Some chatter on the internet says they might have identified the Zodiac killer via DNA

[SheepKilla 473]

Keep your eyes peeled on the web in the coming days

 

This could be big! 

[DynamiteCop 2,088]

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if dude got busted via a family tree DNA kit

[Ike★ 2,922]

[SheepKilla 473]

2 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said:

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if dude got busted via a family tree DNA kit

iirc they had a lot of difficulty in actually isolating DNA from the evidence because so much time had passed.

 

If they are able to isolate the DNA, they will do exactly that. Assuming it doesn't already turn up in a database.

 

Damn this rumor has me on the edge of my seat. 

[SheepKilla 473]

If they actually found a suspect based on the DNA...then this will be some of the biggest news of the century. 

[jehurey 3,298]

36 minutes ago, SheepKilla said:

If they actually found a suspect based on the DNA...then this will be some of the biggest news of the century. 

Not really. It'd probably be on the same level as the BTK killer.

 

Or the Unabomber.

 

Doesn't DNA evidence become unusable after a certain period of time?  So this would have to be something that been perfectly preserved for 40 years?

[lostfool 680]

I doubt it

[SheepKilla 473]

7 minutes ago, jehurey said:

Not really. It'd probably be on the same level as the BTK killer.

 

Or the Unabomber.

 

Doesn't DNA evidence become unusable after a certain period of time?  So this would have to be something that been perfectly preserved for 40 years?

No. Zodiac is a way, way bigger story than either of those. He's entered the national conscience.  There's been blockbuster films, a bunch of books, endless news stories about the case. 

 

As for DNA, I think it could actually last for hundreds of years. 

[jehurey 3,298]

1 minute ago, SheepKilla said:

No. Zodiac is a way, way bigger story than either of those. He's entered the national conscience.  There's been blockbuster films, a bunch of books, endless news stories about the case. 

 

As for DNA, I think it could actually last for hundreds of years. 

"He's entered the national conscience"

 

ok.

[SheepKilla 473]

2 minutes ago, jehurey said:

"He's entered the national conscience"

 

ok.

Considering a podcast about the case got 12 Million downloads on this very month, I think that's safe to say. 

[jehurey 3,298]

2 minutes ago, SheepKilla said:

Considering a podcast about the case got 12 Million downloads on this very month, I think that's safe to say. 

He's the Sea of Thieves of serial killers. So many views.

 

Now mind you, unlike Ted Kazcinski and that cop in San Francisco, there had already been some educated guesses on who the Zodiac killer is. If you remember the movie, people had made a determination of who is could've been.

 

 

[SheepKilla 473]

3 minutes ago, jehurey said:

He's the Sea of Thieves of serial killers. So many views.

 

Now mind you, unlike Ted Kazcinski and that cop in San Francisco, there had already been some educated guesses on who the Zodiac killer is. If you remember the movie, people had made a determination of who is could've been.

 

 

You must not know much if you think there's a strong suspect. It's a completely open case.

 

The whole point of the Fincher movie was that we have no idea who it was. One suspect (Arthur Leigh Allan) had a bunch of damning evidence pointing to him as the suspect. But then at the end of the movie he's cleared as a suspect and there are more questions than answers. Which is how it played out in real life.  

 

We really have no clue who it could've been in terms of a specific person, other than speculation. 

[flazeda_warrior 73]

stop making stupid people famous and killers are stupid

[TLHBO 2,170]

It was Jimbo

[SheepKilla 473]

2 hours ago, zwarior said:

stop making stupid people famous and killers are stupid

Yes, let's just ignore unsolved killings and pretend nothing happened. 

[McWicked 825]

16 hours ago, jehurey said:

He's the Sea of Thieves of serial killers. So many views.

 

Now mind you, unlike Ted Kazcinski and that cop in San Francisco, there had already been some educated guesses on who the Zodiac killer is. If you remember the movie, people had made a determination of who is could've been.

 

 

That was a very good educated guess for the time the book that the movie was based on was released.  It was also wrong.