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Amateur Sleuth Claims Chicagoan is Zodiac, Black Dahlia Killer

12/24/2025

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Alex Baber (amateur sleuth) claims Marvin Margolis, a Chicagoan, is the Zodiac and Black Dahlia killer.
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptography, Baber linked Margolis to both cases.
Baber cites circumstantial evidence, including a Japanese bayonet matching Zodiac weapon and a Margolis drawing resembling Elizabeth Short's wounds.
Critics question Baber's qualifications, but an NSA codebreaker and other experts support his findings, and Margolis was a WWII medic with medical training.

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Story summary

Alex Baber (amateur sleuth) claims Marvin Margolis, a Chicagoan, is the Zodiac and Black Dahlia killer.
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptography, Baber linked Margolis to both cases.
Baber cites circumstantial evidence, including a Japanese bayonet matching Zodiac weapon and a Margolis drawing resembling Elizabeth Short's wounds.
Critics question Baber's qualifications, but an NSA codebreaker and other experts support his findings, and Margolis was a WWII medic with medical training.