this is the Zodiac speaking...

[Patronus]

[size=1][color=000066][b]You may or may not recognize that line. You may or may not know who the Zodiac is or was. But I am here to tell you.

In December of 1968, David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen pulled to the side of a gravel parking area along remote Lake Herman Road on the eastern outskirts of Vallejo, Calif.

According to the police report, the victims were apparently approached while occupying Faraday's station wagon. Shots were fired into the vehicle in an apparent effort to force them out. Jensen exited the front passenger door first, followed by Faraday. Faraday was shot as he emerged from the car, Jensen was then shot as she fled on foot. It was the couple's first date and the crime shocked the community. The shooting could not be explained by Faraday's family. Jensen's family was equally dumbfounded.

David Faraday, age 17, was shot once in the head at point-blank range and died within minutes. Betty Lou Jensen, age 16, was shot five times in the back and killed instantly. The weapon was a .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol. The ammunition was Winchester Western Super X copper-coated long rifle. There was no indication of robbery or sexual molestation. While there were no witnesses, just before local resident Stella Borges discovered the crime scene she passed a light-colored vehicle speeding the opposite direction on Lake Herman Road toward Vallejo.

While Faraday and Jensen are traditionally considered definite Zodiac victims, there have been many other suspects in this case. In the early 1990s, former Vallejo Police Department detective John Lynch said the couple was killed because Faraday had learned of a major drug deal and had been talking openly about who was involved. Other sources have speculated that Zodiac wasn't responsible because no taunting letters or phone calls were received until months after the murders. However, when Zodiac finally took credit for this attack, he provided many details that were not known to the general public. Perhaps Zodiac's sense of fulfillment following the Faraday-Jensen murders was so strong that he didn't feel the need to immediately brag to the news media. More than 30 years later, local residents still haven't forgotten this crime. And the secluded area of the murders hasn't changed very much at all.

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On July Fourth, 1969, Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau were attacked at the parking lot of secluded Blue Rock Springs Park on the eastern outskirts of Vallejo, Calif.

Darlene Ferrin, age 22, was shot five times. Mike Mageau, age 19, was shot four times. The weapon was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. There was no indication of robbery or sexual molestation. There were no witnesses.

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There were many victims in this chilling case, or so the Zodiac says. Only seven are confirmed, but there are high chances that there are way more.

The Zodiac was crazy. No doubt in that. He wrote dozens of letters as such: (note, these are not fakes. These are real letters from the Zodiac taken off of [url]www.zodiackiller.com[/url])

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/zodiac1.bmp[/img]

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/zodiac2.bmp[/img]

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/zodiac3.bmp[/img]

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/zodiac4.bmp[/img]

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These are four of many letters. He taunts and rants and brags about what he has done. Along with some of these letters, he sent some ciphers, supposedly telling his identity.

Today, they have been cracked, but everyone was fooled. He never told his identity.

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/cipher1.bmp[/img]

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/cipher2.bmp[/img]

[img]http://evanescentcloud.250free.com/cipher3.bmp[/img]

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This guy was smart, I'll give him that. And I don't how he has managed to stay away from cops these years, maybe he is dead, maybe he isn't. But I wish I knew who he is.

-L/Z[/b][/color][/size]

[juna]

So, you saw 60 Minutes the other night, eh? *chuckle*
Twas a good episode... pretty weird that story... that part about the cop that passed him when he killed that cab driver got me so mad,... he was told that the culprit was black (big shocker seeing the year this happened in), and so he just let the guy walk by 'cause he was white... shrug, the cop felt bad, like he messed up (he did!), things like that get me so mad though. Profiling... gah!

Freaky story though.... I love 60 Minutes.. laf.

[Braidless Baka]

[color=red][size=1]That's just plain creepy...

But then again, there's a lot of cases like these. I too *grins* am a fan of these types of programmes. You have this "Zodiac" we in England had the "Yorkshire Ripper" -- I guess there are just times when killers are too clever (or lucky) to get caught. And that's a very unsettling thought.[/size][/color]

[Hiei Jagashi]

How long did it take you to find all that stuff.

[Patronus]

[size=1][color=000066][b]Not that this is on topic or anything...I suggest the rules Hiei....

[OFFTOPIC]Not long at all[/OFFTOPIC]

-L/Z[/b][/color][/size]

[Semjaza]

Did you watch Dateline the other night or something? lol

[Sara]

[size=1]Logan, I really don't see any problem with Hiei's post. He was asking a question about what you posted--what seems to be your problem?[/size]