The Zodiac - Timeline


Please Note: This is a work in progress. I realize there are items missing from this list. Please bear with me as I work to complete the updates..

10.30.66 - Murder of Cheri Jo Bates - Riverside City College



12.21.68 - Vallejo Times Herald - Vallejo Teenagers Are Shot To Death Near Lake Herman

12.21.68 - Petaluma Argus Courier - Page 1 - Vallejo Teen-Age Couple Murdered








12.22.68 - The Sunday Times Herald - Investigators Lacking Clues In 2 Slayings

12.23.68 - The News Chronicle - Jealousy Motive Checked

12.23.68 - Fairfield Daily Republic - Solid Clues Lacking In Twin Killing

12.23.68 - David Faraday is cremated at Tulocay Crematory, Tulocay Cemetery, Napa CA

12.24.68 - The News Chronicle - Check Leads In Slayings

12.24.68 - Fairfield Daily Republic - 'Nothing In Slaying

12.26.68 - The News Chronicle - Appeal Is Made For Help

12.26.68 - Benicia Herald - Former Benicia girl, boyfriend murdered

01.02.69 - Benicia Herald - No clues in double murders

01.12.69 - Sunday Times-Herald - Reward Offered For Killer Of Two

01.16.69 - Benicia Herald - Offer reward in two killings


03.30.69 - Sunday Times-Herald - Teenagers' Slayer Still At Large


07.05.69 - Crime Report, Vallejo Police Department (Lynch, Rust)


07.05.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Two Victims Found Lying Beside Road

07.06.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Badly Wounded Youth Holds Key to Gun Mystery

07.07.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Gunshot Victim Fails to Indentify Victim

07.07.69 - The News Chronicle - Vallejo Slayings Linked

07.07.69 - Fairfield Daily Republic - Husband Cleared In Vallejo Murder

07.08.69 Vallejo Times Herald - Police Still Hunt For Shooting Clues




08.01.69 - The News Chronicle - Note Tells Of Killing In Vallejo


08.02.69 Vallejo Times Herald - "Mystery Ciphers Not Decoded Yet"

08.03.69 Vallejo Times Herald - Police Lack Clue On Cryptogram


08.04.69  - The News Chronicle Vallejo Times Herald - Cryptograms

08.04.69 - The News Chronicle - Amateur Progresses On Coding

08.04.69  - Fairfield Daily Republic - No News of 'Cipher-Man' Identity

08.05.69 - The News Chronicle - Astrology Pursued In Cipher

08.05.69 - The News Chronicle - Police Seek Slaying Aid


08.06.69 - The News Chronicle - Ciphers Yield A Name

08.09.69 Vallejo Times Herald - Appeal Is Made for Publics Help

08.10.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Zodiac Murderer 'Links' Tightened


08.13.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Salinas Teacher Doubtful Of Name Picked From Note

08.13.69 - The News Chronicle - Switchboard Girl Tells Of Killer's Call







09.12.69 - The News Chronicle - Is 'Robert Emmet' In Cipher?

09.27.69 - The News Chronicle - Fresh Clue Offered To Killer Name



09.28.69 - Sunday Times Herald - Young Couple Bound, Stabbed At Berryessa/Vallejo Murderer May Be Attacker; Victims Critical

09.29.69 - Napa Valley Register - pages 1 and 2 - Two Students Brutally Stabbed

09.29.69 - The News Chronicle - New Police Details In Stabbings

09.30.69 - San Francisco Examiner - Page 1 - Police Dare Cipher Killer (Car Door Message Revealed Part of Note Still a Secret)

09.30.69 - The News Chronicle - Survivor's Condition Improving

09.30.69 - The Times - Page 11 - Track Clues To Berryessa Mad Killer

10.01.69 - The News Chronicle - Vallejo Checking Out Suspect For Napa Authorities



10.02.69 - The News Chronicle - Scores Of Tips Are Checked Out (Napa Slaying)

10.02.69 - Napa Valley Register - Page 1 - Officials Sifting Clues In Hunt For Murderer

10.03.69 - The News Chronicle - Deluge Of Tips In Hunt


10.11.69 - Paul Stine Murder



10.15.69 - The News Chronicle - Script Similarity Offers Good Link


10.16.69 - The News Chronicle - Death Lust Of 'Zodiac' Increasing

10.17.69 - The News Chronicle - 'Zodiac' Murderer Now Wants To Hit School Bus Kids

10.18.69 - Birmingham Evening Mail (Birmingham, West Midlands, England) U.S. Police search for 'Zodiac killer'


10.20.69 - The News Chronicle - Police Pool Data On Zodiac Killer

10.20.69 - Napa Valley Register - Page 1 - Meet To Review Facts On Killer

10.21.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Page 1 - Zodiac Suspect Being Questioned In Ukiah

10.21.69 - The News Chronicle - Suspect In Ukiah Cleared As Zodiac Search Is Pressed

10.22.69 - The News Chronicle - Zodiac TV Caller Fails To Keep Secret Meeting In SF

10.22.69 - San Francisco Examiner - Page 1 - An Invitation To Zodiac -- 'Come Get Me' 

10.22.69 - San Francisco Examiner - Page 1 - 'Zodiac', Belli Hold TV Talk

10.23.69 - The News Chronicle - Blizzard Of Calls On Zodiac Manhunt



10.24.69 - The News Chronicle - Sketches In Conflict Over Zodiac's Looks

10.27.69 - Vallejo News-Chronicle - Radios Requested To Combat Zodiac School Bus Threat




10.31.69 - The News Chronicle - SF Cabbie Lived To Tell About Trip With Zodiac Fare




01.06.70 - The News Chronicle - Cryptogram Expert Belittles Zodiac Code

02.05.70 - The News Chronicle - New Telephone Call By 'Zodiac' 

03.22.70 - Kathleen Johns abduction incident

03.23.70 - San Francisco Examiner - Page 4 - Rode With Zodiac, Woman Claims






11.16.70 - The Press Democrat - Page 1 - Zodiac Link To Riverside Coed Murder


03.27.71 - Desert Dispatch - Zodiac Killer Hits Barstow

1.11.74 - San Francisco Chronicle - Page 1 - Weird Goings-On At the Movies (a Paul Avery article)* (* article references the movie, The Exorcist, which Zodiac wrote about in his 01.29.74 letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle)


01.31.74 - Los Angeles Times - Page 3 - Zodiac Killer Surfaces Again With Letter; Hints Toll Is 37

05.04.74 - Albuquerque Journal - Page 2 - 'Jane Doe' Has Police Hunting Zodiac Killer (a Jim Dawson article)

04.06.81 - The Daily Dispatch, Moline, Illinois (page 17) - Murderer of hikers could be Zodiac killer

01.06.88 - The Albuquerque Tribune - Page A3 - Has the Zodiac killer returned?

06.01.88 - The Escalon Times - Page A1 - Escalon police officer believes he knows who Zodiac killer is

03.18.01 - The Advocate-Messenger - Page 35 - Can you tell which writing is from the infamous Zodiac Killer? 

03.18.01 - The Times (Munster, Indiana) -.page D5 - Differences between the Zodiac Killer and imposter (a Michelle Dresbold article)

09.29.03 - Napa Valley Register - page 1 - Still chasing the Zodiac (Amateur sleuths gather to reflect on years of fright) (a Carlos Villatoro article)


02.22.07 - San Francisco Examiner - SFPD not thrilled about spotlight on Zodiac

03.02.07 - San Francisco Examiner - A look at the Zodiac Killer's deadly timeline

03.02.07 - San Francisco Examiner - Examiner readers remember Zodiac Killer

03.02.07 - San Francisco Examiner - Police to re-examine Zodiac Killer evidence

03.02.07 - San Francisco Examiner - Author believes he knows Zodiac Killer's identity

03.07.07 - The Times and Democrat - Page 22 - Zodiac killer case still fascinates police and public

08.08.08 - Great Falls Tribune - page 25 - Great Falls man decodes Zodiac Killer's ciphered letters in search of his identity (an Andi Murphy article)

05.01.09 - The Independent - Page 3 - 'My father was the Zodiac killer'


05.16.12 - The Windsor Star - Page 32 - Ex-cop says he knows Zodiac Killer's identity 

05.22.12 - Fort McMurray Today - Former cop says he knows Zodiac Killer's identity - but he's not saying who it is WHODUNNIT (a Thane Burnett article)

06.02.13 - Benicia Herald - Citizens Police Academy: Signs of the Zodiac


10.02.14 - Daily World - Page 6 - Book describes man's search for his father

08.16.15 - San Francisco Examiner- Page A8 - Ultimate puzzle : the world of zodiology



05.02.18 - The Modesto Bee - Page A1 - Can DNA detective work identify Zodiac Killer suspect? (an Anita Chabria and Ryan Sabalow article)


05.03.18 Napa Valley Register - Page A3 - Can DNA detective work identify Zodiac Killer suspect? (an Anita Chabria and Ryan Sabalow article)

05.03.18 - The Billings Gazette - Page A3 - Can DNA detective work identify Zodiac Killer suspect? (an Anita Chabria and Ryan Sabalow article)



05.04.18 - Arizona Daily Star - Page A006 - DNA match is sought to solve 50-year-old Zodiac Killer case 

05.08.18 - Benicia Herald - Vallejo police submit DNA evidence in Zodiac case

09.09.21 - Times-Herald Online (Letters to the Editor, Opinion) - Michael Rodelli: Taxpayers deserve answers on Zodiac DNA questions

10.04.21 - The Times-News (The Bruin News) - Page K5 - Top 3 Unsolved Mysteries


10.06.21 - Fox News - Cold case team says Zodiac Killer ID'd, linking him to another murder

01.19.22 - Benicia Herald - The ZODIAC case (WILL ZODIAC EVER BE SOLVED) (Bethany A. Monk article)

05.17.23 - Fox News - Air Force vet identified as Zodiac Killer suspect but FBI didn't act on DNA proof, group claims





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