Nearly 40 years after the phrase "Zodiac Killer" became a national talking point, the Internet is more or less convinced that the identity of the culprit (who was never caught by police) is none other than Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (born two years after the first crimes, mind you). While Cruz has denied being someone who would have sexual intercourse with rats, he has yet to publicly deny the comically batshit and mathematically impossible Zodiac Killer allegations.

But this morning, Cruz's wife, Heidi, weighed in on the controversy. As reported by Yahoo News:

"Well, I've been married to him for 15 years and I know pretty well who he is, so it doesn't bother me at all. There's a lot of garbage out there."

Keep in mind this is the same man who has been publicly shunned by the Satanic Temple.

Maybe 20 years from now, a young high school student throwing together a last minute report on the Zodiac Killer will do some quick, shoddy Googling and come across a number of articles associating the serial murderer to Ted Cruz. How The Internet Helped Expose Ted Cruz as The Zodiac Killer—A Report By Jeffrey for Mrs. Johnson's Period 3 English Class. He was also nearly caught by Jake Gyllenhaal.

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