zodiac killer mind map

victims

cultural references

motives (why)

nick name

messages

where

profile

method

when

changes (why)

the zodiac sent a lot of letters to the cops to taunt them, we know these are from the zodiac because he says stuff only the killer and police would know like how many times one of the victims was shot or the time of the murder

1968 to 1969 (?)

he used a gun most of the time but he also used a knife every once in a while

the word zodiac came from the Latin word zōdiacus but it is not known why he chose this although so people think it is because he wore a zodiac watch

he has 5 confirmed kills and 2 confirmed injures but people think he has up to 37 kills

he makes a reference to the 1924 book the most dangerous game

he says in one of his letters to the media that he "likes killing because it is so much fun"

coded

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the zodiac often put codes into his letters to make it more of a challenge for the media to know the whole story

out of all of the types of psychopaths the zodiac falls into a profile called the bragger, where he taunts the police to get attention

the zodiac didn't seem to have a favourite place to kill he killed everywhere from parks to roads to in a taxi

criminal profile

organisational level

crime scene

victimology

'pre-post behaviour

location

story of the victim

what was their education

what was their education

could there be wittness

how long did the crimanal stay there

what weapon was used

were they orgonazied

did they leave anything behind

was it sloppy

did their behaviour change

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