The Identity Of The Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer was one of the most elusive copycat killers in the history of the United States. The Zodiac was eventually figured out to be Heriberto Seda after he tried to kill his half-sister and had a shoot off with multiple police officers (Fried, Joseph). The Zodiac Killer was one of the biggest fears of citizens of the United States during the 60’s, because of both his ability to evade the police and also generate media attraction through sending letters and calling the police to give them hints, and locations, of his murders.

The Zodiac killer is one of the most infamous killers in American history. He murdered at least five people between the 1960s and 1970’s. His victims were often couples who were in secluded places around San Francisco. He received widespread media attention due to his habits of taunting the police and newspapers with coded messages. He signed his letters with his symbol, which was a circle with a plus sign over it. Although several suspects have been identified, the cases involving the zodiac killer have never been solved.

There is so many missing clues and unanswered questions that investigators are still astonished by. The most recent discovery and possibly a step closer was in 2014, the new book coming out called “The Most Dangerous Animal of all”2. In this novel, author Gary Stewart portrays how his father resembles the criminal sketch they have of the Zodiac Killer, and also explains his theory that his father was the Zodiac, Earl Van Best Jr.2 People have looked closer into depth of the story and there is insufficient evidence that connects the two people to the killings. Their claims to be a few links to Earl and the Zodiac.The book suggests that the author's father was the killer because of small parts of important evidence.6 The Zodiac once sent in a cryptogram that had a variety of different letters and symbols in it. The first link they unraveled is that in the cryptogram his dad’s initials E. V. BEST were located in the cryptogram.6 The second reason was because Earl was out of jail coincidently while the killings were occurring. Earl has a scar on one of his fingers, and when police were analyzing and doing tests on the handwriting of the Zodiac, one of the fingerprints matched to Earl’s scarred

There have been many serial killers over the years, one in fact is a man named Jeffrey Dahmer.

The Zodiac Killer has claimed to have taken 37 lives, but police investigative reports concluded that only seven were related to the Zodiac ( Vogit, “Zodiackiller.com”). The zodiac has been taunting investigative forces by sending local newspaper companies his cryptograms and letters. The zodiac was known to kill isolated couples and individuals. He also took in some of his victims and tortured them till they died or used them as hostages for his future plans. The letters contained a message that taunted the police for his next crime and a cryptogram for them to solve. The first cryptogram was solved by a highschool teacher, the cryptogram was interpreted to say, “ I LIKE KILLING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN…” ( FBI, “The Zodiac Killer). These absolutely inappropriate messages were sent to inform a killing was about to occur or to claim that a killing was his. The most horrific letter was when he threatened to kill a bus full of school children, which what made him such a feared figure in northern

This paper will examine serial killer Ronald Dominique and the acts that was performed on his victims and how individuals he knows viewed him. Robert Dominique target victims were men. In the year of 1997 to 2006, Robert Dominique killed at least 23 men that was account for. However, there is a substantial amount that is not account for. However, Ronald would cross-dress and attend gay clubs. Before Ronald Dominique was labeled as a serial killer, he had been in trouble with the law. His charges consisted of forcible rape, telephone harassment, and disturbing the peace. When Ronald Dominique went jail on these accounts, he was tied up and brutally raped. Researcher believed that the way Ronald was raped in jail created the method he would use on his victims.

Ted Bundy was a notorious serial murderer who’s reign of terror lasted from 1974 to 1978. Bundy was convicted of three homicides and was sentenced to death for all three charges. However, at the time of his execution, Bundy confessed to 30 murders however the exact number of victims is still unknown. Bundy’s crimes evolved over time but he was both a sexual sadist and a necrophiliac serial killer. At the beginning of his rampage, Bundy would sneak into the victims house in the middle of the night, violently attack them while they were sleeping with a blunt object and then Bundy would usually sexually assault them. However, as Bundy evolved, he utilized several different ruses (such as being injured or as an officer of the law) to lure the

Criteria: Describe the criteria for a serial killer and what did the person do to qualify as a serial killer?

A serial killer is defined as a “person who murders three or more people over a period of more than 30 days, with a “cooling off” period between each murder, which whose motivation for killing is largely based on psychological gratification.” (University, n.d) Many times serial murders go unsolved and other times it takes decades to unravel. According to the FBI there is no set profile of a serial killer, because they can come in all sizes, ages, shapes, colors and groups. (Welch, 2011) They tend to operate within their comfort zone, which is there area where they work, live or they have relative’s homes. (Roberts, 2011)

In 2005, serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as BTK (bind, torture, and kill), was arrested and convicted of murdering 10 people in Kansas between the years of 1974 and 1991. Rader sent numerous notes to the police, but they couldn’t prove for sure that he was the one committing the murders. In 2004, he began sending things to the police once again. However, this time Rader sent a document created in Microsoft Word on a floppy disk.

Family members are clueless about a possibility that one of their loved ones could be a serial killer. A young girl in Wisconsin had no idea about her father being a serial killer until she put the puzzle together years later. The family moved every six months with no reason and with a limited time to pack. There was a murder at every place they moved from. After the young girl was around the age of forty she told the police that she believes her father was a serial killer. A serial killer can change their environment and continue their actions they have chosen. Serial killers are born to cause violence and are not created by society.

Between the years of 1968 and 1969, the Zodiac Killer murdered at least five people, though he was suspected of more. He had killed a confirmed five people, injured two, and possibly killed twenty to twenty-eight more people, even though he confessed to thirty-seven murders

According to the author of the book “The forensic psychology of criminal minds” Ramsland mentions that, “in criminal minds, we see not only the activity of crime scene analysis and reconstruction variety of criminal psyches.” (8) On the show psychopathic murders are portray as cold-blooding, lacking of rumour, and emotionless. On an episode of criminal minds the “Zodiac killer” is depicted as person that was very calculated in the way he committed crimes. This serial killer send letters to the newspaper describing how he killed his

It could be said that Al Capone unknowingly started the cosplay craze. During his reign over Chicago’s criminal network, Capone would sometimes have his henchmen disguise themselves while doing a job. Al Capone was a powerful and dangerous gangster because at a young age, he joined his first gang; he caused the Valentine's Day Massacre; and after being found guilty for other crimes, was sent to Alcatraz.

All the law enforcement personnel bowed their heads in prayer. There were no reporters present. This was an official briefing on the progress made by the Crucifixion Killer task force, conducted for the benefit of the Maryland State Police. “The two most recent deaths of Troopers Joseph Murdock and Andrew Hanover in the line of duty are particularly tragic because they were perpetrated by a killer that the F.B.I. has been pursuing for thirteen years. Footprints at the scene of their murders prove conclusively that the perpetrator is the same man we’ve been after. As most of you are aware, this Unknown Subject had committed at least eight horrid murders in the United States. New evidence from our foreign bureaus indicates he was responsible for three killings overseas, one in England and two in France, possibly more that but have not yet been