Water Connections

In the wake of the Zodiac attacks, involved parties noticed a pattern regarding the events, specifically a connection to water. Robert Graysmith noted the following in his 1986 book Zodiac:

"I thought it was strange that the killings so far had taken place in locations that had a form of water in their name: Lake Herman Road, Blue Rock Springs, Lake Berryessa, and Washington Street, which was quite close to Lake Street" (pp 146).

Here, for example, is a Reddit post outlining some of the deeper connections to water with the canonical Zodiac attacks. Furthermore, multiple "semi-canonical" Zodiac murders occurred on or near beaches.

As with possible temporal proximity to certain dates — see the Holiday & Events Reference Page for that — many online sleuths and members of Zodiac circles keep this pattern in mind when looking at other cases. In essence, a "water connection" — i.e., physical proximity to a body of water, or a reference to water in the name of a location — is one aspect of crimes to take note of.

For these reasons, I have been tagging cases with a connection to water accordingly, in the event that a pattern can be found. However, it should be noted that I personally do not hold much weight in this theory, simply because water is very abundant in the natural world. It would be like saying that certain murders are connected because they occurred near trees or rocks. It is also helps that water can be used to conceal a body or wash away evidence.

Furthermore, places are often named after natural features of the area, so it isn't too astounding that bodies of water come up a lot. California is also the third largest state in terms of total area, after Alaska and Texas. It also has the third longest coastline of any US state, after Alaska and Florida, with its entire western boundary flanking the Pacific Ocean.

Despite this, I am still making note of possible connections to water. Each post for which there is one to be found will be tagged with the type of body of water nearby or that the location is named after. This page serves as a place to find all of these tags. Cases that occur in Riverside County or Long Beach, for example, will not be tagged with "river" and "beach," respectively, unless it also occurs in physical proximity to one of those actual bodies of water/land, simply because of the sheer number of cases for which those could apply.

Note: See also the separate "Rain" and "Drowning" tags.

Aquifer

Beach

See also the tags for Long Beach, Redondo Beach, and Seal Beach, which are communities (i.e. cities and towns) that all obviously have "beach" in the place names.