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Photo: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
Authorities in Sacramento, Calif., announced Wednesday that they had arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo in the so-called Golden State Killer case.
Authorities in Sacramento, Calif., announced Wednesday that they had arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo in the so-called Golden State Killer case.
Photo: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
This FBI wanted poster obtained April 25, 2018 shows drawings of a suspect known as the "Golden State Killer". A notorious decades-old mystery over the identity of the "Golden State Killer," believed to have carried out dozens of rapes and multiple murders in California in the 1970s and 1980s, may finally be solved: a suspect has reportedly been arrested. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, is being held in the Sacramento County jail on two counts of murder, the Sacramento Bee reported on April 25, 2018.According to local television stations, DeAngelo was once a policeman. The Golden State Killer, also known as the "East Area Rapist" and "Original Nightstalker," is suspected of carrying out at least 12 murders and 45 rapes in California between 1976 and 1986, according to the FBI. / AFP PHOTO / FBI / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FBI/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images
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This FBI wanted poster obtained April 25, 2018 shows drawings of a suspect known as the "Golden State Killer". A notorious decades-old mystery over the identity of the "Golden State Killer," believed to have
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Photo: HANDOUT;Handout / AFP / Getty Images
On February 2, 1978, Brian Maggiore and his wife, Katie, were on an evening walk with their dog in their Rancho Cordova neighborhood in California when they were chased down and murdered by the East Area Rapist.
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On February 2, 1978, Brian Maggiore and his wife, Katie, were on an evening walk with their dog in their Rancho Cordova neighborhood in California when they were chased down and murdered by the East Area
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Photo: / Courtesy FBI
A ring stolen by the East Area Rapist from one of his victims. He was known for taking items of sentimental, rather than monetary, value. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
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A ring stolen by the East Area Rapist from one of his victims. He was known for taking items of sentimental, rather than monetary, value. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on
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Photo: Courtesy FBI
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
Photo: Courtesy FBI
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
Photo: Courtesy FBI
The East Area Rapist often wore ski masks like the ones shown here in evidence at the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
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The East Area Rapist often wore ski masks like the ones shown here in evidence at the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25,
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Photo: Courtesy FBI
In this undated photo released by the FBI shows a East Area Rapist Fence in Sacramento, Calif. The levee behind this fence led to areas of thick brush and the American River, which the subject often used to make his escape. A California sheriff says a former police officer accused of being a serial killer and rapist was taken by surprise when deputies swooped in and arrested him as he stepped out of his home. Sacramento County Sheriff Matt Jones said deputies planned to arrest Joseph DeAngelo when he left his home on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (FBI via AP)
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In this undated photo released by the FBI shows a East Area Rapist Fence in Sacramento, Calif. The levee behind this fence led to areas of thick brush and the American River, which the subject often used to
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Photo: Associated Press
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
In this undated photo released by the FBI shows Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Deputy Paige Kneeland searching for evidence in the East Area Rapist case at the Sheriff's department evidence room in Sacramento, Calif. Here, Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Deputy Paige Kneeland sorts through reams of evidence in the East Area Rapist case. A California sheriff says a former police officer accused of being a serial killer and rapist was taken by surprise when deputies swooped in and arrested him as he stepped out of his home. Sacramento County Sheriff Matt Jones said deputies planned to arrest Joseph DeAngelo when he left his home on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (FBI via AP)
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In this undated photo released by the FBI shows Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Deputy Paige Kneeland searching for evidence in the East Area Rapist case at the Sheriff's department evidence room in
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Photo: Associated Press
This undated photo released by the FBI shows part of East Area Rapist Crime reports at the Sheriff's department evidence room in Sacramento, Calif. Volumes of reports about the murder investigation are contained in the evidence room at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. A California sheriff said Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer accused of being a serial killer and rapist, was taken by surprise when deputies swooped in and arrested him Tuesday, April 24, 2018, as he stepped out of his home. (FBI via AP)
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This undated photo released by the FBI shows part of East Area Rapist Crime reports at the Sheriff's department evidence room in Sacramento, Calif. Volumes of reports about the murder investigation are
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Photo: Associated Press
Click ahead to see all the nicknames and origins behind the Golden State Killer.
Click ahead to see all the nicknames and origins behind the Golden State Killer.
Photo: The Chronicle
Sketches of the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sit on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on June 15, 2016. Although there have been a number of sketches made during the Golden State Killer's reign of terror from 1976 -1986, the FBI focused primarily on these three sketches when they reopened the case in 2016. The serial killer gained several monikers based on the regions in which he committed crimes.
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Sketches of the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sit on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on June 15, 2016. Although there have been a number
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Photo: Connor Radnovich, The Chronicle
East Area Rapist
During the period of 1976 to 1979, a serial rapist and murderer known as the "East Area Rapist" first started his criminal activities in the eastern part of Sacramento County. From May 1976 until the summer of 1977, he mainly preyed on victims in Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, Sacramento, Carmichael and Orangevale.
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East Area Rapist
During the period of 1976 to 1979, a serial rapist and murderer known as the "East Area Rapist" first started his criminal activities in the eastern part of Sacramento County. From May 1976
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Photo: FBI Sacramento
Original Night Stalker
From October 1979 to May 1986, he added the nickname "Original Night Stalker." During this period, he raped and murdered victims in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County and Orange County. This nickname is a play on serial killer Richard Ramirez’s nickname, "The Night Stalker," since in both cases the crimes committed by these men were similar in scope.
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Original Night Stalker
From October 1979 to May 1986, he added the nickname "Original Night Stalker." During this period, he raped and murdered victims in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County and Orange
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Photo: Connor Radnovich / The Chronicle
The Diamond Knot KillerBy March 13, 1980, the serial murderer gained a new nickname, "Diamond Knot Killer," for the murders of Charlene and Lyman Smith in Ventura, Calif. The nickname came from the unusual decorative knot he used to bind his victims.
According to Los Angeles Magazine, people have tried to decipher the significance of the knot and tried to see if it explained anything about the murderer's background, but investigators have said they couldn't derive any specific background on him based on the detail alone.
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The Diamond Knot Killer
By March 13, 1980, the serial murderer gained a new nickname, "Diamond Knot Killer," for the murders of Charlene and Lyman Smith in Ventura, Calif. The nickname came from the unusual
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Photo: WikiCommons
Golden State Killer Author Michelle McNamara coined the moniker "Golden State Killer" during the course of her investigation of the case. Her book on the subject, "I’ll Be Gone in the Dark," was published in February 2018. McNamara died in her sleep on April 2016. She was married to actor Patton Oswalt and is seen here in this 2011 file image.
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Police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, in connection with crimes attributed to the East Area Rapist, over 30 years since he allegedly committed 12 murders and 45 rapes from 1976 to 1986.
Police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, in connection with crimes attributed to the East Area Rapist, over 30 years since he allegedly committed 12 murders and 45 rapes from 1976 to 1986.
Photo: Sacramento Sheriff’s Department
Joseph DeAngelo has been charged in the 1978 murders of Brian Maggiore and wife Katie Maggiore, shown above. DeAngelo is suspected of being the "East Area Rapist," also known as the "Golden State Killer."
Joseph DeAngelo has been charged in the 1978 murders of Brian Maggiore and wife Katie Maggiore, shown above. DeAngelo is suspected of being the "East Area Rapist," also known as the "Golden State Killer."
Photo: Courtesy FBI
Law enforcement authorities process evidence at the home of suspected "East Area Rapist" Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, in Citrus Heights, Calif., on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Randall Benton/Sacramento Bee/TNS)
Law enforcement authorities process evidence at the home of suspected "East Area Rapist" Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, in Citrus Heights, Calif., on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Randall Benton/Sacramento Bee/TNS)
Photo: Randall Benton, TNS
FBI investigators stand in front of the home of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo on April 24, 2018 in Citrus Heights, California. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law enforcement officials from across California to announce the arrest of 72 year-old Joseph James DeAngelo who is believed to be the the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, who killed at least 12, raped over 45 people and burglarized hundreds of homes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s.
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FBI investigators stand in front of the home of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo on April 24, 2018 in Citrus Heights, California. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by
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Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
A view of the home of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo on April 24, 2018 in Citrus Heights, California. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law enforcement officials from across California to announce the arrest of 72 year-old Joseph James DeAngelo who is believed to be the the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, who killed at least 12, raped over 45 people and burglarized hundreds of homes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A view of the home of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo on April 24, 2018 in Citrus Heights, California. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law enforcement officials
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Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
An FBI investigator enters the home of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo on April 24, 2018 in Citrus Heights, California. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law enforcement officials from across California to announce the arrest of 72 year-old Joseph James DeAngelo who is believed to be the the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, who killed at least 12, raped over 45 people and burglarized hundreds of homes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s.
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An FBI investigator enters the home of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo on April 24, 2018 in Citrus Heights, California. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law
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Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
A photo of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo is displayed during a news conference on April 25, 2018 in Sacramento, California. Sacramento district attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law enforcement officials from across California to announce the arrest of 72 year-old Joseph James DeAngelo who is believed to be the the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, who killed at least 12, raped over 45 people and burglarized hundreds of homes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A photo of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo is displayed during a news conference on April 25, 2018 in Sacramento, California. Sacramento district attorney Anne Marie Schubert was joined by law
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Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
In an undated photo released by the FBI, documents related to the decades-long investigation into a serial killer and rapist, known variously as the Golden State Killer, the East Area Rapist or the Original Night Stalker, who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s. Joseph James DeAngelo was reportedly arrested and charged with two counts of murder in relation to the case on April 25, 2018. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via The New York Times) -- FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY --
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In an undated photo released by the FBI, documents related to the decades-long investigation into a serial killer and rapist, known variously as the Golden State Killer, the East Area Rapist or the Original
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Photo: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION;Federal Bureau Of Investigation / New York Times
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
Photo: Courtesy FBI
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
An FBI photo showing evidence at the scene of one of the East Area Rapist’s attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
Photo: Courtesy FBI
A ring stolen by the East Area Rapist from one of his victims. He was known for taking items of sentimental, rather than monetary, value. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
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A ring stolen by the East Area Rapist from one of his victims. He was known for taking items of sentimental, rather than monetary, value. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on
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Photo: Courtesy FBI
The East Area Rapist often wore ski masks like the ones shown here in evidence at the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25, 2018.
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The East Area Rapist often wore ski masks like the ones shown here in evidence at the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in connection with the case on April 25,
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Photo: Courtesy FBI
A poster marking the locations of crimes committed by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sits on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
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A poster marking the locations of crimes committed by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sits on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in
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Photo: Connor Radnovich / The Chronicle
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged with murder in one off the cases and is suspected to have killed up many more.
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The FBI has released these evidence photos from crimes suspected to have been commited by the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer. Citrus Heights residents Joesph DeAngelo has been charged
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Photo: FBI
Sgt. Paul Belli of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department gestures toward sketches while speaking to the media at a news conference at the sheriff's department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Law enforcement agencies announced a national campaign to identify and apprehend the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, who committed his first crime 40 years ago.
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Sgt. Paul Belli of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department gestures toward sketches while speaking to the media at a news conference at the sheriff's department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June
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Photo: Connor Radnovich, The Chronicle
Sketches of the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sit on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
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Sketches of the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sit on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 15,
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Photo: Connor Radnovich / The Chronicle
A sketch of the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sit on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
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A sketch of the East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, sit on display during a news conference at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 15,
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All we know about the Golden State Killer suspect who became a suburban grandfather
If Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is the Golden State Killer, as police allege, then he spent his 30s in a nearly nonstop frenzy of sadistic violence - breaking into a house every few weeks in the late 1970s, raping dozens of women, and escalating to serial killings before the crime spree suddenly ended in 1986.
And if DeAngelo is the killer - police say his DNA proves that he is - then he fit these 45 suspected rapes and 12 suspected murders into an astonishing double life. He was a Vietnam veteran before the spree, a police officer during the spree, and then a husband, father and grandfather who lived quietly among the same communities that the Golden State Killer had terrorized.
DeAngelo lived like that - apparently free of suspicion - until Tuesday, when a break in the case led FBI agents and police to arrest the 72-year-old in the Sacramento, California, suburb where he raised a family.
Reporters have now begun to piece together the puzzle of DeAngelo's life - how he wore a police uniform by day while the Golden State Killer stalked at night, and raised children in the wake of those crimes, and blended into northern California suburbia for decades, appearing to his neighbors as little more than a slightly eccentric old man with a temper.
Here is what we know about DeAngelo's life.
DeAngelo was a police officer when the killer's rape spree began
"James DeAngelo Jr. believes that without law and order there can be no government and without a democratic government there can be no freedom," reads a 1973 article in the Exeter Sun, announcing that the 27-year-old Navy veteran had recently joined Exeter's police force.
The Foothills Sun-Gazette republished the article this week, complete with a photo of a young DeAngelo - clean-shaven and light-haired, like the man who would appear in police sketches once the Golden State Killer began his spree three years later.
The new officer's bona fides looked good when he came to Exeter, which sits in central California, midway between Sacramento and Los Angeles. DeAngelo had lived in the state since his late teens, according to the Sacramento Bee - raised by a Denny's waitress and a welder. The Associated Press reported that he had served as a repairman on the USS Canberra in the late 1960s during the Vietnam War. He lost a finger before leaving the military, one of his neighbors told the Bee.
DeAngelo joined the Exeter police force in May 1973, with a California State University a degree in criminal justice, the newspapers reported.
That fall, the rookie officer married Sharon Marie Huddle, the Bee reported. Exeter's current police chief said he has been unable to find any records of DeAngelo's employment, but the Associated Press reports that he served in the town until 1976 - when he took a job with the Auburn Police Department outside Sacramento.
It was in those same Sacramento suburbs, that same summer, that the Golden State Killer started to rape women in their homes.
DeAngelo was fired from the police force before the killer's spree ended
By 1979, people in Sacramento County, California, lived in dread of the man they called the East Area Rapist. Among his nearly four dozen victims over the previous three years were a 13-year-old girl; women assaulted while their husbands were tied up in the same house; women who lived just blocks from one another, as the rapist terrorized entire neighborhoods week after week.
The man was as meticulous as he was violent, Los Angeles Magazine wrote in a profile, often casing houses before his assaults - studying floor layouts, disabling locks and lights and hiding weapons. In the rare cases when he was caught in the act, he could jump roofs and vault fences to escape.
As police in surrounding suburbs searched fruitlessly for a break in the case, DeAngelo was still an officer in Auburn, according to the AP. He was photographed at the annual "Fuzz Ball" in June 1979, in cap and uniform, posing with a baseball bat.
A few months later, the AP wrote, "the department fired him after he was caught shoplifting a hammer and dog repellent."
So 1979 marked the end of DeAngelo's life as a police officer.
The rapist ended his spree around Sacramento the same year, according to Los Angeles Magazine. He relocated to Southern California, where people would call him the Original Night Stalker and eventually the Golden State Killer - because he stopped leaving his victims alive.
He became a grandfather
It's unclear where DeAngelo lived between the winter of 1979 and the summer of 1981, during which period the Golden State Killer is believed to have committed most of his 12 suspected homicides - still raping women, but now also shooting or beating them to death before he left the house, and often killing their boyfriends or husbands as well.
The final killing took place after a five-year hiatus, in 1986, when an 18-year-old woman was raped and bludgeoned in Irvine, near Los Angeles, and the Golden State Killer disappeared without a trace.
By then, the Bee reported, DeAngelo had been living for three years in a ranch-style house in Citrus Heights, outside Sacramento.
He would spend most of the rest of his life there - among the same communities that the East Area Rapist had terrorized.
DeAngelo took a job at a nearby Save Mart distribution center in the early 1990s, the AP reported, and worked there for 27 years before retiring last year, in his 70s.
Retirement "was something he'd been looking forward to for a long time," neighbors in Citrus Heights told the Bee. "He planned to do a lot of fishing. . . . He was also an avid bike rider."
His wife does not appear to have stayed with him. A neighbor told the Bee that they were divorced, while a KCRA News reporter, citing law enforcement, said the couple remained "technically married, though estranged."
DeAngelo had multiple children, according to authorities. His next-door neighbor told the Bee that a daughter and granddaughter had been living with him recently - until his arrest this week.
He had a nice lawn - and a bad temper
"You can tell he's a very meticulous person," one Citrus Heights neighbor, Kevin Tapia, said after DeAngelo's arrest. "His house is always perfectly painted. His grass is always cut. He gets down around all the rocks on his lawn and is cutting to make sure it's just perfect."
Precision was important to DeAngelo, Tapia told the Bee - "to the point of having permanent markings on his driveway so he could be exact in parking his boat."
In contrast to his tidy home, several neighbors said, DeAngelo himself was prone to fits of rage and occasionally disturbing intrusions into their lives.
"This guy just had this anger that was just pouring out of him," Grant Gorman, who grew up in the house behind DeAngelo's, told the Bee. "He'd just be yelling at nothing in the backyard, pacing in circles."
These rages went back decades, Gorman said - to 1994, when DeAngelo left a voice mail threatening to "deliver a load of death" if the family's dog didn't stop barking.
Another neighbor, Eddy Verdon, told The Washington Post that three years ago he heard someone on his property, and opened his garage door to find DeAngelo mounting a bicycle to flee.
"I stared him down, and he looked at me nervously," Verdon said. "I never really interacted with him again. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea."
"We used to just call him 'Freak,' " Natalia Bedes-Correnti told the Bee. "He used to have these temper tantrums . . . usually because he couldn't find his keys."
But the portly grandfather had calmed down in the past few years, she said. He was even well liked by some neighbors.
Cory Harvey, who lived next door, told the Bee that DeAngelo helped pay to put a fence between their houses, and would always apologize when she overheard him cursing.
His arrest was a surprise
Even those neighbors most wary of DeAngelo were stunned by what police now alleged: that he was the monster who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s.
DeAngelo did not seem to expect the police either. A former Sacramento County Sheriff's Office detective, who investigated some of the first rapes in the case, told The Post that he was never a suspect in those years.
DeAngelo had been working in his garage on Tuesday afternoon, the Bee reported - building a table, according to one neighbor. Unknown to him, an as-yet-unexplained break in the case had caused police to put him under surveillance, and secretly acquire a DNA sample they said matched to the rapes and killings.
One neighbor saw several cars pull up to DeAngelo's house in the late afternoon, and armored police pour out of them, with arrest warrants on charges of murder.
DeAngelo, surprised, surrendered without incident, the AP wrote.
He reportedly told deputies he had a roast in the oven.
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Sawsan Morrar and The Washington Post's Justin Jouvenal contributed to this report from California.