Was Richard Gaikowski really the Zodiac Killer?
Goldcatcher…who met Richard Joseph Gaikowski (aka Dick Gyke) back in 1969 and eventually grew to suspect him of being the Zodiac killer. This has been an ongoing investigation at Zodiackiller.com since Goldcatcher made contact with us in early 2008. Information about Gaikowski has been flooding in, including amazing photos, audio and Zodiac-like handwriting samples. Most of what is detailed below is new information and was unknown to the investigators who briefly scrutinized Gaikowski as a Zodiac suspect in 1986. For daily updates on Gaikowski, see the Zodiackiller.com message board. *Gaikowski was born in Watertown, S.D. on March 14, 1936. He attended nearby Webster High School and then Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, S.D. He died of cancer in San Francisco on April 30, 2004. *Gaikowski served a stint in the Army during the 1950s. It is known that Gaikowski was trai
Brief History On The Zodiac Killer — Between December 1968 and October 1969 a serial killer was active in San Francisco, the killer claimed the life of five people plus two others whom survived, although some people think he may of killed up too 37 people. To taunt the authorities he sent four Ciphers to three high-end papers in San Francisco; only one of his ciphers has been solved the others have still to be decoded. The Zodiac Killer was an active murderer, he killed in four locations; they where Benicia, Lake Berryessa, San Francisco and Vallejo. His known victims consist of four men and three women. Other crime scenes are thought to belong to the Zodiac Killer but they is yet to be any evidence to confirm this. Without any leads, clues or anything along the lines of the aforementioned the case was marked as inactive in April 2004; the case has since been reopened, possibly due to the movie release. The Zodiac Killer: Cracking The Codes of A Madman — Time Line. Arthur and Betty:
THE BEST EVIDENCE – ruling out Richard Gaikowski 1. Richard wasn’t in the area during a confirmed Zodiac attack on December 20, 1968. He had been in Albany and then traveled to Europe during the second half of 1968. 2. Real cops, who had access to Gaikowski’s vital records ruled him out as a suspect over 20 years ago. They had access to records about his height, weight, date of arrival in San Francisco, model of car and the ability to surreptitiously get fingerprints and hand writing samples. 3. The FBI has already looked at Richard and cleared him. You can go here http://foia.fbi.gov/zodiac/zodiac5.pdf. Sources: http://alienbodies.wikidot.
