![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/has-the-zodiac-killer-been-identified-and-how-did-he-get-his-name/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-1959149-1689239386737.jpg&description=CHILLING MYSTERY Patrizia Rizzo Jennifer Roback Published : 10:55, 13 Jul 2023 Updated : 10:56, 13 Jul 2023 THE Zodiac Killer is one of the most fascinating serial killers in history, with his case shrouded in mystery. In a horrifying spree, he murdered five people between 1968 and 1969, all in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California. 2 The sketch of the person believed to be the Zodiac Killer Was the Zodiac Killer identified? No, the Zodiac Killer has never been identified. There has been a long list of suspects accused with varying degrees of credibility in the more than 50 years since the terrible crimes . Arthur Leigh Allan was identified as an early suspect based on circumstantial evidence, including the fact that he owned the same make of typewriter used to create Zodiac's letters to the press and wore a Zodiac-brand watch. He had been discharged without honor from the US Navy and was fired as a primary school teacher after allegations of sexual misconduct. However, both he and his friend Don Cheney were both excluded from the investigation in 2002 after handwriting and DNA samples from the letters were found not to match theirs. Allan died in 1992. In 2021, a cold case team known as the Case Breakers claimed to have identified Zodiac as Gary Francis Poste who passed away in 2018. According to Fox News , the letters of Gary Francis Poste's name were completely removed from one of the Zodiac 's anagrams, adding that his full name had to have been known in order to figure out the code. However, investigators did not believe their evidence was significant enough to merit focussing on Poste. This was not helped by the fact that one of the team's key claims was that Poste had scars on his forehead matching those described on the killer. Author Tom Voigt slammed this as "bulls***" and noted that no witnesses to any of the murders believed to be connected to Zodiac made any report of scars. However, in 2023, witness Linda Jensen came forward and disputed the exist){kind=link}
THE Zodiac Killer is one of the most fascinating serial killers in history, with his case shrouded in mystery.
In a horrifying spree, he murdered five people between 1968 and 1969, all in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California.
No, the Zodiac Killer has never been identified.
There has been a long list of suspects accused with varying degrees of credibility in the more than 50 years since the terrible crimes.
Arthur Leigh Allan was identified as an early suspect based on circumstantial evidence, including the fact that he owned the same make of typewriter used to create Zodiac’s letters to the press and wore a Zodiac-brand watch.