A team of more than 40 specialists believes it has identified the Zodiac Killer, an unnamed serial murderer who operated in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1960s.
The Case Breakers, which consist of former law enforcement investigators, journalists and military intelligence officers, said in a press release that they believe they have identified the Zodiac Killer as Gary Francis Poste, who died in 2018.
The Zodiac Killer has been connected to five murders between 1968 and 1969. The killer notably taunted authorities through complex riddles and ciphers sent to media and police during the investigations.
The Case Breakers say they identified Poste as the killer after uncovering forensic evidence and photos from Poste’s darkroom. The team said a few images featured in the press release show scars on his forehead that match scars on a sketch of the Zodiac Killer.
Jen Bucholtz, a former Army counterintelligence agent who works on cold cases, said the team also found deciphered letters sent by the Zodiac that revealed Poste as the killer, according to Fox News.
“So you’ve got to know Gary’s full name in order to decipher these anagrams,” she said. “I just don’t think there’s any other way anybody would have figured it out.”
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Cold case team says it has identified the Zodiac Killer https://t.co/8mmhUkVuMY pic.twitter.com/lpjrGLQi4r
— The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2021
FBI says Zodiac Killer case still open after new theory arises https://t.co/Nsd2EuBZGb pic.twitter.com/yZP4PgAFJ6
— The Hill (@thehill) October 8, 2021
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