Who is Michael Mageau? Man who accused Zodiac Killer suspect Arthur Leigh Allen of shooting him four times

MICHAEL Mageau was attacked by the Zodiac Killer successful 1969 and helium pointed retired his attacker successful a photograph line-up. 

He claimed that helium was attacked by Arthur Leigh Allen and caller grounds astir the lawsuit is revealed successful the Netflix documentary This Is The Zodiac Speaking.

Late nighttime murder

Michael was calved connected October 29, 1949 successful Vallejo, California, which is the aforesaid hometown arsenic Zodiac fishy Arthur Leigh Allen. 

He was sitting successful his car with his person Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin connected July 5, 1969, erstwhile he claims that they were attacked by the Zodiac Killer. 

The mates were listening to euphony erstwhile a car pulled up adjacent to them. 

Reportedly, helium asked Darlene if she recognised the car and she replied “oh, ne'er mind” which puzzled him. 

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Then, a antheral emerged from the mysterious car and fired a weapon astatine Darlene and Michael. 

The constabulary arrived soon aft and the brace were rushed to a adjacent hospital, but Darlene sadly died during the journey. 

Michael would aboriginal picture his attacker arsenic being dense acceptable and astir 5”8 successful height. 

At the hospital, Michael was rushed to country arsenic it was revealed that the attacker had changeable him 4 times. 

Later, Michael named Allen arsenic the Zodiac Killer successful a photograph line-up but a witnesser claimed that Allen was 100lbs excessively dense to beryllium the attacker.

Arthur Leigh Allen’s transgression past

Arthur was ne'er charged successful transportation to the Zodiac murders, but helium was enactment down bars for sexually assaulting a teenage lad successful 1974.

By this time, helium had already been accused of intersexual misconduct and fired from his teaching occupation successful 1968. 

The Seawater family, whom Allen grew adjacent to successful the aboriginal 1960s, believed that helium was the Zodiac Killer and thought helium committed murders portion connected vacation with them. 

The 3 Seawater children recalled 1 vacation successful This is the Zodiac Speaking, wherever Allen near them connected the formation earlier returning immoderate clip aboriginal with thing reddish connected his hands. 

They recalled that helium was out-of-breath and successful a hurry to get them backmost successful the car.

It was aboriginal revealed that 2 teenagers named Robert Domingos and Linda Edwards had been killed nearby. 

Connie Seawater, 1 of the children, recalled different travel wherever she and her member fell into a heavy slumber aft drinking immoderate foodstuff successful their motel room. 

They awoke the adjacent time to Allen taking them to the car and saw, connected the news, that a miss named Cheri Jo Bates had been murdered successful the area. 

The Zodiac Killer’s execution spree

The Zodiac Killer began his transgression spree connected December 20, 1968,  with the execution of Betty Lou Jensen, aged 16, and David Arthur Faraday, aged 17.

His execution spree continued until the sidesplitting of Paul Stine, a 30-year-old taxi driver, connected October 11, 1969.

During his murderous rampage, the slayer would nonstop cryptic ciphers to newspapers crossed California, which helium claimed held the cardinal to his identity. 

He besides wrote ominous letters to the police, which mocked them for being incapable to drawback him and were signed disconnected with a mysterious symbol.

The awesome aboriginal matched a logo connected 1 of Allen’s watches, which was named the Zodiac Sea Wolf wristwatch. 

However, a radical of acold lawsuit investigators aboriginal suggested that the cipher could beryllium solved by removing the sanction of different Zodiac fishy Gary Francis Poste, raising doubts astir whether Allen was the killer.