San Francisco homicide Inspectors David Toschi (left) and William Armstrong go through a victim's clothing in the morgue. Then again, I wonder if he would even want to say yay or nay to that. anchor Walter Cronkite introduces the What were the main things about the attacker that still stand out to you today? She died a day later at the hospital, but was able to give a description of the attacker before she died. (Thomas Esteves): Please also ask (and of course OK that he does not disclose) if there was any detail he had been told to never share as it could be a smoking gun? "They look alike.". Author Robert Graysmith and his onscreen Shepherd died from her injuries two days later after falling into a coma, but Hartnell managed to survive eight stab wounds to the back. With all these different law enforcement agencies, its got to be solved someday.. He communicated regularly with the police and media, sometimes through cyphers. Penni Gladstone / The Chronicle. The lead suspect, Arthur Leigh Allen, died before the police could question him after more evidence surfaced. Ran on: 03-01-2007 Police traced the call but the man was gone. Bryan Hartnell, 20, was stabbed six times in the back Darlene Ferrin, 22, was shot five times Mike Mageau, 19, was shot four times David Faraday, 17, was shot once in the head at point-blank range Betty Lou Jensen, 16, was shot five times in the back Some of his other possible victims include: Bryan Hartnell is the only confirmed living victim of the Zodiac killer to appear inZodiac. 7. Of all the Zodiac evidence, the three things seized upon most by detectives and amateur sleuths are the handwritten letters, the ciphers and the sketches generated by the two survivors. Yes. real? He is known for Zodiac (2007), Seeking Answers (2017) and Case Reopened (1999). people will be yearning for more of a killer threatened to shoot school children When he isnt writing about or watching new releases, Cooper is a fantasy football obsessive and looking to expand his Blu-Ray collection because physical media is still king! Ran on: 03-01-2007 The only thing that could solve it is the DNA and that could happen tomorrow, he said. After firing five shots, the man turned and headed back towards his car. The first and second attacks were ambush-style shootings which further indicated the killers use of deception and surprise. Their attacker was a man in an eerie costume: he wore a black hood and black shirt with a white symbol on the front that looked like crosshairs on a gun sight. A college student, Bryan Hartnell, and his girlfriend, Cecilia Shephard, had the misfortune of meeting the infamous serial killer. I think, had I to do it over again, I probably would do it. He goes there in search of film canisters that may contain Zodiac murder footage. There was no indication of robbery or sexual Related Article: Zodiac: History vs. Hollywood investigators and reporters in this Q. They are two miles north of park headquarters. claimed to have uncovered the Zodiac Killer's identity. killer later in the day, but he never -DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT AND BRYAN HARTNELL ( and Cecelia Shepard ), CECELIA: What do you want? Zodiac Killer police sketch. By the time he was done, five more victims across the Bay Area would be shot or stabbed three of them killed, two left barely alive but scarred for life. Sergeant William White and Chief Q. Sergeant William White and Chief of Inspectors Martin Lee are also featured. I didnt hear you Zodiac: Where The Real Bryan Hartnell Appears. cryptic messages. Much like Ferrin and Mageau, Shepard and Hartnell were also on a date and were having a picnic at Lake Berryessa in Napa County when they were approached by a man wearing a hood that had a symbol of two intersecting lines in a circle. The hooded stranger moved toward the couple. Here's where he appears. And if I could get a second question, Id ask: do you have any sense of what the costume worn at LB that day was made of? He would lie to them and keep them calm with the promise that he meant no harm. Robert Graysmith commented on this in an interview, "To use the symbol to wear that watch, and to be at the crime scenes and to know the victims he would have to be the Zodiac.". San Francisco homicide Inspectors David Toschi (left) and William Armstrong go through a victim's clothing in the morgue. In a letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle approximately one month later on November 9, 1969, the Zodiac murderer confirmed that Officer Fouke had spotted him, "Hey pig! However, there are only five known victims: David Faraday (17), Betty Lou Jensen (16), Darlene Ferrin (22), Cecelia Shepard (22), and Paul Stine (29). American Horror Story: Was Valerie Solanas Really The Zodiac Killer. If so, what were your impressions? * Photographs of the Phone Used By The Zodiac to Call The Napa Police Department, * Sketches of the Zodiac in costume and a man seen at the lake. Dr. Lunby at Stanford said that whoever the killer is he will have offered to catch himself. The knife had a wooden handle and a blade . Mageau said during a phone call interview. solved. Bryan Hartnell was in Zodiac Reply . As the movie Zodiac emphasized, there were 2,500 suspects in all. Through 1974, well after his last known victim, the Zodiac sent about two dozen letters to The Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner and Vallejo Times Herald, ultimately claiming 37 slayings. When you realized that Cecilia had tied your hands loose, did you start to plan some kind of counter or was it too late by the time you realized he was going to try to kill you? The interviewer questions whether "And I thought, 'Well, wait a minute. him. He took out a black marker and wrote a message on the passenger door of Bryans white Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Written on greeting card mailed to a San Francisco newspaper (Chronicle) by a killer who calls himself Zodiac and included a letter and a cryptogram in San Francisco on Nov. 11, 1969. She saw a man as he moved behind a tree. San Francisco homicide Inspectors David Toschi (left) and William Armstrong go through a victim's clothing in the morgue. BRYAN: Now that everything is all said and done, could you show me that your gun is loaded? If so, did any of them sound like the attacker? Ran on: 03-01-2007 I wonder why someone hasnt thought of this before. Bryans story was the only reason that the world learned about the killers bizarre costume and the odd conversation before the attack. Bryan C. Hartnell was born on July 1, 1949 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. cars following his bus to school after the Its an eerie reproduction of what happened in my vision, Hartnell adds. He is known to have targeted at least seven victims - three couples and a lone taxi driver. A. only 2 things that i think thats positive is that i made it alive and more importantly i hope it gives victims of horrible crimes to not give up and be smart and dont just go full throttle so to speak. After the attack, Bryan played over the events in his mind and questioned his decisions. The couple was enjoying a scenic drive near San Francisco. On August 26, 1992, Allen's kidneys succumbed to his disease. The man they say is responsible for the string of five murders in 1968 and 1969 is Gary Francis Poste. The unsolved case inspired the 2007 film "Zodiac," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo. A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Q. Berryessa near Napa, Calif. Allen worked at the Ace Hardware in Vallejo for over a decade until complications from diabetes forced him to quit prior to his death in 1992. explore whether the murders can ever be In the next attack, the killer shot a cab driver who believed he was delivering a harmless passenger to a routine destination. ASSAILANT: Come on get down! They were in a white Volkswagen Kharmann Ghia. Slaight waited for the man to continue, but the declaration was followed by silence. He can be seen at the 1 hour 36 minute and 28-second mark inZodiac, or at the 1 hour, 40 minute, and 34-second mark in the director's cut. honestly i was too busy worrying trying to get Cecilia and i out alive i never really paid attention to what type of material he wore.thank you for the question. The lie about the simple robbery lulled the victims into a false sense of security. Investigators in that case turned to genealogical sites to match a profile to an ex-police officer who now faces 13 counts of murder and 13 more of rape. ASSAILANT: Just dont make any fast moves come up slowly. Allen quit his job at the hardware store. Graysmith's reasoning for this is that although there was no DNA test back then, there was a saliva test that could determine a suspect's blood type. Hes our Jack the Ripper. Area taunts police with his letters and Area taunts police with his letters and We have crumbs, and not good ones.. He is an actor, known for Zodiac (2007), Case Reopened (1999) and Erin Burnett OutFront (2011). Ever since, police from Napa, Solano and San Francisco counties, where the killings occurred, have continued to scrape through every clue they have filed in teeming storage cases and closets, not to mention the streams of tips that still pour in. He was never caught, though many, including Graysmith, believe he was Arthur Leigh Allen, a Vallejo man who who died in 1992. Q. Author Robert Graysmith and his onscreen be the Zodiac killer calls lawyer Melvin When you went out to the lake were you hoping to rekindle your relationship with Cecilia? ASSAILANT: I killed a couple of guards getting out of prison. Ran on: 03-01-2007 Yes. It should be noted here that other high profile Zodiac suspects have existed since 1968. The Zodiac Killer Has Yet To Be Identified Between the first homicides in Benicia and the Stine killing, there were two more Zodiac attacks on dating couples: In July 1969 in Vallejo, he shot Michael Mageau, 19, and Darlene Ferrin, 22; and in September 1969 at Lake Berryessa, he stabbed Cecelia Shepard, 22, and Bryan Hartnell, 20. Starting his career in 1966, the Zodiac Killer killed an innocent teenage girl on her way home from college. Zodiac murder victims Bettilou Jenson and David Faraday What were the main things about the attacker that still stand out to you today? story. [2] It became a fixture of popular culture and inspired amateur detectives to attempt to solve it. I couldnt have scripted it better.. It takes over your life.". documentary "Hunting The Zodiac" Williams said that although Allen denied being the Zodiac, he fit the killers profile in many ways. Cecelia and Bryan dismissed the man as harmless and did not notice as he donned a dark hood featuring the symbol of a white crossed-circle. Bryan described the costume and the crossed-circle symbol, and the message on the car door also included a crossed-circle. Bryan Hartnell, 20, was stabbed six times in the back Darlene Ferrin, 22, was shot five times Mike Mageau, 19, was shot four times David Faraday, 17, was shot once in the head at point-blank. Tom Voigt, another private sleuth who has researched the case for decades, disagrees. Hartnell was a survivor of an attack from the Zodiac Killer at Lake Berryessa in September 1969. They are not going to tell each other, even within departments. Tom Brady to spare us his stand up comedy phase. A surplus of letters were shortly received from the mysterious "Zodiac Killer", claiming that "she needed to die . The man tells Graysmith that it wasn't Marshall who drew the movie posters, it was him. The interview was conducted ten days after Bryan's near-fatal encounter with the Zodiac killer, or "code killer," on Saturday, September 27, 1969 at Lake Berryessa. That means certain elements or characters have been cut, the timeline has been reordered, and things have generally been made more dramatic to serve the narrative. THIS IS A HANDOUT IMAGE. the week before the 2007 movie was movie and Gyllenhaal's portrayal. cryptic messages. injured during an attack at Lake Berryessa Yes, but not exactly how the film portrays it. Graysmith also believes that the Zodiac letters were not accurately preserved for DNA testing, given that they endured 100-degree summers in plastic envelopes for a duration of approximately 30 years. Son Says It was his Dad, Earl Van Best, Jr. The other one, Michael Mageau, has a slightly more prominent role in the film. (Sharon Rovansek) My question would be: Ive read on various message boards that you were taken to see ALA and that you said he looked nothing like the person who attacked you. Michael Mageau, the lone survivor of the July 4, 1969 Zodiac shooting that killed his friend Darlene Ferrin, expressed strong reservations about viewing director David Fincher's Zodiac movie. ASSAILANT: ( excited slightly ) Yes, it is! After a brief pause, he asked, Where are you now? The voice grew quiet as the mysterious caller replied, Im the one who did it. The caller then set the receiver down, leaving the line open. says that he has headaches that started BRYAN: This is really strange. A. honestly i dont think it was a religion or anything that symbol but who really knows with the suspect though he was twisted.the whole prison thing i think he was just bullshitting.thanks for the question. The man kept stabbing until Bryan feigned death. murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. But it does grip you. The caller, who is believed to have been the Zodiac, wants to be addressed as Sam. You can watch a video clip from the 1969 program here. Bryan and Cecelia followed the killers instructions because they had been deceived, and the Zodiac relied on this deception to execute his plans. "This is the Zodiac speaking. Stewart was born in New Orleans and abandoned as a newborn in a stairwell of Baton Rouge apartment building. The stranger came prepared with a some pre-cut lengths of clothesline to restrain Bryan and Cecelia. Bryan Hartnell, age 20, was stabbed six times in the back. In the film, a serial killer named Scorpio kidnaps a bus-load of school children and demands a ransom. What is the Zodiac 340? Email: kfagan@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @KevinChron. Read the reports produced by the Napa County Sheriffs Department and other agencies, including: * NCSD Report: Ken Narlow and others (19 pages), * NCSD Report: Collins and Land (6 pages one page missing), * NCSD Report: RE: the three girls at the lake (1 page), * NCSD Report: RE: Gun used by the Zodiac (1 page), * Napa Police Department: Report by Dispatcher David Slaight re: Zodiac call (1 page), * CA Dept. "I saw it going into obscurity," Graysmith said during an MSNBC interview. Bryan C. Hartnell was born on 1 July 1949 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. This is all true and really happened to Graysmith, even the footsteps. He threatened to kill again if the newspapers did not print a cipher which he claimed would reveal his identity. film, along with brief interviews with As he killed, the Zodiac mailed a flurry of taunting letters and cryptograms to The Chronicle and others. Michael Butterfield isa writer anda recognizedexpert on the unsolved Zodiac crimes. There were no witnesses. This ABC Primetime segment aired during lightly fictionalized account of the true HarperCollins publicist Tina Andreadis told New York Magazine that "Stewart's father had a criminal record in San Francisco ('forgeries, bad checks'), and there was a strong resemblance between his father's mug shot and the police sketch," the magazine said. "Dear Editor This is the Zodiac speaking," he wrote at the time. A young Mageau is in the film's opening sequence and an older version of him appears in the final scene. During the call the killer Would you answer a question for me? He is married to Monica Hartnell . He was alive for 50 years after his murder spree, and never caught or charged before his death. His book, "The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father and Finding the Zodiac Killer," was co-written with journalist Susan Mustafa. The segment goes on to the week before the 2007 movie was Belli was supposed to meet the I cant help but believe he is somewhere in our files, that the answers are in there somewhere, said long-retired San Francisco homicide Inspector Frank Falzon, one of the earliest investigators on the case. Bryan's story was the only reason that the world learned about the killer's bizarre costume and the odd conversation before the attack. For many years, the most hopeful new direction in the case has been DNA testing the science that cracked the decades-old Golden State Killer case this year. Very frustrating.. His first killing took place on a road just outside of Benicia December 20th, 1969.The victims were David Arthur Faraday, age 17 and Betty Lou Jensen, age 16 both stabbed to death (Everything You Want To Know About The Zodiac Killer But Were Too Afraid To Google). I am a sociology major and maybe I can even offer you more help than you think you need. (James Cook) Ask him was Zodiac shaking. murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. The letter to Williams also had bad grammar similar to the Zodiacs. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born July 1, 1949 Add to list Known for Zodiac 7.7 The documentary On the night of the murder, three young witnesses had observed the killer from a nearby window as he entered the front passenger side of the cab. And Im not afraid to kill again. story. Bryan Hartnell, age Was there anything you thought of after the police interviewed you that you didnt think of at the time you were being interviewed? 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