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ON JULY 4, 1969 MIKE MAGEAU, AGED 19 AND DARLENE FERRIN,22 WERE PARKED IN A SECLUDED SPOT OF BLUE ROCK SPRINGS PARK. THEIR CONVERSATION WAS INTERRUPTED BY A MAN WHO WORDLESSLY GOT OUT OF HIS CAR, (THOUGHT AT THE TIME TO BE EITHER A MUSTANG OR A CORVAIR LIGHT BROWN IN COLOUR ) AND SHOT THEM 5 TIMES......THE TIME WAS APROXIMATELY 11:55 P.M. ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. AS HE BEGAN TO RETURN TO HIS CAR MIKE MOANED IN PAIN AND THE MAN RETURNED AND PUT 2 MORE BULLETS INTO EACH VICTIM. THE DESCRIPTION MIKE GAVE THE POLICE WAS AS FOLLOWS...APROXIMATELY 5' 8" TO 5' 9", WHITE, LATE 20'S TO EARLY 30'S,STOCKY BUILD WITH BROWN HAIR AND A 'ROUND' FACE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE POLICE RECEIVED 2 PHONE CALLS. THE FIRST WAS FROM A FEMALE CITIZEN WHO REPORTED THAT 2 JUVENILES WERE BEING SHOT AT THE BLUE ROCK SPRINGS PARKING LOT AND 30 MINUTES LATER A MALE WHO WOULDN'T IDENTIFY HIMSELF AND GAVE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT..."I WANT TO REPORT A DOUBLE MURDER.IF YOU WILL GO ONE MILE EAST ON COLUMOUS PARKWAY TO THE PUBLIC PARK YOU WILL FIND THE KIDS IN A BROWN CAR. THEY WERE SHOT WITH A 9 MM LUGER. I ALSO KILLED THOSE KIDS LAST YEAR. GOODBYE." WHEN THE OFFICER TAKING THE CALL TRIED TO INTERRUPT TO GET INFORMATION AND EXTEND THE LENGTH OF THE CALL THE ZODIAC GOT QUITE AGITATED AND CONTINUED THE STATEMENT LOUDER AS IF HE WERE READING A PREPARED OR MEMORIZED STATEMENT AND ABRUPTLY HUNG UP. |
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