"A Case Study of the Zodiac Letters Based on Forensic Linguistics and Psychology" by Selman Repišti. Published March, 2017.
English Abstract: Serial killings and their perpetrators are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for professionals in the field of criminology, justice and psychology/psychiatry as well as the broad masses. According to the most famous (FBI) classification, there are organized and disorganized serial killers. Additionally, it is possible that perpetrators of such crimes could be characterized as the mixed type. Features and behavioral patterns of serial killers can be viewed from the angle of the constellation that comprises five features/tendencies: omnipotence, sadistic fantasy, ritual performance, dehumanization, and symbiotic merger. The aim of this paper is to offer a valid profile of a serial killer known as the ”Zodiac”, based on his forensically relevant letters that he sent to newspaper editors. To this end, The current knowledge and insights related to forensic linguistics and psychology were used for this purpose. It was found that the offender could be a middle-aged man, with above-average intellectual abilities, for whom a high level of narcissism and manipulation are typical. In addition, the ”Zodiac” is probably highly educated, well-read person, who is skillful in menial jobs, as well. It is possible that this person is single as well as that he had a strict father, who made his normal maturation into an adult difficult.
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm … id=2943965
The paper is in Bosnian. Here is a bulk translation via Google Translate: https://pastebin.com/vTmjzNp4
Never fails to amaze me hos far reaching this case is
There is more than one way to lose your life to a killer
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Fascinating as that profile describes my poi exactly with the exception of being "middle-aged" during the known time frame of the Zodiac killings.
Bay Area LE would probably say this profile fit tens of thousands of guys in the Bay Area at that time, but the person oddly that came to my mind as I read it was ALA. Again I’m sure it could fit many, but from what I studied on Allen it would have fit him. One thing it didn’t mention, that would fit Allen, was the abnormal relationships with children.
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I’d nix the "highly educated" part.
Very smart in certain areas, but I doubt highly educated.
“…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep.“ L.A. Times, 1969
