The killer apparently exited the second car and walked toward the Rambler, possibly ordering the couple out of the Rambler. While Mageau survived the attack, Ferrin was pronounced dead on arrival at Kaiser Foundation Hospital. There were no other cars in the parking lot. However, the handwriting was not authenticated as the Zodiac's. On July 4th 1969, shortly before midnight, Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin (22) and Michael Renault Mageau (19) pulled into the parking lot of the Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, approximately 6 months and four miles apart from the Lake Herman murder site. The Solano County Sheriff's Department investigated the crime but no leads developed. While Mageau survived the attack, Ferrin was pronounced dead on arrival at Kaiser Foundation Hospital. The killer demanded they be printed on each paper's front page or he would "cruse [sic] around all weekend killing lone people in the night then move on to kill again, until I end up with a dozen people over the weekend."[13]. [54] Radetich died 15 hours later. Mike Mageau couldn't even remember how many times he was shot. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) marked the case "inactive" in April 2004, but re-opened it at some point prior to March 2007. Michael Mageau age: ~64 328 Lincoln Ave , Takoma Park , MD 20912 (301) 270-0159 1524 Bancroft Ave , Colonial Beach , VA 22443 (804) 224-2287 (804) 224-2286 Known as: Michael W, Mageau Michael What appeared to be a grave site was discovered near the Clair Tappaan Lodge in Norden, California, on Sierra Club property, but an excavation yielded only a pair of sunglasses. The next attack came on July 4, 1969, when the Zodiac shot Michael Mageau, 19, and Darlene Ferrin, 22, as they sat in Ferrin's car at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, the website said. Mike Mageau, age 19, was shot four times. This was the first time the killer had used this name for identification. Michael J Mageau, age 38, Arlington, VA 22201 View Full Report. They observed a man wiping the cab down before walking away towards the Presidio, one block to the north. This lack of testing has serious repercussions on a practical level: because the entire premise of interpersonal individuality and intrapersonal variations of handwriting remains untested in reliable, double blind studies, the task of distinguishing a minor intrapersonal variation from a significant interpersonal difference—which is necessary for making an identification or exclusion—cannot be said to rest on scientifically valid principles." Michael Renault Mageau: Zodiac. Mageau survived the gun attack, but Farren was dead on arrival at Kaiser Foundation Hospital. Then, on July 31, 1969, letters were sent to the Vallejo Times-Herald, San Francisco Examiner, and San Francisco Chronicle. July 4, 1969 - Michael Renault Mageau was 19 years old when he was shot. Although the Zodiac claimed to have committed 37 murders in letters to the newspapers, investigators agree on only seven confirmed victims, two of whom survived. This was the last officially confirmed murder by the Zodiac Killer. The second pair of victims were Michael Renault Mageau and Darlene Elizabeth Farren. Mini Bio (1) Michael Renault Mageau is known for his work on Zodiac (2007), Looney Tunes Cartoons (2019) and The Shocking Truth (2017). For about 90 minutes he drove back and forth around the backroads near Tracy. Zodiac concluded the letter with a new score, "Me = 37, SFPD = 0". Conway and Lt. Jim Husted of Vallejo PD were right and that the Zodiac was Arthur Leigh Allen." The letter included a diagram of a bomb the Zodiac claimed he would use to blow up a school bus. [62], A month later, on November 29, 1966, nearly identical typewritten letters were mailed to the Riverside police and the Riverside Press-Enterprise, titled "The Confession". She was brutally beaten and stabbed to death. [50] The Zodiac went on to state that he was not responsible for the recent bombing of a police station in San Francisco (referring to the February 18, 1970, death of Sgt. She worked until about 2:00 a.m. on September 6, 1970,[70] treating her last patient at 1:40 a.m. Later that same day, both Lass's employer and her landlord received phone calls from an unknown male falsely claiming Lass had left town due to a family emergency. Darlene Ferrin said “I … by moorek1967 » Apr 17, 2020. [103], Retired police handwriting expert Lloyd Cunningham, who worked on the Zodiac case for decades, added "they gave me banana boxes full of Allen's writing, and none of his writing even came close to the Zodiac. "[91] Toschi’s daughter said in 2018 that her father had always thought Allen had been the killer, but they didn't have the evidence to prove it. After finishing his work, the man drove off; yet when Johns pulled forward to re-enter the highway the wheel almost immediately came off the car. Belli arranged a rendezvous to meet this individual in person outside a shop on Mission Street in Daly City, but no one arrived. [45] Johns's account to Paul Avery of the Chronicle indicates her abductor left his car and searched for her in the dark with a flashlight;[49] however, in one report she made to the police, she stated he did not leave the vehicle. Richard Radetich one week earlier. Michael Renault Mageau, 19, and Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin, who were shot in Vallejo on July 4, 1969. "[20][21], At 7:40 p.m., the killer called the Napa County Sheriff's office from a pay telephone to report this latest crime. Police traced the call to a phone booth at a gas station at Springs Road and Tuolumne, located about three-tenths of a mile (500 m) from Ferrin's home and only a few blocks from the Vallejo Police Department. The killer then drove off. [18][19] The killer then hiked 500 yards (460 m) back up to Knoxville Road, drew the cross-circle symbol on Hartnell's car door with a black felt-tip pen, and wrote beneath it: "Vallejo/12-20-68/7-4-69/Sept 27–69–6:30/by knife. Results could come in weeks", "Police hope to use new DNA testing to catch Zodiac Killer", "Zodiac Killer: Can genealogy help crack the 50-year-old case? [73], After the "Pines" card, the Zodiac remained silent for nearly three years. Mike Mageau, age 19, was shot four times. [11], On September 27, 1969, Pacific Union College students Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard were picnicking at Lake Berryessa on a small island connected by a sand spit to Twin Oak Ridge. The couple instead visited a friend before stopping at a local restaurant and then driving out on Lake Herman Road. The Zodiac himself once claimed to have murdered 37 victims, and he has been linked to several other cold cases. He was generally well-regarded by those who knew him, but he was also described as fixated on young children and angry at women. [101][102] A DNA comparison was also made with the DNA of Don Cheney, who was Allen's former close friend and the first person to suggest Allen may be the Zodiac Killer. 2,261 182. The Chronicle then received a letter from the Zodiac, postmarked January 29, 1974, praising The Exorcist as "the best saterical comidy [sic] that I have ever seen". Michael Renault Mageau and Darlene Ferrin were shot in the parking lot at Blue Rock Springs Park on July 4th 1969. Lass was a nurse at the Sahara Tahoe hotel and casino. Mageau was single and worked as a laborer. Ferrin was … The letter included a snippet of verse from The Mikado and an unusual symbol at the bottom that has remained unexplained by researchers. Mike was in and out (mostly in) prison most of his life. Chronicle", "Alphabet of the 340 Character Zodiac Cypher", "Zodiac: cipher from California serial killer solved after 51 years", "Identity of 'Zodiac Killer' That Terrorized San Francisco Remains a Mystery", "New Letters From Zodiac – Boast of More Killings", "The Zodiac Killer Continued – The Zodiac Letters", 1967–71 – a bloody period for S.F. There were no witnesses. He approached them with a gun, which Hartnell believed to be a .45. Mageau was single and worked as a laborer. The Zodiac murdered five known victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Napa County, and San Francisco, respectively, between December 1968 and October 1969. & Gary Brucato, Ph.D., This page was last edited on 30 March 2021, at 20:50. The accompanying instructions stated that the zero was "to be set to Mag. While Mageau survived the attack, Ferrin was pronounced dead on arrival at Kaiser Foundation Hospital. [9] Ferrin was pronounced dead at the hospital. The killer shone a flashlight in their faces before opening fire. [100], In 2002, the SFPD developed a partial DNA profile from the saliva on stamps and envelopes of Zodiac's letters. The card's message was formed by pasting words and letters from an edition of the Chronicle, and thirteen holes were punched across the card. [75] There was no indication of robbery or sexual molestation. On March 3, 2007, an American Greetings Christmas card sent to the Chronicle, postmarked 1990 in Eureka, was re-discovered in their photo files by editorial assistant Daniel King. He correctly identified the weapon used as a 9mm and also took credit for the Faraday-Jensen murders of Dec. 20, 1968. Diablo code concerns Radians + # inches along the radians. The letters claimed to be from the killer of Faraday, Jensen, and Ferrin. On the image of Mount Diablo, the Zodiac had drawn a crossed-circle similar to those he had included in previous correspondence. Unable to find her, he got back into the car and drove off. Each letter also included one-third of a 408-symbol cryptogram which the killer claimed contained his identity. The weapon was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. The letter was a response to Chief Stiltz's request for more details that would prove he had killed Faraday, Jensen and Ferrin. He lived in Vallejo and worked minutes away from where one of the Zodiac victims (Ferrin) lived and from where one of the killings took place. police, "Officer Down Memorial Page: Officer Richard Radetich", "Paul Avery and the Riverside Connection", New movie 'Zodiac' includes Redlands resident's attack, "Spearch for Zodiac Victim in Mountain Area", "Murdered but Not Forgotten: Were They Victims of Zodiac Killer? [11], On August 1, 1969, three letters prepared by the killer were received at the Vallejo Times Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The San Francisco Examiner. [4] The California Department of Justice has maintained an open case file on the Zodiac murders since 1969.[5]. A letter sent to the Riverside Police Department from Bates's killer was typed with a Royal typewriter with an Elite type, the same brand found during the February 1991 search of Allen's residence. Michael Renault Mageau and Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin. September 27, 1969 - Bryan Calvin Hartnell was stabbed eight times at age 20. The driver of the second car then exited the vehicle, approaching the passenger side door of Ferrin's car, carrying a flashlight and a 9 mm Luger. "[104] While police often use document examiners during investigations, court rulings on the scientific validity of handwriting analysis have been mixed to negative. [66], On March 13, 1971, five months after Avery's article linking the Zodiac to the Riverside murder, the Zodiac mailed a letter to the Los Angeles Times. Detectives were able to lift a still-wet palm print from the telephone but were never able to match it to any suspect. The author claimed responsibility for the Bates murder, providing details of the crime that were not released to the public. The author also said he was collecting slaves for his afterlife. When the driver finally stopped at an intersection, Johns jumped out with her daughter and hid in a field. While the killer hadn’t yet given himself the name “Zodiac,” this marked the beginning of a letter-writing spree that would go on for more than five years.Conclusion: In 1991, Mike Mageau identified Arthur Leigh Allen as being the shooter. Michael Renault Mageau, 19, and Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin, 22: shot on July 4, 1969, in the parking lot of Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo. Titled "Sick of living/unwilling to die", the poem's language and handwriting resembled that of the Zodiac's letters. [96] In 1974 Allen was arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy;[97] he pleaded guilty and served two years imprisonment. [23], After hearing their screams for help, a man and his son who were fishing in a nearby cove discovered the victims and summoned help by contacting park rangers. (survived) July 4, 1969 - Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin was shot and ki**ed at age 22. Detectives Bill Armstrong and Dave Toschi were assigned to the case. The Zodiac Killer (or simply Zodiac or the Zodiac) is the pseudonym of an American serial killer[1] who operated in Northern California from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The handwriting on the envelope resembles Zodiac's print, but was declared inauthentic by forensic document examiner Lloyd Cunningham. The weapon was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Two blocks from the crime scene, patrol officers Don Fouke and Eric Zelms, responding to the call, observed a white man walking along the sidewalk east on Jackson Street and stepping onto a stairway leading up to the front yard of one of the homes on the north side of the street; the encounter lasted only five to ten seconds.[29]. Michael Renault Mageau is known for his work on Zodiac (2007), Looney Tunes Cartoons (2019) and The Shocking Truth (2017). View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on … [47], Most accounts say he threatened to kill her and her daughter while driving them around,[48] but at least one police report disputes that. The Zodiac's authorship of this letter is debated.[77]. So he had to keep investigating every other lead.”[92], On October 6, 1969, Allen was interviewed by detective John Lynch of the Vallejo Police Department. Michael Renault Mageau on toinen niistä kahdesta henkilöstä, jotka selvisivät hengissä San Franciscossa vaikuttaneen sarjamurhaaja Zodiac Killerin suorittamista aseellisista hyökkäyksistä. [62] The watch had stopped at 12:24,[63] but police believe the attack occurred much earlier. The cipher was never decoded, and the alleged bomb was never located. [80][81] However, they re-opened their case sometime before March 2007. Both victims were hit, and several bullets had passed through Mageau and into Ferrin. The Chronicle received a letter postmarked February 14, 1974, informing the editor that the initials for the Symbionese Liberation Army spelled out an Old Norse word meaning "kill". Aaaaaaand, the story about him picking out Allen's mugshot comes from George Bawart, who has lied about a lot of things. The threat was taken seriously and received a front-page story on the Chronicle. The caller first stated to the operator that he wished to "report a murder – no, a double murder,"[22] before stating that he had been the perpetrator of the crime. [6], Utilizing available forensic data, Robert Graysmith postulated that another car pulled into the turnout, just prior to 11:00 pm and parked beside the couple. Thinking it was a police officer, the couple had their identification ready. Approximately 45 minutes later, the Vallejo Police Department received a call from a man claiming responsibility for the attack. "[67], The connection between Cheri Jo Bates, Riverside and the Zodiac remains uncertain. Gary L. Stewart and Susan Mustafa (2014). This passenger was observed by three teenagers across the street at 9:55 p.m., who called the police while the crime was in progress. [34], On October 14, 1969, the Chronicle received another letter from the Zodiac, this time containing a swatch of Paul Stine's shirt tail as proof he was the killer; it also included a threat about killing schoolchildren on a school bus. They are: Hartnell survived eight stab wound to the back, while Shepard died from her injuries two days later On August 7, 1969, another letter was received at The San Francisco Examiner with the salutation "Dear Editor This is the Zodiac speaking." DOJ. According to Cheney, this conversation occurred no later than January 1, 1969. Robert Graysmith, ", E.g., "Even more troubling is an apparent lack of double blind studies demonstrating the ability of certified experts to distinguish between individual's handwriting or identify forgeries to any reliable degree of certainty. Why not consider graphic earlier mentioned? It was at this point that Mageau got a look at him. On October 27, 1970, Chronicle reporter Paul Avery (who had been covering the Zodiac case) received a Halloween card signed with a letter 'Z' and the Zodiac's cross circle symbol. Dunbar appealed to the viewers to keep the lines open. [28] Shortly after 11:00 p.m., their bodies were found by Stella Borges, who lived nearby. On the back of the card, the Zodiac threatened to use the bus bomb soon unless the newspaper published the full details he wrote. [59], On October 7, 1970, the Chronicle received a three-by-five inch card signed by the Zodiac with the and a small cross reportedly drawn with blood. Michael Renault Mageau Born: October 29, 1949 Mike recovered from his attack at Kaiser Foundation Hospital until August 1969. Hartnell and Shepard were taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa by ambulance. While Mageau survived the attack, Ferrin was pronounced dead on arrival at Kaiser Foundation Hospital. "[50], Zodiac sent a greeting card postmarked April 28, 1970, to the Chronicle. A man with a flashlight exited the vehicle and approached them. ", "David Toschi, 86, Detective Who Pursued the Zodiac Killer, Dies", "He said he would call himself the Zodiac", Jack Mulanax report 8-12-1971 (page 1 of 14), "1974 Sonoma County Sheriff's Department Report", "Zodiac revisited: Vallejo police send three letters for DNA testing", "Another possible Zodiac suspect put forth", "Could Any of These Men Have Been the Zodiac Killer? A car, possibly a light-brown Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Corvair, pulled into the lot just a few feet away. Postal keys on a magnet keychain. "[15], On August 8, 1969, Donald and Bettye Harden of Salinas, California, cracked the 408-symbol cryptogram. [90] In 2010, Toschi stated that all the evidence against Allen ultimately "turned out to be negative. Zodiac's cross circle symbol was in both the place of the usual return address and the lower right section of the front face of the postcard.[70]. On July 4, 1969, Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin, 22, and Michael Renault Mageau, 19, were parked at the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course in Benicia around midnight, four miles from where Jensen and Faraday were shot. The police radio dispatcher had however initially alerted officers to be on the lookout for a black suspect, so Fouke and Zelms drove past him without stopping; the mix-up in descriptions remains unexplained. The Mt. The killer walked away from the car but upon hearing Mageau's moaning, returned and shot each victim twice more before driving off.[8]. [14] The threatened murders did not happen, and all three parts were eventually published. Signed only "A citizen", the handwriting, tone, and surface irony were all similar to earlier Zodiac communications. The unidentified killer originated the name in a series of taunting letters and cards sent to the San Francisco Bay Area press. [56] In a July 26, 1970 letter, the Zodiac paraphrased a song from The Mikado, adding his own lyrics about making a "little list" of the ways he planned to torture his "slaves" in "paradice". These letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers). Ferrin was married and worked as a waitress at Terry's Restaurant. For the next few weeks, the investigation went nowhere. Darlene was killed in the attack and Michael survived so was able to give police a description of the shooter. When Bawart asked Mageau why he had never identified Allen in the 20 years Allen had been the top suspect, Mageau said that he had never been shown any pictures of suspects and he had only been asked if he recognized certain names. The man was white, 5’8″ to 5’9″, in his late 20s to early 30s, stocky build, round face, and brown hair. They are: The first murders widely attributed to the Zodiac Killer were the shootings of high school students Betty Lou Jensen and David Arthur Faraday on December 20, 1968, on Lake Herman Road, just inside Benicia city limits. A white man, about 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) weighing more than 170 pounds (77 kg), approached them wearing a black executioner's-type hood with clip-on sunglasses over the eye-holes and a bib-like device on his chest that had a white three-by-three-inch (7.6 cm × 7.6 cm) cross-circle symbol on it. The next attack came on July 4, 1969, when the Zodiac shot Michael Mageau, 19, and Darlene Ferrin, 22, as they sat in Ferrin's car at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, the website said. [3][82], The case is open in Napa County[83] and in the city of Riverside. Killed: Ferrin, July 5, 1969 (Saturday)Wounded: Mageau, July 5, 1969 (Saturday)Case number: 243146Time of attack: Approximately 12:10 a.m.Place of attack: The parking lot of secluded Blue Rock Springs Park on the eastern outskirts of Vallejo, Calif.Method of attack: Darlene Ferrin, age 22, was shot five times. Ferrin’s husband, Dean, was initially a suspect in the murder, however, was ruled out once it was established he was working as a cook at Caesar’s Restaurant at the time of the murder. Bailey was not available, but Belli did appear on the show. However, not all Zodiac experts agree with Cunningham's analysis. Napa County Sheriff's deputies Dave Collins and Ray Land were the first law enforcement officers to arrive at the crime scene. At 5:25 a.m. on June 19, Radetich was writing a parking ticket in his squad car when an assailant unrelated to the traffic violation shot him in the head with a .38-caliber pistol through the closed driver's side window. The killer signed the note with " = 12, SFPD = 0. [74], Of further communications sent by the public to members of the news media, some contained similar characteristics of previous Zodiac writings. Michael Renault Mageau - SURVIVED and still alive. Mageau screamed in pain, at which point the man returned and fired two more shots into each victim. Brian McDonnell two days after the bombing at Park Station in Golden Gate Park)[51] but added "there is more glory to killing a cop than a cid [sic] because a cop can shoot back." Wis. 2013), California Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, List of fugitives from justice who disappeared, List of serial killers in the United States, "Zodiac Killer – Crimes, Letters, Codes, DNA", "Definite Zodiac Victims Cecelia Shepard and Bryan Hartnell", "Online exclusive: In the wake, of the Zodiac", "Tracking the mark of the Zodiac for decades", "4th Interview with Don Fouke – Thoughts on the Zodiac Killer", "Lone Officer Continues Search for Zodiac", "Zodiac '340 Cipher' cracked by code experts 51 years after it was sent to the S.F. IIRC, when Fincher went looking for Mageau, he found Mike in a Vegas jail where he was serving time for vagrancy or such. [45], When Johns gave her statement to the sergeant on duty, she noticed the police composite sketch of Paul Stine's killer and recognized him as the man who had abducted her and her child. Dave Toschi said to me, ‘As soon as that guy walked in the door, I knew it was him.’ He was sure he had him, but he never had a solid piece of evidence. Allen had been reported in the vicinity of the Lake Berryessa attack against Hartnell and Shepard on September 27, 1969; he described himself scuba diving at Salt Point on the day of the attacks. [98] Two days after Allen's death in 1992, Vallejo police served another warrant and seized property from Allen's residence. When her car was found, it had been gutted and torched. On June 4, 1963, high school senior Robert Domingos and his fiancée Linda Edwards were shot dead on a beach near Lompoc, having skipped school that day for "Senior Ditch Day". On December 5, 2020, it was deciphered by an international team of private citizens, including American software engineer David Oranchak, Australian mathematician Sam Blake and Belgian programmer Jarl Van Eycke. The couple were on their first date and planned to attend a Christmas concert at Hogan High School about three blocks from Jensen's home. [24] Cecelia Shepard was conscious when Collins arrived, providing him with a detailed description of the attacker. Jensen appeared to have exited the car first, yet when Faraday was halfway out, the killer apparently shot him in the head. Mark Ruffalo expanded on that in 2007: “If you get into who these cops were, you realize how they have to take their hunches, their personal beliefs, out of it. [47] Fearing he might come back and kill them all, the sergeant had Johns wait, in the dark, at the nearby Mil's Restaurant. July 4, 1969 - Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin and Michael Renault Mageau are shot while in the parking lot of the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course. Michael H. Stone, M.D. The wires in her Volkswagen's distributor cap had been pulled out. "[58] In 1981, a close examination of the radian hint by Zodiac researcher Gareth Penn led to the discovery that a radian angle, when placed over the map per Zodiac's instructions, pointed to the locations of two Zodiac attacks. [105], Zodiac's letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31, 1969, The decryption of the July 31, 1969 408-cipher by Donald and Bettye Harden, Zodiac's letter sent to the Vallejo Times-Herald on July 31, 1969, Zodiac's letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on August 7, 1969, Zodiac's letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on November 8, 1969 with the 340 Cipher, which was decrypted on December 5, 2020, Zodiac's bomb schematic sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on April 20, 1970, For the New York City Zodiac copycat, see, Pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer, "I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest because man is the most dangeroue anamal of all to kill something gives me the most thrilling experence it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl the best part of it is thae when I die I will be reborn in paradice and all the I have killed will become my slaves I will not give you my name because you will try to sloi down or atop my collectiog of slaves for my afterlife ebeorietemethhpiti", "I hope you are having lots of fun in trying to catch me, Contemporary public speculation and Zodiac claims, Shortly after the decoding of this cipher, Vallejo police contacted a, In 1976, Toschi would opine his belief to a reporter from the, Napa PD Website, Vallejo PD Website and "Tipline," Solano County Sheriff's Office, New West, Volume 6 (1981), Issues 10–12 p. 112, "I am satisfied that Dave Toschi, Bawart, Capt. He also murdered a male cab driver. The killer then placed their bodies in a small shack and then tried, unsuccessfully, to burn the structure to the ground. Michael T Mageau, age 48, Duluth, MN 55804 View Full Report. The SFPD compared this partial DNA to the DNA of Arthur Leigh Allen. N."[55] The letter also included a 32-letter cipher that the killer claimed would, in conjunction with the code, lead to the location of a bomb he had buried and set to go off in the fall. Paul Avery and the Riverside Police Department maintain that the Bates homicide was not committed by the Zodiac, but did concede some of the Bates letters may have been his work to claim credit falsely. He also wanted to start seeing people wearing "some nice Zodiac butons [sic]. The nearly identical letters—subsequently described by a psychiatrist to have been written by "someone you would expect to be brooding and isolated"[12]—took credit for the shootings at Lake Herman Road and Blue Rock Springs. He was harassed about "Zodiac" every minute he was out. [78] Inside the envelope, with the card, was a photocopy of two U.S. Returning about 10 minutes later, this second car parked behind them. Mike Mageau, age 19, was shot four times. There were no witnesses. The Chronicle published its third of the cryptogram on page four of the next day's edition. [51], Included with the letter was a Phillips 66 roadmap of the San Francisco Bay Area. 4 July 1969 - Michael Renault Mageau, 19 (shot and survived) 4 July 1969 - Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin, 22 (shot and killed) 27 September 1969 - Bryan Calvin Hartnell, 20 (stabbed and survived) 27 September 1969 - Cecelia Ann Shepard, 22 (stabbed and died) 11 October 19 - Paul Lee Stine, 29 (shot and killed) [2][3] The case also remains open in the city of Vallejo, as well as in Napa County and Solano County. ", "Kaczynski, Zodiac Killer – the Same Guy? The killer checked, and tightened Hartnell's bonds after discovering Shepard had bound Hartnell's hands loosely. And each letter contained one-third of a cipher that, if solved, supposedly contained the killer’s identity. Bryan Calvin Hartnell, 20, and Cecelia Ann Shepard, 22 [43] Soon after receiving this letter, Avery received an anonymous letter alerting him to the similarities between the Zodiac's activities and the unsolved murder of Cheri Jo Bates, which had occurred four years earlier at the city college in Riverside in the Greater Los Angeles Area, more than 400 miles (640 km) south of San Francisco. [27], Two weeks later on October 11, 1969, a white male passenger entered the cab driven by Paul Stine at the intersection of Mason and Geary Streets (one block west from Union Square) in San Francisco requesting to be taken to Washington and Maple Streets in Presidio Heights. 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