Las Cartas de Zodiaco

Noviembre 29 de 1966 (Primera Carta de la cual se tiene registro del Zodiaco):



Diciembre 1966 (Poema del Zodiaco):



Abril 30 de 1967:

Cita:

bates had to die there will be more z

El 1 de agosto de 1969, tres cartas preparadas por Zodiaco fueron recibidas en el Vallejo Times Herald, el San Francisco Chronicle y el San Francisco Examiner. Las cartas casi idénticamente escritas tomaban crédito de los tres asesinatos y la tercera parte también incluía un criptograma con un total de 360 caracteres los cuales se afirmaba contenían su identidad. Zodiaco exigió que fuesen impresas en primera plana o de lo contario iniciaría una juerga asesina y mataría una docena de personas ese fin de semana. Los asesinatos anuciados no ocurrieron, y las tres cartas fueron finalmente publicadas.



Primera Parte del Criptograma:



Mensaje Descifrado:

Cita:

I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest because man is the most dangeroue anamal of all to kill something gave eryetheyo a thrilling experence it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl the best part of it I athae when I die I will be reborn in paradise and all the I have killed will become my slaves I will not give you my name because you will try to sloi down or atop my collecting of slaves for my afterlife ebeo riet emeth hpiti

El 4 de agosto de 1969, otra carta fue recibida en el San Francisco Examiner con un saludo, "Querido editor el Zodiaco al habla". La carta fue en respuesta al Jefe Stiltz de Vallejo quien le había pedido más detalles para probar que era realmente el asesino de Faraday, Jensen y Ferrin.

Cita:

This is the Zodiac speaking. In answer to your asking for more details about the good times I have had in Vallejo, I shall be very happy to supply even more material. By the way, are the police having a good time with the code? If not, tell them to cheer up; when they do crack it, they will have me. On the 4th of July I did not open the car door. The window was rolled down all ready. The boy was origionaly sitting in the front seat when I began fireing. When I fired the first shot at his head, he leaped backwards at the same time, thus spoiling my aim. He ended up on the back seat then the floor in back thashing out very violently with his legs; that's how I shot him in the knee. I did not leave the cene of the killing with squealing tires + raceing engine as described in the Vallejo paper. I drove away quite slowly so as not to draw attention to my car. The man who told police that my car was brown was a negro about 40-45 rather shabbly dressed. I was in this phone booth having some fun with the Vallejo cop when he was walking by. When I hung the phone up the damn thing began to ring & that drew his attention to me + my car. Last Christmass In that epasode the police were wondering how I could shoot + hit my victims in the dark. They did not openly state this, but implied this by saying it was a well lit night + I could see silowets on the horizon. Bullshit that area is srounded by high hills + trees. What I did was tape a small pencel flash light to the barrel of my gun. If you notice, in the center of the beam of light if you aim it at a wall or ceiling you will see a black or darck spot in the center of the circle of light about 3 to 6 inches across. When taped to a gun barrel, the bullet will strike in the center of the black dot in the light. All I had to do was spray them as if it was a water hose; there was no need to use the gun sights. I was not happy to see that I did not get front page coverage.

El 8 de agosto de 1969, Donald y Bettye Harden de Salinas California descifraron el criptograma el cual no contenía el nombre del Zodiaco. El mensaje escrito se lee: (incluye faltas de ortografía en inglés)
[qoute]i like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest because man is the most dangerous animal of all to kill something gives me the most thrilling experence it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl the best part of it is that when i die i will be reborn in paradice and all the i have killed will become my slaves i will not give you my name because you will try to sloi down or stop my collecting of slaves for my afterlife ebeorietemethhpiti[/quote]

Traducción:

Cita:

"me gusta matar gente porque es mucho más divertido que matar animales salvajes en el bosque, porque el hombre es el animal más peligroso de todos. matar algo es la experiencia mas excitante, es aun mejor que acostarse con una chica, y la mejor parte es que cuando me muera voy a renacer en el paraíso y todos los que he matado serán mis esclavos. no daré mi nombre porque vosotros trataréis de retrasar o detener mi recolección de esclavos para mi vida en el más allá ebeorietemethhpiti".

Octubre 13 de 1969:

Cita:

This is the Zodiac speaking. I am the murderer of the taxi driver over by Washington St + Maple St last night, to prove this here is a blood stained piece of his shirt. I am the same man who did in the people in the north bay area. The S.F. Police could have caught me last night if they had searched the park properly instead of holding road races with their motorcicles seeing who could make the most noise. The car drivers should have just parked their cars and sat there quietly waiting for me to come out of cover. School children make nice targets, I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning. Just shoot out the front tire + then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out.

Diciembre 20 de 1969:

Cita:

This is the Zodiac speaking I wish you a happy Christmass. The one thing I ask of you is this, please help me. I cannot reach out because of this thing in me won't let me. I am finding it extreamly dificult to keep in check I am afraid I will loose control again and take my nineth + posibly tenth victom. Please help me I am drownding. At the moment the children are safe from the bomb because it is so massive to dig in & the triger mech requires so much work to get it adjusted just right. But if I hold back too long from no nine I will loose complet all controol of my self + set the bomb up. Please help me I can not remain in control for much longer.

Abril 20 de 1970:

Cita:

This is the Zodiac speaking By the way have you cracked the last cipher I sent you? My name is -- (cipher) I am mildly cerous as to how much money you have on my head now. I hope you do not think that I was the one who wiped out that blue meannie with a bomb at the cop station. Even though I talked about killing school children with one. It just wouldn't doo to move in on someone else's teritory. But there is more glory in killing a cop than a cid because a cop can shoot back. I have killed ten people to date. It would have been a lot more except that my bus bomb was a dud. I was swamped out by the rain we had a while back.

Texto en el Diagrama:

Cita:

A + B are photoelectric swiches when sun beam is broken A closes circut " " B opens " which makes B the cloudy day discon- -ect so the bomb won't go off by accid. PS I hope you have fun trying to figgure out who I killed

Abril 29 de 1970: Esta dragon fue enviada a la editorial de San Francisco supuestamente por el zodiaco:



Junio 26 de 1970 enviado tambien a la editorial de San Francisco:



Julio 24 de 1970:



Julio 26 de 1970:

Cita:

This is the Zodiac speaking Being that you will not wear some nice buttons, how about wearing some nasty buttons. Or any kind of buttons that you can think up. If you do not wear any type of buttons, I shall (on top of everything else) torture all 13 of my slaves that I have waiting for me in Paradice. Some I shall tie over ant hills and watch them scream + twich and squirm. Others shall have pine splinters driven under their nails + then burned. Others shall be placed in cages + fed salt beef untill they are gorged then I shall listen to their pleass for water and I shall laugh at them. Others will hang by their thumbs + burn in the sun then I will rub them down with deep heat to warm them up. Others I shall skin them alive + let them run around screaming. And all billiard players I shall have them play in a darkened dungen cell with crooked cues + Twisted Shoes. Yes I shall have great fun inflicting the most delicious of pain to my slaves SFPD=0 =13

Octubre 5 de 1970:



Octubre 27 de 1970:




Marzo 13 de 1971 Enviada a "Los Angeles Times":




El Zodiaco permaneció cerca de tres años en silencio, que rompió con una carta a la cronica el 29 de Enero de 1974, alabando la película "El Exorcista". La carta incluía un verso y un símbolo desconocido hasta el momento. La carta terminaba con: "Me = 37, SFPD = 0".



El Criptograma de 340 Caracteres

El criptograma que hasta ahora no se ha podido descifrar es el siguiente: