Investigators also found notebooks with seemingly arbitrary characters which were believed to be coded writing.
When detectives sprayed Bar-Jonah's garage with a phosphorus chemical while investigating his involvement in the disappearance of Zach Ramsay, the word "Tita" appeared, which led authorities to believe that Bar-Jonah may have been responsible for the abduction of James Teta, a Massachusetts boy who was kidnapped on August 23, 1973.