Zodiac killer

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The movie "Zodiac", released in the United States on March 2 this year, brought this half-old case to life again. In the 1960-1970s, the self-proclaimed "Zodiac Killer" murdered at least 5 people on the coast of San Francisco. Before and after each murder, he would write letters, mail packages or call the media to reveal criminal clues. In the letter, he drew four ciphers, like a teacher with a bad temper, and told the police, quickly solve this problem, or I will kill people, and he is not kidding at all. Among the victims were young couples, single women, and young brawny men. The murders were done with guns and knives. The murder location was around the San Francisco area, and it seemed that there were no rules.
On December 20, 1968, the "Zodiac" shot and killed the first couple, and 6 months later he repeated the same trick. After that, he sent letters to three local media, claiming to be responsible for the two murders, and juxtaposed a 408-letter figure with his name hidden inside. After that, the "Zodiac" has sent at least 18 letters to the media. In the second letter, he chose the "Zodiac" which refers to the zodiac signs. Some letters were accompanied by the victim’s blood-stained clothes to prove his identity, some revealed his next crime plan, and some expressed his dissatisfaction with reality. Salute, not salute to the murder trial." Some simply mocked the media and the police. In two letters to the San Francisco Yearbook, he complained that there were too many ads and the so-and-so columnist was too bad: "He can only write anonymously, and I will do this." The
murder survivor recalled the "Zodiac". Appearance: Wearing an executioner-style black hoodie, his face hidden in his hat, wearing sunglasses, and a flashing white cross-shaped pattern on his chest. Other eyewitnesses staged the "Rashomon", and the police said that he was a man between 35-45 years old. Suspects of the "Zodiac" can also draw a long list. The more famous ones include a lawyer who firmly believes that his brother is a killer (he called his brother "Jack of the Zodiac"), a member of the "Manson family", and a A citizen of Kane, Ted of the "Bomber" Kaczynski brothers, and a San Francisco resident named Arthur Lee Allen, who is recognized as the champion of the "Suspect in the Zodiac Tournament". In 2002, Arthur's DNA was detected in a "Zodiac" letter, but he died of old age in 1992.
When the murderer was killing, the "Zodiac" was in the movie. In Clint Eastwood's famous series "Detective Harry" in 1971, a killer who called himself "Scorpio" appeared. After that, there were no fewer than 7 film and television works based on this case, and many heavy metal bands and punk bands liked to sing to the "Zodiac", and a punk band in San Francisco named "Zodiac Killers." This "Jack the Ripper" reincarnated assassin has a distinctive feature that differs from his predecessors: he does not stop abruptly, leaving it to future generations to comment; he is mostly still alive, and one day he will be out of the world. The sweaty "Zodiac" works tried every means to find him, some of which started from a technical point of view. For example, the latest two "Zodiac" theories come from a microbiology faculty member at Georgetown University. After analyzing a bunch of radians and quadrants, he concluded that the "Zodiac" can be analyzed based on the distribution of the horoscope. The location of the killing and the method of crime.
The new movie "Zodiac" is based on two monographs by cartoonist Robert Graysmith. At the time of the crime, he drew cartoons in the "San Francisco Yearbook", opened the letter from "Zodiac", and cracked the code. Rack your brains. This stubborn old man believes that the "Zodiac" is still at large. As for the Arthur whose DNA was found, he only met one of the many letters: "Those letters are not as well-preserved as you think. They may not be the original ones. The seal is over." If the murderer has been captured or died, wouldn't the "Zodiac" be overshadowed. Director David Fincher is also practicing with "The Seven Deadly Sins". After preparing for "Zodiac" for four years, he does not want to make a story about the red beard thief. But at the premiere in North America, the stars exchanged cups, one of the main content is to guess what constellation the big names are. The "Zodiac" is more like an excuse for entertainment. On the "Zodiac" fan site Zodiac killer, you can buy a copy of the letter from the "Zodiac" for $5. You can also order FBI investigation reports and DVDs of all film and television works. , "Zodiac" T-shirts, the biggest pleasure is to get together and pick the wrong thing for the "Zodiac" movie. Of the four password graphics created by this mysterious killer, three have not been solved so far. The only one that has been cracked is said to be the sentence: "I love killing because it is so funny."

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Zodiac quotes

  • Melvin Belli: Inspector Toschi.

    [holds up bloodied shirt piece]

    Melvin Belli: It is my belief that this is a window into this man's soul. Killing is his compulsion. Even though he tries to ignore it, it drives him. It's in his blood.

    Dave Toschi: Maybe. Or maybe he just likes the attention.

  • [Graysmith visits with Ken Narlow in Napa]

    Robert Graysmith: Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you?

    Ken Narlow: [it does] What are you after?

    Robert Graysmith: What have you got?

    Ken Narlow: Hypothetically, you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case. This is off the record. Couple of years back, I was trying to get Marshall's prints. I handed him a photo. He looks at it. He's about to give it back and he says, "My goodness, I got fingerprints all over this." And he wipes them off.

    Robert Graysmith: Why didn't you test him for handwriting?

    Ken Narlow: Because when they finally did run his prints... they cleared him against the one in Stine's cab.

    Robert Graysmith: So it's not him?

    Ken Narlow: Maybe yes, maybe no.

    Robert Graysmith: No? What do you mean?

    Ken Narlow: Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene. If he had the foresight to bring gloves with him, how the hell's he gonna accidentally leave a print behind?

    Robert Graysmith: But it was in the victim's blood.

    Ken Narlow: Could have been one of the bystanders, or a cop just reaches out... Boom. False print.

    Robert Graysmith: But that print disqualified 2,500 suspects.

    Ken Narlow: Which is why we used handwriting.

    Robert Graysmith: But not for Rick Marshall.

    Ken Narlow: S.F.P.D. saw a handwritten sign in the window of his house, decided it looked nothing like the Z letters, so they moved on.

    Robert Graysmith: How do they know Rick Marshall wrote the sign?

    Ken Narlow: [smiles] My thoughts exactly. Rick Marshall was a Navy man. He received code training. He was also a projectionist at a silent film theater.

    Robert Graysmith: How do I get a copy of Rick Marshall's handwriting?

    Ken Narlow: Three ways. One, get a warrant; which you can't. Two, get him to volunteer; which he won't.

    Robert Graysmith: Yeah, and three?

    Ken Narlow: Get creative.