Zodiac Killer Research Paper

“This is the Zodiac speaking” he said in the beginning of one of the four letters he sent to the press. He is believed to have killed at least five people. “He taunted police and made threats through letters sent to area newspapers from 1969 to 1974, before abruptly ceasing communication,”(Zodiac 1). No one has ever been arrested for the murders, but many people have been suspected.

The Zodiac Killer is a man who killed in the 1960s and 70s. He was never caught or arrested. He is known to have sent threatening letters to the police and the news papers. The letters had codes explaining what his motive was. “Only one of the letters have been decoded. It Read, ‘I like killing people because it’s so much fun. It is more fun than killing wild game in

Only one Gaikowski was listed in a city directory at that time, Richard's cousin, and she lived on Washington Street. Her birthday was October 11, the very day Stine was murdered by the Zodiac. Stine -- a cab driver was the one victim whom the Zodiac could choose when and where he would be killed,” (Could 1).

Although there are many Zodiac Killer suspects but, Arthur Leigh Allen is the best. Arthur Allen was the only suspect that the police was able get search warrants for. But no evidence was strong enough to be able to arrest him for the killings.

“Don Cheney was the first to alert police to Allen as a possible suspect, after numerous conversations he had with Allen apparently suggested a link to the crimes, supposedly telling Cheney he wanted to 'kill couples at random', 'call himself Zodiac' and 'would use a flashlight attached to his gun to aid hunting at night',”(Arthur 1).

“He liked to brag about being a suspect in the Zodiac case and didn't hide his interest in the case in the slightest,”(Suspects 1). He also had great interests in guns, police, and psychology of criminals. All of those interests that Allen has were the same as those of the Zodiac