>> the zodiac's reaching out to the police repeatedly and in great length was something new. >> the psychotic killer has already murdered five, one at a lover's lane near a lake just north of san francisco, three others in nearby vallejvallejo. the lateest, a taxi driver in san francisco. the zodiac killer seems to crave publicity. he sent letters and cryptograms to newspapers and police recounting his crimes, threatening more murders and making bay area residents very edgy. >> in the '70s there was a certain kind of killer who had the skill to get away with murder long enough to assemble a body count where they would be classified as a serial killer. >> in los angeles, a killer the police are calling the hillside strangler has murdered ten young women and left their bodies on the hillsides along the highways. today the police found another, number 11, they think. >> two young paper boys