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The DoodlerA sixth victim? And maybe more the outside Bay Area The deeper the investigation goes, the more questions pile up. One thing is fairly certain: The Doodler may have claimed another victim at Lands End. His name: Warren Andrews. Head smashed by a rock. April 27, 2021 4:00 a.m. I’m with San Francisco cold-case detective Dan Cunningham. We’re poking through bushes near Lands End, where we think the Doodler killed a man. We’ve done this before. We find it under overhanging brush. A...

The call came in just before 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 27, 1974. “I believe there might be a dead person ... on the beach ... across from Ulloa Street, if you follow the street right down to the water,” the caller told a San Francisco police dispatcher. Didn’t give his name, just hung up. Cops rushed down to Ocean Beach. Sprawled at the water’s edge, about to be washed out by the waves, was a man’s body. They dragged him back onto dry sand and took a close look. Seemed to be about 50 years ol...

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