Was the Zodiac Killer Ever Caught? Well he may have been in Chattanooga as number 33
Below is a set of documents from the FBI files on the Zodiac Killer ( highlighted in numbers on the side of the Reddit Forum) in which the FBI looked at a letter postmarked Chattanooga TN in 1988. Interesting thing about this letter is that Joseph Paul Franklin was in and out of Chattanooga being tried for various crimes, while I don’t have the exact dates that he was in and out of Chattanooga TN during the 80’s I know he was transported there several times to stand trial for crimes he committed there.
If you are not familiar with Joseph Paul Franklin his MO matches the Zodiacs such as changing weapons, the use of disguises, being aware to avoid anything that may tie him back to his crimes as he did on purpose commit crimes in different cities to avoid having those crimes connected as well as being into astrology, spiritualism, religions, and various hate groups such as the Nazi party and the KKK. He did believe in reincarnation as well as being invisible during his crimes.
Arguably his known crimes seemed to be on another level of brutality as his victims included children (killed two kids with a sniper rifle in Ohio) as well as one woman he was seeing for a few weeks after learning that she had in the past slept with someone of a different race. John Douglas called him the one serial killer that scared him the most. There are other depraved acts but those are just examples of some of his crimes, which also included high profile shootings of public figures which he was never convicted of either (although he confessed to both).
Below is a picture of Joseph Paul Franklin in Chattanooga
Below are some commentary on some comments I have found on Franklin:
A redditor: “I worked in the jail in Cincinnati when he was there for a trial around 98 or 99. He was a high security risk because he had escaped from so many prisons and jails. A pod was cleared out and he got it all to himself. He was locked in his cell 23 out of 24 hours a day and we had to make rounds on him every 15 minutes. I talked to him frequently. Obviously, he was a very weird dude.”
“Cunning is a good word. He was engaging and interesting to talk to. There were rumors swirling around the jail about him, like he was a black belt and could get in your head. Weird shit like that. Everyone assumed he confessed to some murders in Cincinnati so he could try another escape attempt while being transported. He was already serving life sentences in other states. It was stressful.”
Someone somewhere ( and I can’t seem to find it again) had posted he used to tell the guards that he was the number 33? Let me take a stab at that: ZODIAC = 33
3 consonants ZDC
3 Vowels OIA
