Gary Loyd Stewart
Gary Loyd Stewart (born February 12, 1963) published his memoir,[1] The Most Dangerous Animal Of All…Searching for my Father…and Finding the Zodiac Killer, which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for e-book, non-fiction on July 31, 2014.[2]
Stewart was born Earl Van Dorne Best on February 12, 1963 at Southern Baptist Hospital (now Ochsner Baptist Medical Center) in New Orleans, LA, the illegitimate son of fugitives from San Francisco, California, Judith Chandler and Earl Van Best, Jr.[3][4][5]
Earl Van Best, Jr., and then 13 year old Judith "Judy" Chandler eloped to Reno, Nevada, and were married on January 5, 1961. The marriage annulled on February 14, 1962 and Best was arrested for statutory rape.[5] Judith later ran away to meet Best. They went to Mexico City and Acapulco, Mexico, where Judith became pregnant.[5] On April 19, 1963, Best and Chandler were apprehended and admitted to abandoning the baby and were extradited back to San Francisco.[6] On May 17, 1963, Earl Van Dorne Best was placed in the Harry Loyd and Leona Ortis Stewart as a candidate for adoption. That adoption would become official on January 21, 1964. Harry Loyd and Leona Stewart named their son Gary Loyd Stewart.
References[edit]
- ↑ "How HarperCollins Kept a Book Claiming to Out the Zodiac Killer Secret for an Entire Year". Newsweek. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ "E-Book Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - July 31, 2016". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ bcolvin@theadvocate.com, Beth Colvin. "In new book, Baton Rouge man says 'Zodiac Killer' was his father". The Advocate. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ "Earl Van Best in Court - San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive". diva.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Stewart, Gary; Mustafa, Susan (2014). The Most Dangerous Animal of All ... Searching for my Father ... and Finding the Zodiac Killer. New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 0062313177. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Evidence – The Most Dangerous Animal of All". themostdangerousanimalofall.com. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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