The year 1968 was a very intense year. Many tragedies have occurred, including an assassination. There were also some exciting activities that year. Even though a lot was happening during that year, I chose to focus on the tragic events and the fun. to the press and others, he revealed his motivation for the murders, offered clues to future murder plots, and adopted the name Zodiac. Of the 37 murders Zodiac has blamed, police have only confirmed seven people were assaulted, five of whom died. One of these murders occurred on December 20, 1968, the victims being 16-year-old Betty Lou Jensen and 17-year-old David Arthur Faraday. There were no witnesses to the actual crime, but after their car was found riddled with bullets, the bodies of both were found lying outside. Betty Lou was found a few meters away, dead from five gunshot wounds to the back. David, who was found right next to the car, was found alive after being shot in the head at close range. He died on the way to the hospital (Montaldo, The Zodiac Killer).Jerry Brudos was a shoe fetishist, serial killer, rapist, torturer, and necrophiliac who stalked women around Portland, Oregon , in 1968 and 1969. Brudos was nicknamed the shoe fetish killer. and by his better known name, The Lust Killer. In January 1968, 19-year-old Linda Slawson, who worked as a door-to-door encyclopedia saleswoman, knocked on Brudos' door. Brudos later confessed to killing her, then cutting off her left foot to use as a model for his collection of stolen shoes. His next victim was Jan Whitley, 23, whose ca...... middle of newspaper ......s-in-national/if-rodney-alcala-kidnapped-tali-s-today- there-would-have-been-an-amber-alert-photos>.Montaldo, Charles. Serial Killer - Jerry Brudos. February 9, 2011.—. “The Zodiac Killer.” February 9, 2011.Oliver! (1968). 2011. February 2011. Planet of the Apes (1968). 2011. February 2011. Rosenburg, Jennifer. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated. February 10, 2011. The assassination of Martin Luther King. February 10, 2011. The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. February 9 2011 .