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In this quick dive, we explore the terrifying story of the Zodiac Killer, who haunted Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Despite his cryp...
Jeffrey Dahmer (born May 21, 1960, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.—died November 28, 1994, Portage, Wisconsin) was an American serial killer whose arrest in 1991 provoked criticism of local police and resulted in an upsurge of popular interest in serial murder and other crimes.
The Zodiac Killer is believed to be responsible for at least five murders in Northern California from 1968 to 1969.
From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, the Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California, taunting law enforcement and the public with cryptic letters and puzzles.
This essay about the Zodiac Killer explores the terrifying series of murders that occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It highlights the victims’ tragic fates and the killer’s taunting communications. Despite extensive investigations and numerous theories, the Zodiac’s identity remains unknown.
The Zodiac shot two Vallejo teens on Dec. 20, 1968 — Betty Lou Jensen, 16, and David Faraday, 17 — as they sat in Faraday’s parked car at a turnout on Lake Herman Road in Benicia, according to police reports. The killer’s other murder sites were Blue Rock Springs in Vallejo, Lake Berryessa and San Francisco.
On 2 August, Chikatilo killed a 16-year-old girl, Natalya Golosovskaya, in the Park of Aviators. On 7 August, he lured a 17-year-old girl, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, to the banks of the Don River on the pretense of showing her a shortcut to a bus terminal.
