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I have enough confirmed information to write the brief.This episode covers the case of Heriberto "Eddie" Seda, known as the New York Zodiac Killer (also called the Brooklyn Sniper), a copycat of the unsolved 1960s San Francisco Zodiac Killer. Seda was active in New York City from 1990 through 1993, fatally shooting three people and wounding six others (four critically) before being caught on June 18, 1996. He was ultimately identified through fingerprints, handwriting analysis, DNA from saliva on an envelope, and forensic tool-mark comparisons on bullets fired from his homemade zip guns.
Seda was formally charged on June 21, 1996, convicted on June 24, 1998, and sentenced to 232 years imprisonment. He is not eligible for parole until he turns 264 in the year 2231, meaning he will die in prison. He is currently incarcerated at Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, New York. Behind bars, he cultivated a relationship with a trans woman named Synthia-China Blast, and reports describe him as spending much of his time folding origami animals, working as a porter, reading the Bible, and watching hunting programs. There have been no reported appeals overturning his conviction, no retrial, and no exoneration; his case remains closed with the original 1998 sentence standing.
The case received substantial media coverage during and after the manhunt, and has continued to draw documentary interest. It has been featured in multiple true-crime television series, including The Mark of a Killer (2020), World's Most Evil Killers (2022), and Netflix's Catching Killers (2023), as well as in books and other podcasts examining the original San Francisco Zodiac mythos and its copycats.
Seda was convicted (not sentenced to death) and remains alive, serving his 232-year sentence with no realistic possibility of parole. No death penalty was involved in this case.