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Forensic Files: Sign of the Zodiac

Name ___________________________

Complete this worksheet as you watch the video.

1. When did the first crime occur? ________________________________

2. When did the second crime occur? ________________________________

3. What evidence did the police recover from the scenes? ________________________________

4. When did the third crime occur? ________________________________

5. What was found near the third victim? ___________________________________________________________

6. What did the killer call himself? ________________________________

7. What did the killer know about the victims? ______________________________________________________

8. How did the constellations relate to the crimes? ___________________________________________________

9. Where and when had a Zodiac killer been reported? ____________________________________

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10. What did investigators learn from the handwriting analysis of the letters? ______________________________

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11. When did the astronomer predict the next attack would occur? Why? _________________________________

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12. What did the police learn from the note the Zodiac left with the fourth victim? __________________________

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13. How is ninhydrin used? ______________________________________________________________________

14. In what year were the next three victims killed? _______________

15. What was different about the eighth victim? _____________________________________________________

16. Why are the grooves on a bullet important? _____________________________________________________

17. How did police get Zodiac’s DNA? ____________________________________________________________

18. How did police link Seda to the Zodiac crimes? ___________________________________________________

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19. What was his sentence? ___________________________

20. How did he know the victim’s birthdates? _______________________________________________________

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T. Trimpe 2008

Forensic Files: Sign Of The Zodiac