23 St. 5 Min, 20 Dez 1968 Jahr - Betty Lou Jensen & David Arthur Faraday DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Beschreibung:

On Friday, December 20, 1968, David, 17, drove his mother's station wagon to Betty Lou's, 16, house at 8pm, and they left in the car at 8:30pm for the house of one of Jensen's friends. Sometime after 9pm they drove to the outskirts of Vallejo and parked at a gravel parking area — a lovers' lane — along remote Lake Herman Rd. This is near/at the entrance to the city of Benicia.

A passing motorist noticed the couple between 10:15-10:30pm, parked on the side of Lake Herman Rd, on a gravel runoff near the gate to a Benicia water pumping station. They were spotted again at 11pm.

Sometime between 11:05-11:10pm, an unknown assailant pulled his car up next to David's, about 10 ft away from the passenger's side of the vehicle. The unidentified man left his vehicle and approached the couple's car, firing several shots inside. The bullets hit various parts of the car, but not the couple; it has been proposed that he may have been trying to force the pair to leave the vehicle.

Both teens tried to leave the car through the passenger door. Betty Lou successfully exited the vehicle. As David was getting out of the car, the assailant shot him once in the head with a .22 caliber rifle. The man then began to chase Betty Lou, who was running away; he fired six shots at her, hitting her on the right side of her back five times. He then left in his car. The whole attack took about 2-3 minutes.

A passing motorist, Stella Borges, noticed the pair's bodies at 11:10pm and drove down the road, flagging down a police patrol car. Betty Lou was pronounced dead at the scene, and while David was still breathing at the time, he died from his wounds soon after: he was pronounce Dead On Arrival (DOA) at Vallejo General Hospital at 12:05am on Saturday, December 21, 1968.

According to the autopsy reports, Betty Lou's bullet wounds penetrated her: liver, right kidney, the heart ("from right to left through both atrium"), and left lung. There were three exit wounds. The entry wounds were in close proximity to each other.

According to police reports, David was shot in the upper portion of the left ear by a small caliber bullet, which penetrated the ear and head. There were what appeared to be powder burns on the left ear where the bullet entered, indicated the shot was fired at close range. Several .22 caliber casings were found at the scene.

Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday are the first confirmed victims of the serial killer known as the Zodiac.

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CONFIRMATION OF COMPLETION DATE: June 1, 2025
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LUNAR PHASE: waxing crescent
ZODIAC SIGN: capricorn
DAY OF WEEK: Friday
EVENTS: Dec. 21 = Winter Solstice (1 day earlier); Dec. 25 = Christmas (5 days later)

Dec. 19: moon perigee 4:24; new moon 10:19; moon south decreasing 15:03
Dec. 21: Winter Solstice; Ursids meteor shower 17:00

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