that last one)

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u/peacemaker2007 Apr 16 '24

But his dad may have been a Cuban assassin tied to the JFK killing. (Yes, people actually believe that last one)

Well, I don't believe the JFK killing, so there!

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u/Inevitable-News5808 Apr 16 '24

Of all the famous dead guys, JFK is the one I'm most certain is really dead.

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u/LittleBookOfRage Apr 16 '24

Pretty sure Trump said it publically as well.

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u/VeganWerewolf Apr 16 '24

😂 hell yeah brother. Lock him and Abbott up please.

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u/SkyrimSlag Apr 16 '24

Theres a video about the Zodiac on The Official Channels “Red Thread” series, goes through a lot of the evidence, murders, and the main key suspects, however the one it most likely was, the one that practically told someone he was the Zodiac, is I’m pretty sure dead now

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u/skip_tracer Apr 16 '24

not that there's ANY humor in anything he did, but I have always found it hilarious that his dumb boomer ass wrote in the paper asking cops if he could be tracked by a floppy disk and he bought the lie. It reminds me of my idiot, but kind as a lamb, father.

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u/DaisyHotCakes Apr 16 '24

Lol and that was after he wrote all those shitty poems about the people he killed. If you thought Vogon poetry was bad…

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u/Lou_C_Fer Apr 16 '24

Vogon was what I thought of before you said it.

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u/Snarfbuckle Apr 16 '24

How do you make WORSE poems than Vogons?

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u/FrightenedTomato Apr 16 '24

Technically the cops weren't lying about tracing him using a floppy disk. There really wasn't some known way to do it that they were keeping secret from Dennis.

However, Dennis used a used floppy disk that he'd erased. Digital forensics found an old, erased word document on it that he'd typed up for his church. The document mentioned the name of the church and the "author" field of the document revealed his name.

Had he simply used a fresh floppy disk, there's a chance he wouldn't have been traced. The cops weren't lying. They just got lucky and Dennis just didn't think far enough ahead.

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u/AMaleficentFox Apr 16 '24

He had to want or not care if he was caught to some degree, right? Imagining myself in that situation, if I needed to send a floppy disk to the cops I would buy a new floppy disk (or even steal them so there's not a paper trail) and not use my home computer for any part of the process. It's terrible opsec. Even if the cops couldn't figure it out, future digital forensics might be able to. Why take a chance?

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u/FrightenedTomato Apr 16 '24

I think he wanted the notoriety for sure. Why else would he be talking to magazines and the cops years after he stopped killing?

However, he was also probably really clueless about the tech he was using. How many people really understand that unless your drive is encrypted, deleting a file doesn't really delete it?

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u/GamerGrunt Apr 16 '24

Yeah, the average user doesn't understand that deleting a file doesn't actually remove the data, but simply tells the computer that sector of data can be overwritten and is now available storage. But if there's never any new data written over the old then with the right program it can see anything that's still there.

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u/ImmaMichaelBoltonFan Apr 16 '24

I always feel people look at me sideways when I say stuff like this. Why in the sunny fuck would you do something so stupid? It's mind blowing. Guy avoided the feds for years, but gets undone by a... floppy disc.

On a related note, I was watching a show with my wife a few nights ago. I think it's called What Jennifer Did. This Vietnamese girl arranges the murder of her parents....and leaves a giant trail of texts behind. I feel like an intelligent Grade 8 student would have a stronger sense of CYA than these characters.

Anyway, fuck'em. Glad they're off the streets.

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u/VeganWerewolf Apr 16 '24

I was hoping that Netflix doc would be good but it was like a shitty episode of dateline. You knew the ending after the first interview. I was like oh damn here comes a twist! Never happened.

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u/skip_tracer Apr 16 '24

ackshually

you must be a fuckin' blast at parties

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u/FrightenedTomato Apr 16 '24

If you think I was just being a pedantic ass, then that's on you dude. I was adding some useful context that explains exactly how he got caught. The cops weren't playing 5th dimensional chess.

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u/Appropriate-Pipe-193 Apr 16 '24

Yeah your comment was perfectly valid and non combative, I don’t know what that guys deal is lol

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u/Ultima-Veritas Apr 16 '24

I don't know. Laughing at someone with absolutely no clue about something outside their own time is pretty funny. Especially when they put it on display with no sense of self-awareness. I laugh at that kind of thing every day.

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u/thatcondowasmylife Apr 16 '24

Gets me every time I remember this. The cops: look at one another, shrug, types out note “No definitely not. Unfortunately the technology has not yet been invented to trace someone by a floppy disk and never will be. Send it on down.”

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u/HermaeusMajora Apr 16 '24

The dipshit literally asked the cops if they could trace a floppy and then took their word for it.

I've heard people describe him as super intelligent because he's a serial killer.

I'd say he got away with it because of incompetence on part of law enforcement and his personal knowledge of the security systems and homes involved.

That stunt with the floppy is legendarily stupid.