A New Zodiac Killer Theory Claims To Solve The Case But The FBI Says It's Still 'Open'
Maybe he's a guy who died... but maybe not?
Do we know who the Zodiac Killer is or not?
The true crime community is on an emotional rollercoaster ride this week, after a new report claimed to know the identity of the serial killer who terrorized San Francisco in the late 1960s.
But Zodiac watchers have been hurt by these thoeries before, and the FBI says it's not convinced.
The mystery man killed five women between 1968-69 and taunted police with coded messages that he sent to the local newspaper. He disappeared after that and codebreakers have been trying to identify him through his messages ever since.
Zodiac has become one of the most well-known serial killers in history, and the mystery has inspired plenty of shows, books and movies (including that one with Jake Gyllenhaal).
But the man who dodged police for half a century might be a guy who allegedly killed another woman in Riverside County in 1966, according to a team that calls themselves "The Case Breakers."
That team of 40 journalists and private investigators claimed to have cracked the case on Monday, although the man they named has been dead since 2018.
The new theory is based on a few things, including the killer's coded messages, some facial scars in photos and bits of paint left on a watch near the murder scene in '66. They explain their full theory in a news release, although they also admit that the case would be stronger with a bit of DNA testing on hairs found at the crime scene.
News reports blasted the guy's name all over the internet, but police say there are too many holes in the theory.
"The Zodiac Killer case remains open. We have no new information to share at the moment," the FBI said in a statement to CNN.
"At this time we are not identifying potential suspects for this open investigation," the San Francisco Police Department told Narcity.
Mark Ruffalo, who was in the 2007 Zodiac movie, tweeted that he's also not ready to accept this new theory.
"'Ive been down this road before. They made a movie about it," he wrote. "Maybe…maybe not. Every few years someone says they figured if out. Let's hope they got the guy."
Sen. Ted Cruz also hopes they got the guy, because he's been dealing with Zodiac Killer jokes ever since Donald Trump suggested he was the killer in 2016.
"Thank God!" he tweeted in response to the supposed reveal on Thursday.
But with the FBI unsure, this might be just another Zodiac Killer puzzle that doesn't have a simple answer.