Most of his murders involved him shooting the victim and running away. But detectives aren’t as lucky with Zodiac. Even decades-old evidence can be re-examined with modern technology for blood or semen. The Golden State Killer, for example, left dozens of samples at dozens of crime scenes. While it’s true that a number of high-profile cold case murderers have been brought to justice in recent years, they all have one thing in common: DNA. Here, we’ve gathered four of the biggest hurdles to solving the infamous case. His letters turned the situation from terrifying to cinematic, as Zodiac held sway over the region with his bizarre missives.īut despite four different crime scenes and plenty of written correspondence, police weren’t even able to zero in on a clear suspect, leaving still-frightened Bay Area residents to wonder: Why has the Zodiac Killer never been caught? During the course of his brief spree from December 1968 to October 1969, Zodiac killed five, wounded two and sent a number of taunting letters to Bay Area newspapers. Eric Risberg / Associated PressĪfter 51 years, a team of three codebreakers cracked the Zodiac Killer’s 340-character cipher in December, sparking a wave of renewed interest and fresh frustration.įive decades since Zodiac shot teenagers David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen dead on Lake Herman Road, police seem no closer to capturing the elusive killer. ![]() ![]() A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac are displayed Thursday, May 3, 2018, in San Francisco.
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