Sophomore Thesis: The Zodiac Killer
Kelly Robinson
Sophomore Thesis
The Zodiac Killer
Not much is known about the Zodiac Killer other than general knowledge of the patterns killers and psychopaths seem to follow. The mystery that is The Zodiac Killer continues to befuddle law enforcements, forty years later, as the murders occurred in the 1960’s-70’s. Even the letters that he sent in were coded so well that investigators were unable to discover the important information hidden by taunting symbols and marks. But, it is not impossible to solve this strenuous case, in spite of all the possibilities of suspects and amount of time passed.
The Zodiac Killer from California is the second most famed, unsolved murders behind Jack the Ripper. And, he was truly deranged. He taunted …show more content…
Over two thousand five hundred suspects have been cleared over the last forty years, and new suspects are still being found regularly. Bay area law enforcement say that they still get at least one tip a week as to whom the killer is. Forensic investigators have proceeded to utilize behavioral analysis, fingerprint analysis, criminal background file searches and cryptanalysis. Still, no results have been concluded from these methods ("The Zodiac Killer." …show more content…
Marshall lived in Riverside in 1969, the year of Cheri Jo Bates death, later living in a basement in San Francisco. This residence was strangely close to the only San Francisco zodiac crime site. Lawrence Kane is another notable suspect. Pam Huckaby, sister of Zodiac victim Darlene Ferrin, believes that Kane stalked Darlene in the months before the murder. Another Zodiac victim, Kathleen Johns, identified Kane as her abductor. Kane was in a car accident in 1962 and a psychologist diagnosed him as “Losing his ability to control self-gratification.” This could also be taken as losing his ability to control desired actions, such as killing and sexual assault (Voigt, Tom. "The Zodiac
Sophomore Thesis
The Zodiac Killer
Not much is known about the Zodiac Killer other than general knowledge of the patterns killers and psychopaths seem to follow. The mystery that is The Zodiac Killer continues to befuddle law enforcements, forty years later, as the murders occurred in the 1960’s-70’s. Even the letters that he sent in were coded so well that investigators were unable to discover the important information hidden by taunting symbols and marks. But, it is not impossible to solve this strenuous case, in spite of all the possibilities of suspects and amount of time passed.
The Zodiac Killer from California is the second most famed, unsolved murders behind Jack the Ripper. And, he was truly deranged. He taunted …show more content…
Over two thousand five hundred suspects have been cleared over the last forty years, and new suspects are still being found regularly. Bay area law enforcement say that they still get at least one tip a week as to whom the killer is. Forensic investigators have proceeded to utilize behavioral analysis, fingerprint analysis, criminal background file searches and cryptanalysis. Still, no results have been concluded from these methods ("The Zodiac Killer." …show more content…
Marshall lived in Riverside in 1969, the year of Cheri Jo Bates death, later living in a basement in San Francisco. This residence was strangely close to the only San Francisco zodiac crime site. Lawrence Kane is another notable suspect. Pam Huckaby, sister of Zodiac victim Darlene Ferrin, believes that Kane stalked Darlene in the months before the murder. Another Zodiac victim, Kathleen Johns, identified Kane as her abductor. Kane was in a car accident in 1962 and a psychologist diagnosed him as “Losing his ability to control self-gratification.” This could also be taken as losing his ability to control desired actions, such as killing and sexual assault (Voigt, Tom. "The Zodiac