Trailside Murder #3 - For Anne Alderson Traditional Geocache
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Trailside Murder #3 - For Anne Alderson
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This series of caches memorialize those unfortunate individuals
that were murdered on the slopes of beautiful Mt. Tamalpais. May
this type of desecration never happen again.
Between August 19, 1979 and May 2, 1981, nine people were murdered
and one wounded on Bay Area trails. Three murders were committed on
the trails of Mt. Tamalpais, two on Rock Spring Trail, and one on
Matt Davis Trail.
On October 13, 1980, Anne Alderson, twenty-six, was seen by several
eye witnesses at Mountain Theatre. It had been a rainy day and
business was slow at West Point Inn. At 5:00 PM, John Henry, the
live-in manager of the Inn, closed up and went trail running.
Arriving at Mountain Theatre, he spotted Anne sitting on one of the
stone seats. He thought of warning her of the two previous murders
on the mountain, but she was so deep in thought, he chose not to
interrupt her. Anne's car was ticketed at 8:00 PM, when the park
closed. When Ranger Michael Fitzsimmons noticed the car still there
the next morning, he reported the incident. Calling in the plate
numbers, he found out that the car was registered to Dr. Robert
Alderson, whose daughter, Anne, had been reported missing the
previous evening. Anne's body was found mid-afternoon on Telephone
Line Trail; a little used trail that goes from the Mountain Theatre
parking lot to Rock Spring Trail, bypassing the theatre.
David Carpenter, the person responsible for these murders, is in
prison at San Quentin and will never see the outside world again.
May a tragedy such as this never again occur on the sacred slopes
of Mt. Tamalpais.
The cache is a small, camouflaged container. There's plenty of room
for travel bugs, geocoins, and small trade items. Bring Your own
pen to sign the log.
Additional Hints
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