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Talon
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I’ve read a few times that witnesses said they had seen Darlene and Mike being followed by a blue Plymouth Valiant or that a blue Valiant was seen in the area of BLS. I’ve also read that it was a detective that actually mentioned a Valiant, not a witness. Does anyone know the real story?

Anyway, I find this image of Darlene, Dean and Steven Key, I think, interesting. It appears Key is holding something behind his back and there are keys in the trunk lock of the blue Valiant.

Was that his car? Maybe Key was meeting DF and MM
that night at BRS to sell them some reefer.
Has SK been interviewed by police?

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Posted : April 30, 2015 1:27 am
Tahoe27
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The blue (possibly a) Valiant mentioned in the LHR report:

http://www.zodiackiller.com/LHRPR10.html

The blue cars mentioned by VPD Officer Meyring in regards to LHR.

http://www.zodiackiller.com/LHRPR52.html

I will find the mention of a blue car at BRS, but I don’t remember one following them.


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 2:30 am
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His name was Steven/Stephen Alan Kee (not Key)

In between late 1950s and the 1970s he lived at 112 Cottonwood Dr , Vallejo with Roscoe H Kee and Annette Kee (his mom and dad I presume)

He was born:

California Birth Index, 1905-1995
about Stephen Alan Kee
Name: Stephen Alan Kee
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1946
Gender: Male
Mother’s Maiden Name: Thompson
Birth County: Solano

He died in 1994:

California Death Index, 1940-1997
about Stephen Alan Kee
Name: Stephen Alan Kee
Social Security #: 561661198
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1946
Birthplace: California
Death Date: 16 Nov 1994
Death Place: Solano
Mother’s Maiden Name: Thompson

There are several addresses on Steven A Kee (as an adult it seems) down in Southern California, about 65 miles east of Riverside, here are two of the addresses:

8 La Ronda Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
69845 Sunny Ln, Cathedral City, CA 92234, USA

Wonder what he was doing down there? and if he had family down there, also back in the 60s?

I have not been able to find any marriage records on Steven A Kee.

OBS…Of possible interest: Betty Lou Jensen and Steven Kee seem to have been neighbors back in 1960, the two houses are located door to door:

Jensen, Verne M. (Betty Lou Jensens father)… listed in the 1960 directory as being a Major and residing at 118 Cottonwood Dr, Vallejo, CA
Kee, Roscoe H (Steve Kee’s father)…………….listed in the 1960 directory as being a mech MINS and residing at 112 Cottonwood Dr, Vallejo, CA

In 1960 Steven Kee would have been 14 years old (he was born 16 Aug 1946 )
In 1960 Betty Lou Jensen would have been 8 years old (she was born 22 Jul 1952)

I wonder if Steven Kee and Betty Lou Jensen knew each other in someway, was some kind of "friends" back then ?

And in the 1940s/1950s Roscoe and Anette Kee was listed in Modesto!

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 5:36 am
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Wow, interesting find Foreigner. By the way, I am partially redacting some of your post since he is alive & may not want all of this info posted

EDIT: Since this info is public info and can be found on ancestry.com, etc, I left his info there, and want to state, nobody is accusing him of any crime.

There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/
http://zodiackillersite.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Morf13ZKS

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 6:41 pm
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Wow, interesting find Foreigner. By the way, I am partially redacting some of your post since he is alive & may not want all of this info posted

EDIT: Since this info is public info and can be found on ancestry.com, etc, I left his info there, and want to state, nobody is accusing him of any crime.

Morf he died in 1994, his death record is right there in my above post ;)

He was only 48 years old when he died, wonder what caused his death ?

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 7:51 pm
Tahoe27
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TF–What directory are you looking at?

I show in the Polk in 1968 The Jensens’ at 123 Ridgewood. I guess they could have moved, but weren’t they fairly new to the area? Trying to remember…

Also, my Polk doesn’t show a 118 on Ridgewood. Mine could be inaccurate too of course. Just trying to figure it out. There is no Kee listed there at that this time.


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 8:00 pm
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TF–What directory are you looking at?

I show in the Polk in 1968 The Jensens’ at 123 Ridgewood. I guess they could have moved, but weren’t they fairly new to the area? Trying to remember…

Also, my Polk doesn’t show a 118 on Ridgewood. Mine could be inaccurate too of course. Just trying to figure it out. There is no Kee listed there at that this time.

Found it on Ancestry In the:
California Vallejo 1961 Vallejo, California, City Directory, 1960-1961

Roscoe H Kee and Verne M Jensen are listed side by side in the phonebook at 112 and 118 Cottonwood Drive.

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 8:22 pm
Tahoe27
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Thanks for the clarification TF…I had Ridgewood on the brain. :)


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 8:30 pm
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Thanks for the clarification TF…I had Ridgewood on the brain. :)

Your welcome Tahoe :)

Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me :)

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 8:43 pm
morf13
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Wow, interesting find Foreigner. By the way, I am partially redacting some of your post since he is alive & may not want all of this info posted

EDIT: Since this info is public info and can be found on ancestry.com, etc, I left his info there, and want to state, nobody is accusing him of any crime.

Morf he died in 1994, his death record is right there in my above post ;)

He was only 48 years old when he died, wonder what caused his death ?

Wow he died? I could have swore he was interviewed by Tom V in recent years? Tahoe, weren’t you suspicious of him?

There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/
http://zodiackillersite.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Morf13ZKS

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 9:19 pm
Tahoe27
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Not as Zodiac, but he was of interest to me. He looked a heck of a lot like David to me. Also, there was the "Sam Kee" laundry next to the phone booth in Napa…surely just a coincidence.


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 9:37 pm
Tahoe27
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Blue cars in BRS report:

1956 Blue over White Corvair: http://www.zodiackiller.com/DFR29.html

Blue GTO: http://www.zodiackiller.com/DFR38.html

I know there is mention of another blue car at the scene near the time of the killings. When I find it I will add it.


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : April 30, 2015 9:43 pm
morf13
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Blue cars in BRS report:

1956 Blue over White Corvair: http://www.zodiackiller.com/DFR29.html

Blue GTO: http://www.zodiackiller.com/DFR38.html

I know there is mention of another blue car at the scene near the time of the killings. When I find it I will add it.

We have a thread someplace on here about blue cars in the case too

There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/
http://zodiackillersite.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Morf13ZKS

 
Posted : May 1, 2015 12:06 am
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I was reading this thread and remembered seeing a report that said Deputy Villarreal saw a blue 1967 Ford sedan parked around 1150pm or so near where Darlene’s car was found on the night of the murder (July 4) I looked on the site zodiackillerfacts.com and found the reference–It’s in the 97 page file of the police report on the Ferrin/Mageau assault–pages 45 and another mention on page 66. Villarreal apparently was on his "routine" patrol–noticed this Ford but NOT the corvair and said he received a call to another location before he could investigate it.

On that same web site and file–on page 23 –there is the report from the young people who found Mageau on the ground outside the car and notified the police. I had read it before but had forgotten that they reported that as they pulled in the parking lot they noticed the corvair but its lights were off. After ????seconds or minutes the car headlights went on and they heard a scream. It was Mike Mageau screaming. These kids approached him, saw he was injured, and then went for help.

 
Posted : September 5, 2015 3:26 am
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