The Zodiac Files Ep.3: Cheri Jo Bates' Mystery (Riverside, CA)

#CheriJoBates #ZodiacKiller #TrueCrime Dedicated to Cheri and her family. On October 30, 1966 a hot Halloween eve night, just outside of the library on Riverside City College campus Cheri Josephine Bates found her green VW beetle disabled with the distributor wires pulled out. She was then lured in a near by alley way where she was attacked with a small blade knife and murdered in cold blood. As her purse remained intact it did not appear to be robbery, and there were no witnesses. The case was further complicated on November 29, 1966 when a typewriter written letter titled "The Confession" was received seeming to describe the attack from the killer's point of view. In December the "Desk Poem" was discovered carved in the underside of a desk after being moved from the music room in to storage. It recounts a creepy telling of a knife attack possibly related to the time. On April 30th, 1967 three short "Bates Had to Die" hand written letters were sent out, supposedly recently debunked by RPD. Things became more turbulent several years later when insane serial killer "The Zodiac" writes a letter to the LA times insinuating taking credit for the murder of Cheri. If anyone has any information about what may have happened to Cheri please send it here: cjb@riversideca.gov Main Source for this episode: https://www.zodiacciphers.com/cheri-jo-bates.html By Richard Grinell of "The Zodiac Speaking" Podcast Common misconceptions about the case: *The victim was not stabbed "42 times" as commonly repeated on the internet and everywhere else, it was more like 14-27 knife wounds and abrasions. Nor was she "almost decapitated" the knife blade was very small no more than 1-3 inches or less. *Can't stress this one enough THERE WAS NO "WING WALKER" BOOT print found, and no boot print period. It was size 8-10 BFN Goodrich military style dress SHOE prints at the scene. *The Desk "top" poem was actually a desk bottom poem written carved on the underside. "Zodiac Files Theme" Music composed by: Gabriele Salomoni Research assisted by: Dr. Howard Davis Author Drew Hurst Beeson: https://www.drewbeesonbooks.com Sub: @planetxfilm Donate: https://cash.app/$RossPXF https://linktr.ee/RGPXF https://twitter.com/RossGeraciPXF ZK forum names: Ross - PlanetXGuerrilla Bryan - usngunner1976 https://www.zodiackiller.com/ https://www.zodiacciphers.com/ https://zodiackillerfacts.com/ https://zodiackiller.net/ https://www.youtube.com/user/tomvoigt The Zodiac Files Main Series Full Episodes: Ep.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDuWaZF9qbo&t=1s Ep.2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEdJ0hQG39s Shout outs: Drew Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxv5EfTss01iDhELoBZwdDw Sighting in on The Zodiac Killer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1679201972/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_SZTBPH5D1V8GENZYF4DE American SpyFox Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanSpyFox Blackstone Intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/c/Blackstone333 https://www.twitter.com/morphonios Subscribe! Click the bell for notifications!