Golden State Killer suspect Joe DeAngelo in court in Sacramento in April.
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Some 50 women were raped during a reign of terror in Sacramento and the Bay Area in the late 1970s, with the suspect then progressing to murder. The predator was given various names in each region, including the Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, Creek Bed Killer and Original Night Stalker, before becoming known as the Golden State Killer. With the help of genealogical databases, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. was arrested at his home in the Sacramento suburbs on April 24, 2018, and prosecutors say they’ll seek the death penalty.
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To an early love interest, Joe DeAngelo was energetic and worldly. Now, nearly 50 years later, he stands accused of an extended spasm of violence — home invasions, rapes, murders — in the 1970s and ’80s. -
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The Golden State Killer’s violence against women has been retold in detail. But little is said about the male targets who were bound, threatened and forced to witness the terror of loved ones.More Coverage
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Police and prosecutors are determined to access DNA information from private, consumer sites. They say the data is invaluable, but privacy advocates say the practice is ripe for abuses.
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When she began investigating the trail of the Golden State Killer last year, Times reporter Paige St. John quickly realized there was a thread that had nothing to do with the rapes and killings themselves.
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Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the man accused of being the Golden State Killer.
