The Zodiac Killer The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time of great change in America. The Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and the sexual revolution were just a few of the topics that hit the evening news in American homes. For citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as the rest of California, the late 1960s and early 1970s represented terror, fear, and death. “The bizarre, theatrical and still unsolved serial murders by a real-life demon who called himself Zodiac, who claimed in letters to have killed 37 people (although police focused on five murders and two attempted murders in the great Bay Area in 1968 and 1969" (Booth,2) have intrigued people for nearly four decades. How did Zodiac remain so elusive What started as a random murder in October 1966 turned into one of the most History's great unsolved cases began its legacy on the calm, cold night of December 20, 1968, when a seventeen-year-old named David Faraday was preparing to accompany sixteen-year-old Betty Lou Jensen on her first date. David arrived at Betty's house , picked her up and immediately drove to Lake Herman Road, a popular “lovers' street” for local teenagers. Soon after arriving, a car, perhaps a blue Valiant, pulled up next to the maroon four-door station wagon 1961 of David, and a man stepped out “Framed only in silhouette, the man appeared to be stocky and slightly heavy built with an eerie feeling about him” (Wark, 5). The man asked the boys to get out of the car, but they refused. After hearing David and Betty's refusal, the man pulled out a gun and fired a shot at the right rear window, shattering it. Then he moved to the front and fired another into the left tire. Panicked, the young people rushed out... middle of the paper... from the Newspaper Source database. Graysmith, R. (2002). Zodiac unmasked. New York: Berkley Publishing.Taylor, M. (n.d.). ETERNAL LEGEND OF A KILLER/MYSTERY: He taunted the police, terrified children, kept the Bay Area on edge, then remained silent. San Francisco Chronicle (CA), retrieved April 5, 2009 from the Newspaper Source database. The Associated Press. (2009, April 30). Ca. Woman Deborah Perez claims zodiac killer was her father, police will have to investigate complaint. New York Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2009, from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/04/30/2009-04-3 30_woman_claims_father.Wark, Jack. (2009) The Zodiac Killer. Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/zodiac/river_1.html.Zodiac Killer. (2009). Frequently asked questions. Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://www.zodiackiller.com/FAQ.html.