The Zodiac killer haunted people in Northern California throughout the 1960's. Taking at least 37 lives if not more. This case is one that has left many with an empty feeling, because the zodiac killer was never found out.
All in all in the late 1960's the Zodiac 1960's psychopathic monster ruled the minds and hearts of most in the San Fransisco Bay regional areas. San Fransisco in the 1960's was not only love and peace , Haight Ashbury - its hippies and longhairs , drugs and lsd , with young kids tramping across the country to this legendary city , its environs and characters. The Bay Area of the late 1960's was also the favored hunting ground of the Zodiac.
The Zodiac Killer , it can be credited was innovative and novel. Using the media of the day - major mass market newspapers , of the San Fransisco Bay areas , and anonymous telephone coin call boxes he both taunted the police with his cryptograms and riddles. Worse yet he was proud of both "his worK" and his apparent great fame. Working his killing through different areas, he became known only as the zodiac killer after he included taunting letters to the press. The letters started in 1969 when the zodiac killer placed three almost identical letters out to three Bay Area major papers.
The Zodiackiller would continue these letters and taunting for many years. Though only seven victims were conclusively connected to the zodiac, it's no doubt that he may have easily had a hand in the rest of the slayings.
Amazingly even with all the clues provided by the Zodiac in his taunting of the police and his boasts , the Zodiac was never caught. One would think that it would only take one single clue to give his identity area. But that never occurred. The main suspect in the case was one Arthur Leigh Allen, but no case was ever made against him. In fact it was in 2002 that DNA evidence was processed, but no links could be made to Allen in any of those tests.
It may have been just plain luck or happenstance that Mr. Arthur Leigh Allen could never be properly charged in the legal system , taken off the streets , and tried in a true criminal court. The amazing thing is that if these events occurred today , a good trial lawyer could make a very strong case , that his client could never get a "fair " trial anywhere in the United States or indeed anywhere in the world. It was as if the roulette tables were fixed both against the capture of this villain and even his treatment in the legal system and court of law.
Mr. Allen , the chief suspect by the police , in terms of the actual identity of the famed murderer died in 1992 of renal failure. He took his secrets to the grave with him. Perhaps it is rumored that the Zodiac Killer has a daughter who may one yet step forward to reveal the truth in these matters.
In the end after so much time had passed , since the 1960's , the San Fransisco Bay Area Police could do more. So much time had elapsed , the trail had gone cold , any witnesses and clues were either not available , reliable or had dried up. The police persisted and resisted attempts to close down the case and inquiry. . Finally in 2004 the case of the Zodiac Killer was officially closed.
All in all in the late 1960's the Zodiac 1960's psychopathic monster ruled the minds and hearts of most in the San Fransisco Bay regional areas. San Fransisco in the 1960's was not only love and peace , Haight Ashbury - its hippies and longhairs , drugs and lsd , with young kids tramping across the country to this legendary city , its environs and characters. The Bay Area of the late 1960's was also the favored hunting ground of the Zodiac.
The Zodiac Killer , it can be credited was innovative and novel. Using the media of the day - major mass market newspapers , of the San Fransisco Bay areas , and anonymous telephone coin call boxes he both taunted the police with his cryptograms and riddles. Worse yet he was proud of both "his worK" and his apparent great fame. Working his killing through different areas, he became known only as the zodiac killer after he included taunting letters to the press. The letters started in 1969 when the zodiac killer placed three almost identical letters out to three Bay Area major papers.
The Zodiackiller would continue these letters and taunting for many years. Though only seven victims were conclusively connected to the zodiac, it's no doubt that he may have easily had a hand in the rest of the slayings.
Amazingly even with all the clues provided by the Zodiac in his taunting of the police and his boasts , the Zodiac was never caught. One would think that it would only take one single clue to give his identity area. But that never occurred. The main suspect in the case was one Arthur Leigh Allen, but no case was ever made against him. In fact it was in 2002 that DNA evidence was processed, but no links could be made to Allen in any of those tests.
It may have been just plain luck or happenstance that Mr. Arthur Leigh Allen could never be properly charged in the legal system , taken off the streets , and tried in a true criminal court. The amazing thing is that if these events occurred today , a good trial lawyer could make a very strong case , that his client could never get a "fair " trial anywhere in the United States or indeed anywhere in the world. It was as if the roulette tables were fixed both against the capture of this villain and even his treatment in the legal system and court of law.
Mr. Allen , the chief suspect by the police , in terms of the actual identity of the famed murderer died in 1992 of renal failure. He took his secrets to the grave with him. Perhaps it is rumored that the Zodiac Killer has a daughter who may one yet step forward to reveal the truth in these matters.
In the end after so much time had passed , since the 1960's , the San Fransisco Bay Area Police could do more. So much time had elapsed , the trail had gone cold , any witnesses and clues were either not available , reliable or had dried up. The police persisted and resisted attempts to close down the case and inquiry. . Finally in 2004 the case of the Zodiac Killer was officially closed.
About the Author:
History will forever link the name of Robert Graysmith to the series of senseless and random killings & murder victims. This, of course, is no accident.
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