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19602/1970s: The first book in this study of the Zodiac Killer
Hunted: The Zodiac Murders
What you need to know before your trail
The Zodiac serial killer claimed the lives of at least five young victims between 1966 and 1974, and mocked the police with telephone calls, taunting letters, and encrypted messages. Thousands of men have been accused; nearly 2,500 have been investigated. Yet the Zodiac has never been identified.
This painstakingly researched and meticulously detailed compendium to the Zodiac serial killer case by True Crime author Mark Hewitt presents the crimes and their effect on a community, including the various sides of the many disputed issues within the case.
Travel Guide
The Zodiac Murders
San Francisco 1960s – 1970s
Lake Herman Road attack
The first murders widely attributed to the Zodiac Killer were the shootings of high school students Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday on December 20, 1968, on Lake Herman Road
Blue Rock Springs attack
Just before midnight on July 4, 1969, Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau drove into the Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, four miles from the Lake Herman Road murder site. They parked up and were soon accompanied by another car which them promptly left.
Lake Berryessa attack
On September 27, 1969, Pacific Union College students Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard were picnicking at Lake Berryessa when the masked Zodiac attacked. She died two days later but Bryan survived and provided a description of the killer
Presidio Heights attack
Students look out their window on Cherry/Washington and see a taxi driver being shot and the man escaping along a nearby road
Modesto attack
He tries to capture a woman driving her car with her baby inside
Riverside Community College
The killing of a student has been attributed to the Zodiac
During the time of the killings, many taunting letters apparently from the Zodiac himself were sent to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.Each letter also included one-third of a 408-symbol cryptogram which the killer claimed contained his identity. The killer demanded they be printed on each paper’s front page or he would kill again.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Hunted: The Zodiac Murders
Destination : San Francisco Author/Guide: Robert Graysmith Departure Time: 1960s, 1970s
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