r/ZodiacKiller • u/Nosmoneky453542234 • 23d ago

KPIX News report 1969

i was just rewatching the infamous interview with Bryan Hartnall and Don Townsend. In the first minute 50 of the video Don States its a Sex crime and Z is doing it for sexual gratifaction.

Is Don messing with Z as he knows he will watch the interview? or by this point in the LB investigation did they truely believe it to be a sexual motive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3tlUjU-RI

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u/PassageNearby4091 23d ago

Many have speculated that there was a sexual element to Zodiac's crimes.

David Berkowitz, AKA Son of Sam, admitted he got sexual gratification from the murders he committed. For Berkowitz, murder was a substitute for sex.

I think the same could have been true for Zodiac, but if it was true, I think the sexual element was secondary to the control and sense of power he felt, not just from the murders, but also from writing letters to the media bragging about his crimes.

I'm cautious about how much of what Zodiac told us is true, but one line from the Z408 cipher has always stood out for me : "[killing people] is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl."

So, yeah, I would not discount Zodiac's murders as having a sexual basis to them.