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Welcome to Zodiac Killer Research. A blog which serves as a collection of works, thoughts, and datasets about a series of murders attributed to the self-proclaimed "Zodiac". This unidentified white male adult operated in the state of California, USA, within the timeframe of 1968-1974 (consensus for canonical activity). He committed four attacks in different crime scenes in the North Bay Area, murdering five young civilians and seriously injuring two more, who thankfully managed to survive, in the period from December 1968 to October 1969. He wrote to the press from July 31, 1969 to (at least) July 8, 1974. He could be responsible for more murders and/or communications, within the "canonical timeframe", or even after. Some speculate - even before . Families mourned, law enforcement invested manpower, time and resources to follow any possible lead, journalists sought information. Books were eventually written, movies were shot, persons of interest were compiled, look...

Canonical murder 3: LB vol.2. The Reports Beneath the Hood

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Canonical murder 3: Lake Berryessa vol.2. The Reports Beneath the Hood   Testimony, Dialogue, Physical Evidence, and the Formation of a Canonical Crime By Space; By Time; By Motif   Archive and Methodological Note This study is based upon the surviving Lake Berryessa police-report collection assembled under Napa County Sheriff’s Department case number 105907 . The present research archive contains fifty-eight documentary scan units: twenty-one Initial Report scans; twenty-five Witness Report scans; twelve Evidence Report scans. The collection includes the initial incident reports, the thirteen-page Narlow–Lonergan investigative narrative, witness and rescuer statements, Officer David Slaight’s account of the Napa telephone call, Detective Sergeant John Robertson’s interview materials, Bryan Hartnell’s signed dialogue reconstruction, Sergeant Hal Snook’s physical-evidence report, vehicle and footwear inquiries, and the subsequent California Department o...