We continue with excerpts from the previously unpublished writings of Walter Gilmour. In this installment, he talks about his time…
The lonesome death of Beth van Zanten remains a “whodunit.” No one was ever convicted of this crime, much less arrested.…
Gary Zieger was killed on November 27, 1973. There’s no question that he was busy between August 1972 and his…
His name was Gary Zieger. Kim Rich wrote about him in “Johnny’s Girl,” and how he turned her life inside…
Robert Hansen was ultimately asked to make a statement as to his whereabouts on December 22nd, the night Beth van…
Forensics, then as now, always play an important role in murder investigations. At a very high level, there are two…
Physical evidence at the McHugh Creek murder scene was pathetic at best. With the warming temperatures of Christmas Day, the…
Even as Robert Hansen made his initial appearance in this case through the person of Sandra Patterson, troopers would not…
Beth’s foster cousin notwithstanding, troopers were still looking for an informant, or informants, who could help them break their case.…
I’ve written about the murder of Beth van Zanten multiple times — here, here, here and here. That the murder…