East Area Rapist suspect arrested in decades-old case

"Authorities are expected to announce the arrest Wednesday of a suspect in the decades-old East Area Rapist case, The Bee has learned.

The suspect has been living in the Sacramento area and was identified after a renewed push of the investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, a source said.

The East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer, the Original Night Stalker and the Diamond Knot Killer, is believed to have killed at least 12 people, raped at least 45 victims and burglarized hundreds of homes." - http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article209779364.html

 

The link has been updated.

His name is Joseph James DeAngelo.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/us/golden-state-killer-serial.html

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested on a warrant from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department and booked early Wednesday on two counts of murder, according to Sacramento County jail records. A person familiar with the matter confirmed that Mr. DeAngelo had been arrested in connection with the case.
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Wow, is this accurate? Looks like it, but, wow... Did anyone really expect this?

 

This was the case that Patton Oswalds wife was working on for a book before she died. He pushed to get it finished and is producing a movie based on the killer, which I think, lit a fire under the butts of the police.

 

NYT.? You sure this is not Fake News! Did Fox report on this story or are they ignoring it?

 

Interested he was a cop!

Good to catch him before he's dead, investigators say DNA was the key!

Please support your vity and state to support funding of DNA evidence and all rape kits to be processed QUICKLY and correctly!

Many states have backlogs years long, some are never processed! These funding delays give criminals a free pass!

 

Another thread?

 

Sadly California does not have a death sentence so this POS will die of old age in prison or get paroled at age 96.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/us/golden-state-killer-development/index.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-golden-state-killer-20180425-htmlstory.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/golden-state-killer-suspect-arrest-w519527

http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-arrested-golden-state-killer-case-sources/story?id=54719856

And the guy was former Law Enforcement...

 

There was a movie about a serial killer that was originally a cop. Art imitates life. Glad they got the SOB.

 

You believe that out of all the places he struck, which probably involved no less than 20 police departments, all that was missing in order to solve the case is police interest? Out of all those departments you don't think not one officer took a passing interest in the case?

Seriously?

Here's some of the places he hit:

1. June 18, 1976 Fri – 4:00am Rancho Cordova, CA[26]
2. – July 17, 1976 Sat – 2:00am Del Dayo, Carmichael, CA
3. – August 29, 1976 Sun – 3:20am Rancho Cordova, CA
4. – September 4, 1976 Sat – 11:30pm Citrus Heights, CA
5. – October 5, 1976 Tue – 6:45am Citrus Heights, CA[27]
6. – October 9, 1976 Sat – 4:30am Rancho Cordova, CA
7. – October 18, 1976 Mon – 2:30am Del Dayo, Carmichael, CA
8. – October 18, 1976 Mon – 11:00pm Rancho Cordova, CA
9. – November 10, 1976 Wed – 7:30pm near Greenback Ln, Citrus Heights, CA
10. – December 18, 1976 Sat – 7:00pm Carmichael, CA
11. – January 18, 1977 Tue – 11:00pm Glenbrook/College Greens, Sacramento, CA[28]
12. – January 24, 1977 Mon – 12:00am Primrose Dr., Citrus Heights, CA[29]
13. – February 7, 1977 Mon – 6:45am Crestview Drive & Madison Ave., Citrus Heights, CA[30]
14. – February 16, 1977 Wed – ** Ripon Court Shooting **[31]
15. – March 8, 1977 Tue – 4:00am Robertson & Whitney Ave, Sacramento, CA[32]
16. – March 18, 1977 Fri – 10:45pm Rancho Cordova[33][34]
17. – April 2, 1977 Sat – 3:20am Madison & Main Ave., Orangevale
18. – April 15, 1977 Fri – 2:30am Madison & Manzanita Aves, Crestview Area, Sacramento, CA[35]
19. – May 3, 1977 Tue – 3:00am Glenbrook/College Greens, Sacramento, CA[36]
20. – May 5, 1977 Thu – 2:40am Orangevale, CA[36]
21. – May 14, 1977 Sun – 3:45am Greenback Ln & Birdcage St, Citrus Heights, CA[37]
22. – May 17, 1977 Tue – 1:30am Sand Bar Circle, Del Dayo, Carmichael, CA[38]
23. – May 28, 1977 Sat – 1:00am Fourth Parkway, South Area, Sacramento, CA[39]
    Unexplained three month break in attacks, then first attacks outside Sacramento Area
24. – September 6, 1977 Tue – 1:30am Lincoln Village West, North Stockton, CA – * First attack outside Sacramento *[40]
25. – October 1, 1977 Sat – 1:30am La Riviera & Tuolumne Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA[41]
26. – October 21, 1977 Fri – 3:00am Gold Run Ave, Elkhorn Blvd, Diablo Drive, Foothill Farms, Antelope, CA[42]
27. – October 29, 1977 Sat – 1:45am Woodson Ave., Sacramento, CA[43]
28. – November 10, 1977 Thu – 3:00am La Riviera Dr. near Watt Ave., Sacramento, CA[44]
29. – December 2, 1977 Fri – 11:30pm Brett & Revelstok Dr. Foothill Farms, CA[45][46]
30. – January 28, 1978 Sat – 10:15pm Winding Way, E. of Walnut Ave., Sacramento, CA[47][48]
31. – February 2, 1978 ** Brian and Katie Maggiore murdered **[49][50][51]
32. – March 18, 1978 Fri – 1:05am Parkwoods, Stockton, CA[52]
33. – April 14, 1978 Fri – 10:00pm Piedmont Drive, Seamas & Riverside Aves. South Sacramento, CA[53][54]
    Attacks move out of Sacramento to Modesto and Davis
34. – June 5, 1978 Mon – 2:30am N.E. Modesto, CA[54][55]
35. – June 7, 1978 Wed – 3:55am Apartment, N. side UCD, Davis, CA[56]
36. – June 23, 1978 Fri – 1:30am North East Modesto, CA
37. – June 24, 1978 Sat – 3:15am Rivendell, Davis, CA
38. – July 6, 1978 Thur – 2:50am Westwood Div, Davis, CA[57]
    Three-month hiatus then attacks move to Contra Costa County and south
39. – October 7, 1978 Sat – 2:30am Concord, CA[58]
40. – October 13, 1978 Fri – 4:30am Concord, CA[59]
41. – October 28, 1978 Sat – 4:30am San Ramon, CA[60][61][62]
42. – November 4, 1978 Sat – 3:30am San Jose, CA
43. – December 2, 1978 Sat – 4:30am San Jose, CA
44. – December 9, 1978 Sat – 2:00am Danville, CA
45. – April 5, 1979 Thur – 1:00am Fremont, CA[63]
46. – June 2, 1979 Wed – Walnut Creek, CA[64]
47. – June 11, 1979 Mon – 4:00am Danville, CA[65]
48. – June 25, 1979 Mon – Walnut Creek, CA[66]
49. – July 5, 1979 Thur – 3:45am Danville, CA[67][68]

How many police depts you think just these would have involved?

 

Interesting that he was a cop!

Good to catch him before he's dead, investigators say DNA was the key!

Please support your city and state to support funding of DNA evidence and all rape kits to be processed QUICKLY and correctly!

Many states have backlogs years long, some are never processed! These funding delays give criminals a free pass!

 

I kept up with the case before it was solved. Nobody took the "EAR/ONS is a cop" theory that seriously. Personally, I thought he started as a teenager because his attacks lined up with an academic schedule. Nobody really saw this coming.

But yeah, turns out, he was a police officer for most of the East Area Rapist attacks, and when he got fired for shoplifting, he moved south and began killing. Probably was pissed off that he got fired.