Zodiac: All The Evidence Arthur Leigh Allen WASN'T The Killer
The ending of David Fincher's Zodiac reflects the sad truth of a real-life crime — the evidence simply isn't there to name Arthur Leigh Allen the Zodiac killer. Allen was the most likely suspect on a truly baffling case. Oddly enough, he died of a heart attack before he could be charged. As Zodiac's ending shows, it was generally accepted on circumstantial evidence that Allen was the killer, so the case went cold after his death. Let's break down why Allen wasn't the killer.
Zodiac is based on the book of the same name by Robert Greysmith, who is a prominent figure in the film. His book chronicled the mysterious serial killer's reign of terror over Northern California. In the movie, a police officer (Mark Ruffalo) and two reporters (Robert Downey, Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal) become obsessed with discovering his identity. Their obsession builds while the killer claims his victims and taunts the authorities with letters.
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California lived in a state of terror while the Zodiac Killer was on the loose. As depicted in the David Fincher movie, those investigating the case so badly wanted to end the horror and heartbreak that the killer wreaked on their area, to the point of eventually having to settle on their best guess for the killer, instead of finding someone who matched hard evidence. Ultimately, fear, trauma and heartbreak led to Arthur Leigh Allen falsely being identified as the Zodiac Killer.
Some events may have been slightly exaggerated for the sake of the movie, but ultimately the events of Zodiac went down the same way they did in real life. Arthur Leigh Allen was a prime suspect for years with heavy circumstantial evidence against him. Just when it seemed
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