The first murders that are seemingly connected to the Zodiac are the murders of 2 high school students. On December 20th 1968, on Lake Herman road shortly after 11:00 the bodies of Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday were found. The Arthur of Zodiac, Robert Graysmith suggested that a car pulled into the turnout and parked next to the couple, just before 11:00. Jensen exited the car first and when Faraday was about halfway out, Faraday was shot in the head. Jensen tried to run but was shot 5 times through the back from 28 feet away. 4 miles away from the murder site on Lake Herman road, on July 4th 1969, prior to midnight, at the Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin were sitting in their car when a another car …show more content…
He was wearing an executioner styled black hood with clip on sunglasses and a bib on his chest with a white circle with a cross through it. He had a gun and told Shepard to tie up Hartnell. The killer tightened Hartnell’s restraints before tying up Shepard. The killer then took out a knife and stabbed them both multiple times. After the killer drew the circle with a cross through it symbol on Hartnell’s car and wrote under it, “Vallejo/12-20-68/7-4-69/sept 27-69-6:30/by knife.” After the killer had called the Napa county Sheriff’s office at 7:40 pm from a pay phone. The call was made from the Napa Car Wash on Main Street and the phone was found off the hook minutes after the call was made. The detective were able to lift a still-wet palm print from the phone but couldn’t match it to anyone. A man and his son found the victims. Shepard went into a coma and died 2 days later but Hartnell …show more content…
Paul Stine drove a block past the original destination, and the passenger shot the driver once in the head with a 9mm Luger pistol and took his keys and wallet and took a piece of Stine’s bloodstained shirt. The killer was seen by 3 teens across the street at approximately 9:55 pm. 2 blocks away from the scene 2 officers saw a white male walking on the sidewalk and walking onto a stairway leading to one of the houses. The officers thought the man might’ve been 35-45 years old while the kids who witnessed the crime estimated the killer to be 25-30 years old and about 5’8” or 5’9”. The police dispatcher had alerted police to be looking for a black