Zodiac Killer Research Paper

The zodiac killer is like no other, he is a killer who has never been close to being caught and could be living among us today. The self-made zodiac killer was linked to many murders in northern california starting in 1968 and ending around 1969. He would torment police by making threatening letters sent to newspapers around the area, he sent letters for about 6 years straight then stopped suddenly. Even though there was intensive investigations no one was ever arrested or questioned for the murders and they still remain open. This mystery killer has influenced many books and movies . Although many people are intrigued by this killer they usually don't know how he got his name. Most don't know that the zodiac killer was just known as the “killer” until he purchased a zodiac watch and started using the name and sign as his calling card. …show more content…
When the cops arrived they found writing on the couple's car door stating the date, time, and weapon of use. This was a method he used to taunght police because he has gotten away with every other murder so why would this one be any different he also had no care for how much clues he was leaving because he was confident in the lack of evidence they had. Also he sent police his plans for working bombs that were thankfully not put into use, but it was very detailed and showed how it worked and he went on to say how he set the bomb to go off in an unknown location in one year but that was proven to be a lie. He even went on to threatening schools but never initiates anything that indicated him causing harm to any school, but police didn't want to take any chances so they increased public security. Throughout all of the years it always stumped police to how the killer has always been able to leave so many crime scenes without a single trace of his