Why has the Zodiac Killer never been caught?
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After 51 years, a team of three codebreakers cracked the Zodiac Killer’s 340-character cipher in December, sparking a wave of renewed interest and fresh frustration.
Five decades since Zodiac shot teenagers David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen dead on Lake Herman Road, police seem no closer to capturing the elusive killer. During the course of his brief spree from December 1968 to October 1969, Zodiac killed five, wounded two and sent a number of taunting letters to Bay Area newspapers. His letters turned the situation from terrifying to cinematic, as Zodiac held sway over the region with his bizarre missives.
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Zodiac 340 Cipher cracked by code experts 51 years after it was sent to The Chronicle By Kevin Fagan
The solution to what’s known as the 340 Cipher, one of the most vexing mysteries of the Zodiac Killer’s murderous saga, has been found by a code-breaking team from the United States, Australia and Belgium.
The cipher, sent in a letter to The Chronicle in November 1969, has been puzzling authorities and amateur sleuths since it arrived 51 years ago. Investigators hoped the Zodiac, who killed five people in the Bay Area in 1968 and 1969, would reveal his name in one of his many ciphers, but there is no such name in the 340.