18h 30min, sep 27, 1969 y - Bryan Hartnell & Cecelia Shepard

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A man wearing a hood approached Hartnell (20yo) & Shepard (22yo) with a gun, believed by Hartnell to be a .45, at Lake Berryessa, ~500yd from Knoxville Rd.

The man ordered Shepard to tie Hartnell up with precut lengths of plastic clothesline. The man then tied Shepard up and checked that Hartnell was tied tightly enough. He then stabbed Hartnell six times in the back, and then Shepard ten times in the back and abdomen. Shepard died in the hospital after rescue, and Hartnell survived.



This is the third confirmed attack perpetrated by the serial killer known as the Zodiac.


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LUNAR PHASE: full moon
ZODIAC SIGN: libra
DAY OF WEEK: Saturday
EVENTS: Sept. 22 = Fall Equinox (5 days earlier)
Lunar eclipse on Sept. 25, 12:10, though not visible in CA

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