The Zodiac Killer Has Allegedly Been Identified

[frejasface]

New: Zodiac Killer identified by team of independent investigators as Gary Francis Poste. https://t.co/7O9wv8hykV
- Complex (@Complex) October 6, 2021

A team of about 40 independent investigators known as The Case Breakers claims that they have deciphered the identity of the Zodiac Killer: a man named Gary Francis Poste, who died in 2018. Of course

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[numara]

from the unresolvedmysteries subreddit:

I'll save eveyone 5 minutes.The physical evidence discussed is circumstantial and the story about Gary having a "criminal posse" is hearsay sourced from old neighbors that knew him in the 1970s and 1980s. The idea of a man running a "criminal posse" that no one in law enforcement ever heard about before is dubious and cinematic. To be fair, this is not an example of one deceptive person trying to sell a book. It seems more like a small group of deluded opportunists trying to sell a TV series. Ask yourself whether being a journalist or "ex military investigator" qualifies one to work homicide cases. Plenty of military investigators spend their careers investigating acts of vandalism and petty theft on bases. They may very well know less about murder investigations than their reporter buddies. And I'm sure this ragtag group of Zodiac chasers does include a real-life cop or two. But so what? Half of the posts on this forum include discussions of blatant police misconduct or error. This story is

[gloeden2]

I love this. Debunk'em!

[__nocturna]

damn poor Gary

[pantless_deacon]

He's White. If he isn't the zodiac killer, there are plenty of serial killers he could be. I'd buy a time traveling Jack The Ripper over his complete innocence.

[__nocturna]

......damn, poor Gary

[pantless_deacon]

LOOOOOL

[blorpz]

"Half of the posts on this forum include discussions of blatant police misconduct or error."

people are scared to defund the police because they protect us from murders or whatever. but that subreddit (which i can't go on too much cuz it disturbs me) made me realize how much they fuck up investigations for crime they couldn't even prevent.

[numara]

that was my biggest takeaway from getting into true crime: cops are more often incompetent than not and bungle investigations all of the time bc of their own biases, laziness, and/or lack of empathy