Quote:A group called Case Breakers alleges that Gary Francis Poste, who died in 2018, is the Zodiac Killer.

A volunteer cold case team says an FBI official confirmed the man they believe to be the "Zodiac Killer" is currently listed as a suspect and accuses government agencies across the country of not properly investigating the alleged serial killings.

Thomas Colbert, an investigative journalist and leader of the non-profit volunteer team Case Breakers, said in a press release this week that a whistleblower on his team was told by an FBI agent that Gary Francis Poste, an Air Force veteran, is considered a suspect in a database for the killings and that the lab has a "partial" DNA sample.

"The felon has been secretly listed as the Zodiac ‘suspect’ in Headquarters’ computers since 2016," the group wrote in a press release. "With his ‘partial DNA’ safely secured at the feds’ Quantico, Virginia lab."

The FBI has consistently rejected reports and conclusions that the case has been solved and told Fox News Digital in October 2021 that the case was still open.

That same month, the Case Breakers announced they identified Poste, who passed away in 2018, as the Zodiac Killer believed responsible for at least five murders that occurred in 1968 and 1969 in the San Francisco area. Unlike most serial killers, the Zodiac Killer taunted authorities with complex ciphers in letters sent to newspapers and law enforcement. The slayings have spawned books, movies and documentaries in the years since, and amateur and professional sleuths have pored over the case in an effort to unmask the killer.

Today, Case Breakers believe they have tied Poste to each of the murders, and the team hopes that law enforcement agencies will compare the DNA they found on a hiking mat and confirmed belong to Poste to DNA from the crime scenes including mystery hair found on Cheri Jo Bates, a sixth victim in Riverside, California, that they believe the Zodiac Killer victimized in 1966 based on a 1975 FBI memo.

"We 100% believe our Cheri Jo Bates case is not affiliated with the Zodiac case," Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback told Fox News Digital in October 2021. "Nothing has changed on that."

In a Wednesday press release, Case Breakers said law enforcement agencies at all levels have ignored state law, ignored evidence, mishandled DNA, and succumbed to "apathy" "egos" and fear of "humiliation." 

"Like cops, federal agents are dealing with huge caseloads, constant training, odd rules and bureaucracy. But when someone wearing a badge or uniform works with others to avoid or hide materials, sidestep difficult procedures, or lie about evidence, they're hurting our volunteers and the thousands of families waiting for answers,"  the Case Breakers whistleblower said in a statement. "That includes the ten siblings left in the Zodiac victim families. Sadly, the team has documented over two dozen examples of law enforcement unprofessionalism in the field."

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Quote:Whistleblower Reveals FBI’s 8-Year Zodiac Cover-Up; DNA Tests Next

Thomas J. Colbert’s “Case Breakers” (CBs) found DNA on a 30-year hiking mat once owned by USAF vet Gary F. Poste. Poste is also the man that a senior FBI agent alerted the team about: The felon has been secretly listed as the Zodiac “suspect” in Head- quarters’ computers since 2016 – with his “partial DNA” safely secured at the feds’ Quantico, Virginia lab.



This shocker triggered a “Plan B”: The CBs found the ancestral town of the now-dead Poste, where DNA from a blood relative was offered by a confidential informant. Days later, “good profiles” from Poste’s kin and the mat’s DNA were compared by forensic specialists from five colleges. “Strong similarities” were found; the team hopes the results will be compared to the mystery hairs found in the clenched hand of 1966 murder victim Cheri Jo Bates.

Question: If this FBI tip is true, why hasn’t HQ had the decency to notify the alleged 13 victim families? Colbert said, “As a nation, we’ve abandoned them – especially the remaining 10 brothers and sisters.”

COVER-UP’S LAUNCH: In 2014, neighbors and supporters in the High Sierra town of Groveland gave up the goods on 77-year-old Poste. “Jaw-dropped” FBI agents in Watsonville were shown his elaborate escape map, photos, dual identities, cryptic clues (right), shell casings – and in 2016, his DNA.

But witnesses and emails reveal the feds, Riverside PD and SFPD whitewashed the residents’ heroics and seized their briefcase with all of the critical documentation.

Fortunately, these actions were chronicled by the award-winning TV investigator and author Dale Julin (left) – currently finishing the historic Zodiac manuscript. When the newsman and Groveland locals engaged the CBs in 2020, they all merged efforts. Later, friendly cops from other agencies reported that Riverside’s murder-scene DNA, along with Poste’s coded profile, were in fact never uploaded on the FBI’s CODIS crime database. The dead suspect’s missing sample was particularly disturbing, considering Julin had arranged for all three departments to have access to it. Ignoring or evading this crime-comparison tool is a violation of a 2016 California law.

The 40 volunteers, now in their 12th year, are curious: How many other American families have had their loved one’s case go unsolved because law enforcement failed to use CODIS to enter (1) the DNA from a crime scene or (2) the DNA profile from a person arrested for a felony? When this investigation is completed, the CBs hope the troubling actions by these three agencies will come up for official review.

Forensic DNA cases in the USA have been backlogged for decades. The CB who cordially approached Riverside Police, ballistics expert Stephanie C. Luehr (left), and CEO Colbert agree on the solution: After a realistic period of time, new laws should allow families to access their victim’s case file. And like the minutemen of old, colleges, accredited private labs, chain-of-custody cold case teams and skilled crowd-sourcing groups are all eager to contribute.

TO VIEW the 20 pages of supporting documents, diagrams, cover-up examples, the Case Breakers’ CONTACTS, and the final END NOTES, please Click Here:  Whistleblower Reveals FBI Zodiac Cover-Up; DNA in Lab