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There are many theories about who the Zodiac killer is but no one has been officially identified. In the 1960s, when these crimes were committed, much of the forensic sciences that we rely on today did not exist. Making investigation more difficult at that time was the difficulty involved in timely communication between the jurisdictions where the crimes were committed.

In 2002, the San Francisco police reopened the case to perform DNA tests on the flaps of envelopes confirmed to be from the killer, in particular, from the letter containing the piece of blood stained cloth identified as having to been cut from a victim's shirt. The DNA could not positively identify any of the primary suspects and conclusively ruled out three of the main suspects. The case is still open.

The Zodiac is a man with deep spiritual generational wounds. His murders were well planned, he had his weapons, location, used a disguise, and had a wonderful time taunting police and public alike. There is no doubt that the Zodiac was highly intelligent. Three of his coded messages sent to police and newspapers have still not been cracked by the FBI. This man left nothing to chance. These kinds of organized killers are some of the hardest to catch.
The Zodiac killer was a serial killer in the state of California. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969 but crimes in Riverside and Santa Barbara in the south part of California were concluded to be his. Persons have come forward and state to have seen him in the Riverside area and in the Nevada state in multiple sightings throughout the state.

He sent coded messages to the police and claimed that his name was in the last message he sent. As in 2011, the message was decoded and the main suspect turned up to be the Zodiac Killer. He name was Arthur Leigh Allen. Before the message was decoded, there was some circumstantial evidence like the brand of typewriter used to type a letter sent to the Riverside Police Department from Cheri Jo Bates's killer was identified as a Royal with an elite type, the same brand of typewriter which was found during a search of Allen's residence in February 1991, he owned and wore a Zodiac brand wristwatch and also Allen lived in Vallejo and worked minutes away from where one of the first victims lived and where one of the killings took place.

Former SFPD Inspector David Toschi echoed Conway, "Mr. Allen was a very, very good suspect. We looked into Mr. Allen very closely." The article further stated that police "focused on Mr. Allen in 1971 when relatives and friends told police he was acting erratically," and that "Mr. Allen had reportedly told some people that he was the Zodiac killer." Neither of the statements was entirely accurate, and the sudden reference to the suspect as "Mr. Allen" seemed an obligatory gesture to the dead. Finally the police confirmed 5 dead, 2 injured from the number he claimed which were 37 victims. That confection was not backed up. Arthur Leigh Allen died in 1992 almost 20 years before his message was decoded.
The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. Numerous suspects have been named by law enforcement and amateur investigators but no conclusive evidence has surfaced. The killer coined the name "Zodiac" for himself in a series of taunting letters sent to the local Bay Area press.

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Long-time Zodiac suspect Arthur Leigh Allen died August 26, 1992. The police were preparing to make an arrest when Allen was found dead on his kitchen floor in the house on Fresno St., in Vallejo CA. Allen always had immpecable timing.

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The Zodiac was a serial killer in California that sent letters and ciphers to newspapers during the 1960's and 1970's. He targeted couples (male/female) and used both knives and guns as his weapon.

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The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The killer's identity remains unknown. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. There was also a Zodiac killer from New York. His name is Heriberto "Eddie" Seda who struck New York City from 1990 to 1993. Before being caught on June 18, 1996, Seda killed three people and critically wounded four. Seda is believed to have admired San Francisco's Zodiac Killer for avoiding capture. Seda was convicted in 1998, and sentenced to 83 years and 4 months in prison. He will be eligible for parole when he is 113 years old.

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The circumstantial evidence against suspect Arthur Leigh Allen excludes almost entirely the rest of the human race.

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There were many people police looked at as suspects in the Zodiac killings. But the only suspect where all the puzzle piecies fit exactly was Arthur Leigh Allen.

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