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Aug 13, 2022 · How Graysmith met Arthur Leigh Allen. Paramount Pictures. "Zodiac" focuses mainly on a suspect named Arthur Leigh Allen, a man who has a variety of circumstantial evidence working against him...
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Set amid the seedy underbelly of modern-day Los Angeles, the...
- Jake Gyllenhaal
May 28, 2022 · Was Arthur Leigh Allen merely an innocent man thrust into the limelight by the suspicions of others, or a sophisticated criminal mastermind who attempted to match wits with police in an attempt to gain notoriety and infamy as the most cunning serial killer in American history.
While many theories regarding the identity of the Zodiac have been suggested, the only suspect authorities ever publicly named was Arthur Leigh Allen, a former elementary school teacher and convicted sex offender who died in 1992.
- Arthur Leigh Allen
- Ross Sullivan
- Jack Tarrance
- Earl Van Best Jr.
- Richard Marshall
- Lawrence Kane
- Richard Gaikowski
Heavily favored by cartoonist turned true crime writer, Robert Graysmith, suspect Arthur Leigh Allen became the main focus of his book, Zodiac, which in turn popularized the belief that Allen was the killer. Since a majority of the evidencewas circumstantial, such as the Zodiac watch Allen wore and verbal accounts from friend Don Cheney in which Al...
Ross Sullivan was suspected in the 1966 murder of Riverside City College student Cheri Jo Bates and while the case remains unsolved, it is believed by some investigators that Bates was the Zodiac's first victim. Both San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery and detective Dave Toschi investigated the Riverside killing in connection to Zodiac. Rel...
In 2007 Dennis Kaufman claimed that his stepfather, Jack Tarrance, was the Zodiac killer. Though Tarrance died in 2006, Kaufman produced several pieces of evidence that he believed incriminated his stepfather in the murders. Tarrance resembled the widely circulated police sketch, matching the descriptions of having a crew cut and glasses. Since it ...
Gary Stewart published his 2014 true crime book, The Most Dangerous Animal Of All, alongside author Susan Mustafa in an effort to name his biological father, Earl Van Best Jr., as the now notorious Zodiac killer. As with Denis Kaufman's claims, authorities and researchers often debunk Stewart's case against his father, citing a lack of direct evide...
Richard "Rick" Marshall was a radio and movie theater worker who became a person of interest due to overlapping interests with the Zodiac and his proximity to several of the attacks, including Paul Stine and Donna Lass. Marshall's love for the 1907 short film, The Red Phantom (aka The Red Spectre),alarmed investigators as a letter thought to be fro...
Lawrence Kane was the primary subject of investigator Harvey Hines's reports who suspected Kane due to his tendency to create aliases (Larry Kane and Larry Cane) and alter his appearance. Hines believed that Kane knew victim Darlene Ferrin after her sisters identified him as someone who scared Darlene. Hines was convinced that Kane followed possibl...
Richard Gaikowski was a initially a person of interest due to his training as a medic and his intentional arrest in 1965. Investigators noted Gaikowski's Army medical training due to the fact that victim Paul Stine's shirt was ripped, a common bandaging tactic taught to military medics. In addition to this, Stine's sister also recalled seeing Gaiko...
Apr 25, 2023 · A former schoolteacher from Vallejo, California, Arthur Leigh Allen was the prime suspect in the Zodiac Killer case — but here's what the evidence says. Police were never able to definitively link him to the murder spree.
- Kaleena Fraga
Dec 18, 2020 · Is the main suspect for the Doodler case still alive, and do you think it is likely that someone will ever be brought to justice for the murders?
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May 28, 2013 · Yes. The movie shows Zodiac suspect Arthur Leigh Allen (John Carroll Lynch) wearing a watch that bares the killer's symbol and the brand name Zodiac. The real Arthur Leigh Allen wore an identical watch, the Zodiac Sea Wolf watch (pictured below).
