FBI has identified Zodiac Killer as Air Force veteran Gary Francis Poste - who died in 2018 - and has partial DNA sample that could link him to five serial murders, cold case investigator claims

Daily Mail UK ^ | May 17, 2023 | Stephen M. Lepore

[Morgana]

A cold case investigator is claiming that the FBI has identified the man suspected to be the infamous 'Zodiac Killer' and believes the authorities didn't look into him enough when he was alive.

Journalist Thomas Colbert says that an FBI whistleblower confirmed to him that Air Force veteran Gary Francis Poste, who has been previously posited as the killer, is currently listed as a suspect.

He claims that FBI labs have a 'partial' DNA sample on Poste that links him to the murders. Poste has been dead since 2018.

'The felon has been secretly listed as the Zodiac 'suspect' in Headquarters' computers since 2016,' Colbert's organization, Case Breakers, said in a statement.

The FBI has been denying that the long-open case has been solved, confirming it was open as recently as October 2021.

That same month, Poste was identified by Case Breakers as their leading suspect in at least five murders that took place in the Bay Area in 1968 and 1969.

On Wednesday, the organization announced they think they have evidence tying Poste to all of the murders, including a sixth victim from 1966 whom the FBI has denied was connected to the Zodiac Killer.

Case Breakers believes that the federal law enforcement has ignored evidence and state laws in their mishandling of the case.

'Like cops, federal agents are dealing with huge caseloads, constant training, odd rules and bureaucracy,' their FBI whistleblower says.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

…wondered how Cruz would get out of this!

[Beowulf9]

There were three things that led them to this conclusion. A wrist watch with paint on it, Poste was a house painter most of his life. Military boot prints like Poste's own military boots and Poste was an Air Force veteran and received medical check-ups at a hospital 15 minutes away from where Bates was murdered. But what REALLY convinced them was an outfit they found in Poste's closet:

[bobcat62]

I thought it was Ted Cruz.

https://youtu.be/BJzOZuPgcMc

[redgolum]

They found the cowl?

[DesertRhino]

Sicko

[Beowulf9]

jk

[wardaddy]

I first thought it said Gary Francis Powers

How unusual

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Sigint (signal intelligence) in the USAF could be relevant.

 

 

[PghBaldy]

I seem to recall a painting party too which his being in the painting business reminded me of.

[MeganC]

I thought Dirty Harry got him.

[Valpal1]

No.

[cableguymn]

They had an assist by the bloodhound

[scrabblehack]

Hmm....even if you change the name to Gary Frank Poste, it doesn’t quite fit the Z13.

[angrymarine]

If the FBI said it, it is untrue. I have lost all faith and confidence in the FBI. Disband. Start over.

[gnarledmaw]

Im pretty sure that a number of these interesting characters from that era just happen to be connected to the same psychiatrist as Manson and Oswald had.

[xp38]

I know what you’re thinking...

[boop]

"I first thought it said Gary Francis Powers"

I read it that way too.

Boy howdy wouldn't that be a twist.

[5th MEB]

And now they are desperately signaling that they can’t PULL THEIR HEADS OUT!

[Pelham]

“I first thought it said Gary Francis Powers”

Francis Gary Powers. He ended up out here in SoCal doing traffic reports for one of the TV stations. He died when his traffic helicopter ran out of fuel and crashed.

[ABN 505]

Is the Air Force part of the military ? More like the Air Farce.