On this day: September 27

1. 1969
   Victim Cecelia Ann Shepard · Zodiac Killer

   Born in India; a former student at Pacific Union College. She died of her injuries two days later.

2. 2007
   Court / trial Washington Supreme Court (Temple of Justice) · Robert Lee Yates Jr.

   The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the Pierce County convictions and death sentence in 2007. In October 2018, ruling in a different case, it struck down the state's death penalty and converted all death sentences, including Yates's, to life in prison.