Murder of Cheri Jo Bates
Unsolved homicide of 18-year-old woman from California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The murder of Cheri Jo Bates occurred in Riverside, California, on October 30, 1966. Bates, an 18-year-old college freshman, was stabbed and slashed to death on the grounds of Riverside City College. Police determined the assailant had disabled the ignition coil wire and distributor of Bates' Volkswagen Beetle[4] as a method to lure her from her car as she studied in the college library.[5] The murder itself remains one of Riverside's most infamous cold cases,[6] and has been described by some locals as a murder which "stripped Riverside of its innocence".[7]
Cheri Jo Bates | |
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Born | Cheri Josephine Bates (1948-02-04)February 4, 1948 |
Died | October 30, 1966(1966-10-30) (aged 18) Riverside, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | Multiple stab wounds; severed jugular vein; homicide[1] |
Body discovered | October 31, 1966 c. 6:28 a.m.[2] |
Resting place | Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, California, U.S. 33.9495°N 117.5170°W / 33.9495; -117.5170 (approximate) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Student |
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3] |
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Bates' murder was highly publicized due to both its graphically violent nature, and the fact she is considered by some investigators to have been the first murder victim of the Zodiac Killer, although this theory has never been definitively confirmed.[8][9]