![]() To add to the ridiculousness, the public was never informed as to whether Eileen had a car, or if she was busing and hitchhiking between these points. In fact, we have no clue as to where exactly Eileen disappeared – it is not even on the public record! She could have vanished anywhere between Napa, Lake Berryessa and Benicia, most likely en route between the two latter locations, as her father only grew alarmed after she left the resort. We have no idea why Eileen went to Lake Berryessa first, or who she met there. What complicates things even further is that Eileen was supposed to have left the lakeside resort to go to Benicia, California (another Zodiac killing ground), where the bridal party was happening. ![]() What can one make of this nightmare of a crime? Whether or not the Zodiac Killer was involved in Eileen’s disappearance (probably not, abducting a female quietly does not fit his M.O.), his crime proves that areas of Lake Berryessa are so isolated that somebody can attempt to commit a double murder without being interrupted.ĭid Eileen Hynson fall victim to some lunatic who put her through a similarly deranged experience? Bryan survived the attack and went on to become a lawyer. She was alive when authorities arrived, but went into a coma and died days later. Cecelia was stabbed next: 5 times in her back, and 5 times on the front of her body.Ī 1969 sketch of the Zodiac Killer by Robert Graysmith, as described by Bryan HartnellĪfter playing dead for a time, Bryan managed to crawl towards a main road for help, but Cecelia was too weak to even move. ![]() Later on, Bryan would note how the stabbing made a “chomp-chomp-chomp” staccato noise in his back, sending him into a world of terror and shock. Brandishing a knife, he stabbed him 6 times. Bryan asked if he was nervous, to which the Zodiac responded with a relaxed laugh and an “I guess so.” What happened next was without warning.Īfter putting away his gun, the Zodiac suddenly turned towards the bound and subdued Bryan. He was the one and only Zodiac Killer, and he forced Cecelia to tie Bryan up with a plastic clothesline, and then tied her up himself.Īs he pointed the gun at the couple, Bryan noticed that the Zodiac’s hands were shaking. At first he claimed he only wanted to rob them. The man toyed with the couple, pretending he was a runaway prisoner on the lam to Mexico. 45 pistol, like a bad B-movie come to life. They were intruded upon by a creepy man with an executioner’s hood and. And the fact that her eyeliner was completely on point.Ĭecelia Shepard and Bryan Hartnell before their traumatic picnic Only 2 family photos of Eileen were ever made public, and what I always found striking about these images is how she looks slightly sad yet effortlessly beautiful. ![]() It must have been difficult for 16-year old Eileen to have dealt with such a huge loss at a very young age. She lived with her father and brother, since her mother Gwendolyn had died 3 years earlier in 1973. 1970s Cali was filled to the brim with serial killers, rapists, and kidnappers: the list of missing and murdered people from this period is almost infinite.Įileen was born on (an Aquarius) and was 5’2 and 130 lbs, with dazzling hazel eyes and dark brown hair. She was from Napa, California, living in a time period where murder and mayhem ran rampant. The information on her case is scarce and very limited. No body was ever found, and her whereabouts are still unknown. Eileen Francis Hynson was a 19-year old girl who disappeared off the face of the earth on June 1, 1976.
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