A man who stalked his victims along the serene trails of several California state parks, David Joseph Carpenter was a career criminal who arguably should have never been free to murder seven people in an eight month span between 1980 and 1981.

This week, I am diving into the story of The Trailside Killer. What happened? And what does the Zodiac have to do with the case?

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