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..
RED - Victims of the Zodiac
YELLOW - Possible victims of the Zodiac
BOLD - Zodiac Writings
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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
12.21.68 - Footage covering the murder of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen. Includes an interview with Detective Sergeant Leslie Lundblad of the Solano County Sheriff's Department along with views of the crime scene and the teenagers car.
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
01.11.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald (Times-Herald Teen Page) - An Editorial - What's Answer To Teen Deaths? - Peter Glick, Vallejo High
01.11.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald (Times-Herald Teen Page) - SCHOLARSHIP STARTED FOR BETTY LOU JENSEN - Michele Nunes, Hogan High
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
07.04.69 - Attack on Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau
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 - Vallejo Times - Herald - Page 1 - Theories On Cryptograms
08.04.69 - Solano-Napa News Chronicle - Page 1 - ANOTHER NOTE BY CLAIMED VALLEJO KILLER - Amateur Progresses On Coding
08.04.69 - Vallejo News Chronicle - Page 2 - More On Killer - Text Of Letter May Offer Clues
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 Solano-Napa News Chronicle - Page 1 - Ciphers Yield A Name
08.09.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Page 1 - Cryptogram Deciphered By Teacher - Vallejo Police Certain Killer Wrote Messages
08.09.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Appeal Is Made for Publics Help
08.10.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Zodiac Murderer 'Links' Tightened
08.10.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1, 2 - Code Author Not Of High Intellect
08.13.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Page 2 - 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 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1 - Lake Attacks Linked To Vallejo Slayings - Two Victims Fight For Lives After Surgery In Napa - Suspect Demanded Money, Car Keys, Then Left Them Behind
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 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1, 6 - More On Murder - Signs Of Zodiac May Guide 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
10.05.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1, 2 - Efforts Redoubled - Police To Expand Hunt For Slayer
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 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1,2 - Zodiac's Weekend Pattern
10.17.69 - The News Chronicle - Page 1,2 - 'Zodiac' Murderer Now Wants To Hit School Bus Kids
10.17.69 - The Solano-Napa News Chronicle - Page 1 - 'Zodiac' Murderer Now Wants To Hit
10.18.69 - Birmingham Evening Mail (Birmingham, West Midlands, England) - U.S. Police search for 'Zodiac killer'
10.19.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 2 - Who Is Zodiac? Police Intensify Hunt
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
10.20.69 - The Solano-Napa News Chronicle - Page 1,2 - Police Pool Data On Zodiac Killer
10.21.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 10 - Many Joining Hunt For Zodiac Slayer
10.21.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Page 1, 10 - Zodiac Suspect Being Questioned In Ukiah - Identity Not Told, Napa Mendocino Both Investigating
10.21.69 - The News Chronicle - Suspect In Ukiah Cleared As Zodiac Search Is Pressed
10.22.69 - The Solano-Napa News Chronicle - Page 2 - Napa Halloween To Be Marked As Usual
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
11.01.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1,2 - Many Questions Puzzling On Killer
11.12.69 - The Solano-Napa News Chronicle - Page 1, 2 - POLICE MASSING EVIDENCE ON ZODIAC, NO ARREST NEAR - No Link To 2 San Jose Girl Deaths
11.12.69 - Vallejo Times Herald - Page 1 - New Letter By Zodiac Claims Seven Slayings - Cryptogram Sent Along, Threatens To Strike Again - Writer Now Claims He Has Outsmarted Bay Area Police
12.05.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 12 - Expert Gives Up - Zodiac's Latest Code Is Baffling
12.28.69 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1, 2 - Zodiac Ends Silence, Asks Lawyer's Help - Melvin Belli Gets Killer Letter With Patch Of Clothing
01.06.70 - The News Chronicle - Cryptogram Expert Belittles Zodiac Code
01.16.70 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 17 - No Success Yet By Cryptologists On Zodiac's 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
05.01.70 - Vallejo Times-Herald - More On Zodiac - Law Authorities Take Precaution
05.10.70 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 12 - Zodiac's Mystique reveals Parallels
10.18.70 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 3 - Zodiac Still Free After Years' Hunt
11.16.70 - The Press Democrat - Page 1 - Zodiac Link To Riverside Coed Murder
11.22.70 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 1,3 - Did Zodiac Slip From S.F. Police? Other Information Told On Bay Area Murderer
12.20.70 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Death Claim By 'Zodiac' Is Doubted - New Suspects Are Linked To Lake Herman Slayer
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
05.02.75 - Page 17 - 2 More Counties Study Murder Links To Zodiac
05.04.74 - Albuquerque Journal - Page 2 - 'Jane Doe' Has Police Hunting Zodiac Killer (a Jim Dawson article)
04.25.75 - Vallejo Times-Herald - Page 6 - Are 2 Zodiac Terrorists Operating In Two States
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)
01.2007 - Dr. Kim Rossmo PhD prepares "Geographic Profile Zodiac Serial Murders San Francisco Police Department"
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)
05.16.12 - 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 - The Sacramento Bee - Vallejo police have sent Zodiac Killer DNA to a lab. Results could come in weeks (an Anita Chabria 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)
05.03.18 - The Florida Times-Union - DNA match sought to Zodiac Killer after break in other case
05.03.18 - DailyMail (United Kingdom) - Investigators could be just WEEKS away from cracking Zodiac Killer case with results from the same DNA tests used to identify the Golden State Killer expected soon
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 - GoodDay KMAX 31 - Independent Cold Case Group Claims They Have Identified The Zodiac Killer
01.19.22 - Benicia Herald - The ZODIAC case (WILL ZODIAC EVER BE SOLVED) (Bethany A. Monk article)
05.20.23 - Marca - Zodiac Killer's identity has been reportedly revealed, DNA points to an Air Force Veteran
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