Elena

Interesting.

Interesting.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Even scarier.

Even scarier.

Yep. So the next eight weeks passed pretty quietly in and around Vallejo in San Francisco. Not even the publication of the decrypted message prompted another letter from the killer. He was probably pissed.

Yep. So the next eight weeks passed pretty quietly in and around Vallejo in San Francisco. Not even the publication of the decrypted message prompted another letter from the killer. He was probably pissed.

Then in late September, the silence was broken when yet another young couple was attacked, this time at Lake Berenice, about an hour outside of Vallejo. 22-year-old Cecilia Shepard and 20-year-old Brian Hartnell, two students at Pacific Union College, had met in 1968, quickly fallen in love, and started spending all their free time together.

Then in late September, the silence was broken when yet another young couple was attacked, this time at Lake Berenice, about an hour outside of Vallejo. 22-year-old Cecilia Shepard and 20-year-old Brian Hartnell, two students at Pacific Union College, had met in 1968, quickly fallen in love, and started spending all their free time together.

By the fall of 1969, though, their relationship had cooled off a bit, and eventually they drifted apart with their breakup becoming final when Cecilia decided to transfer to UCLA, Riverside. The breakup was pretty amicable, but... Cecilia ran into a problem. She still had some things in her dorm up at Pacific Union.

By the fall of 1969, though, their relationship had cooled off a bit, and eventually they drifted apart with their breakup becoming final when Cecilia decided to transfer to UCLA, Riverside. The breakup was pretty amicable, but... Cecilia ran into a problem. She still had some things in her dorm up at Pacific Union.

So on the afternoon of September 27th, she decided to make the trip to campus to grab the last of her things. After grabbing what she needed from her dorm, she stopped in the cafeteria for some lunch, and wouldn't you know it, she ran into Brian. Of course. They ate together, they caught up, but when they finished lunch, they didn't want to go their separate ways just yet.

So on the afternoon of September 27th, she decided to make the trip to campus to grab the last of her things. After grabbing what she needed from her dorm, she stopped in the cafeteria for some lunch, and wouldn't you know it, she ran into Brian. Of course. They ate together, they caught up, but when they finished lunch, they didn't want to go their separate ways just yet.

Aww.

Aww.

So the two of them, along with a friend, Judy, decided to go to a rummage sale in nearby St. Helena. After leaving the rummage sale around 2 that day, Brian and Cecilia dropped Judy back at campus, but still weren't done hanging out yet, and decided to visit Lake Baranessa. They weren't done. I know. A location that Brian had really always loved. Aw.

So the two of them, along with a friend, Judy, decided to go to a rummage sale in nearby St. Helena. After leaving the rummage sale around 2 that day, Brian and Cecilia dropped Judy back at campus, but still weren't done hanging out yet, and decided to visit Lake Baranessa. They weren't done. I know. A location that Brian had really always loved. Aw.

So after parking the car, they started walking the short distance to the shoreline, where Brian laid out a blanket on the grass for the two of them, and they just sat there chatting. Now, a short time passed when Brian started hearing something large moving around in the bushes about 15 or 20 feet behind them.

So after parking the car, they started walking the short distance to the shoreline, where Brian laid out a blanket on the grass for the two of them, and they just sat there chatting. Now, a short time passed when Brian started hearing something large moving around in the bushes about 15 or 20 feet behind them.