Unsolved mysteries

The Zodiac killing is the most fascinating mystery that I have ever read. In 1969 a person began killing many people from cab drivers to stabbing random couples. In order to taunt the police, he would send letters in to the newspapers, each of which would give clues. He even called in some of his own murders to the police. What shocked me the most was that he was never caught. He had given them so many clues and signs that should have resulted in his capturing. He even went as far as to send in a bloody shirt containing his own blood. Had he performed these crimes today, I think that with our present day technology, his call would have been traced and that his blood would have resulted in his capturing. It seems surreal that with all of these clues, most of which were just handed to the cops, he was never caught. Having his DNA should have been the deal-maker and resulted in the arrest of this mass murder.

The second murder mystery that really caught my attention was called the “Boy in the box.” In this mystery a boy, approximately 6 years old, was found in a box rapped in flannel, dead along a street in Philadelphia. The boy was nude and severely bruised. They were able to retrieve DNA from the crime scene but were never able to capture the criminal. DNA is one of the most profound pieces of evidence that links a criminal to a case. By having this clue, they should have been able to find the criminal. Once again I am not sure if it was the lack of technology at the time, but it seems unrealistic that the criminal was not caught. Another point that caught my attention was the fact that there was no one to see the crime. In the city it seems unlikely that there was not someone around to witness the crime. I would have imagined that someone would have seen and reported the crime. Finally, my curiosity was enticed because I was trying to determine why a criminal would kill a boy.