By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 14:33 EST, 26 February 2014 | UPDATED: 14:54 EST, 26 February 2014 A man has claimed that his best friend confessed to him that he was the infamous Zodiac Killer who terrorized California throughout the 1960s. Randy Kenney, from New York, said that before his friend Louise Myers passed away he claimed to be responsible for the five murders linked to the Zodiac Killer between 1968 and 1969. Myers claimed that, aged 17, he had targeted young couples - some of whom he went to school or worked with - because he was bitter that his girlfriend had broken up with him.
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Randy Kenney said his friend Louie Myers admitted to carrying out the 5 unsolved murders in San Francisco Bay area between 1968 and 1969
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Myers confessed in 2001 after he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver but asked Kenney not to tell authorities until after he had died
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He died in 2002 and Kenney says he has tried to police to listen ever since
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Authorities have now added Myers' name to list of potential suspects
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Myers went to school with 2 of the victims and worked with 1 and he said he targeted couples because his girlfriend had broken up with him
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