‘Zebra Murders’ Convict Dies in California Medical Prison
Associated Press, July 1, 2021
A man convicted along with three others in the racially motivated killing spree that terrorized San Francisco in the 1970s died in a prison cell while on hospice care, officials announced Thursday.
Jessie Lee Cooks, 76, was found dead Wednesday in his bed at the California Medical Facility {snip}
Jessie Lee Cooks
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Cooks, Manuel More, J.C.X. Simon and Larry C. Green were convicted of targeting white victims between October 1973 and April 1974 in a rampage that terrorized San Francisco and left 14 people dead.
The murder victims included a woman who was beheaded with a machete, an 81-year-old man and a 19-year-old college student carrying a teddy bear as a Christmas present.
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J.C.X. Simon passed away at San Quentin State Prison in 2015 at age 69. Manuel Moore passed away at California Health Care Facility in Stockton in 2017. {snip}
Larry C. Green, 69, is incarcerated at California State Prison-Solano in Vacaville.
