Vallejo Essays

  • Unsolved Crimes: The Zodiac Killer

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    have speculations of who he really is (Rutherford-Morrison). The most infamous unsolved crime to date is credited to a man known as the Zodiac Killer (Rutherford-Morrison). He was active in Northern California, around the cities of Benicia, Napa, Vallejo, and San Francisco during the late sixties, early seventies. The Zodiac admitted

  • The Chaser Film Analysis

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    Vicky has recently moved from Keelung to Taipei, where she works doing PR in a nightclub. She has an overly jealous boyfriend, Hao Hao, who tracks her every movement, including her bank accounts, her telephone bills, even her smell. Her days pass by working, taking drugs and constantly fighting with him, at least when they do not have sex. However, she is tired of her situation and finds solace in Jack, a kind-hearted gangster, who also owns a bar. Gradually, she gets more and more comfortable with

  • Conspiracy Theory: The Zodiac Killer

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    a 6-inch double-sided bayonet. One of the most known cases is the “David Faraday-Betty Lou Jensen” case. These two young teenagers were shot to death in their car. They were located at a remote spot on Lake Herman Road, on the outskirts of Vallejo, California. The police were left confused, unable to determine why that happened or who the suspect

  • Murders Of Jensen And The Zodiac

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    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

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    each reader to think about after reading this paper. The Zodiac Killer According to Wikipedia.com, the Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. The killer originated the name "Zodiac" in an August 7, 1969 letter to the local Bay Area press, which

  • Serial Killers: The Zodiac Killer

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    Description: The unidentified killer terrorized the town of Vallego, California by his vicious and evil work in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The killer named himself the name “The Zodiac,” in August 7, 1969 in a letter written to the Bay Area Press, the killer follows it with a cross within a circle. The Zodiac claimed 37 victims in a letter written to a publishing company but police were only able to confirm 7 of them. His victims were 3 couples between the ages of 16- 19 and a single man.

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    how he thinks about his next victim, and that he is stalking their girls. The Zodiac’s second assassination was in 1969; it was a couple parked at lover’s lane in Vallejo, California. Their names

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    The Zodiac Killer The zodiac killer operated in the late 1960s and the early 1970s In San Francisco, Northern California. He has never been caught. Many people have claimed to know the Zodiac Killer, but are just telling lies for attention probably. The killers case is still open, and police in the area are still trying to find who he is today. When the Zodiac killed his victims, a couple of them survived, but the police couldn't find much out about him because he was wearing something over his

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    times. Before driving off, the killer walked away from the car but heard Mageau moaning so he returned and shot each victim two more times. Mageau survived the attack but Fernin was pronounced dead. On July 5, 1969, at 12:40 a.m., a man called the Vallejo Police Department and reported and claimed responsibility for both attacks in Lake Herman Road six months prior and the Blue Rock Springs

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    Lake Herman Road in Vallejo, California. David, 17 at the time, was shot point blank in the head as he was forced out of the car. Betty Lou, who was 16, attempted to run and was shot five times in the back during her escape. Both died at the scene, and the police were unable to find any motive in the killings. The next killing took place months later on July 5, 1969 when Darlene Ferrin, 22, and Mike Mageau, 19, were also shot in their car at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, California. Ferrin was

  • A Comparison Of Betty Lou Jensen And David Faraday's Murder

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    Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday were on their first date but sadly the date took a turn for the worse and they were murdered. It did not take long for police to get to the crime scene but even though they arrived at an early time they were never successful or even close to catching the murderer, and the case had many suspects but they all led to dead ends and the case was besar and was not in the detectives favor due to the crime scene and timing of the murder. The crime shows exactly what happened

  • Killer's Psychotic Behavior: The Zodiac Killer

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    The Zodiac killings are both interesting and mysterious because of the killer’s psychotic behavior. Theories still abound around the unsolved mysteries today, and the vital investigation that took place during this time. “The Zodiac Killer’s first victim, an 18-year-old College student, was stabbed to death in Riverside, California in 1966. Soon after the murder, a local newspaper received a letter, that proved details of the crime and declared that the victim was neither the first or the last. In

  • Research Paper Outline For Zodiac Killer

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    Zodiac Killer By: Nick Pelach, Jake M, Oliver N, Avery S Topic: Zodiac Killer and Killings Main Points: His killings and hints he left - jake Forensic profiling- Avery Possible suspects: nicholas Modern advancements in the case- Oliver I. Introduction - A. Attention getter: "Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran". Sirs -- I would like to expression my constant consternation concerning your poor taste + lack of sympathy for the public, as evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie

  • Arthur Leigh Allen And The Zodiac Killer

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    person, most likely a male, who was a murderer. He killed at least 7 people that the police know of. He was described as having a heavy set, with thick rimmed glassed. He also had a round face. The Zodiac’s first kills were on December 20, 1968, in Vallejo, California. He was so famous, because first of all, he was never caught. Second, after he killed someone, he would send a letter admitting that he did it. The letters the Zodiac sent always started as “This is the Zodiac speaking” and then he went

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    with the first murders. He started by calling the police and valiming them, but shortly after, as he got away with more murders he started sending in letters to the news. “On August 1, 1969, the San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicleand Vallejo Times-Herald each received an identical handwritten letter...Beginning “Dear Editor: I am the killer of the 2 teenagers last Christmas at Lake Herman . . .” the letters contained details from the murders that only the killer could have known.” (Biography)

  • Arthur Leigh Allen: The Zodiac Killer

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    In the late 20th century the Zodiac Killer terrorized the Bay Area threatening police chiefs to an entire bus full of children. On July 31, 1969, Zodiac sent 3 letters to the press informing them that he was a serial killer and he had killed multiple people. From that point, the police had to deal with thousands of suspects brought forward. However, there is only one suspect that had the means, motive, and opportunity to commit the murders, Arthur Leigh Allen. He is the primary suspect in the case

  • The Horrific Murder Of The Grimes Sisters

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    Title of Your Unsolved Murder Mystery Many murders have never been solved in the past, but this murder specifically is the greatest unsolved murder in Chicago, Illinois history. January 22 of 1957 is when the shocking death of Barbara and Patricia happened. These two teenage sisters suffered a horrific death by a murderer who has dolefully never been found. After looking at research and studying evidence, the tragic murder of the Grimes sisters was done by a man named, Bennie Bedwell. The Grimes

  • Zodiac Killer Research Paper

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    The Zodiac Killer had impacted the nation with these violent killings of five or more people in the year of 1969 resulting in the ongoing investigation of his identity. The Zodiac Killer brutally murder at least five people in 1969. His first killing took place on a road just outside of Benicia December 20th, 1969.The victims were David Arthur Faraday, age 17 and Betty Lou Jensen, age 16 both stabbed to death (Everything You Want To Know About The Zodiac Killer But Were Too Afraid To Google)

  • Creative Writing: Glendale Murders

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    As the sirens whaled, Detective Edens spoke to the scanner, “We’ve got a possible murder at The Glendale Community College. We still need to do further investigation, but the body seems to be a middle-aged man.” We could see the body in the distance. The murders began near Santa Monica in Los Angeles, they then started to spread out towards Glendale. Over twenty deaths every month. All of which ranged from the ages of twenty to forty-seven. They all had one thing in common. They were all branded

  • Arthur Leigh Allen: The Zodiac Killer

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    Phone calls, letters and evidence in plain sight and yet, no one was ever caught or charged with the Zodiac murders. Everyone began to think that this horrifying serial killer’s identity would remain a secret, but there is evidence that no one seems to notice. This is the evidence that concludes that Arthur Leigh Allen is the Zodiac Killer. In order to fully understand the mystery behind the notorious Zodiac killer, background knowledge needs to be provided. The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer