Cheri Josephine Bates

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Cheri Josephine Bates

Birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death
30 Oct 1966 (aged 18)
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Add to Map
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Murder victim. The murder itself remains one of Riverside's most infamous cold cases, and has been described by some locals as a murder which "stripped Riverside of its innocence".Cheri Bates, the first unsolved murder in Riverside's history, is believed by both researchers as well as some law enforement officals to have been the first victim of the notorious "Zodiac Killer" who intimated at the time that he had killed both in Southern California as well as in the San Francisco area but was never captured.
Student at the Universtity of Riverside in Riverside California who was murdered after leaving the campus library to go to her car.
Murder victim. The murder itself remains one of Riverside's most infamous cold cases, and has been described by some locals as a murder which "stripped Riverside of its innocence".Cheri Bates, the first unsolved murder in Riverside's history, is believed by both researchers as well as some law enforement officals to have been the first victim of the notorious "Zodiac Killer" who intimated at the time that he had killed both in Southern California as well as in the San Francisco area but was never captured.
Student at the Universtity of Riverside in Riverside California who was murdered after leaving the campus library to go to her car.