Katelyn Fitzwater
Mr. Musick/Mrs. Lynch
ENG10
November 5, 2017
Conspiracy Theory: The Zodiac Killer In the late 60s and early 70s, an unknown assailant who called himself the “Zodiac” terrorized the San Francisco area and attacked couples in secluded areas. They have called him the “Zodiac Killer.” He was a serial killer. Despite the fact Zodiac called in the homicides, which were likely double homicides, the Zodiac Killer was never found. It’s like he disappeared into thin air. Most cases claim that the Zodiac Killer killed 37 people, but not all 37 cases have been proven to be factual cases. We only know that he killed 7 people rather than 37 people. It’s quite possible that he murdered many more than just 7 people. He told authorities that he was having fun murdering people. Zodiac was big news in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s. In most cases, he sent letters and cypher to the police department and the newspaper offices in the area.
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They say he used a .38 Special, but they later learned that it was a 9mm. He has killed many people, but the most gruesome of them were executed with a 6-inch double-sided bayonet. One of the most known cases is the “David Faraday-Betty Lou Jensen” case. These two young teenagers were shot to death in their car. They were located at a remote spot on Lake Herman Road, on the outskirts of Vallejo, California. The police were left confused, unable to determine why that happened or who the suspect