DION WALKER UPDATED: THE ENTIRE FBI FILES OF CHERI JO BATES
On December 3rd 2025, dozens of FBI files have been acquired in the case of Cheri Jo Bates (55 in total) by the excellent work of Zodiac researcher, Dion Walker (New Zealand), who has given me access to them. The entire files will be available via a PDF document in the coming weeks, but until then, here are five notable pages concerning the fingerprints and palm prints retrieved from the Volkswagen Beetle of Cheri Jo Bates, with an accompanying image created by Dion. Some of the prints are unidentified.
Cheri Jo Bates was murdered by an unknown assailant on October 30th 1966, extremely close to the Riverside City College library. Her cherished 1960 lime green Volkswagen Beetle was found nearby the following morning with the middle wire of the distributor tampered with. It is widely believed that her eventual murderer disabled the vehicle with the intention of playing the "Good Samaritan" ruse. This is why the fingerprints found on the car are so crucial to this investigation.
The Volkswagen Beetle of Cheri Jo Bates was scoured for fingerprints inside and out, which according to the Riverside Press newspaper "found eleven fingerprints and seven palm prints on Cheri's car. All but four fingerprints and three palm prints were later identified as those of Cheri, her father, brother, a girl friend and a service station attendant who worked on her car the week she was murdered". Those unidentified four fingerprints and three palm prints are shown in the FBI files and attached imagery below.
On December 3rd 2025, dozens of FBI files have been acquired in the case of Cheri Jo Bates (55 in total) by the excellent work of Zodiac researcher, Dion Walker (New Zealand), who has given me access to them. The entire files will be available via a PDF document in the coming weeks, but until then, here are five notable pages concerning the fingerprints and palm prints retrieved from the Volkswagen Beetle of Cheri Jo Bates, with an accompanying image created by Dion. Some of the prints are unidentified.
Cheri Jo Bates was murdered by an unknown assailant on October 30th 1966, extremely close to the Riverside City College library. Her cherished 1960 lime green Volkswagen Beetle was found nearby the following morning with the middle wire of the distributor tampered with. It is widely believed that her eventual murderer disabled the vehicle with the intention of playing the "Good Samaritan" ruse. This is why the fingerprints found on the car are so crucial to this investigation.
The Volkswagen Beetle of Cheri Jo Bates was scoured for fingerprints inside and out, which according to the Riverside Press newspaper "found eleven fingerprints and seven palm prints on Cheri's car. All but four fingerprints and three palm prints were later identified as those of Cheri, her father, brother, a girl friend and a service station attendant who worked on her car the week she was murdered". Those unidentified four fingerprints and three palm prints are shown in the FBI files and attached imagery below.
IMAGE COURTESY OF DION WALKER
LOCATION OF PRINTS. IMAGE CREATED BY ZODIAC CIPHERS
INSIDE FRONT COMPARTMENT OF VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
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