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Posted on 04/25/2018 10:56:12 AM PDT by jazusamo
The suspect believed to be the notorious Golden State Killer -- who was wanted in a dozen murders and nearly 50 rapes from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s -- was reportedly arrested in California on Wednesday.
Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested at his Citrus Heights home, located 16 miles northeast of Sacramento, on two counts of murder, a law enforcement source told FOX40. He is reportedly on suicide watch and being held at the Sacramento County jail.
Shelly Orio, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, told The New York Times that a “major development had been made in the case."
Police said they hope to release more information at a 12 p.m. PT press conference Wednesday at the District Attorney Crime Lab in Sacramento, according to the Sacramento Bee.
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HLN is going to cover the press conference at 3:00 pm Central time.
I just heard he is an ex cop.
I’d bet that a DNA match led to the arrest. Either the perp’s DNA or the DNA of a close relative.
I believe this is the same guy that was dubbed the night stalker in So CA, he really got around.
I think they caught that guy in SoCal. I believe his name was something like Ramirez.
Original Night Stalker, East Side Rapist
Watched a chilling docunentary on him just recently. Many of the rape victims said he had a small penis.
Wow...
Cereal killer...
Fruit Loops!
He’s not the Night Stalker. Name was Richard Ramirez. Died in prison if memory serves.
HLN put out a whole series of shows with details of the serial crimes by this perp.
You’re right, it was the “Original Night Stalker.”
“I believe this is the same guy that was dubbed the night stalker in So CA, he really got around.”
Richard Ramirez was the Night Stalker. Arrested in 1984 I believe.
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Daily Mail has the best reportage on this breaking story so far.
There was no “original night stalker,” a name someone came up with retroactively...hence “original.” The serial killer dubbed The Night Stalker was Richard Ramirez. He died in prison from lymphoma in 2013.
According to Wiki this guy had a lot of monikers:
“Other monikers include the Original Night Stalker, East Area Rapist,[3] the East Bay Rapist, and the Diamond Knot Killer.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Killer
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“He is reportedly on suicide watch and being held at the Sacramento County jail.”
Hell, give him some rope.
So, why’d he quit in the 1980s? No activity since then, or did he get smarter and keep going without being detected?
There is a marathon of “The Golden State Killer” on RIGHT NOW on Investigation Discovery channel.
Weird coincidence.
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