David Oranchak

software developer and cryptography researcher

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The Zodiac Killer taunted police, journalists, and the public with menacing letters and four cryptic puzzles.

Virginia software developer helps solve one of the Zodiac Killer’s 50-year-old puzzles

The Zodiac Killer taunted police, journalists, and the public with menacing letters and four cryptic puzzles.

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