My recently obtained collection of former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery’s private stash of Zodiac killer materials reveals the name of a “new” suspect in the crimes Above: Those familiar with the Zodiac case will recognize Sherwood Morrill as being the individual in charge of identifying the Zodiac killer’s handwriting. Above: The suspect’s name […]
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DNA and the Zodiac Killer: NEWS
The latest genetic testing yields mysterious results By Tom Voigt | Founder | Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com To the Vallejo Police Department, the desire to identify California’s still-at-large serial killer, the Zodiac, is as strong now as it was in the late 1960s, when the mysterious offender committed three area murders. Located about a 45-minute drive […]
Arthur Leigh Allen: The Missing Evidence
Top Zodiac killer suspect Arthur Leigh Allen was the subject of three search warrants. During one of those searches, police confiscated Allen’s infamous Zodiac wristwatch. That watch is now missing and officially listed as stolen. After Allen died in 1992, police offered all of the confiscated items — including the watch and numerous weapons — […]
CONFESSIONS & CONFUSION: The Murders of Cheri Bates and Cecelia Shepard
Cheri Bates was an 18-year-old college freshman in her hometown of Riverside, Cal. On Halloween morning in 1966, Cheri’s body was discovered on the grounds of her own campus; her car had been sabotaged and her throat had been cut. Cheri’s killer somehow vanished, and the police were baffled. Case # 352-481 quickly went cold. […]
ZODIAC KILLER FRAUD MICHAEL BUTTERFIELD FINALLY HITS THE SMALL TIME
“The Zodiac Killer: The Story of America’s Most Elusive Murderer” Three decades in the making, Michael Butterfield’s “new” Zodiac book is guaranteed to pack as many boring case-related basics as 256 pages can hold By Tom VoigtOwner of Zodiackiller.comContact me NOTE: I’ve allowed this issue to be one-sided for far too long. Initially, my approach […]
THE CASE OF THE ZODIAC KILLER: Arthur Leigh Allen misinformation
The most recent piece of Arthur Leigh Allen misinformation is the nonsensical claim that Allen originally faced police scrutiny because the Zodiac killer had been proven to drive a Volkswagen Beetle. The claim — posted at Reddit — is nonsense. As the silly story goes, following the Zodiac killer’s September 1969 attack in its jurisdiction, […]