


The Zodiac Killer, who was never caught, gained notoriety by writing letters to police and local media boasting of the killings up until 1974.Ĭlaiming to have killed as many as 37 people, he also wrote some letters in code and included bloody bits of clothing to use as proof of the acts. The only link the Bates murder had in common with the Zodiac Killer was a handwritten letter received in mail claiming responsibility, Railsback said. Cheri Jo Bates, a freshman in college, was found murdered without any evidence as to who did it. While the Riverside Police Department could not comment on the man identified by the Case Breakers, RPD public information officer Ryan Railsback said the Zodiac Killer is definitely not the person responsible for the death of Bates. Obviously, the murderer started out by killing someone. The Case Breakers also said in the release that the man is responsible for the 1966 killing of Cheri Jo Bates in Riverside County, California. The team said it had based its case on forensic evidence, photos found in. We have no new information to share at the moment,” the FBI said in a statement to CNN. The possible motives of the Zodiac Killer for his crimes are an obsession with. The FBI, which has been supporting local law enforcement in the investigation, also did not acknowledge the claims. “We are unable to speak to potential suspects as this is still an open investigation,” the SFPD said in a statement. In response to the new claims, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) confirmed to CNN that it is still an open investigation. After 51 years, the Zodiac Killer's cipher has been solved by amateur codebreakers
