ve minutes the driver returned and this time parked his car closeto Darlene’s. He parked to the left and in back of their vehicle, a cut-off techniques used bypolice. (Graysmith, 26) The driver exited his vehicle and shinned a bright light into the couple’scar. Without warning the driver shined the light directly into Mike’s eyes to blind him. Thedriver of the other car began firing at the pair. Both Darlene and Mike were hit in the fusillade ofbullets. Darlene was wounded nine times. She had been hit twice in her right arm and twice in herleft. Five shots hit her in her back, piercing her lungs and heart. Mike was hit in the left leg, rightarm and neck. The driver returned to his car and drove away. Darlene and Mike were found threeteenagers setting off fireworks. Although Mike survived the attack, Darlene was fatally wounded.When Mike gave a description of the attacker it matched the description Darlene’s friends gave ofthe strange man following her. They were the same man. When a letter was received on FridayAugust 11, 1969, police found out the truth; Darlene may have been the only one to know theZodiac’s identity. Zodiac remains at large over thirty years after his first murder. There are many reasonswhy police were unable to close the case. In the beginning of Zodiac’s career he communicatedwith the police (via newspapers) routinely. He would alert the police how many victims he hadand tell details of his crimes. From the information Zodiac revealed they were able to get adetailed idea of what sort of person he was. They were able to estimate where he might live, whatsort of profession he was in and other details about his life. Police knew more about a killer theyhad never seen than many criminals they had behind bars. Police were able to narrow down thousands of suspects to a handful. However, they nevermade any sort of arrests. This is because the killer never left any sort of physica...
