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What if the Zodiac Killer's plan all along wasn't to give the cops a chance at finding his name but simply give them false hope? The FBI budget isn't unlimited
by Covzire 6y ago
What if the Zodiac Killer's plan all along wasn't to give the cops a chance at finding his name but simply give them false hope?
The FBI budget isn't unlimited and making them waste time breaking difficult ciphers, along with some early successes to keep the hope alive might make them overconfident in expending resources in cracking the ciphers instead of good old fashioned police work.
Then again...
- badpenny 6y agoI think that was, at least partly, his intent. He even stated in the letter accompanying his first cipher that it would contain his identity, then when it was deciphered it said "I WILL NOT GIVE YOU MY NAME BECAUSE YOU WILL TRY TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP MY COLLECTING OF SLAV(E)S FOR MY AFTER LIFE".