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The Zodiac Killer Murders (1968–1969)

At least five killings in Northern California were claimed by a letter writer calling himself the Zodiac. The case remains open with the San Francisco Police Department and other Bay Area agencies.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates
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  1. 1968

    Two teenagers are shot on Lake Herman Road in Benicia.

  2. 1969

    Attacks in Vallejo, at Lake Berryessa, and in San Francisco; ciphers are mailed to newspapers.

  3. 1969

    The 408-character cipher is solved by two schoolteachers.

  4. 2020

    Codebreakers publicly solve the 340-character cipher; no suspect is named by it.

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