Zodiac - The Lake Berryessa Attack

Описание: Aerial view Lake Berryessa on Google Maps ​
The Lake Berryessa attack differed from the previous two crimes at Lake Herman Road and Blue Rock Springs, in that the killer used a gun, but then switched to a knife in the brutal attack on Bryan Calvin Hartnell (20) and murder of Cecelia Ann Shepard (22). See autopsy report. 

The couple were enjoying a pleasant picnic at Lake Berryessa by Twin Oak Ridge on September 27th 1969, almost three months after the Blue Rock Springs Park attack, when Cecelia Shepard became aware of a man close by acting strangely.  The man was observed taking refuge behind a tree before adorning himself with a black executioners hood and a waistline bib, decorated with the now familiar trademark Zodiac crossed circle, along with a pair of clip-on sunglasses. He then approached the young couple pointing a gun, to which Cecelia would alert Bryan with the words, "Oh my God he's gotta gun".  See the relevant locations here. 

Cecelia Shepard would later recall these details to Deputy Dave Collins after the attack, to which Dave Collins was recalling in the 2007 Zodiac documentary. She said: "Brian and I were here on the blanket, down by the water and we're just enjoying the afternoon having a nice time talking and I saw this guy, he was coming down the hillside and he seemed to stop and watch us, looking at us". Dave Collins asked Cecelia "what distance, how far away was he", to which Cecelia pointed to an area and I said "that's about 200-300 yards away". She added "that's where I first saw him".

"And then as we continued enjoying the afternoon watching the water, reading, I glanced and noticed he would get closer and closer, and pretty soon he was within 75-100 feet away, and I told Brian that guy has come down here". Dave Collins recalled the conversation between him and Cecelia, stating that "she then looked again and he had gone, and I said where did he go. She said he stepped behind a tree. And I asked her if she saw him clearly before he put the hood on and she said she did. And I said what did he look like, and she said well he...I said what color was his hair and she said it was brown. What race was he...he was white, and I said how about his eyes, could you see the color of his eyes and she said no, he had dark glasses on underneath the hood. But she said his hair hung down across his forehead and was showing through the eye-holes"......
​David Collins (Retired Napa County Sheriff) speaking on the 2007 documentary This is the Zodiac Speaking, stated "The information I am relaying to you now, is information I got directly from Cecelia Shepard. It is accurate for what she told me, because I kept notes and I immediately did a report the following morning".an claimed to be an escaped convict from Deer Lodge, Montana, having just killed a prison guard and stolen a car. He requested Bryan Hartnell's car keys and money, to which Bryan Hartnell duly obliged. He then spoke to the man for several minutes to try and form some sort of rapport in an attempt to protect them both from any harm but the man appeared on a mission, taking some white plastic clothesline from his belt and ordering Cecelia Shepard to tie up Bryan Hartnell. It was at this point that Bryan Hartnell suggested to his companion he felt he could make a grab for the gun, but Cecelia warned him not to risk anything, fearing it may make the situation worse.

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