The latest genetic testing yields mysterious results 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 from San Francisco, modern-day ...

Located in an isolated spot in the hills over Lake Herman Road in Vallejo, Cal., the "Zodiac Shack" was rumored for decades by locals to be the former hideout of the Zodiac killer. The property had long been abandoned, but I found it thanks to directions from some residents of ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 Michael Butterfield By Tom VoigtOwner of Zodiackiller.comContact me NOTE: I've allowed this issue to be one-sided ...

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 ...

Dec. 20, 2011) On this 43rd anniversary of the Zodiac's attack on Lake Herman Road near Vallejo, Calif., I've added a comprehensive collection of vintage newspaper articles detailing the double murder. Click here to read and discuss. Sept. 1, 2011) As we enter the anniversary month of the Zodiac's 1969 ...

Dec. 1, 2010) Retired Zodiac detective Ken Narlow has passed away after a strong battle against cancer. Narlow, who was a great friend to this website, worked for the Napa County Sheriff's Dept. for several decades and was the original detective assigned to investigate the Zodiac's attack at Lake Berryessa ...

Dec. 20, 2009) 40 years ago today, the Zodiac killer mailed a letter to famed attorney Melvin Belli. For the bizarre events that preceded the mailing, including exclusive photos, click here. Nov. 9, 2009) Today I received this e-mail from the FBI's cryptography expert, Dan Olson, concerning the Zodiac's unsolved ...