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[Janie1859]

I've observed this forum for some time now and finally decided to join. I grew up in Vallejo and frequented Terry's Waffle Shop. We knew Dee "Darlene" Ferrin.

[Tahoe27]

Hi Janie--

Thanks for chiming in. It's nice to know you knew Darlene. Looking forward to your thoughts.

[ace ventura]

WOW -factor ... yes very interesting

[Zamantha]

I've observed this forum for some time now and finally decided to join. I grew up in Vallejo and frequented Terry's Waffle Shop. We knew Dee "Darlene" Ferrin.

Welcome Janie,
Look forward to hearing what you knew about Darlene. Also, ate at Terry's and Mr. Ed's growing up in Vallejo. And went to Blue Rocks Springs, Etc.
Zincerely, Zamantha*

[morf13]

Welcome Janie, always nice to have people here from the Vallejo area, and especially interesting that you knew Darlene

[traveller1st]

Hi Janie.

Thank's for joining us.

Trav.

[Janie1859]

Thanks for the welcomes. I don't remember Dee because I was only around 4-years-old at the time. I can only relay what my parents spoke of her. A few days before Dee's tragic death, my father said he won her a stuff animal at the Solano County Fair. I do remember being afraid of trick-a-treating, school buses, and petrified when driving on Columbus Parkway past Blue Rock Springs thinking I would be murdered by the Zodiac. Blue Rock springs with its brightly colored peacocks, snack bar, ferris wheel was a favorite amongst Vallejo's children. Being a Vallejo child of the sixties during that time, the Zodiac most certainly robbed us of our youth.

Many of the people directly related to the Zodiac victims pretty much drifted a part and buried the tragedy--it simply felt better to forget. At least for my family it was. There are few--perhaps suffering from munchausen-- individuals out there who wanted to profit from the murders and deliberately misled law enforcement with outrages stories. Sadly, outrages stories--i.e. satanic cults ects-- was condoned and encouraged by the media. Back then there was no protection or rights for victims. As a result, my family quit talking.

Nimasta