A former California police officer who terrorized the state as a serial rapist and murderer pleaded guilty Monday to 13 murders and admitted to more than 80 rapes over a 12 year period, bringing an end to the decades long search for the man known as the Golden State Killer. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr, now …
Prosecutors announced Tuesday that the man suspected of being California’s Golden State Killer was absolved of any involvement in the 1975 murder of a 14-year-old girl through the use of DNA evidence. Per the Fresno Bee, Donna Jo Richmond, 14, vanished on December 26, 1975, while riding a bike near her home. Her body was found …
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 …
