Marietta DiGirolamo, aged 31, tragically lost her life on December 13, 1973, in San Francisco, California. On that fateful evening, Marietta was walking south on Divisadero Street toward Haight Street when she was shot and killed. The assailant used a .32 caliber gun to commit the crime, which occurred just after 9:00 PM. This incident was part of a series of racially motivated attacks known as the Zebra murders, which targeted white individuals in San Francisco between 1973 and 1974.
The Zebra murders were carried out by a group of black Muslims who followed the Nation of Islam and believed in the necessity of "destroying the enemy" and "killing devils," which they interpreted as white people.
The investigation into Marietta's death revealed that she was one of the victims of these racially motivated attacks. The Zebra murders involved a total of 20 attacks, resulting in 23 victims. The perpetrators of these heinous crimes were identified as members of a group of black Muslims, including J.C. Simon and Manuel Moore. Although the specific perpetrator of Marietta's murder was not immediately identified, it was later suspected that J.C. Simon and Manuel Moore were responsible for her death, as it occurred less than two hours after another assault in the same area.
Manuel Moore was eventually convicted for his involvement in the Zebra murders and is currently incarcerated in a California prison. The Zebra murders case was one of the most notorious and racially charged series of crimes in San Francisco's history, leading to widespread fear and heightened racial tensions in the city during that period. The investigation and subsequent trials of the suspects were highly publicized, and the case remains a significant part of San Francisco's criminal history.
