Message #143586

[Copperhead]

Killings Stop

Michael Kelleher, a criminologist who profiled the killer for his book This Is the Zodiac Speaking: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer, believes the taxi driver killing was the Zodiac's last, and that he was paralyzed by one major fear.

"He had an obvious fear of male power," Kelleher told Primetime. "He had left two male victims behind alive. He had only managed to murder his last victim … in a cowardly, execution-style way."

Kelleher believes the killer was probably a regular person who working a regular job. "He would be maybe a little gruff. Maybe he wouldn't socialize a lot — but wouldn't stand out in a crowd."

Police released a composite sketch of the killer based on a description by a teenager who witnessed the taxi driver's death. The sketch depicted a white male aged 35 to 45, with a stocky build and thick-rimmed glasses, and hair that was said to be possibly reddish-brown.