![]() ![]() I shall announce when I shall commit my murders, The Adamses are Next. The Zodiac is going to change the way of committing murders. The pasted communication read "Mon Oct 12, 1970. Adams, who received a threat upon his family from somebody claiming to be the Zodiac Killer on October 17th 1970, just six months after the murder of Barbara. The home of Barbara Bates Keenan was located only 3,700 feet from the residence of psychiatrist, Edward C. It has been estimated that the murder occurred shortly after she arrived home around noon. Keenan was cleared of any involvement in the murder of his wife, leaving investigators scratching around for any conceivable motive for the murder of Barbara, an educated and popular woman in the Orinda community. Her son, Harold, 16, who had previously come home but had not seen his mother, called the fire department, the sheriff's report said. Keenan's daughter, Margaret, 14, discovered the body after walking home from school. and what happened later is speculation, but Keenan said he believes she was attacked shortly after she returned home. Keenan said his wife received a phone call shortly before he left for work Friday and arranged one of her frequent tennis games for later that morning. Intensive investigation, which included door-to-door neighborhood checks, produced no suspects or motive. ![]() "It's inconceivable." Sheriff's investigators appeared equally baffled. "I have no understanding of how this thing happened or why," said Keenan. The cord was found wrapped around her neck, the sheriff said. Keenan also had been struck in the back of the head, apparently with an iron. The Contra Costa sheriff's office said Saturday an autopsy showed she was shot three times with a small caliber gun, once in the head and twice in the body. Keenan was found dead Friday afternoon in the kitchen of their home in the wooded hills of Orinda. The 42-year-old wife of Oakland insurance executive Harold F. ORINDA (AP) -"She didn't have an enemy in the world" said the husband of murdered East Bay socialite Barbara Bates Keenan as detectives searched yesterday for a motive or suspects in the slaying. The San Bernardino Sun on April 13th 1970 would cover the story under the headlines of " Police Search for Motive After Murder of Socialite". With information and newspaper clippings provided to me by Jibberjabber, a former contributor to the Zodiac Tapatalk forum, we shall take another look at the brutal and senseless murder of Barbara Bates Keenan at her 8 La Campana, Orinda home on Friday, April 10th 1970. ![]()
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