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Cold case investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac
Killer

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A police sketch of the Zodiac Killer by the San Francisco police
department in the late 1960s.
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By: Jack Helean
Posted at 7:09 AM, Oct 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-10-06 17:03:15-04

SAN FRANCISCO -- A team of cold case investigators say they have
finally identified the Zodiac Killer, one of America's most prolific
serial murderers who terrorized San Francisco in the late 1960s.

Fox News reported, The Case Breakers, a team of more than 40
detectives, journalists and military intelligence officers, believes
the killer is responsible for a murder hundreds of miles away that
was never linked to him previously.

The Zodiac committed at least five murders across the San Francisco
Bay area in the late 60s.

The Zodiac Killer gave the the name to himself in a series of
taunting letters that he mailed to regional newspapers. Some of the
letters included cryptograms. Two remain unsolved to this day. One
was cracked in 1969 and another in 2020.

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The Case Breakers via Fox News
Gary F. Poste has been identified as the infamous Zodiac Killer by
The Case Breakers, which investigates cold cases.

The Case Breakers say they have identified the Zodiac Killer as Gary
Francis Poste, who passed away in 2018.

According to Fox News, the team's years of digging uncovered new
forensic evidence and photos from Poste's darkroom. Including an
image that features scars on the forehead of Poste that match scars
on a sketch of the Zodiac, the team said.

Other clues include deciphering letters sent by the Zodiac that
revealed him as the killer, said Jen Bucholtz, a former Army
counterintelligence agent who works on cold cases. In one note, the
letters of Poste's full name were removed to reveal an alternate
message, she told Fox News.

"So you've got to know Gary's full name in order to decipher these
anagrams," Bucholtz said. "I just don't think there's any other way
anybody would have figured it out."

For the full story, and more evidence from the Case Breakers, visit
Fox News.

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