SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators hunting down the so-called Golden State Killer used information from genetic websites last year that led to the wrong man, court records obtained Friday by The Associated Press showed. An Oregon police officer working at the request of California investigators persuaded a judge in March 2017 to order a 73-year-old …
Authorities in Sacramento have released further details about the arrest of the suspected Golden State Killer, who was taken into custody overnight in the first major break in the decades-old case. Representatives from the Sacramento sheriff department and the District Attorney’s office held a press conference Wednesday afternoon that continued for over an hour while …
Police have reportedly arrested a man they believe may be the elusive Golden State Killer or East Area Rapist, who has evaded authorities for four decades. As CrimeOnline previously reported, jail records show that Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody overnight, and booked into the early hours of Wednesday morning. DeAngelo is a former …
Authorities have arrested a 72-year-old man in California who is suspected to be the elusive Golden State Killer. The Daily Beast reports that Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested Tuesday night. Billy Jensen, who helped complete Michelle McNamara’s posthumously published book on the case, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, reportedly told the Daily Beast the …
Investigators may have made a break in the Golden State Killer case, with sources reporting a possible arrest. According to Fox40, sources with knowledge of the investigation have confirmed a major break in the cold case, and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department may have made an arrest. The Golden State Killer, also known as the …
Bruce McArthur, the Canadian landscaper tied to at least six slayings dating back to 2010, was charged with his seventh murder on Wednesday. CBC News reports that McArthur, 66, was officially charged with the murder of Abdulbasir Faizi. Faizi was 44 when he disappeared in 2010. The man’s nephew said Faizi visited Toronto’s Gay Village but …
A man who disappeared in 2013 during a trip to Toronto could be alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur’s eighth victim. So far, McArthur, 66, is facing six murder charges for slayings dating back to 2010. However, last month, Toronto police asked for the public’s help in identifying a John Doe they believe the landscaper also killed, …
An attorney for the Suffolk County Police Department said in court on Monday that the department does not have any transcripts of the 23-minute 911 call Shannan Gilbert made the morning she vanished, the last time she was ever seen alive. In December 2010, detectives searching for Gilbert first discovered the remains of suspected victims …
By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grandson of cult leader Charles Manson won the bizarre California court battle Monday over the killer’s body. Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Alisa Knight ruled that Jason Freeman can retrieve the remains of Manson that have been on ice in the Bakersfield morgue since he died …
A Florida couple accused of killing four people in two different states may have other victims, and police are asking law enforcement in the Southeastern U.S. to be aware of any “sadistic” unsolved crimes. NBC News 8 reports that Christopher Taylor (pictured left), 30, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of …
Authorities in Toronto are seeking the latest charges against a man accused of killing multiple men while working as a landscaper. As CBS News reported, 66-year-old Bruce McArthur was arrested last month on suspicion of two murders. Both victims — 49-year-old Andrew Kinsman and 44-year-old Selim Esen — were last seen in Toronto’s so-called Gay …
Police in Nevada have arrested a man they say targeted homeless individuals in a shooting spree that left two dead and two more injured. According to the New York Post, 26-year-old Joshua Castellon was arrested Friday and is expected to face charges including murder and attempted murder in connection with a string of gun crimes …
