Zodiac : Paul Avery

Paul Avery (1934 - December 10, 2000) was an American journalist best known for his involvement in the Zodiac Killer and Patricia Hearst cases.

He was born in Honolulu, the son of U.S. Navy officer. He was raised and educated in Honolulu, Oakland, California, and Washington, D.C.. He started his career in journalism in 1955 working at a variety of newspapers before joining the San Francisco Chronicle in 1959.

In 1975, he wrote The Voices of Guns about the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and Hearst kidnapping with Vin McLellan. He later worked for the Sacramento Bee and San Francisco Examiner before retiring in August 1994.

At the time of his death, he was married to Margo St. James, a feminist organizer who founded the prostitutes' rights group COYOTE. He had two children from an earlier marriage, Charlie Avery and Cristin Moak.

He died in Orcas Island, Washington of pulmonary emphysema.