On October 11, 1969, a tragic murder once again occurred in San Francisco. It was the murder of a cab driver. It was a night time murder, happening at about 10 o’clock. But that’s not the unusual element. It occurred in an affluent part of town, Presidio Heights, where the price of the cheapest house could bank you for life. Not the smartest part of town for some hood to grease a taxi driver and blend into the neighborhood. You just can’t pick up another cab around or a bus and get back to the hubbub and safety of the inner city. Yet so far as homicide inspectors knew when they reached the scene, the killer had made a clean getaway.

    

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     The ZODIAC casually walks away down Cherry. It is a very short block to Jackson, which parallels Washington. Video.

For the details and solution please read Gian J. Quasar’s book HorrorScope.

On the wall by Pacific at Spruce, looking east down Pacific to one of the entrances of the huge Presidio. The green hanging sign reads Julius Kahn Playground. Great cedars, elms, and ancient underwood remain as they have for decades if not centuries. The area is little changed from 1969.   

     In a few years, even his letters would stop. He would vanish forever. As crude a killer as he was, it is remarkable that he got away Scot free.