[2] The killer's letters to police claimed that he was selecting his victims based on their signs of the zodiac and implied he would act only at certain times when specific stars were visible in the night sky.

[2] New York police considered the possibility that the notorious Zodiac Killer may have relocated to the East Coast and resumed his crimes after two decades of inactivity.

[2] In March 1994, Seda was arrested for possession of a deadly weapon after police noticed a suspicious bulge in his jacket pocket that concealed one of his zip guns.

[2] Police determined that the weapon was not functional, and Seda's public defender got all charges dropped and his arrest record sealed.

[3] Authorities initially made no connection between Seda's arrest for the family violence incident and the string of unsolved murders.

However, he closed his handwritten statement about the family incident with a symbol resembling one written on the taunting letters to the police by the unidentified killer.

Fingerprint evidence was also found, and handwriting analysis determined a strong similarity between Seda's statement and the anonymous letters.

[4] On June 24, 1998, Seda was convicted by a jury after a six-week trial presided over by the Honorable Robert J. Hanophy, Justice of the State Supreme Court for the County of Queens, New York.