The Zodiac Killer….one of the most illusive serial killers in Modern American History.
The mystery male killer murdered at least 5 people but have been behind the deaths of
up to 37 people.
Despite no arrests, the California Department of Justice has maintained an open case file
on the Zodiac murders since 1969.
So, what if 50 years later, he killer was finally found?
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So The Zodiac Killer is the name given to a serial killer who operated in Northern California
with seven confirmed victims between 1968 and 1969, two of which survived, although
they claimed to have killed 37 in letters sent to Newspapers.
Victims were 17 year old David Arthur Faraday and 16 year old Betty Lou Jensen who were
shot and killed on December 20th 1968 in Benicia, 19 year old Michael Renault Mageau and 22
Year old Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin who were shot on the 4th July 1969.
Michael survived the attack at Blue Rock Springs Mountain Park.
20 year old Bryan Calvin Hartnell and 22 year old Cecelia Ann Shepard were stabbed in Lake
Berryessa in Napa County, with Bryan surviving the 1969 attack.
Also in 1969, 29 year old Paul Lee Stine was shot and killed in the Presidio Heights neighbourhood
of San Francisco.
The killer is also suspected to have been behind the killings of 4 more stab and gun
shot victims and possibly also the Santa Rosa Hitchhiker murders.
The Zodiac Killer left a series of four ciphers, only one of which has been DEciphered.
They also wrote letters to the Bay Area press and dropped in phone calls to the police.
They weren’t the one who coined the name the Zodiac killer, either, it was the press,
responding to a symbol left at the end of letters and ciphers.
None the less, the killer somehow managed to evade the police and has still evaded them
to this day, which is in some ways an absolute kicker as – had a killer placed a call in
this day ad age, we would have been able to trace it in seconds.
Similarly, DNA evidence would have narrowed down the search dramatically.
Leaving survivors means that police roughly have an idea of what the killer looked like
in the late 1960s, although they could look very different today.
Back then, this sketch was created, and both victims agreed the man was heavy ser, a white
male in his his mid 30s to mid 40s with glasses and reddish blonde hair.
So What if the Zodiac killer was caught?
Well that would mean a break through in the so far difficult case.
Perhaps the remaining three ciphers are cracked, which leads to new evidence, or perhaps police
are finally able to get a DNA match.
Either way, if the killer was caught, well, they would likely be old.
Last year the Golden state killer was apprehended.
The Golden state killer was a serial killer and rapist who operated in California in the
1970s and 80s leaving a similar cold case – but DNA evidence was put into the website
GED match, a Genealogy Website – where former Police officer Joseph DeAngelo was caught.
The man is 72 years old and was prolific around 10 years after the Zodiac Killer’s trail
went cold.
DeAngelo was in his early to mid 20s when he started killing… therefore it isn’t
too much of a stretch to assume the Zodiac Killer is around 10 or more years older, unless
he started REAL YOUNG.
It is likely the Zodiac killer is in their 80s or older… especially if they WERE indeed
in their mid 30s to mid 40s like their victims suspected….
It is possible that the Zodiac could be dead by now.
Assuming they are not and assuming they are caught then they would, like DeAngelo, spend
the rest of their life behind bars.
California does have the death penalty, but its likely the old inmate would die before
a state execution.
Hopefully, with the killer apprehended, despite his age, the families of the victims could
find peace and he could provide clarification on exactly how many people he killed.
If any victims were unidentified then they could finally be laid to rest.
America will finally have an answer to a question that has been plaguing them for 5 decades.
But wait….if the Zodiac killer hasn’t been caught then maybe there isn’t a killer
TO be caught.
A lot of people have speculated that the murders are unrelated and that the whole media persona,
the person or perhaps people who contacted the papers and police were sycophants.
Some say that the first cipher was real, yet the last three were copies.
Some say that the symbol at the end of the letters and ciphers was always changing and
is evidence of an inconsistency.
Also the murders were somewhat inconsistent too, some were shot, some were stabbed.
Perhaps the Zodiac Killer was actual a series of murderers in on it together, or perhaps
they are all totally unrelated drawn together by a lover of the limelight?
Who knows?
Certainly not the police at this stage.
I for one certainly hope that tiem will tell here, but perhaps it wont.
Thankfully, as we move forward, we are decreasing the amount of unsolved murders with enhanced
technology and analysis and better handling of evidence.
So guys… who do you think the Zodiac Killer was?
Do you think they were just one person?
Do you think we will ever solve it?
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