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The Zodiac Killer - Coggle Diagram
The Zodiac Killer
When
The zodiac killer killed between December 1968 and October 1969. he killed his victims when Orion and the seven sisters where not visible in the sky.
Method
The Zodiac killer must have stalked his victims as he new their birthdays, He shot his victims with a 9mm zip gun that they think he had made himself, he also claimed that he killed a woman by stabbing her. Though it is hard to tell what victims were actually the zodiacs victims as he might have claimed other murders.
Nick Name
The Zodiac actually named himself, when police found a letter by a man that was shot, The letter saying, "This is the Zodiac" He also is obsessed with the astrological signs saying that only orion and the seven sisters could stop him.
Victims
There were 5 confirmed deaths and 2 injured although We cant be sure on how many people he actually killed as he took recognition for other murders he might not have done. Most of his murders were people in relationships.
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Motive
The Zodiac killers motives are still not confirmed but from multiple letters we can tell that he had a sort of superiority complex and gained pleasure from killing. He might of had a hate for relationships and that is why he sometimes killed couples. He also said in letters that he was collecting slaves for the after life. And from his letters we can tell that he had an obsession with astrological signs
Changes
The Zodiac said in his letters that he would kill 12 people, one for each of the zodiac signs, but the zodiac killed a forty year old man who was a Taurus, a previous victim that had been killed was also a Taurus.
Messages
The zodiac killer left many letters some in code. The code was called a 340 cipher,The zodiac killer sent 4 coded letters, of the 4 ciphers only one has actually been solved and his letters were written in 4 parts
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Profile
Male, Thought to be in the military or retired, short hair, glasses. he was very smart. The copy cat killer that was caught was Eddie Seda. He was 26 when he was caught living with his mum, he was unemployed and a high school drop out.