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Jessie Lee Cooks who hacked people to death in the 'Zebra murders' dies behind bars

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A notorious convict who was jailed for his part in a racially motivated serial killing spree in the 1970s with three other men has died behind bars.Jessie Lee Cooks, was jailed in 1976 after the gang of killers terrorised the streets of San Francisco in what became known as the 'Zebra Murders'.

In October 1973 the gang kidnapped a married couple and hacked them to death with machetes thus starting a spree that would last until April 1974, reports Mercury News.

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