Conclusion

With the Zodiac Killer still unknown, many people still want answers to their questions. Many investigators and people involved the Zodiac was never caught and the case was left open for awhile. After many times of the case being close and reopened it still remains open to anyone that has answers. A movie was later made in 2007 about the adventures of the Zodiac Killer. Its hope that people will have more knowledge of this case, “Investigators hope that this new discovery may lead to a new break in the case.” (http://www.biography.com/people/zodiac-killer-236027)


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Stories, Reflection

My favorite part of looking in the Zodiac killings was discovering that a woman had come out and said that her father was the “Zodiac Killer”. I don’t understand why she didn’t say anything sooner if her father had already passed away from cancer. I think that she should have come to realization sooner; in my opinion I think that the Zodiac Killer really was her father. The police should look much further into her evidence that she claims that she had discovered. In some of the victim’s cases he lured them in, so people should know better than to go over to a stranger in the dark. With all the killings and news blowing up, people should have been more cautious. There were warnings and stories going around and there weren’t any curfews for teenagers? He more specifically went after younger couples that were alone; therefore something could have been prevented.  

Evidence, Reflection

Many say that evidence wasn’t a major factor is this case, yet I think that the detectives should have done more in the finding of the Zodiac. The police directly talked to him without knowing it, that’s just ignorant to the fact that he was right there. I think that the police could have done better and stayed more organized and the Zodiac Killer could have been caught. They should have been one step ahead of him and been keeping a much closer eye. It seemed to me as if everyone else was more worried about the Zodiac than the police. The Zodiac wrote hand written letters, then why didn’t they check those? If so many witnesses claimed that there was always a suspicious man walking and stalking everyone, then they should have called for help immediately. Everyone waited until the last minute to try and figure things out and so many lives were taken.

History, Reflection

The Zodiac Killer is one of my most favorite killers of times. It fascinates me that he got away with everything he did, even though I know it was wrong. He was very intelligent and took the time to plan everything out. Many people think that psycho killers are dumb, but honestly I think that they are some of the smartest people in the world. The Zodiac knew exactly what he was doing and succeeded in everything that he did. His goal was to play mind tricks and games with people and he had the whole state of California living in fear. I would have loved to work on this case and discovered everything that he left behind. It amazes me how he personally made his own puzzles and riddles for everyone to guess locations and people. The key to being a murderer is to keep close eye to not get caught red handed. The Zodiac Killer did just that.

Stories, The Zodiac Killer's daughter?

Many years have passed and out of the blue a woman claims that the Zodiac Killer is her father! Her father’s name was Guy Ward Hendrickson, in which he killed at least two of the known victims. (http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/delivery?sid=2c1661b2-fa1b-4bfa-bb32-613ec3daf62%4.com). She claims that she found old belongings that belonged to her father. A victim that was killed during that time, Perez (daughter) said that she found the victims glasses that were hidden. During the time of the killings and adventures, Perez was forced to tag along and even sometimes watch live murders. Her father would tell her to cover her ears and hide and no matter what never come out. She recalls and reminisces that at a point in time she heard gunshots and other noises, but she was only 7 years old to know what was going on. Her father claimed that the “gunshots” that she was hearing were only firecrackers. Supposedly he later died of cancer, yet Perez knew that she couldn’t keep the dark hidden secret any longer.    

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Stories, survivors

          Although many killings were made, there were still somehow survivors that live to tell their stories. Mike Mageau was a survivor that isn’t quite comfortable to tell what actually happened. He was with a female named Darlene Ferrin, in which they were in a parking lot alone and The Zodiac came up to their car firing his caliber at them. Shots were firing everywhere, but only leaving him wounded. After screaming for help the Zodiac came back and shot him twice. He somehow still survived, yet Darlene was already dead. Another case was a woman that goes by the name of Kathleen Johns, at the time she was driving down the road with her baby. Out of nowhere a car is driving besides her telling her to pull over that something was wrong with her wheel. He assured her that he could help her to a nearby phone or gas station. She agreed and grabbed her baby boy and hesitantly got into the car. As they were driving she realized that he wasn’t stopping at any gas stations and was quickly passing every opportunity. She asked him to pull over and let her out, yet he angrily wouldn’t let her go. At an intersection she quickly ran out and hid behind a bush with her baby. The Zodiac Killer quickly drove off and to never be seen again. Everything was done, and even with all of the descriptions and after all of the questioning there weren’t any traces that lead to who the Zodiac Killer.

Stories, Cheri Jo Bates

Cheri Jo Bates was one of the most memorable victims that the Zodiac Killer had murdered. She was a college student just coming out of the college library that was on campus. The Zodiac had purposefully disabled her car and had been stalking her for a while. He then somehow had encouraged her to come to him because he saw her struggling with her car. He had lured her to a dark alley that was near y and had killed her. He beaten her until she was injured and had stabbed her over a couple of times with a small knife that he held. When reporters had investigated her body there was no form of rape, and also there was a conclusion that it had nothing to do with robbery. He sent in letters explaining that Cheri had to die, because she was one of his slaves that he would be rewarded for later on in his afterlife. In the letter he said “Bates had to die there will be more.” Some believe that this was a hoax and Cheri Jo Bate’s death had nothing to do with the Zodiac killings. However, he wrote a poem and sent it in which was directed to Cheri’s death.

The poem said:

  Sick of living/unwilling to die
cut.
clean.
if red /
clean.
blood spurting,
dripping,
spilling;
all over her new
dress
oh well
it was red
anyway.
life draining into an
uncertain death.
she won't
die.
this time
someone ll find her.
just wait till
next time.
rh

Investigators say that the signature rh is referring to the president at the time, which was President Bradshaw.