Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
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Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#2Well that's a relief. Now they can arrest and prosecute him!
Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#3Loads of prior HN discussions on the solving of his cipher:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
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#4I believe the crowdsourced investigation has already yielded a veritable result[1]; I'm not sure why the case needed to continue being active.
Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#5Well that's a relief. Now they can arrest and prosecute him!
> The Case Breakers say they have identified the Zodiac Killer as Gary Francis Poste, who passed away in 2018.
It would appear not.
Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#6Well that's a relief. Now they can arrest and prosecute him!
/s (for those only reading the comment section)
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#7Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#8I feel like at least twice a year, there is some story like "Zodiac Killer Finally Identified" or "DB Cooper Finally Found". And behind these stories is usually just one person or group of people who are presenting their pet theory (which highlighted all facts supporting it, and conveniently brushes aside all facts which don't) and have savy media contacts so are able to get media exposure to help promote what's frequently accompanied by a book they are trying to sell copies of.
I don't know if that's the case here, but this pattern of events has made me just tune out stories like this. I wish media outlets would be more critical.
Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#9Looking at the press release [1], it still feels relatively circumstantial to me. Not sure that we can deem the Zodiac Killer to be fully identified yet.
It's definitely not nearly as cut and dry as when they identified the Golden State killer.
[1]: https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.114.250/g9q.07b.myftpuplo...
Re: Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
#10What are the ethics of potentially identifying deceased people as baddies? Unless there is DNA evidence which remains(which I doubt), or they find incontrovertible evidence in his home or something like that(I also doubt), this is just a guess that will drastically affect his probably otherwise-normal family whether the allegations are true or not.