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The Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer. By: Reed Fujan. Zodiac. Serial Killer One of the great unsolved serial killers. Police investigated over 2,500 potential suspects. Roamed parts of Northern California. Between December 1968 and 1969.

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The Zodiac Killer

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  1. The Zodiac Killer By: Reed Fujan

  2. Zodiac • Serial Killer • One of the great unsolved serial killers. • Police investigated over 2,500 potential suspects. • Roamed parts of Northern California. • Between December 1968 and 1969.

  3. Crime- Jensen and Faradayhttp://www.angelfire.com/fl5/zodiac_law/BettyLou%26David.html • December 20, 1968 • Betty Jensen (16) and David Faraday (17) were parked on Lake Herman Road in Vallejo, California. • From 10:15-11:00 witnesses claimed nothing was unusual. • Around 11:15 they were discovered lying outside their bullet-riddled car. • Betty was dead at the scene and David was dead on route to the hospital.

  4. Crime- Ferrin and Mageau • July 4, 1969 • Darlene Ferrin (22) and Michael Mageau (19) were parked at the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course in Benicia around midnight (four miles from where Jensen and Faraday were shot). • A car pulled up behind couple’s car. A man thought to be a cop, blinded the couple with a flashlight and began shooting. • Both were shot. • Ferrin died before reaching the hospital. • Michael Mageau survived the attack (able to describe the killer).

  5. Description of the Zodiac Killer • Sort heavy set man. • About 5’8’’ • About 195 lbs.

  6. Phone Call • At 12:40 a.m. an anonymous male caller called police and reported the murder of Ferrin and Mageau. • On the phone he took responsibility for Faraday and Jensen’s murder. • Police traced the call to a phone booth located blocks from the police department (less than 1 mile from Darlene Ferrin’s home).

  7. Cryptic Letters • August 1, 1969 • The Zodiac Killer sent a series of cryptic letters he sent to the press and others. • He disclosed his insanity which motivated the killings. • Offered clues to future murder plots. • This is where he adopted the name Zodiac. • In one of the decoded letters he wrote, “I like killing people because it is so much fun…”

  8. One of the Cryptic Letters

  9. Cold Case Files- Zodiac Killer • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR2w5VOVDg

  10. Works Cited • http://crime.about.com/od/history/a/zodiackiller.htm • http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/zodiac_law/BettyLou%26David.html • http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/zodiac/river_1.html

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