Kaelyn Moore

And that really gets police starting to think that maybe this is related to the Zodiac. It's eerily similar. Yeah. Paul Avery looks into this and he decides it sounds a heck of a lot like the Zodiac Killer. So on November 15th, 1970, Avery, in true Avery fashion, he writes a big story about it. Again, he... was kind of known to, like, want to sell newspapers.

So basically every update that was coming in about the Zodiac he was writing a big paper on, but he really believed that he had found a connection. He doesn't really contact the police about this, though, which is interesting. He just goes straight into writing the story. He was doing his own investigative work. It...

So basically every update that was coming in about the Zodiac he was writing a big paper on, but he really believed that he had found a connection. He doesn't really contact the police about this, though, which is interesting. He just goes straight into writing the story. He was doing his own investigative work. It...

So basically every update that was coming in about the Zodiac he was writing a big paper on, but he really believed that he had found a connection. He doesn't really contact the police about this, though, which is interesting. He just goes straight into writing the story. He was doing his own investigative work. It...

in some ways kind of botches the investigation because you can mark this as another tally because it's there's just not a lot of cross-referencing going on and that's always been a problem in this case right is like reporters and police and different precincts not talking to each other that and you are giving away your cards yeah you have this info you might have this connection you might have this evidence that could lead you to someone and you're telling him wide out in the open

in some ways kind of botches the investigation because you can mark this as another tally because it's there's just not a lot of cross-referencing going on and that's always been a problem in this case right is like reporters and police and different precincts not talking to each other that and you are giving away your cards yeah you have this info you might have this connection you might have this evidence that could lead you to someone and you're telling him wide out in the open

in some ways kind of botches the investigation because you can mark this as another tally because it's there's just not a lot of cross-referencing going on and that's always been a problem in this case right is like reporters and police and different precincts not talking to each other that and you are giving away your cards yeah you have this info you might have this connection you might have this evidence that could lead you to someone and you're telling him wide out in the open

And this is someone who loves to take credit for murders. So he writes this paper and there's no reaction from the Zodiac Killer, at least not immediately. But five months later, on March 13th, 1971, he sends a letter to the L.A. Times. In this letter, he takes credit for what he calls his, quote, Riverside activity.

And this is someone who loves to take credit for murders. So he writes this paper and there's no reaction from the Zodiac Killer, at least not immediately. But five months later, on March 13th, 1971, he sends a letter to the L.A. Times. In this letter, he takes credit for what he calls his, quote, Riverside activity.

And this is someone who loves to take credit for murders. So he writes this paper and there's no reaction from the Zodiac Killer, at least not immediately. But five months later, on March 13th, 1971, he sends a letter to the L.A. Times. In this letter, he takes credit for what he calls his, quote, Riverside activity.

But similar to the case of Kathleen getting into the car with him, he doesn't have any information that was not published in the newspapers. He doesn't have anything that only the killer would know. And so it's still kind of up in the air as to if that was one that he actually committed or if it's just one that he wanted to take credit for to kind of add to his this like demented ego he had.

But similar to the case of Kathleen getting into the car with him, he doesn't have any information that was not published in the newspapers. He doesn't have anything that only the killer would know. And so it's still kind of up in the air as to if that was one that he actually committed or if it's just one that he wanted to take credit for to kind of add to his this like demented ego he had.

But similar to the case of Kathleen getting into the car with him, he doesn't have any information that was not published in the newspapers. He doesn't have anything that only the killer would know. And so it's still kind of up in the air as to if that was one that he actually committed or if it's just one that he wanted to take credit for to kind of add to his this like demented ego he had.

So in July of 1971... It's not that the case is going cold, but there's just like not any leads to follow on who this guy could be. But this guy named Don Cheney actually contacts the police in Torrance, California, which is just south of L.A. And he wants to talk to them about the Zodiac Killer. So the police go and they meet him in person and he tells them he's pretty sure he knows who it is.

So in July of 1971... It's not that the case is going cold, but there's just like not any leads to follow on who this guy could be. But this guy named Don Cheney actually contacts the police in Torrance, California, which is just south of L.A. And he wants to talk to them about the Zodiac Killer. So the police go and they meet him in person and he tells them he's pretty sure he knows who it is.

So in July of 1971... It's not that the case is going cold, but there's just like not any leads to follow on who this guy could be. But this guy named Don Cheney actually contacts the police in Torrance, California, which is just south of L.A. And he wants to talk to them about the Zodiac Killer. So the police go and they meet him in person and he tells them he's pretty sure he knows who it is.

And that's how we finally get a name in this investigation. He says the man's name. is Arthur Lee Allen.

And that's how we finally get a name in this investigation. He says the man's name. is Arthur Lee Allen.

And that's how we finally get a name in this investigation. He says the man's name. is Arthur Lee Allen.

So the cops start thinking that Don is on to something. And detectives down in Southern California pass the word on to Dave Toski and Bill Armstrong, the San Francisco homicide detectives who've been investigating Zodiac since the Paul Stein murder. They agree that Arthur Lee Allen is definitely worth looking into. Turns out he's working as a chemist at an oil refinery in the Bay Area.