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  • Golden State Killer suspect charged with 13th murder — possibly his first

    08/13/2018 1:56:27 PM PDT · by SpaceBar · 20 replies
    NBC News ^ | Aug.13.2018 | Corky Siemaszko
    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...
  • Judge weighs release of warrants in Golden State Killer case

    05/29/2018 4:14:30 PM PDT · by SpaceBar · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/29/2018 | KATHLEEN RONAYNE
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A judge on Tuesday weighed how much information to release about the arrest of a former police officer accused of being the Golden State Killer. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet began considering the issue after a hearing where attorneys for suspect Joseph DeAngelo argued that sharing the details could lead to an unfair trial. Sweet indicated he's likely to release some information and is working with prosecutors and defense attorneys to determine how much to redact, which would continue to shield some details from public view. The Associated Press and other news outlets are pushing...
  • Age Regressed Golden State Killer (Vanity)

    05/20/2018 5:42:38 PM PDT · by SpaceBar · 10 replies
    imgur | 5/20/2018 | self
    Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., recently arrested at his Citrus Heights California home, is the suspected Original Night Stalker, East Area Rapist, Visalia Ransacker, and Golden State Killer. His mugshot is all over the internet. I thought it would be interesting to retouch his mug to make him look a decade or more younger. Perhaps someone may recognize him from the 'younger' image that doesn't look like a broken old man who just crapped his shorts, but more like the diabolical predator he really is. Images can be viewed here. and here.
  • Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area Rapist case, DA's office says

    04/26/2018 8:02:06 PM PDT · by SpaceBar · 69 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | April 26, 2018 | By Sam Stanton And Ryan Lillis
    Sacramento investigators tracked down East Area Rapist suspect Joseph James DeAngelo using genealogical websites that contained genetic information from a relative, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday. The effort was part of a painstaking process that began by using DNA from one of the crime scenes from years ago and comparing it to genetic profiles available online through various websites that cater to individuals wanting to know more about their family backgrounds by accepting DNA samples, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Grippi. more at link...
  • Genealogy Websites Were Key to Big Break in Golden State Killer Case

    04/26/2018 4:04:33 PM PDT · by Blue House Sue · 74 replies
    New York Times ^ | 4/26/18 | THOMAS FULLER
    SACRAMENTO — The Golden State Killer raped and murdered victims all across the state of California in an era before Google searches and social media, a time when the police relied on shoe leather, not cellphone records or big data. But it was technology that got him. The suspect, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested by the police on Tuesday. Investigators accuse him of committing more than 50 rapes and 12 murders. Investigators used DNA from crime scenes and plugged that genetic profile into a commercial online genealogy database. They found distant relatives of Mr. DeAngelo’s and traced their DNA...
  • 'I just can't believe it.' Sister says East Area Rapist suspect never displayed 'madness'

    04/26/2018 9:05:44 PM PDT · by SpaceBar · 44 replies
    Modesto Bee ^ | April 26, 2018 | By Ryan Lillis
    The sister of accused East Area Rapist Joseph DeAngelo told The Sacramento Bee on Thursday that her brother never displayed "any kind of madness" as a young man or adult and that her family is haunted by the thoughts of her brother's alleged victims. Rebecca Thompson, DeAngelo's older sister, said in a phone interview that she was "pretty much in shock." "As stunned as I am - because I've never seen him display any kind of madness or anything like that - I just can't believe it," Thompson said. "I've never seen anything to allow myself to think he could...
  • ‘Golden State Killer’ suspect, a former police officer, arrested after DNA match, officials say

    04/25/2018 4:34:50 PM PDT · by Morgana · 22 replies
    Washington Post ^ | April 25, 2018 | Mark Berman, Avi Selk and Justin Jouvenal
    More than 40 years after the so-called “Golden State Killer” began terrorizing California, raping dozens of women and killing at least 12, authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo, charging him with capital murder. DeAngelo’s arrest offered a shocking, abrupt development in what had long been one of the most notorious unsolved string of crimes in U.S. history. The gruesome attacks unfolded across California for more than a decade during the 1970s and 1980s, shattering families and frightening communities. Then the crimes stopped, remaining a mystery for a generation, with little sign the case would ever...
  • Former California cop arrested as Golden State Killer

    04/25/2018 4:22:23 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 31 replies
    NY Post ^ | April 25, 2018 | 5:20pm | Natalie O'Neill
    A former California cop was arrested and outed Wednesday as the infamous Golden State Killer — the fiend who murdered at least 12 people and raped dozens of women in the 1970s and ’80s and whose crimes were chronicled in the recent best-selling true-crime book “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” authorities said. Officials said they nailed ex-Auburn and former Exeter police Officer Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., now 72, by putting him under surveillance a few days ago and getting “discarded DNA” from him — which they then linked to the horrific crime spree. “James DeAngelo has been called a...
  • Golden State Killer suspect arrested in California, reports say

    04/25/2018 10:56:12 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 65 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 25, 2018 | Ryan Gaydos
    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...
  • Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested, According to Author [CA]

    04/25/2018 7:31:54 AM PDT · by Kay · 40 replies
    Daily Beast ^ | 4-25-18 | Olivia Messer
    East Area Rapist arrested — Joseph James DeAngelo. 12 homicides and 45 rapes. https://www.thedailybeast.com/golden-state-killer-arrested-according-to-co-author-of-ill-be-gone-in-the-dark?ref=home
  • $50,000 Reward in California Serial Killer Cold Case

    06/15/2016 4:58:14 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 14 replies
    NBC Bay Area ^ | 6/15 | Don Thompson
    Authorities announced a $50,000 reward Wednesday as they renewed their search for an elusive serial killer they say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across California in the 1970s and 1980s. The case has grown cold for the killer known by at least four nicknames over the decades. He was dubbed the East Area Rapist after his start in Northern California. The Original Night Stalker after a series of Southern California slayings. The Diamond Knot Killer for using the elaborate knot to bind two of his victims. And most recently the Golden State Killer.