George Zimmerman Jailhouse Tapes Reveal Ill-Conceived Code Words, Hoodie Reference

Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, who stands charged with second-degree murder, and his wife Shellie, who faces her own perjury charges, spoke often before his original bail hearing, trading the I love yous expected of a couple torn apart. But according to prosecutors, they also conspired to hide the piles of money Zimmerman was raising for his defense online. And not very well, employing a code more obvious than kids trying to trick their parents with a secret language. The Orlando Sentinel reports:

In the calls Zimmerman makes repeated reference to "Peter Pan", an apparent reference to PayPal.

And neither he nor his wife ever refer to more than $100,000, talking instead about amounts generally totaling "10" and "20". Prosecutors say those were references to $10,000 and $20,000.


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They also discussed Zimmerman getting out on bail, and how to keep him from the press. The Sentinel reports that his choice of words was not ideal:

... "Well, I have my hoodie," he says, a possible joke, referring to the hooded sweatshirt Trayvon Martin wore the night Zimmerman shot him in Sanford, Feb. 26.

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