But the first thing we have to do is place Dr Rayfield & Son at the approximate location alongside the Knoxville Road as the three girls. January 2012. (The red may have been blood). Probably,a mistake.Not only would it have made them quite visible,but Zodiac could have seen an opportunity,to take psychological advantage,by,in a sense,cutting them off from realistic escape. Fairly nice looking with a round face. June 2019 Nearby Lakes. Bu They saw him from above and then across as they went downstairs. Slaight asked the man to provide his location, but the voice only grew more distant as the caller replied, "I'm the one who did it.". It stands to reason that if the killer were to encounter any unexpected hold-ups or be forced to cover a long distance on foot, it would have been next to impossible for him to make it to the phone booth in Napa within the given timeframe. Like Fouke. Domingos/Edwards Murders 35 latent prints were lifted from the phone, including a still wet palm print. The evidence demonstrated that the killer had planned carefully by pre-cutting the sections of clothesline he used to restrain the victims. A: Now take it easy all I wants your money. Monday, February 24, 2014 KGO SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It is the symbol most associated with the Zodiac Killer - the cross hairs. I think out of all the sketches I have seen of the Green River Killer, only one looks reasonably close to Gary Leon Ridgway. Red Phantom Letter The Mikado Lake Berryessa is the largest lake in Napa County, California. You can set your cookie preferences below. To prove he was responsible for the stabbing, the Zodiac used a black marker to draw a large crossed-circle on the door of Bryan's car. Answer me this one question Howard. 1- The entire interaction was at around 100 yards apart, and lasted 30 seconds or less 2- He observed the suspect, and when he saw that he had no fishing pole, gun, or any kid of gear, he immediately felt that the person was out of place 3-He said that the man he saw was having difficulty navigating and moving along the terrain. Firefighters from the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit along with Napa . This brief glimpse remains the best portrait of the Zodiac available, and Bryans account remains a chilling look intothe mind of the killer. Plaster casts were made of the bootprints. He knew he was going to use the knife in advance- it's why he wore a black shirt- so the blood wouldn't show. It is possible that he was very confident that his plan would succeed, or, perhaps, by writing "By Knife" on the door, he gave himself purpose. He now after retirement lives in Mexico. It seems possible that Hartnell and Shepard had sex before going out to Lake Berryessa. Is anyone there?". Slaight asked the man to provide his location, but the voice only grew more distant as the caller replied, "I'm the one who did it." Do you want us to come up with our hands up or down? Ive always wondered. October 2012 6:30 PM. 5 fingerprints were lifted. every little bit helps ( pause ) Im on my way to Mexico I escaped from Deer Lodge Prison in Montana, Deer Lodge. After assuring his victims that he was only there to rob them, the killer ordered Cecelia to tie up Bryan with some clothesline that he had brought. We used to have a good friendship. It is concerning that there may have been a victim who was burnt to death, perhaps a missing person or a murder that has never been attributed to the Zodiac. The reservoir was named after the first European settlers in the Berryessa . Do you want us to come up with our hands up or down? December 2017 The artist will probably produce 20 different sketches. Great for picnicking, too!. Each time I would add a new photo, it would recognize the person's face and asked me to confirm, yes, that's them, their name. The timeline presented here clearly makes a good case for the sightings as does the resulting sketch of a big faced man without glasses driving a car that looks like the Corvair driven by Darlene Ferrin at Blue Rock Springs. August 2021 But the reason Zodiac was never caught was cause he doesnt look like the PH sketch, he said so himself. SFPD photographed all people who attended Cecelia Shepards funeral----. And so it got too late by the time we got around to what we were going to do." observing them from a distance of about 50 feet. The sketches are not very well drawn and I don't think they can be trusted. In any case, Hartnell wanted to call his girlfriend in Portland from the hospital to tell her what happened before she heard it on the news. Thought she saw a white belt around his back, but it was possibly a t-shirt hanging out. The man needed the gun to prevent Bryan and Cecelia from running away if they began to suspect his true intentions. The Zodiac's next known attack occurred at Lake Berryessa, north of Napa, California. TLDR: The Lake Berryessa Zodiac killer likely had previous knowledge of the area and had planned to attack at that location - any couple who had arrived at that shoreline in particular was the target. The location where the Zodiac Killer reported the Lake Berryessa attack. As I have said before, pet suspects and their proponent's subjective take on these subjective sketches is in itself all highly subjective. August 2019 ( then calmed and matter-of-fact ) I killed a couple of men before. 43 miles. 40 years old, 6 tall, 200-210 lbs. Police sketches and composites tend to function more on the principle that they are intended to provide only a general idea of what the suspect may look like, based on eye-witness descriptions from their earlier observation. Police identikit composite made based on the description of a suspect seen by the 3 college girls at Lake Berryessa. Scotch Tape Letter The fact that the police in the days following the attack, and up to this day, have speculated upon whether this was Zodiac or not. Cecelia saw him coming and said, Oh my God, hes got a gun. Bryan and Cecelia watched as the hooded stranger walked onto the narrow patch of land surrounded by water and blocked their only escape route. I do believe they were both Zodiac though. January 2021 According to Bryan, he and Cecelia were lying on the ground along the shoreline when she noticed a man lingering in the shade of some trees nearby. 46 . B: Listen, I didnt complain when you tied our hands, but this is ridiculous, B: We arent going anywhere Anyway, I dont think that its necessary (or Aw, come on we dont want to. (upside down) Are they in my shirt, in the ignition, on the blanket Say! They require a little bit of physical endurance as you are going up and down Hills, not straight along on a walking path. In the past, people used to meet up on the island on the anniversary of the murder. February 2017 Fugitive's Hideout: the Zodiac Mystery Cache . It may very well be a better likeness than the PH sketch, as it was daylight hours and the girls saw him for an extended period of time, as opposed to the 3 teenagers who saw Zodiac properly front on for a matter of seconds. No, a double murder. April 2022 ( There must have been some dialogue at this point but I cant remember any until we are both tied up. ) BRYAN: I can give you my phone number and you can call me. BRYAN: Now that everything is all said and done, could you show me that your gun is loaded? BRYAN: No really, what did you say the name of it was? Zodiac Postage You can't drive all the way around Berryessa like most lakes. Law enforcement have developed some reasonably clever ones that can be used to analyze stills from security cameras to detect facial matches with known criminals and terrorists. "This girl came out from school, I used to go with her two years ago, and she's now going to another school, and she came up to visit some friends and we were having dinner at the school cafeteria and I said 'Well, are you doing anything special this afternoon?' Forecast For Leo suggests to me they didn't cross check the bootprints from one location to another. On the night of F riday December 20, 1968, David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen were on their first date, parked in a gravel turnout on Lake Herman Road, in Benicia California.The turnout was a small gravel parking spot next to a gate leading to the Benicia Water Pumping Station. The wheel base as per my 30 year automotive engineer contact does not belong to the 66/7 Chevy the girls describe. People do not see other people in exactly the same way. https://www.zodiackiller.com/LBReport15.html, The entire interaction with Zodiac took approximately 15 minutes, from the time of first observing suspect until he departed. This person observed the girls while they were sunbathing from 40-50 feet away. The artificial lake was created in the 1950s with the construction of Monticello Dam and flooding of Berryessa Valley. Its dimensions are approximately 25 kilometers by 5 kilometers, with 265 kilometers of shoreline. Sketches are highly subjective. July 2016 Coordinates: 383348.29N 1221354.43W December 2021 The four coves in between the sightings are not easily traversed. . Episode 3 Lake Berryessa On September 27th, 1969, college students Bryan Hartnell, 20, and Cecelia Shepard, 22 made a spur of the moment decision to head to peaceful, and private Lake Berryessa in Napa County. Its a sketch that isnt as famous as the Paul Stine attack yet it seems pretty likely it was Zodiac. He was holding a pistol and wearing a hooded disguise with a crossed-circle on the front. Napa County detective Ken Narlow, who was assigned to the case from the outset, worked on solving the crime until his retirement from the department in 1987. Large bullets. Ross Sullivan -DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT AND BRYAN HARTNELL ( and Cecelia Shepard ), CECELIA: What do you want? September 2017 LB sketch has a little bit longer hair with a part to the side PH has a very receding hairline. ( Then after we were tied and hog-tied ) March 2021 Plaster casts were made of the boot impressions. B: I want to get in contact with you. July 2021 December 2013 GPS Coordinates Latitude, Longitude: 38.5890299, -122.2294955 Open in Google Maps Elevation 443 ft. (135 m.) About Formed by damming Putah Creek at the Monticello Dam 20.8 km (13 mi) northwest of Vacaville, bound on the east by Rocky Ridge and on the west by Trout Creek Ridge and Cedar Roughs. They were in a white Volkswagen Karman Ghia." Fairfield Letter 35 latent prints were lifted from the phone, including a still wet palm print. Having been taken there first by my suspect. I cannot help but wonder if he ever killed at locations where the affinity was more with Earth and Fire. Hartnell survived eight stab wounds to the back, but Shepard died as a result of her injuries on September 29, 1969. I am guessing that Kane, if he was still alive, may have even got off on the incredible idea that some people think he was the Zodiac. (Hartnell was heavily sedated at the time). I could also use it in search engines like Google Images. Of Justice/CII Report (2 pages), * CA Highway Patrol Report: RE: Bryan Hartnells car (1 page), * Transcript: Interview with Bryan Hartnell (13 pages), * Transcript: Written account by Bryan Hartnell (2 pages), * Interview with Park Ranger William White, * Interviews with NCSD Capt. Here is the problem with the Lake Berryessa sketch. September 2021 January 2013 And sign the damn thing as well! https://www.zodiackiller.com/LBReport8.html. Looks like your bottom two maps are rotated 180 degrees. ( laughs in a very relaxed manner ) We used to have a good friendship. long bread knife, 12 blade, wide, hardwood handle, 2 brass rivets holding handle in place, knifes case possibly made of wood. (Could this have been the rope?) The killer then hiked 500 yards back up to Knoxville Road, drew the cross-circle symbol on Hartnell's car door with a black felt-tip pen, and wrote beneath it: "Vallejo/12-20-68/7-4-69/Sept 27696:30/by knife". Since the early 1960s, this reservoir has provided water and hydroelectricity to the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.. ASSAILANT: I killed a couple of guards getting out of prison. Since the early 1960s, this reservoir has provided water and hydroelectricity to the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.. They simply comply with his orders, allowing themselves to be tied up and . July 2022 July 2012 BRYAN: Your hands are shaking? They don't run away or confront the Zodiac Killer in any way. September 2014 Roughly one hour later, the Zodiac Killer claimed responsibility for the attack during an anonymous phone call to the Napa County Sheriff's office. He did the same when he first encountered Hartnell and Shepard- only donning his costume at the last minute. The reservoir was named after the first European settlers in the Berryessa .