The December 16, 1970 southern CA murder of Sunny Lyn Dagowitz was remarkably like that of Cheri Jo Bates.
*She was killed on campus
* She was killed in the parking garage after walking to her car
*She was stabbed repeatedly in the chest, arms, and back
*No known motive
Reminds me of the Bates crime scene photo seen here- http://www.zodiackiller.com/BatesCrimeScene1.html
More info on the case
Sketch of her killer…other than the age & weight description, kind of looks like someone else we know…
Most likely she wasnt killed by Z, but this is an interesting case with some real Zyncronicity
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BUMP:
Have been thinking alot more about this murder and the strange similarities to the Cheri Jo Bates case.
*Both were killed on their college campus
*Both were stabbed & slashed as they walked to their car
*No motive,no rape or robbery
*This attack happens in L.A. not far from Riverside.
This happened in December,1970. Let’s look at the Zodiac timeline…
Zodiac writes a letter in October,1970. This girl is atacked in December,1970. Zodiac does not write another letter until March,1971, and when he does,he is writing to the L.A. Times. Why them???
During the 6 month absence of Zodiac’s letters, the connection is made between Bates & zodiac. It runs in the papers. Then this girl gets attacked in a very similar attack to Bates. He then writes another letter, and sends it to L.A. which is something he never did before. He says ‘there are a hell of alot more down there’. Is this girl one of them? Did Z go down there to try and do another Bates like attack? The killer looks a hell of alot like the Z sketch, but only younger perhaps 22 or so. That makes him the same age as a graduating student from Ramona HS in Cheri’s grade would have been about this time. Remember, Riverside PD thinks that Cheri WAS killed by a fellow student, they just cant prove it(and I think they have the wrong one), and both Officer Slaight &Bryan Hartnell describe Zodiac’s voice as "early 20’s".
Anybody have anymore details about this case??
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Only had read somewhere that a week earlier, there was an attempted ‘rape’ of a coed in the same area. Both descriptions of the suspect were the same. No source known anymore..
QT
*ZODIACHRONOLOGY*
BUMPING- This case is essentially a forgotten one. The M.O. is similar to that used in Cheri’s murder, sneak up on a Girl in a college parking area,and stab her with a knife,except in this case,there were witnesses
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Sadly a forgotten murder indeed. My guess from the violence of it would be a unrequited lover or ex boyfriend. However, it seems strange that witnesses got a good look at the killer (unlike anything with CJB) and no one was able to track down a viable suspect who associated with Sunny. At least that we know of. And maybe I’m being cynical, but unlike Riverside maybe LAPD just didn’t spend as much time on it as they could have.
Sadly a forgotten murder indeed. My guess from the violence of it would be a unrequited lover or ex boyfriend. However, it seems strange that witnesses got a good look at the killer (unlike anything with CJB) and no one was able to track down a viable suspect who associated with Sunny. At least that we know of. And maybe I’m being cynical, but unlike Riverside maybe LAPD just didn’t spend as much time on it as they could have.
Bump again!!. Has anyone tried to cross reference this sketch with students in yearbooks, such as RCC, Ramona High etc.??
