Full Name:	---
Gender:	Male
Race:	Caucasian
Birth:	---
Death:	---
Cause of Death:	---
Nicknames:	Zodiac / Zodiac Killer
Murder Toll:	5+ murdered victims (claimed 37)
Murder Time Frame:	1968-1969
Murder Locations:	United States - Benicia, California / San Francisco, California / Vallejo, California / Napa county, California
Preferred Prey:	Young, caucasian, male/female couples
Modus Operandi:	Stabbing, shooting
Victim Disposal:	Left them where they were murdered
Signature:	Sent letters and cryptograms to the press, called and reported his murders, wrote a message on a victim's car, sent pieces of a victim's blood-soaked shirt with a few letters, used a crossed-circle symbol and named himself "Zodiac"
Trophies:	Money, wallets, keys, pieces of a blood-soaked shirt

David Faraday Male - Age 17 Death: December 1968	Betty Lou Jensen Female - Age 16 Death: December 1968	Darlene Ferrin Female - Age 22 Death: July 1969
Cecelia Shepard Female - Age 22 Death: September 1969	Paul Stine Male - Age 29 Death: October 1969

Arthur Leigh Allen Male (1933-1992)	Rick Marshall Male (1928-????)	Lawrence Kane Male (1924-????)
Michael O'Hare Male (1943-????)	Ted Kaczynski Male (1942-____)	Bruce Davis Male (1943-____)
Jack Beeman Male (1917-1984)

"I want to report a double murder. If you go one mile east on Columbus Parkway to the public park, you will find kids in a brown car. They were shot with a 9mm Luger. I also killed those kids last year. Goodbye." - The call the Zodiac Killer made to the Vallejo Police Department after he shot victim Darlene Ferrin and her friend, Michael Mageau (who survived).

"I want your money and your car keys. I want your car to go to Mexico." - What the Zodiac Killer said when he confronted victim Cecelia Shepard and her friend, Bryan Hartnell (who survived).

"I'm going to have to stab you people." - What the Zodiac Killer said before he stabbed victim Cecelia Shepard and her friend, Bryan Hartnell (who survived).

"I want to report a murder... no, a double murder. They are two miles north of Park Headquarters. They were in a white Volkswagen Kharmann Ghia. I'm the one that did it." - The call the Zodiac Killer made to the Napa Police Department after he stabbed victim Cecelia Shepard and her friend, Bryan Hartnell (who survived).

Dear Editor
I am the killer of the 2 teen-agers last Christmass at Lake Herman and the Girl last 4th of July. To Prove this I shall state some facts which only I + the police know
Christmass
1 Brand name of ammo Super X
2 10 Shots fired
3 Boy was on back feet to car
4 Girl was lyeing on right side feet to west
4th of July [crossed-circle symbol]
1 Girl was wearing patterned Pants
2 Boy was also shot in knee
3 Brand name of ammo was Western
Here is a cyipher or that is part of one. the other 2 parts have been mailed to the S.F. Examiner + the S.F. Chronicle I want you to print this cipher on your frunt page by Fry Afternoon Aug 1-69, If you do not do this I will go on a kill ram page Fry night that will last the whole week end. I will cruse around and pick off all stray people or coupples that are alone then move on to kill some more untill I have killed over a dozen people.
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A letter and part of a cryptogram from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in July 1969 to the Vallejo Times-Herald.

Dear Editor
This is the murderer of the 2 teenagers last Christmass at Lake Herman + the girl on the 4th of July near the golf course in Vallejo To prove I killed them I shall state some facts which only I + the police know.
Christmass
1 Brand name of ammo Super X
2 10 shots were fired
3 the boy was on his back with his feet to the car
4 the girl was on her right side feet to the west
4th July
1 girl was wearing paterned slacks
2 The boy was also shot in the knee.
3 Brand name of ammo was western
Over
Here is part of a cipher the other 2 parts of this cipher are being mailed to the editors of the Vallejo times + SF Examiner. I want you to print this cipher on the front page of your paper. In this cipher is my idenity. If you do not print this cipher by the afternoon of Fry. 1st of Aug 69, I will go on a kill ramPage Fry. night. I will cruse around all weekend killing lone people in the night then move on to kill again, untill I end up with a dozen people over the weekend.
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A letter and part of a cryptogram from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in July 1969 to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Dear Editor
I am the killer of the 2 teenagers last Christmass at Lake Herman + the girl last 4th of July. To prove this I shall state some facts which only I + the police know.
Christmass
1 brand name of ammo - Super X
2 10 shots fired
3 Boy was on his back with feet to car
4 Girl was lyeing on right side feet to west
4th of July
1 girl was wearing patterned pants
2 boy was also shot in knee
3 ammo was made by Western
Here is a cipher or that is part of one. The other 2 parts are being mailed to the Vallejo Times + S.F. Chronicle I want you to print this cipher on the frunt page by Fry afternoon Aug 1-69. If you do not print this cipher, I will go on a kill rampage Fry night. This will last the whole weekend, I will cruse around killing people who are alone at night untill Sun Night or un till I kill a dozen people.
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A letter and part of a cryptogram from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in July 1969 to the San Francisco Examiner.

I LIKE KILLING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN IT IS MORE FUN THAN KILLING WILD GAME IN THE FORREST BECAUSE MAN IS THE MOST DANGEROUE ANIMAL OF ALL TO KILL SOMETHING GIVES ME THE MOST THRILLING EXPERENCE IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN GETTING YOUR ROCKS OFF WITH A GIRL THE BEST PART OF IT IS THAE WHEN I DIE I WILL BE REBORN IN PARADICE AND ALL THE I HAVE KILLED WILL BECOME MY SLAVES I WILL NOT GIVE YOU MY NAME BECAUSE YOU WILL TRY TO SLOI DOWN OR STOP MY COLLECTING OF SLAVES FOR MY AFTERLIFE EBEORIETEMETHHPITI
- The 3-part cryptogram (sent to the three newspaper agencies) that was solved by Donald Harden and his wife.

Dear Editor
This is the Zodiac speaking.
In answer to your asking for more details about the good times I have had in Vallejo, I shall be very happy to supply even more material. By the way, are the police haveing a good time with the code? If not, tell them to cheer up; when they do crack it they will have me.
On the 4th of July: I did not open the car door. The window was rolled down all ready. The boy was origionaly sitting in the frunt seat when I began fireing. When I fired the first shot at his head, he leaped backwards at the same time thus spoiling my aim. He ended up on the back seat then the floor in back thashing out very violently with his legs; that's how I shot him in the knee. I did not leave the cene of the killing with squealling tires + raceing engine as described in the Vallejo paper. I drove away quite slowly so as not to draw attention to my car. The man who told the police that my car was brown was a negro about 40-45 rather shabbly dressed. I was at this phone booth haveing some fun with the Vallejo cop when he was walking by. When I hung the phone up the damn X@ thing began to ring + that drew his attention to me + my car.
Last Christmass
In that epasode the police were wondering as to how I could shoot + hit my victoms in the dark. They did not openly state this, but implied this by saying it was a well lit night + I could see the silowets on the horizon. BullShit that area is srounded by high hills + trees. What I did was tape a small pencel flash light to the barrel of my gun. If you notice, in the center of the beam of light if you aim it at a wall or celling you will see a black or darck spot in the center of the circle of light aprox 3 to 6 in. across. When taped to a gun barrel, the bullet will strike exactly in the center of the black dot in the light. All I had to do was spray them as if it was a water hose; there was no need to use the gun sights. I was not happy to see that I did not get front page coverage.
[crossed-circle symbol]
NO ADDRESS
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, received in August 1969 and sent to the San Francisco Examiner.

This is the Zodiac speaking. I am the murderer of the taxi driver over by Washington St + Maple St last night, to prove this here is a blood stained piece of his shirt. I am the same man who did in the people in the north bay area. The S.F. Police could have caught me last night if they had searched the park properly in stead of holding road races with their motorcicles seeing who could make the most noise. The car drivers should have just parked their cars + sat there quietly waiting for me to come out of cover. School children make nice targets, I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning. Just shoot out the frunt tire + then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out.
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in October 1969 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle. A piece of victim Paul Stine's bloody shirt was enclosed with the letter.

This is the Zodiac speaking I though you would nead a good laugh before you hear the bad news you wo'nt get the news for a while yet
PS could you print this new cipher on your frunt page? I get awfully lonely when I am ignored, so lonely I could do my Thing!!!!!!
[crossed-circle symbol]
Des July Aug Sept Oct = 7
- A greeting card and cryptogram from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in November 1969 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

This is the zodiac speaking up to the end of Oct I have killed 7 people. I have grown rather angry with the police for their telling lies about me. So I shall change the way the collecting of slaves. I shall no longer announce to anyone. when I comitt my murders, they shall look like routine robberies, killings of anger, + a few fake accidents, etc.
The police shall never catch me, because I have been too clever for them.
1 I look like the description passed out only when I do my thing, the rest of the time I look entirle different. I shall not tell you what my descise consists of when I kill
2 As of yet I have left no fingerprints behind me contrary to what the police say in my killings I wear trans-parent finger tip guards. All it is is 2 coats of airplane cement coated on my finger tips - quite unnoticible + very efective.
3 my killing tools have been boughten through the mail order outfits before the ban went into efect. except one + it was bought out of the state.
So as you see the police don't have much to work on. If you wonder why I was wipeing the cab down I was leaving fake clews for the police to run all over town with, as one might say, I gave the cops som bussy work to do to keep them happy. I enjoy needling the blue pigs. Hey blue pig I was in the park - you were useing fire trucks to mask the sound of your cruzeing prowl cars. The dogs never came with in 2 blocks of me + they were to the west + there was only 2 groups of barking about 10 min apart then the motor cicles went by about 150 ft away going from south to north west.
ps. 2 cops pulled a goof abot 3 min after I left the cab. I was walking down the hill to the park when this cop car pulled up + one of them called me over + asked if I saw any one acting supicisous or strange in the last 5 to 10 min + I said yes there was this man who was runnig by waveing a gun + the cops peeled rubber + went around the corner as I directed them + I dissapeared into the park a block + a half away never to be seen again.
Hey pig doesnt it rile you up to have you noze rubed in your booboos? If you cops think Im going to take on a bus the way I stated I was, you deserve to have holes in your heads.
Take one bag of ammonium nitrate fertlizer + 1 gal of stove oil + dump a few bags of gravel on top + then set the shit off + will positivily ventalate any thing that should be in the way of the blast. The death machiene is all ready made. I would have sent you pictures but you would be nasty enough to trace them back to developer + then to me, so I shall describe my masterpiece to you. The nice part of it is all the parts can be bought on the open market with no questions asked.
1 bat. pow clock - will run for aprox 1 year
1 photoelectric switch
2 copper leaf springs
2 6V car bat
1 flash light bulb + reflector
1 mirror
2 18" cardboard tubes black with shoe polish inside + oute
the system checks out from one end to the other in my tests. What you do not know is whether the death machiene is at the sight or whether it is being stored in my basement for future use. I think you do not have the man power to stop this one by continually searching the road sides looking for this thing. + it wont do to re roat + re schedule the busses because the bomb can be adapted to new conditions. Have fun !! By the way it could be rather messy if you try to bluff me.
[crossed-circle symbol with five X's]
PS. Be shure to print the part I marked out on page 3 or I shall do my thing [crossed-circle symbol]
To prove that I am the Zodiac, Ask the Vallejo cop about my electric gun sight which I used to start my collecting of slaves.
- A letter and drawing from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in November 1969 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Dear Melvin
This is the Zodiac speaking I wish you a happy Christmass. The one thing I ask of you is this, please help me. I cannot reach out for help because of this thing in me wont let me. I am finding it extreamly dificult to hold it in check I am afraid I will loose control again and take my nineth + posibly tenth victom. Please help me I am drownding. At the moment the children are safe from the bomb because it is so massive to dig in + the triger mech requires much work to get it adjusted just right. But if I hold back too long from no nine I will loose complet all controol of my self + set the bomb up. Please help me I can not remain in control for much longer.
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in December 1969 and sent to personal injury lawyer Melvin Belli. A piece of victim Paul Stine's bloody shirt was enclosed with the letter.

This is the Zodiac speaking By the way have you cracked the last cipher I sent you ? My name is -
[one-line cryptogram]
I am mildly cerous as to how much money you have on my head now. I hope you do not think that I was the one who wiped out that blue meannie with a bomb at the cop station. Even though I talked about killing school children with one. It just wouldnt doo to move in on someone elses teritory. But there is more glory in killing a cop than a cid because a cop can shoot back. I have killed ten people to date. It would have been a lot more except that my bus bomb was a dud. I was swamped out by the rain we had a while back.
The new bomb is set up like this
sun light in early morning
[drawing]
A + B are photo electric swiches when sun beam is broken A closes circut " " B opens " which maks B the cloudy day disconect so the bomb wont go off by accid.
PS I hope you have fun trying to figgure out who I killed
[crossed-circle symbol]=10 SFPD=0
- A letter and drawing from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in April 1970 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

I hope you enjoy your selves when I have my Blast.
[crossed-circle symbol]
P.S. on back
If you dont want me to have this blast you must do two things. � Tell every one about the bus bomb with all the details. � I would like to see some nice Zodiac butons wandering about town. Every one else has these buttons like, [peace symbol], black power, melvin eats bluber, etc. Well it would cheer me up considerbly if I saw a lot of people wearing my buton. Please no nasty ones like melvin's
Thank you
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A greeting card from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in April 1970 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

This is the Zodiac speaking
I have become very upset with the people of San Fran Bay Area. They have not complied with my wishes for them to wear some nice [crossed-circle symbol] buttons. I promiced to punish them if they did not comply, by anilating a full School Buss. But now school is out for the summer, so I punished them in an another way. I shot a man sitting in a parked car with a .38.
[crossed-circle symbol]-12 SFPD-0
The Map coupled with this code will tell you where the bomb is set. You have untill next Fall to dig it up. [crossed-circle symbol]
[two-line cryptogram]
- A letter and map from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in June 1970 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

This is the Zodiac speaking
I am rather unhappy because you people will not wear some nice [crossed-circle symbol] buttons. So I now have a little list, starting with the woeman + her baby that I gave a rather intersting ride for a coupple howers one evening a few months back that ended in my burning her car where I found them.
[crossed-circle symbol]
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in July 1970 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

This is the Zodiac speaking
Being that you will not wear some nice [crossed-circle symbol] buttons, how about wearing some nasty [crossed-circle symbol] buttons. Or any type of [crossed-circle symbol] buttons that you can think up. If you do not wear any type of [crossed-circle symbol] buttons I shall (on top of every thing else) torture all 13 of my slaves that I have wateing for me in Paradice. Some I shall tie over ant hills and watch them scream + twich and sqwirm. Others shall have pine splinters driven under their nails + then burned. Others shall be placed in cages + fed salt beef untill they are gorged then I shall listen to their pleass for water and I shall laugh at them. Others will hang by their thumbs + burn in the sun then I will rub them down with deep heat to warm them up. Others I shall skin them alive + let them run around screaming. And all billiard players I shall have them play in a darkened dungen cell with crooked cues + Twisted Shoes. Yes I shall have great fun in flicting the most delicious of pain to my Slaves
[crossed-circle symbol]=13
SFPD=0
As some day it may hapen that a victom must be found. I've got a little list. I've got a little list, of society offenders who might well be underground who would never be missed who would never be missed. There is the pestulentual nucences who whrite for autographs, all people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs. All children who are up in dates and implore you with im platt. All people who are shakeing hands shake hands like that. And all third persons who with unspoiling take thoes who insist. They'd none of them be missed. They'd none of them be missed. There's the banjo seranader and the others of his race and the piano orginast I got him on the list. All people who eat pepermint and phomphit in your face, they would never be missed They would never be missed And the Idiout who phraises with inthusastic tone of centuries but this and every country but his own. And the lady from the provences who dress like a guy who doesn't cry and the singurly abnomily the girl who never kissed. I don't think she would be missed Im shure she wouldn't be missed. And that nice impriest that is rather rife the judicial hummerest I've got him on the list All funny fellows, commic men and clowns of private life. They'd none of them be missed. They'd none of them be missed. And uncompromiseing kind such as wachamacallit, thingmebob, and like wise, well-nevermind, and tut tut tut tut, and whatshisname, and you know who, but the task of filling up the blanks I rather leave up to you. But it really doesn't matter whom you place upon the list, for none of them be missed, none of them be missed.
[crossed-circle symbol]
PS. The Mt. Diablo Code concerns Radians +#inches along the radians
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in July 1970 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Dear Editor,
You'll hate me, but I've got to tell you.
The pace isn't any slower! In fact it's just one big thirteenth
13
"Some of them fought it was horrible"
P.S. There are reports city police pig cops are closeing in on me. Fk I'm crackproof, What is the price tag now?
Zodiac
- A card from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in October 1970 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle. The message was made from words and letters cut from magazines and newspapers, and it had 13 holes punched through it.

This is the Zodiac speaking
Like I have allways said I am crack proof. If the Blue Meannies are evere going to catch me, they had best get off their fat asses + do something. Because the longer they fiddle + fart around, the more slaves I will collect for my after life. I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there. The reason that Im writing to the Times is this, They dont bury me on the back pages like some of the others.
SFPD-0 [crossed-circle symbol]-17+
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in March 1971 and sent to the Los Angeles Times.

I saw + think "The Exorcist" was the best saterical comidy that I have ever seen.
Signed, yours truley :
He plunged him self into the billowy wave and an echo arose from the sucides grave
titwillo titwillo titwillo
Ps. if I do not see this note in your paper, I will do something nasty, which you know I'm capable of doing
[unknown symbol]
Me - 37
SFPD - 0
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in January 1974 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sirs- I would like to express my cousterati cousternation concerning your poor taste + lack of sympathy for the public, as evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands," featuring the blurb - "In 1959 most people were killing time. kit + Holly were killing people." In light of recent events, this kind of murder-glorification can only be deplorable at best (not that glorification of violence was ever justifiable) why don't you show some concern for public sensibilities + cut the ad?
A citizen
- A postcard from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in May 1974 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Editor --
Put Marco back in the, hell-hole from whence it came - he has a serious psychological disorder - always needs to feel superior. I suggest you refer him to a shrink. Meanwhile, cancel the Count Marco column. Since the Count can write anonymously, so can I ---
the Red Phantom
(red with rage)
- A letter from the Zodiac Killer, mailed in July 1974 and sent to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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