![]() Said one police source, who couldn’t speak publicly: “With the Golden State Killer, they had a full strand of DNA. So, many investigators believe the chance of a useful hit turning up in the profiles is slim at best. The Zodiac also was apparently very careful about minimizing helpful clues in the form of saliva, fingerprints or blood. The letters and the few possible shreds of DNA evidence were handled extensively by detectives and others long before anyone knew DNA analysis was even a tool. The Zodiac case, however, is more complicated. (Courtesy Of Robert Graysmith 1969 | San Francisco Chronicle) Surviving victim Bryan Hartnell personally described the costume in detail to Graysmith, after his, and Cecilia Shepherd's, encounter with the Zodiac September 27, 1969. Zodiac in Costume at Lake Berryessa, drawing by former Chronicle cartoonist Robert Graysmith. He also wore a watch with the Zodiac’s crosshairs symbol on it, reportedly partially confessed to a friend interviewed by investigators - and was fingered as the culprit in former Chronicle political cartoonist Robert Graysmith’s authoritative 2002 book, “Zodiac Unmasked.” He was picked out in a photo lineup many years after the attacks by one of the Zodiac’s surviving victims. (Chronicle File Photo | San Francisco Chronicle)Īllen owned boots identical to those worn by the Zodiac, and said in an interview once that his favorite short story was “The Most Dangerous Game,” which the killer had referenced in one of his letters. San Francisco homicide Inspectors David Toschi (left) and William Armstrong go through a victim's clothing in the morgue. Undated file photo of suspected Zodiac serial killer Arthur Leigh Allen. The Zodiac also threatened to wipe out an entire school bus by shooting out the front tire so he could “pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out.” He claimed to love killing because “man is the most dangerous game,” and once threatened to massacre a dozen people unless The Chronicle printed his message. “This is the Zodiac speaking,” they opened, and were often signed with a rifle-sight crosshairs symbol. Unhinged San Francisco preacher Jim Jones ordered the deaths of more than 900 in Jonestown, Guyana.īut this sadistic murderer had a repulsively unusual characteristic.Īs he killed, the Zodiac mailed a flurry of taunting letters and cryptograms to The Chronicle and others. Ted Bundy killed 36, the Zebra Killers 14. He would never be caught.Ĭonsidering the homicidal tumult of the 1960s and ’70s, the number of his victims was actually somewhat low. ![]() (Chronicle File Photos | San Francisco Chronicle)Īlthough the carnage spanned less than a year, the moniker Zodiac Killer was cemented into history. ![]() Zodiac murder victims Bettilou Jenson and David Faraday
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