Posted on 08/13/2018 1:56:27 PM PDT by SpaceBar
A professor tried to stop a man from abducting his daughter and may have become the Golden State Killer's first murder victim. The retired California police officer suspected of being the notorious Golden State Killer was charged Monday with a 13th murder — that of a father who was fatally shot nearly 44-years-ago while trying to protect his teenage daughter from a masked gunman who had broken into their home.
Claude Snelling, who was gunned down at his home in Visalia, California, is believed to be the first victim of suspected serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo, Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward said at a news conference Monday.
"We have filed first degree murder charges against Mr. DeAngelo," said Ward, who added that he hopes it will provide a measure of comfort to Snelling’s daughter and the community.
"Those wounds never healed," he said.
DNA evidence led to the arrest of DeAngelo in April, potentially ending a decades-long manhunt for the maniac who terrorized California with shocking slayings during the 1970s and 80s and who has also been accused of more than 50 rapes in 10 California counties. DeAngelo is being held in the Sacramento County jail and has not yet entered a plea in his cases.
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Used to be a couple cartons of cigarettes would do the trick but they banned cigarettes some time ago.
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