Presidio Heights: The Murder Of Paul Stine

On October 11, 1969, Paul Stine, a 29 year old cab driver, was killed around 9:55 p.m., on the corner of Washington and Cherry Streets in the Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California (Voigt 2021b). He was shot in the head once at point-blank range, with a 9mm semit-automatic pistol (Voigt 2021b). Although it was not the same weapon used in the murder Darlene Ferrin (Voigt 2021b). One the day of the murder, Paul had reported to another’s night work at the Yellow Cab Company (Cole 2020). After finishing his first fare of the night, Paul received a notification of another one, around 9:30 p.m. (Cole 2020). While going to the location dispatch had sent him, he picked up his second, and unknowingly last, fare for the night (Cole 2020). The man had requested a to be brought to an intersection of Washington and Maple, in the Presidio Heights neighborhood (Cole 2020). After recording the entry into his logbook and starting the meter, Paul began the journey to that destination (Cole 2020).

When they arrived, the passenger put a 9mm weapon right behind Paul’s right ear and fired once (Cole 2020). The attacker then moved to the front of the vehicle and started wiping down the inside of the cab with a cloth, while three kids took notice of the situation on the third floor of their home (Cole 2020). They were unaware that Paul was fatally wounded but did observe the attacker moving his body and checking his pockets, so that called the police (Cole 2020). Once the killer was satisfied with his work of cleaning the cab, repositioning Paul’s body, taking his wallet, keys, and portion of his shirt, he casually walked away from the scene and headed north on Cherry Street (Cole