America’s Zodiac Killer is believed to have murdered at least five people between December 1968 and October 1969 — and remains unidentified to this day.
The shootings and stabbings took place over 10 months in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. Two victims survived. One of them claimed the killer was someone from Colorado.
Was the Zodiac Killer from Colorado?
The Zodiac Killer’s messages began to appear in the offices of San Francisco newspapers in 1968. He threatened violence (bombings/shootings) if the letters went unpublished. While authorities acknowledged five murders, the Zodiac claimed 37 people in his last confirmed letter (1974).
On September 27, 1969, Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard were attacked at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, California — an assault believed to be carried out by the Zodiac Killer. Bryan survived and later told authorities that the killer claimed he had recently escaped from a Colorado prison…