Who Is Glynn Barnes? Friend of Alleged Zodiac Killer Gary Poste Seen in Photos

A number of Facebook images involving the latest alleged Zodiac Killer Gary Poste have emerged after he was named as a new suspect by a group of independent investigators.

The Case Breakers said the person believed to be responsible for at least five murders in San Francisco from 1968 to 1969, and who claimed to have killed at least 37 more, is Gary Poste, who died in 2018.

However, police and the FBI have already cast doubt on the findings, as well as the claims that Cheri Jo Bates was another confirmed victim of the Zodiac Killer, as the Case Breakers allege.

Following the reveal of the latest name in the hunt for the person who was never captured by authorities, Facebook images of Poste, which were posted by a friend, Glynn Barnes, have emerged from 2018.

Barnes, a resident of California, has attracted the attention of internet users after screenshots of him appearing to refer to Poste as "Zodiac" as far back as 2018 were shared on Twitter and Reddit.

"My Last Visit with Old Man! Gary Poste! Zodiac? God Dang! I Miss You Old Man!," read one caption reported to be from a November 2018 photo of Barnes and Poste.

Another, also from November 2018, purports to show the pair together with the caption: "Mountain Time with The Old Man! Gary Poste! ZODIAC?"

Another screenshotted image being shared on social media appears to show a post in a Zodiac-themed online forum from a man named Glynn Barnes outing the serial killer as "Gary Francis Poste."

Newsweek did not find these photos or the captions on Barnes' social media page and is unable to verify their authenticity, nor the image said to be from a Zodiac forum.

However, other photos shared by Barnes can still be found on his Facebook page, including one of the pair hiking up Mount Haystack in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, as well as the Upper Twin Lake in Wisconsin.

The images appear to be tributes to Poste following his death. "Love this Man with all my Heart!," Barnes wrote on Facebook.

The Case Breakers said they were able to identify Poste after examining DNA evidence and new eyewitness statements.

They also claimed they identified Poste through a series of photographs they uncovered from his "darkroom," as well as lines on his forehead that matched a police sketch of the Zodiac Killer.

Discussing the claims surrounding Bates, Riverside police officer Ryan Railsback told The San Francisco Chronicle: "If you read what they [the Case Breakers] put out, it's all circumstantial evidence. It's not a whole lot."

The San Francisco Police Department also confirmed the case is still an open investigation. The FBI did not acknowledge the claims in a statement to CNN.

"The Zodiac Killer case remains open. We have no new information to share at the moment," the FBI said.

Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, Tom Voigt, author of Zodiac Killer: Just the Facts, described the idea that Poste was the Zodiac Killer as "bulls**t."

"This is hot garbage. I don't know why it got any coverage at all. It was basically a press release."

When asked who he believed to be the Zodiac Killer, Voigt said he would place money on it being Richard Gaikowski, the former prime suspect who died in 2004.

Voigt also said that Arthur Leigh Allen, who was implied to be the actual serial killer in the 2007 film Zodiac, is the "suspect you just can't quit."

He added: "If he wasn't the Zodiac, he might be responsible for some other murders."

Barnes has been contacted for further comment.