The Case Breakers said in a press release they had made their identification based in part on photos of the suspect that show scars on his forehead that match a police sketch of the Zodiac. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, and out of respect for the victims and their families, we will not be providing further comment at this time,” the FBI’s San Francisco office said in a statement.Ī cryptogram sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969 by the Zodiac Killer. “The FBI’s investigation into the Zodiac Killer remains open and unsolved. The FBI and San Francisco police department declined to directly comment on the announcement but said the investigation was still open. “I absolutely feel we solved this case,” Tom Colbert, a member of the Case Breakers, told the San Francisco Chronicle. The Case Breakers said they had new physical and forensic evidence and eyewitnesses who supported their theory that an air force veteran who died in 2018 was behind the murders. The Zodiac has managed to stay in the headlines for years, as new theories continue to surface. But despite the attention this week, police and some investigators remain skeptical of the alleged development.
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The Zodiac killer was responsible for a series of murders in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and remains one of America’s biggest cold cases. Law enforcement regularly receives tips about the case, including from people who believe they know the identity of the killer. However, police have said the investigation into the killings is still open. On Wednesday, a team of former law enforcement members, prosecutors and intelligence officers that calls itself the Case Breakers said they had determined the identity of the killer responsible for a series of murders in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s.
The case of the Zodiac killer took another twist this week after a team of investigators claimed they had unmasked the man who has fixated the public and amateur sleuths for decades.īut the apparent breakthrough was not so clearcut.
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