He was able to describe the shooter as a young white male, 26 to 30 years old a stocky build £200 or larger, about five eight, with light brown curly hair and large face. Within an hour, the police received a phone call from someone who claimed to be shooter and shooter in the Lake Herman Road murders. On August 1 969, San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco examiner and the Valeo Herald all received a handwritten letter from someone who claimed to be the shooter