Zodiac seemed to enjoy the publicity he received. His messages also often included a crosshairs symbol, which resembled the sight on a rifle - the same symbol on the hood worn during his September 1969 attack. In a letter The San Francisco Examiner received on August 4, 1969, he wrote, "This is the Zodiac speaking," marking his first use of the name "Zodiac." That opening salutation would be repeated in many letters. He also reached out to the police by phone several days following that crime. The Zodiac Killer took responsibility for Stine's death in a letter postmarked October 13, 1969, enclosing a piece of the driver's bloodied shirt. And in addition to phoning the police after the murders he committed in July, he made a phone call confession to law enforcement in September. Photo: Getty Images Zodiac would send letters to newspapers with cryptic cluesĪfter his July 1969 attack, the Zodiac Killer began to contact newspapers via letters that included details only the killer would know. While in the taxi, Zodiac shot Stine in the head. On October 11, 1969, in San Francisco, Zodiac entered the cab of Paul Stine, 29, as a passenger. Shepard ended up succumbing to her wounds, but Hartnell recovered. The man used a gun to threaten Shepard and Hartnell, tied them up, then stabbed the pair.īoth Shepard and Hartnell were alive when help arrived. They were approached by a man wearing a hood that bore a symbol of two intersecting lines in a circle. On September 27, 1969, 22-year-old Cecilia Shepard and 20-year-old Bryan Hartnell were having a picnic at Lake Berryessa in Napa County. During the call, he stated: "I also killed those kids last year," a reference to Faraday and Jensen.
Less than an hour following the attack, Zodiac phoned the Vallejo police department to report the crime. Ferrin was killed, but Mageau survived the wounds to his jaw, shoulder and leg.
Less than seven months later in the early morning hours of July 5, 1969, Darlene Ferrin, 22, and Mike Mageau, 19, were shot multiple times while sitting in Ferrin's car at the Blue Rock Springs Golf Club in Vallejo, California.
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