Click image to enter Google maps For many Zodiac researchers it is believed that the Zodiac Killer mailed the Pines postcard on March 22nd 1971, insinuating his involvement in the disappearance (and probable murder) of Donna Lass, who went missing from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino on September 6th 1970. The Pines postcard carried an image of the Forest Pines development at Incline Village, situated on the north-eastern side of Lake Tahoe. Incline Village is 235 miles from San Francisco.
Sixteen months before the Pines postcard was mailed, during several weeks in November 1969, somebody claiming to be the Zodiac Killer telephoned school bus threats to Incline Village and Tahoe City, mobilizing deputies to patrol schools and bus routes in the area. There may have been a fair number of hoax Zodiac calls throughout the years, but this person claimed to be the Zodiac Killer and threatened Incline Village by Lake Tahoe, nearly 1 1/2 years prior to the mailing of the Pines postcard which contained an advertisement of Incline Village. I found the following newspaper article entitled "Phone Call Puts Guards Along Tahoe Bus Routes" in the Sacramento Bee, dated November 24th 1969 (see below).
Sixteen months before the Pines postcard was mailed, during several weeks in November 1969, somebody claiming to be the Zodiac Killer telephoned school bus threats to Incline Village and Tahoe City, mobilizing deputies to patrol schools and bus routes in the area. There may have been a fair number of hoax Zodiac calls throughout the years, but this person claimed to be the Zodiac Killer and threatened Incline Village by Lake Tahoe, nearly 1 1/2 years prior to the mailing of the Pines postcard which contained an advertisement of Incline Village. I found the following newspaper article entitled "Phone Call Puts Guards Along Tahoe Bus Routes" in the Sacramento Bee, dated November 24th 1969 (see below).
The following month, on Saturday, December 13th 1969 at 9:45pm, an unknown individual carrying a flashlight and shotgun, approached a young couple, Heidi Hoffman (16) and Lenny Parsons (19), who had parked their vehicle at the terminus of Saddle Road by Heavenly Valley (1.85 miles from the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino). They were sitting on nearby rocks, close to their vehicle, when the gunman began shooting.
In a seemingly unprovoked attack, Hoffman was struck by 40 pellets, with Parsons being hit 7 times. Officers would later retrieve 12-guage shells from the road. Both victims would survive the attack, but were unable to offer a reason why they may have been targeted. View newspaper article from the Sacramento Bee on December 15th 1969.
In a seemingly unprovoked attack, Hoffman was struck by 40 pellets, with Parsons being hit 7 times. Officers would later retrieve 12-guage shells from the road. Both victims would survive the attack, but were unable to offer a reason why they may have been targeted. View newspaper article from the Sacramento Bee on December 15th 1969.
Below is the likely advertisement used by the Zodiac Killer when creating his Pines postcard. It appeared in the March 19th 1971 edition of the San Francisco Examiner newspaper on page 15.
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