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Zodiac Killer

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Zodiac Killer

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  • The so-called Zodiac Killer was an unidentified serial killer who is thought to have killed five victims (2 males, and 3 females) between December, 1968 and October 1969. He also injured two surviving victims. His known area of activity was the San Francisco Bay Area and (probably) the Napa Valley. The victims included three young couples and a lone male cab driver.

    The killer send taunting messages to regional newspapers, where he threatened the public with killing sprees and bombing campaigns. He is not connected to any known case of either type. His messages also explained his personal beliefs about the afterlife. He thought that the souls of his victims were bound to him, and would serve him in the afterlife when his life ended. He included four cryptograms or ciphers in his correspondence. Two were decrypted in 1969 and 2020, and two have yet to be solved.

    In a 1974 message, the killer claimed to have killed a total of 37 victims. The only other identified victim in this list is a college girl who died in 1966 . A composite sketch based on descriptions by the few witnesses who supposedly interacted with him indicates that the killer was a bespectacled white man with short brown hair. He was described as being between the ages of 35 and 45, with a heavy build in his body. He was clean-shaven.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Dimos I

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  • On November 8, 1969, the Zodiac mailed a card with another cryptogram consisting of 340 characters. The 340-character cipher has never been decoded. Numerous possible solutions have been suggested, but none can be claimed as definitive.
  • The Zodiac is also suspected of being the Monster of Florence.
  • He sent his last letter in 1978 and has not been heard from since.
  • Most accounts say he threatened to kill someone and her daughter while driving them around, but at least one police report disputes that. Johns's account to Paul Avery of the Chronicle indicates her abductor left his car and searched for her in the dark with a flashlight; however, in one report she made to the police, she stated he did not leave the vehicle.
  • The exact number of victims Zodiac killed is unknown. Five have been confirmed but the number might be as much as between twenty and twenty-eight and Zodiac himself claims to have killed thirty-seven people.

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