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    Who are the Victims of the Zodiac? Shelby Davis Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Abstract In the late 1960’s, there was a man roaming California on a killing spree. With seven confirmed victims, five killed and two injured, the Zodiac killer became one of the most allusive serial killers in United States. His method of attack was different each time and only thing that could tie him to each of the crimes was the fact that he reported the crimes himself. This paper is going to give you the events that occurred on the nights that Zodiac attacked. This includes; what they were doing at the time of the attack, how they were and attacked, if they survived the attack. It has been reported that, there have been many more victims of the Zodiac but these are the only ones that he has taken credit for. Also included are the descriptions given to the police as to what the Zodiac Killer looks like, as given by the surviving victims and the witnesses of the attacks. Who are the Victims of the Zodiac?…

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    My serial killer's name is Richard Ramírez. Biographical Information His birthday is February 29, 1960. His death was on June 7, 2013. His place of birth was El Paso, Texas. Ramirez was born Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960. His father, Julian Tapia Ramirez, was born in Camargo, Mexico. He met Richard's mother, Colorado-born Mercedes Muñoz, there when they were both fourteen years old. When her family went to Juarez, Julian followed and married her in 1948,…

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    The horror in California began on Friday, December 20, 1968 in the city of Vallejo when sixteen-year-old Betty Lou Jensen and seventeen-year-old David Faraday were killed while out on a date. According to Haugen (2011), they had driven to a remote lover’s lane on Lake Herman Road. While they were parked, a vehicle stopped nearby and the driver got out, shot out the rear passenger window of David Faraday’s station wagon, and then shot the left rear tire. The man proceeded to shoot Faraday…

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    the car drives away, Mike asks Darlene if she knew the driver and she responds evasively. The car returns and again stops behind the Corvair. A man emerges and approaches the passenger side of Darlene’s Corvair. Mike looks up at the man and says, “Man, you really creeped us out.” The man then shoots Darlene and Mike using a gun that has a silencer attached to the barrel.(Butterfield, Zodiac: The Movie Fact vs. Fincher). Vallejo, California July 5, 1869 at 12:10 a.m. Michael Mageau and Darlene…

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    The Zodiac Killer

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    Zodiac, released in 2007 and directed by David Fincher, is a true crime film and depicts the story of the Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac was a serial killer who targeted the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s and 1970s. The Zodiac was known for writing letters to the police and confessing to the crimes he committed. After murdering his victims, the Zodiac reached out to the public as if he wanted to be found. The Zodiac was most notorious for sending letters, making phone calls, and getting away…

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    Ted Cruz Research Paper

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    this is a very popular theory it is impossible, but who is really the Zodiac Killer? What I will go over is why the Zodiac Killer could not be Ted Cruz In this paragraph, I will go over why it is impossible for Ted Cruz to be the Zodiac Killer The first main reason why this is impossible is the place of birth. Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, which is in Canada. When he moved to America he was living in Houston Texas nowhere near where the killings happened. When he moved to America he was living…

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    Zodiac Killer Analysis

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    The zodiac killer left few clues behind at the location of the murder. One of the few first victims of the zodiac killer, Mike Mageau, was able to survive despite being shot. He was able to give the police a vague description of the man that shot him and his girlfriend. Along with Mageau’s description in a later murder there were a few bystanders that had seen a man walking away from the spot of Stine’s murder. With the descriptions from these people police were able to put together a composite…

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    throughout Northern California from 1969 to 1974 (Zodiac Killer). Although police credited him with five murders,…

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    Muse 2/15/17 AP Seminar Economic System of California: The Effects of the Drought and Economic Shift The California water crisis is a severe issue which has affected many people. The Californian economy has been hit very hard by the drought, causing water prices to rise. The government in California has limited the usage of water, and has caused people to cut back on it. There are current methods of water conservation in California, however, they are not the most efficient way to conserve water…

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    Gold Rush: The California Gold Rush was the biggest mass relocation in American history since it realized 300,000 individuals to California. It began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his real estate parcel at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold rapidly spread around. Individuals from Oregon, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and Latin America were the first to hear the breaking news, so they were the first to touch base so as to test their fortunes in California…

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