The Golden State Killer
Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested in 2018 as the Golden State Killer, who is responsible for killing over 13 people, over 50 counts of rape, and over 100 burglaries.
His first killing was in 1975 when he was serving as a police officer in Exeter, California when he shot a man in front of his daughter and fled. He was known to tie up his victims and then rape them before killing them.
If the women weren’t home alone and were at home with their partner or husband, it didn’t stop him. He would tie them both up then lead the woman into another room to rape her before coming back and killing them both.
A police sketch showing how the Golden State Killer appeared to victims that had escaped being murdered, was released in a bid to capture him.
The last known crime by the Golden State killer was in 1986, and the case went cold until DeAngelo’s name was brought up. The former police officer was eventually caught through genetic genealogy, a new technique using DNA evidence. The San Francisco serial killer was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder and will serve life without parole.
