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    Zodiac Killer Thesis

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    always had a fascination with mystery books, it was my first favorite genre of books. I had a huge interests for mystery and crime and the psychology behind it. But the one crime that truly left me thinking for a while was the story of the Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac Killer is a murderer who taunted the bay area with sending descriptions of his brutal crimes to the San Francisco Chronicle to ultimately frighten them. His crimes were in the late 1960’s and up to this day he has never been caught despite

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    killed without any remorse at all (Graysmith, Zodiac 1, 2, 3). In each one of his attacks, the killer would use a different weapon in order to confuse the police. In the search for the Zodiac, the police had almost 2,500 suspects. Having this many suspects made it extremely hard for the police to narrow it down to just one person. Even though the cops had so many people, they still had one main suspect: Arthur Leigh Allen. Allen and the Zodiac matched perfectly. The two of them were the same

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    those is the Zodiac, he’s been fascinating but terrifying investigators since the first victim was discovered. The killer himself originated his name "Zodiac" in a numerous of taunting letters which he himself sent to the local Bay Area press demanding for them to publish the letters. The Zodiac letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers), of all of the four cryptograms sent, only one has been definitively solved, the rest remain a mystery to the public. On August 1, 1969,

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    1969, the Zodiac struck again, Cecelia Shepard, and Bryan Hartnell, they relaxed on an isolated part of the shore of Lake Berryessa

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    The Zodiac Killings are some of the most gruesome and cerebral murders in American history. Between 1966 and 1968, at least five people in the bay area were confirmed slain by the assailant known only as, The Zodiac Killer. His criminology was unlike any seen before or since. Often after his murders, he would send cryptographic messages to various media outlets some even to the victims' families. Throughout the years, there have been many a copycat or emulation , One thing is for certain,all have

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    The first murders widely attributed to the Zodiac Killer were the shootings of high school students Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday on December 20, 1968, on Lake Herman Road, just inside Benicia city limits. Shortly after 11:00 p.m. their bodies were found. Robert Graysmith postulated that another car pulled into the turnout, just prior to 11:00 pm and parked beside the couple. Jensen appeared to have exited the car first, yet when Faraday was halfway out, the killer apparently shot Faraday in

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    started happening. Letters began to surface to the public by newspaper companies. After decoding a letter the mystery murderer became known as the Zodiac. The mysterious Zodiac made the public fear him by threatening the lives of numerous civilians. In Northern California the self-proclaimed Zodiac was connected to five murders from 1968 to 1969. Zodiac is also claimed to have been responsible for more deaths. The first murder to be confirmed was of Seventeen-year- old David Faraday and his girlfriend

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    Crime: Zodiac as a Crime Film Crime films have been the staple of non-fiction rebellion movies since the beginning of their existence. Each crime film shares similar characteristics relating them to the genre however individualizing them from each other with different crimes, investigations, and mannerisms. A prime example for definitive representation of such films would be the 2007 David Fincher’s Zodiac. The movie is based off of the true crime story of the infamous manhunt for the Zodiac killer

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    The Zodiac killer was first discovered in July 1960. The Zodiac killer has to have killed 37 people.The killings were all in Northern California in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. The killer has remained unknown still to this day. There is a sketch that people think maybe him but still do not know who he is or why he killed so many people. The Zodiac killed 5 people and injured 2. He claimed to have killed 37 people. The Zodiac killer sent 18 letters to the newspapers. He did this by using symbols

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    Chinese-American teenager Steven Lee possess the Zodiac power of the Tiger. HIs job is to assemble a group of young heroes who possess Zodiac powers around the world and fight against The Vanguard. He is known for killing an entire civilization because they were getting in his way from having a successful company. He also killed Jasmine’s mother, which made Jasmine become a rebel and tried stop Maxwell. Maxwell is also the owner of the Company Vanguard and has made billions. Maxwell is trying to

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