Finally.
I’ve been wondering about this.
A cold-case task force claims it has identified the notorious Zodiac Killer, who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s and taunted authorities with cryptic notes.
Investigators with the Case Breakers told Fox News that the group — led by former FBI agents and retired law enforcement officials — has identified the infamous killer as Gary Francis Poste, who died in 2018.
They also tied the infamous serial killer to a sixth murder in Southern California.
The Zodiac Killer had already been linked to five murders in 1968 and 1969 in the San Francisco area by the FBI.
During his spree, the madman sent a series of letters to local newspapers, in which he coined his nickname and threatened more slayings if they weren’t printed. Some letters included ciphers — with some puzzles still unsolved decades later.
One cipher received by the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969 was finally cracked in December, revealing a message that said he wasn’t scared of being executed if ever caught.
But years of digging led to new forensic evidence in the case, including photos from Poste’s darkroom that show scars on his forehead match scars on the sketch of the Zodiac, the team told Fox News.
Deciphering letters sent by the Zodiac also revealed Poste as the killer who had claimed to have slaughtered as many as 37 people.
In one note, the letters of Poste’s full name were removed to reveal an alternate message, a Case Breakers investigator told Fox News.
“So you’ve got to know Gary’s full name in order to decipher these anagrams,” former Army counterintelligence agent Jen Bucholtz said. “I just don’t think there’s any other way anybody would have figured it out.”
The police are saying the claim doesn’t hold up.
I still think Ted Cruz is the Zodiac killer.
I’ve been down this road before. They made a movie about it. Maybe…maybe not. Every few years someone says they figured if out. Let’s hope they got the guy. #Zodiac https://t.co/XUcYUzE7gA
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 6, 2021
This mf was just like posting to his Facebook "hey look at this photo of the Zodiac Killer, he's my best friend" pic.twitter.com/bOcpM2WaOq
— Quinton Reviews 🎬 (@Q_Review) October 6, 2021
He doesnt seem to look at all like the description and sketches 🤔💭 which are kinda wonky but-
I definitely believe the old guy is the real killer, he fits the age too. While i feel the other dude is just one of those wack jobs who thinks it's macho in what the old man did 🕵🕵— Spook Town🎃🕯 (@_MECHAREX) October 6, 2021
Poste lived in Groveland, CA. In the Zodiac, “Riverside desktop poem”, the initials RH appear at the end. Rodney Hamlin, who also lived in Groveland, was apparently Postes best friend. I think he’s still alive. In his 80s. Poste died a similar age. pic.twitter.com/APAWuqIrjD
— ѕтєρнєη (@deathbydes1gn) October 6, 2021
-evidence, not just say they have it. I need some harder proof than “independent investigation looks at photos and claims they’ve solved a cipher”. Where’s the solved message then? Why not include that in their press release, why Is a guy who was seemingly never even a key-
— Taylor ✧*̣̩⋆̩☽⋆゜ (@taylorspixi) October 7, 2021
suspect the killer. Scars on a rough police sketch from almost 50 years ago aren’t hard evidence given that sketches are approximations. I just need more evidence than what some glory chasing ex cops and military guys say
— Taylor ✧*̣̩⋆̩☽⋆゜ (@taylorspixi) October 7, 2021