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span of the Zodiac
The span of letters, killings and frustrating days in california -
First suspected killings
Robert Domingos, 18, and Linda Edwards, 17: shot and killed on June 4, 1963, on a beach near Lompoc. Edwards and Domingos were identified as possible Zodiac victims because of specific similarities between their attack and the Zodiac's attack at Lake Berryessa six years later. -
second suspected killings
Cheri Jo Bates, 18: stabbed to death and nearly decapitated on October 30, 1966, at Riverside City College in Riverside. -
Connections
Bates' possible connection to the Zodiac only appeared four years after her murder when San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery received a tip regarding similarities between the Zodiac killings and the circumstances surrounding Bates' death. -
The Zodiac encountered
On the night of the Pual Stine shooting, police encountered a man who at the time did not fit the description of the Zodiac. As in latr letters to the SF Chronicle he claimed to have talked with the police and they did not decide to stop him. -
Fisrt Confirmed Killings
David Arthur Faraday, 17, and Betty Lou Jensen, 16: shot and killed on December 20, 1968, on Lake Herman Road, within the city limits of Benicia. -
Second Confirmed Killings
Michael Mageau Renault, 19, and Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin, 22: shot on July 4, 1969, in the parking lot of Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo. While Mageau survived the attack, Ferrin was pronounced dead on scene. -
Letters
Letters started arriving at the san francisco chronicle from the zodiac himself. The letters had a code which, was deciphered but there was not enough evidence to convict the zodiac. -
Lake Attack
Bryan Calvin Hartnell, 20, and Cecelia Ann Shepard, 22: stabbed on September 27, 1969, at Lake Berryessa in Napa County. Hartnell survived eight stab wounds to the back, but Shepard died as a result of 10 stab wounds 5 in front 5 in back, her injuries on September 29, 1969. -
Cab driver shot
Paul Lee Stine, 29, shot and killed from point balnk range on October 11, 1969. There were 3 witnesses to the shooting. 3 Children told their parents and they called the police. -
Third escapee
Kathleen Johns, 22: allegedly abducted on March 22, 1970, on Highway 132 near I-580, in an area west of Modesto. Johns escaped from the car of a man who drove her, and her infant daughter, around in the area between Stockton and Patterson for approximately three hours. -
Missing
Donna Lass, 25: last seen September 6, 1970, in Stateline, Nevada. No evidence has been uncovered to definitively connect Donna Lass' disappearance with the Zodiac Killer. -
Postcard
A postcard with an advertisement from Forest Pines condominiums (near Incline Village at Lake Tahoe) pasted on the back was received at the Chronicle on March 22, 1971, and has been interpreted as the Zodiac claiming Lass' disappearance as a victim. -
Arthur is dead
The main suspect in the Zodiac case was pronounced dead by natrual causes. -
Arthur is free
In 2002, a DNA comparison to a sample found on one of the stamps of the Zodiac letters did not match Allen's. After this happened Athur who is already dead was cleared off the small list of main Zodiac suspects -
Zodiac the movie
The movie the zodiac killer came out in 2007
