THE Zodiac Killer operated in the late 1960s and much of the case remains shrouded in mystery.
He haunted Northern California and is confirmed to have claimed five victims.
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The Zodiac Killer murdered Cecilia Shepard but Bryan Hartnell survived the attackCredit: AP: Associated Press
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Many of the Zodiac's victims were young people
The killer claims to have killed 37 people in total and said, in a coded cipher, that he believes he will take them to the afterlife with him.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Zodiac Killer’s victims.
Five confirmed murders
Although the Zodiac Killer claimed to have killed 37 people during his five-year span,investigators were only able to link him conclusively to five murders.
He was named as the killer by Michael Mageau but another witness believed that Allen was 100lbs heavier than the Zodiac Killer.
A police search of his house found a wristwatch belonging to him named the Zodiac Sea Wolf wristwatch, which bore the same logo seen on the killer’s letters.
A group named The Case Breakers claimed to have solved the case in 2021 and named someone very different to the police’s prime suspect.
They claimed that the man responsible for the murders was Gary Francis Poste.
According to former Army counterintelligence agent Jen Bucholtz, removing the letters of Gary Francis Poste's full name revealed a hidden message in the Zodiac Killer’s cryptic cipher.