“The Zodiac Killer, or simply Zodiac or the Zodiac, is the pseudonym of a serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. The Zodiac originated the name himself in a series of taunting letters and cards he mailed to regional newspapers, threatening killing sprees and bombings if they were not printed. Some of these letters included cryptograms, or ciphers, in which the killer claimed that he was collecting his victims as slaves for the afterlife. Of the four ciphers he produced, the latter two remain unsolved to this day – the first was cracked in 1969, the second in 2020.”
Source: Wikipedia
As stated in our previous article, there are many reasons why killers kill people, and this was the one ‘visionary’ one.
There have been many suspects of the zodiac killer, but many were just people looking for attention, and sometimes suspects even confessed that they were doing the same.
CASE REOPENED
Recently, the cold case of the Zodiac Killer was once again opened because a new suspect was identified by a private group named ‘The Case Breakers.’ The Case Breakers recognized a now-dead man as the likely Zodiac, citing supposed matching facial scars among photos of their suspect and descriptions of the Zodiac.
The suspect’s name was Gary Francis Poste, an Air Force Veteran and a professional house painter who passed away in May 2018.
The shoe sizes of the identified killer match those of Zodiac Killer’s. Court affidavits from witnesses, who claim Poste admitted to being the Zodiac, are also evidence.
The Case Breakers say that an alleged confession written by the Riverside killer shows striking similarities to a letter written by the Zodiac. They also noted that Poste’s full name is part of the code in one letter.
Poste also had scars from a car crash in 1959 that match with drawings of the Zodiac killer.
The FBI San Francisco office, SFPD, and Vallejo police all said Wednesday that the Zodiac case remains open and that they could not comment on any potential suspects.
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