Categories

The following are all of the tags/labels I use/will use categorized in a much more organized manner, as well as explanations for some of the terms:

** Note: many of these are shortened due to restrictions on the length of the tags 

Unless tagged with the labels Solved or Highly Suspected, all cases are unsolved.

Victim Demographics

Age Group

Race/Ethnicity

Case specifics

Case Type

Cause of Death/Injuries

  • Asphyxiation  (smothering, being buried alive, etc.)
    • Does not include smoke inhalation; for that, see "Fire or bombing" 
  • Blunt force trauma
  • Fire or bombing
    • Includes death by burning, smoke inhalation, explosion, etc.; does not include postmortem burning of a corpse 
  • Gunshot
  • Hacking   (i.e. struck with an axe, machete, hatchet, or cleaver) 
  • Hanging 
  • Poisoning 
  • Stabbing  (with a knife, screwdriver, etc.)
  • Slashing  (with a knife, etc., such as slitting one's throat) 
  • Strangulation 
  • COD Unknown or uncertain

 Other Aspects

  • Concealed  (i.e., found in sleeping bag, deliberately covered in sheet, sticks, etc.; however, if buried in dirt, then "Shallow grave" is used instead)
  • Died in medical care (i.e., was still alive when found, but died while in the care of first responders or at the hospital)
  • In vehicle
  • In home
  • Fully clothed  
    • Shoeless   (but otherwise fully clothed) 
  • Partially-clothed 
  • Nude  
    • Jewelry only   (i.e. completely nude except for jewelry found on or near the body)
      • Earring   (i.e. (parts of) earring(s) found at the scene, and/or evidence of a fresh attempt at a piercing)
  • No clothing found   (used with UIDs when items may have been scattered or decomposed, making it unclear whether the decedent was actually nude when killed/dumped) 
  • Orchard or vineyard 
  • Public park   (includes town/city, state, and national parks, as well as public hiking trails) 
  • Remote area    
  • Shallow grave   (found buried in dirt, and/or signs of a shallow grave nearby)
  • Side of road/highway 
  • Vacant lot  

Miscellaneous 

Degree of separation / Series

  • Confirmed Zodiac
  • Confirmed SRHM
  • Semi-canonical Zodiac
  • Semi-canonical SRHM
  • AM  (Astrological Murders)
    • These overlap with Semi-canonical Zodiac, but I am using Wikipedia's label
  •  Bad Samaritan
    • These overlap with Semi-canonical Z & SRHM, but can also be seen as a series of its own 
    • I use this tag for the "canonical" Bad Samaritan murders (as outlined on Wikipedia and others online) 
  • Samaritan connection 
    • Cases that I found through other means that I personally think are similar to the oft-mentioned Bad Samaritan murders, and/or that I found myself while deliberately looking for Samaritan cases
  • SRHM connection
    •  Even further separated from SRHM than the Semi-canonical ones, these are ones I personally feel are similar to SRHM but aren't part of the oft-brought up ones
  • Link   (aka Forum/Connection)
    • Any case that has been brought up in conjunction with another case here either in a forum or a general Z circle, elsewhere online, or in newspapers 
  • Database 
    • Cases I found through my own searching of databases like NamUs, Doe Network, etc. rather than others proposing similarities to other cases
  • My Research   
    • Cases that I found through my own research of PD cold case pages, newspapers, etc. rather than others proposing similarities to other cases
  •  Solved 

Other

Time and Place

Day of Week

Decade and Year

 Holidays and Events

**Cases do not have to fall on the exact date to be tagged this, but reasonably near

***** See my Holidays & Events page to know when each event fell each year.

Other States

California Counties and Cities

*** Note: only relevant ones are listed. Not all of these have tags associated with them, but I have listed all that (will) come up at least once.

Alameda

  • Berkeley, Oakland, Albany, Livermore, Dublin, Hayward, San Leandro, Castro Valley  

Butte

  • Oroville, Chico

Contra Costa

  • Martinez, Walnut Creek, Concord, Richmond, Orinda, San Pablo
  • Pleasant Hill, Pittsburg, Brentwood, Antioch, Moraga, Canyon, Mt Diablo

Del Norte

  • Crescent City, Gasquet, Fort Dick, Klamath

El Dorado

  • South Lake Tahoe, Placerville, Meyers  

Fresno

  • Fresno, Kerman, Sanger, Easton

Humboldt

  • Eureka, Trinidad, Arcata, Myers Flat, Honeydew

Imperial

  • El Centro, Salton City

Kern

  • Bakersfield, Arvin, Shafter, McFarland, Delano

Kings

  • Hanford, Avenal  

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles
    • Griffith Park, Pacific Palisades, Wilmington, Venice 
  • Compton, Long Beach, Malibu, Santa Monica, Marina del Rey, Arcadia
  • Santa Clarita
    • Newhall 
  • Redondo Beach, San Fernando, La Habra Heights, Palmdale, Pasadena
  • La Mirada, Glendora, Gardena, Carson, Bell, Bellflowers, Whittier 
  • Lakewood, Inglewood, Lynwood, Hawthorne, Lancaster, Norwalk, Torrance
  • Rowland Heights, Huntington Park, Claremont, Altadena 

Marin

  • San Rafael, Mill Valley, Tiburon  

Mendocino

  • Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Willits  

Merced

  • Merced, Gustine  

Monterey

Napa

  • Napa, Lake Berryessa  

Nevada

  • Grass Valley, Nevada City, Truckee  

Orange

  • Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, La Palma
  • Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Stanton, Garden Grove  

Placer

  • Auburn, Loomis, Foresthill, Tahoe City, Newcastle, Colfax

Plumas

  • Quincy  

Riverside

  • Riverside, Lake Elsinore, Beaumont, Indio
  • Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs  

Sacramento

  • Sacramento, Carmichael, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, North Highlands, Herald, Folsom

San Bernardino

  • San Bernardino, Needles, Baker, Barstow, Redlands, Fontana, Rialto, Nipton 
  • Phelan, Rancho Cucamonga, Montebello, Sleepy Hollow, Twin Peaks
  • Chino Hills, Victorville, Rimforest, Amboy, Hinkley

San Diego

  • San Diego
    • Golden Hill 
  • Chula Vista, National City, Poway, Del Mar, El Cajon, Otay, Spring Valley, Jamul 

San Francisco

San Joaquin

San Mateo

Santa Barbara

  • Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Maria, Isla Vista, Lompoc  

Santa Clara

  • San Jose, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Stanford, Los Gatos, Campbell  

Santa Cruz

Shasta

Solano

  • Vallejo
    • Blue Rock Springs, Lake Herman Rd 
  • Fairfield, Vacaville, Benicia, Elmira, Green Valley  

Sonoma

  • Santa Rosa, Cotati, Sonoma, Petaluma, Windsor, Jenner 

Stanislaus

  • Modesto, Oakdale, Turlock, Denair, Ceres  

Tulare

  • Visalia, Exeter, Tulare  

Ventura

  • Ventura, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Ojai, Fillmore, Simi Valley  

Yolo 

  • Davis, West Sacramento, Woodland

 

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