In 2020, a 51-year-old piece of correspondence from this man was finally decoded by an international team of amateur cryptographers. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this serial killer who taunted police with a series of ciphers mailed to local news outlets. In one of those letters, he infamously declared “Me: 37, SFPD: 0,” despite having 5 confirmed victims.
ANSWER: the Zodiac Killer [prompt on Ted Cruz]
[10e] The Zodiac Killer attacked several young couples in this state’s Bay Area, which was also where the Golden State Killer committed many murders.
ANSWER: California
[10h] Some fringe theories about the Zodiac Killer conflate him with an unidentified couples-killer in this country. Dr. Hannibal Lecter relocates to this country after the events of The Silence of the Lambs.
ANSWER: Italy (The unnamed serial killer is the Monster of Florence.)
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