Active for 2 years
(1974-1975) in United States

Jump to:

1. Summary
2. Serial Killer Profile
3. Serial Killer Type
4. General Information
5. Characteristics
6. Childhood
7. Cognitive Ability
8. Incarceration
9. Death
10. 2 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 1 Books Written About The Doodler
14. 4 External References
15. Internal References

The Doodler an unidentified American serial killer also known as the Black Doodler. The Doodler met his victims at gay nightclubs, bars and restaurants. He sketched then stabbed to death fourteen gay men in San Francisco, California, between January 1974 and September 1975. The Doodler attacked a total of seventeen victims, three victims survived his attacks. The Doodler serial killer case remains open and ongoing in the San Francisco Police Department. On February 6th 2019, the San Francisco Police Department released new information including a $100,000 reward, an age progression sketch of the suspect based on a 1975 forensic sketch and audio from a 1974 call to SFPD dispatch reporting a body along Ocean Beach.

Profile Completeness: 37%

Books that Mention The Doodler

Michael Newton

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes

1 Books that mention Serial Killer
The Doodler

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1438119143	The Encyclopedia of Unsol...	Michael Newton	29 Total Including Atlanta Ripper	29

The Doodler, also known as the Black Doodler, is an unidentified serial killer believed responsible for 14 murders and three assaults of men in the gay community of San Francisco, California, between January 1974 and September 1975. The nickname was given due to the perpetrator's habit of sketching his victims prior to their sexual encounters and slayings by stabbing. The perpetrator met his victims at gay nightclubs, bars and restaurants.

External References

1. Q4051053 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Dec 23, 2018.
2. Doodler on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Dec 23, 2018.
3. San Francisco police release sketch of ‘Doodler’ serial killer on www.latimes.com, Retrieved on Feb 7, 2019.
4. SFPD Provides Update on “Doodler” Cold Case Investigation 19-014 on sanfranciscopolice.org, Retrieved on Feb 7, 2019.

Internal References

The Doodler is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #33 of 327[ Page 3 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
2. #108 of 651[ Page 8 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #136 of 651[ Page 10 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
4. #518 of 651[ Page 35 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
5. #527 of 651[ Page 36 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness

Statistics:

Serial Killers Statistics, charts The Doodler is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1974
• 1975