0 ore 10 min, 5 lugl 1969 anni - Darlene Ferrin & Michael Mageau HOMICIDE & ATTACK

Descrizione:

At about 12:05am on Saturday, July 5, 1968, Darlene Ferrin, 22, and Michael Mageau, 19, parked at the parking lot of secluded Blue Rock Springs Park on the eastern outskirts of Vallejo, CA — a popular area for couples — to talk. Darlene parked 70ft from the lot entrance. Soon, another car parked about 80ft to her left. The driver turned the headlights off and sat motionless at the steering wheel before leaving the parking lot at a high speed.

Five minutes later, the other driver returned and parked a few feet next to Darlene's vehicle at the passenger side. He exited his car and shined a flashlight into Darlene's car; the couple assumed he was a police officer and rolled down the passenger side window. The man wordlessly fired a gun into the car. One bullet hit Michael in the right arm, and the other Darlene in the neck, causing her to slump towards the steering wheel and become motionless.

After five shots were fired, the man slowly walked back to his own car: Michael had been shot twice, and Darlene had been shot at three times. The first two bullets to be directed at Darlene hit her right arm (as her hands were on the steering wheel), shattered her bones and passed through her right arm before entering then exiting her left arm, which was positioned directly behind her right arm.

Michael tried to leave the car, but the door handle on the passenger's side was missing or removed. The man did not immediately leave, instead opening his car door and doing something Michael couldn't see. Michael screamed in pain and struggled to get out of Darlene's car. The killer noticed and moved quickly back to the vehicle. The killer fired four more shots, two at each person.

Of the four bullets that hit Michael in total, two of them passed through his skin then struck Darlene. Other than the two bullets that created the four entry and four exit wounds in Darlene's arms, the remaining seven bullets that hit her struck her in the back.

Michael survived, but Darlene was pronounced dead in the hospital at 12:40am on Sunday, July 6, 1969.

Darlene Ferrin had a stalker who used to follow her, and was seen parked in front of her house. Her family also reported heavy breathing calls to their homes on the night of her murder.

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

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CONFIRMATION OF COMPLETION DATE: June 1, 2025
LAST UPDATED: June 11, 2025
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LUNAR PHASE: waning gibbous
ZODIAC SIGN: gemini
DAY OF WEEK: Saturday
EVENTS: July 4 = Independence Day (1 day earlier)

July 4: moon ascending node 16:26
July 5: aphelion
July 6: last quarter; Venus-M45 14:07

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