California Murder Mystery: Zodiac Killer’s ‘340 Cipher’ Finally Solved, After 51 Years

Three private code breakers from the US, Australia and Belgium have cracked one of the infamous Zodiac Killer’s ciphers.

It took 51 years for the “340 Cipher” to be solved, after it was submitted to the San Francisco Chronicle on November 8, 1969.

The encryption, which gets its name from the number of characters and symbols it contains, has been a mystery for decades, but the FBI has confirmed that the code has already been cracked.

“Last weekend, a team I’m on solved 340 and presented it to the FBI,” spokesman David Oranchak told the San Francisco Chronicle.

“They’ve confirmed the solution. I’m not kidding! This is the real deal.”

More than five decades later, we now know what “Cipher 340” said:

“I hope he’s having a lot of fun trying to catch me, that wasn’t me on the TV show, which brings up a point about me. I’m not afraid of the gas chamber because it will send me to heaven all the time.” . before because now I have enough slaves to work for me, where everyone else has nothing when they arrive in paradise, so they are afraid of death, I am not afraid because I know that my new life is life will be easy in the death of the paradise. “

The killer is believed to refer to a television appearance in October 1969, when a man claiming to be the Zodiac Killer called a talk show in America.

The Zodiac Killer is known to have murdered at least five people in the Northern California area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the number is not certain, as responsibility was once claimed. of the deaths of at least three dozen people.

The FBI has confirmed that the encryption has been decrypted.

It is the second of the murderer’s four ciphers to be solved.

“The Zodiac Killer terrorized multiple communities in Northern California, and although decades have passed, we continue to seek justice for the victims of these brutal crimes,” FBI spokesman Cameron Polan told the San Francisco Chronicle.

“Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, and out of respect for the victims and their families, we will not provide further comment at this time.”

“Cipher 340” was solved by Sam Blake (Australia), Jarl Van Eycke (Belgium) and David Oranchak (United States). It took the team two days to crack the code, which they then sent to the FBI on December 5.