“Both of the victims who were attacked lived on the same floor but did not know each other,” the SFPD states. There are at least six killings police have definitively tied to The Doodler’s modus operandi, though he may have been responsible for up to 14 murders and three assaults.Īccording to The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes, a 2004 book examining unsolved killings, disappearances and other crimes, “when the murders began, based on discrepancies in choice of victims, authorities believed they were tracking three different serial killers.” The Doodler was 19-25 years old at the time, Black, and around 6 feet tall, according to police. What made him unique - and the inspiration for his name - is he would sketch his victims, whom he met at gay bars and nightclubs, before having sexual relations with them and killing them. The Doodler was a serial killer believed to have been responsible for at least six murders stretching from January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators are hoping to solve the more-than-four-decades-old cold case.
SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON) - Earlier this year, the San Francisco Police Department doubled the reward for information leading to the capture of “The Doodler” serial killer to $200,000.
