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Silent Code of Fear The Zodiac Killer’s Unsolved Trail

In the late 1960s, northern California was rattled by a killer whose identity remains unknown and whose taunting letters made fear into an art form. The Zodiac Killer struck on December 20 1968 when 17-year-old David Arthur Faraday and 16-year-old Betty Lou Jensen were shot beside their car on Lake Herman Road. Months later, on July 4-5 1969, 22-year-old Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin died and 19-year-old Michael Renault Mageau survived a drive-in attack in Vallejo. Then on September 27 1969, 22-year-old Cecelia Ann Shepard was fatally stabbed and 20-year-old Bryan Calvin Hartnell survived at Lake Berryessa. The last confirmed murder came on October 11 1969 when 29-year-old Paul Lee Stine was shot in his taxi in San Francisco. The Zodiac kept his victims’ names and lives in cryptic letters sent to newspapers, often signed with a cross-circle symbol and boasting he’d “collected slaves for the afterlife.” Investigators confirmed five murders and two survivors, though he claimed as many as 37 victims. The correspondence stopped in 1974, and the killer fled into legend — a chilling reminder that real terror often hides in plain sight. #TrueCrime #ZodiacKiller #October #California #ChaunceyDatGuy

🕯️ NEW LONGFORM CASEFILE: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders (1977) Three girls went to camp at Camp Scott in Oklahoma. They never came home. My newest deep dive explores who Lori Farmer, Denise Milner, and Michelle Guse were, what happened, and the evidence that never fit a single-offender theory. It also examines media sensationalism and institutional failures by the camp, council, police, and prosecutors. You may need to copy and paste the link into your browser: https://thesassygazette.blogspot.com/2026/01/shadows-in-cookson-hills-oklahoma-girl.html This is written with restraint and respect for the victims and their families, and with direct accountability for the systems that failed them. #OklahomaGirlScoutMurders #CampScott #TrueCrime #ColdCase #UnsolvedCases #VictimCentered #TheSassyGazette #DickingAroundWithRichie

🚨 Georgia Worker Vanishes Without a Trace in One of the State’s Strangest Missing Person Cases On January 25, 2002, 20-year-old Christopher Thompkins disappeared while working a surveying job along a rural Georgia road. He was standing in line with three other crew members when one of them turned around — and Christopher was suddenly gone. His tools, water bottle, and one boot were left behind. The boot was found caught at the top of a barbed wire fence, almost as if he’d been lifted away mid-step. No footprints, struggle marks, or direction of travel were ever discovered. Search teams combed the surrounding woods and swamps, but Christopher was never found. More than two decades later, his disappearance remains one of Georgia’s most baffling mysteries. #ChaunceyDatGuy #GeorgiaNews #MissingPersons #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime