Zodiac Killer–News & Updates

Vintage Vallejo

I created this image to help orient case enthusiasts with the area I call Zodiac Ground Zero, otherwise known as Vallejo, Cal. (The Zodiac killer's crime scene along Lake Herman Road is out of the picture.) View full image: 1420 x 836 -- 503 KB By Tom Voigt | Founder ...

Paul Avery’s Secret Suspect REVEALED

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 ...

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 ...

The Zodiac Killer’s Hideout?

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 ...

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 ...
Cheri Bates and Cecelia Shepard

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 ...

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

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 ...

Zodiac Killer Archives: 2011

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 ...
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