Files shut on Zodiac's deadly trail (SFPD stops investigation)
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SFPD caseload renders 35-year mystery inactive It has been one of the longest, most famous and frustrating homicide investigations in San Francisco, haunting detectives for more than 35 years. Now, just two years after DNA evidence suggested that a break might come soon, police have "deactivated" the case of the Zodiac killer.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
My Daddy Was the Zodiac Killer: Claim
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A Southern California woman claimed her father was the infamous Zodiac killer who terrorized the Bay Area in the 1960s and 1970s and said she helped him write and mail the letters that earned him the sensational nickname. Deborah Perez, 47, said Wednesday that she saw a composite sketch of the Zodiac killer in August 2007 and recognized the man as her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, who died in 1983. She said she had never heard of the Zodiac killer prior to seeing the composite sketch. "He told me he was sick and all I wanted to do was help...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
Police to look into new Zodiac Killer claim
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Southern California woman said Wednesday that her late father was the infamous Zodiac killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay area four decades ago. San Francisco homicide investigators said they will check into the information from Deborah Perez, who said her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, killed at least two of the known victims 40 years ago. Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said the investigation into the 1969 death of San Francisco taxi driver Paul Lee Stine related to the Zodiac killer remains ongoing.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
Corona woman proclaims the Zodiac killer was her father
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Deborah Perez announces at a news conference in San Francisco that she even rode in the car with the 1960s Bay Area serial killer when he went out to kill. Police are waiting for proof. The Zodiac, the hooded serial killer who menaced the Bay Area 40 years ago, has so fascinated the public that major motion pictures, books and blogs have been devoted to sifting through clues for his identity. Just when you thought every angle had been covered, along comes Deborah Perez, who announced at a raucous sidewalk news conference in San Francisco that the Zodiac was her...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
TV station: Woman claims her father was Zodiac Killer
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SAN FRANCISCO — A woman stepped forward today to claim her late father was the infamous Zodiac Killer and that she as a 7-year-old wrote some of the letters that taunted local police, a local television station reported. Kevin McLean, the former law partner of the late Melvin Belli, said he has led a two-year investigation into claims by Deborah Perez that her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, was the Zodiac killer, according to KTVU. Hendrickson, who lived in Orange County, died in 1993 of cancer. "He was a Jekyll and Hyde," McLean said of Hendrickson. "He was nuts. He set...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
Zodiac killer’s name to be revealed
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The Zodiac killer, who taunted and terrified Bay Area residents in the late 1960s with cryptic letters and a trail of victims, has been identified, according to a group claiming to have cracked the case that has baffled police for decades. The killer is not one of the handful of men repeatedly linked to the 40-year-old crime spree, according to the group, which plans to announce its findings today.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
Zodiac Suspect Investigation Heads Out Of State Reporting
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The FBI's investigation to unmask the Zodiac Killer has expanded into another state and authorities are now working to determine a connection to a murder victim that was never linked to the infamous Bay Area serial killer. Dennis Kaufman, an El Dorado County resident, got federal investigators' attention when he found evidence that could link his stepfather, Jack Tarrance, to the Zodiac murders. Relatives knew he could be violent, but could Tarrance be the Zodiac Killer? "He said, 'I've been drunk and in fights, I've stabbed so many people I lost count,'" a relative said. Relatives of Jack Tarrance --...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
Report: FBI Tests Could Reveal Zodiac Killer's Identity
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The Zodiac killer kept the country on edge for five years in the late 1960s and early 1970s before his series of murders in Northern California's Bay Area stopped abruptly. The killer was never found, though plenty have speculated on his identity. Now the FBI could be only a positive forensic test away from solving the mystery, according to a report by CBS13.com in Sacramento. The TV station says an FBI source confirmed that the agency is running lab tests on some items suspected of being linked to the killer. It's hardly the first potential break in the case —...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
Zodiac Killer's Identity And Weapon Uncovered?Local Man: Zodiac Killer Was My Stepfather
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) Exclusive; The Zodiac Killer attacked at least eight people, terrorizing the Bay Area and taunting police in the 60's and 70's. Thursday, the FBI confirmed to CBS13 they are now running laboratory tests on some items that may link a suspect to the killer. The evidence was given to the FBI by a Pollock Pines man who also claims he recently found the disguise worn by the Zodiac Killer during one of his attacks. "The identity of the Zodiac Killer is Jack Tarrance. He's my stepfather," says Dennis Kaufman. Eight years of Dennis Kaufman's life has been...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:15:35 PM
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