A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac. Photo: AP A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac. Photo: AP
A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac. Photo: AP
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US serial killer’s chilling message decoded after 51 years

  • The ‘Zodiac Killer’ – who was never caught – killed five people in the San Francisco Bay Area over the course of about year in 1968 and 1969
  • During the murderous spree, Zodiac sent a local newspaper a coded message that became known as the ‘340 cipher’

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Updated: 3:59pm, 12 Dec, 2020

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A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac. Photo: AP A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac. Photo: AP
A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac. Photo: AP
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