I’m sure that this will have been mentioned before but does anybody know any information on the Presidio lovers lane ? Especially when you consider that in a letter he says that the dogs patroling the park were 2 blocks to the west, this would have put him on or around this area ?
Its does ask the question that was this area his initial planned area of attack, maybe he could not find any targets and as such move to plan B and murdered a taxi driver instead.
Here’s a nice link about the history:
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This is an interesting article, thanks for posting it.
The ‘Lover’s Lane’ in the Presidio was not considered as such in reality though. It was a fairly raw, little used walking trail, not conducive to couples hanging around.
The ‘dogs patrolling 2 blocks to the west’ would have put the suspect in the woods directly east of the Julius Kahn Playground baseball field.
I try to offer some insight in a video on the subject:
This is an interesting article, thanks for posting it.
The ‘Lover’s Lane’ in the Presidio was not considered as such in reality though. It was a fairly raw, little used walking trail, not conducive to couples hanging around.
The ‘dogs patrolling 2 blocks to the west’ would have put the suspect in the woods directly east of the Julius Kahn Playground baseball field.
@Xcaliber. Hi. The lane itself, according to the history, is very old, as a trail going back to the 18th century. Do you happen to know, however, if it actually had the name ‘Lover’s Lane’ in 1969? Thanks.
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This is an interesting article, thanks for posting it.
The ‘Lover’s Lane’ in the Presidio was not considered as such in reality though. It was a fairly raw, little used walking trail, not conducive to couples hanging around.
The ‘dogs patrolling 2 blocks to the west’ would have put the suspect in the woods directly east of the Julius Kahn Playground baseball field.
@Xcaliber. Hi. The lane itself, according to the history, is very old, as a trail going back to the 18th century. Do you happen to know, however, if it actually had the name ‘Lover’s Lane’ in 1969? Thanks.
I’m not sure if it techcnically had the name ‘Lover’s Lane’ in 1969. If it did, the name wasn’t known or used by locals — and certainly there was no ‘lover’s lane’ concept associated with the trail.
It’s also important to keep in mind that the Presidio was a full-fledged active army base then, against the backdrop of Vietnam. Civilians did not typically stroll around in the Presidio.
