Research Paper On The Zodiac Killer

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The Zodiac killer better known as a serial killer who did most of his killing in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The “Zodiac killers” identity remains unknown. His name originated as the "Zodiac" in a series of taunting letters sent to the local Bay Area press. These letters included four cryptograms. Of the four cryptograms sent, only one has been definitively solved. Suspects have been named by law enforcement and amateur investigators, but no conclusive evidence has surfaced. The Span of killings go from December 20th of 1968 and go up to present day, as of today people and authorities claim that he has killed a total of 37 people of mixed ethnicity and sex. The states where he operated in killing were California and even Nevada. Once The zodiac killer took care of his people his final four letters or even symbols that were …show more content…

Some people said that he is alive and that he is 91yrs of age other people say that he tried to turn himself in under the name of “Louie Myers” who after finding out he was dying from cirrhosis of the Liver. The Really is no reason to why the zodiac killer killed, The only reason to why he killed could be just to taunt the police and or he just killed to get a thrill out of himself and he probably just enjoyed to kill people and also see them suffer or he just wanted to get his sign out so everyone could see. He took responsibility for murdering as many as 37 people, but police investigators confirmed that seven people were attacked by the Zodiac of which five died. Example’s as seen in the police reports given by http://crime.about.com/od/history/a/zodiackiller.htm: Betty Lou Jensen, 16, and David Arthur Faraday, 17, were parked at a secluded spot located on Lake Herman Road on the eastern side Vallejo,

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