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FBI Records on Zodiac Killer

The murders of five people in California's Bay Area in the late 60s and a series of taunting cryptic notes sent by their killer terrorized Californians for years. The self-proclaimed Zodiac Killer's coded messages were said to offer clues to his identity. View more than 1,000 pages of FBI records on the case.
 

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