His crimes began in the Sacramento area in 1976, and included the February 1978 killing of Brian and Katie Maggiore who were fatally shot while walking their dog in Rancho Cordova.
The Golden State Killer’s reign of terror included 12 homicides, 45 rapes and more than 100 residential burglaries between 19. Most describe him as active, relatively nice guy, would occasionally have cursing outbursts you can hear down the street. RIGHT NOW: neighbors tell me Joseph James Deangelo, 72, has lived in this neighborhood for more than 30 years. Neighbors told reporters that DeAngelo had been living in the neighborhood for 30 yeas and described him as a “relatively nice guy” who was prone to “cursing outbursts you could hear down the street.” The Sacramento Bee reported that police had been outside DeAngelo’s home in Citrus Heights since Tuesday afternoon. “He said, ‘What do you think of that East Area Rapist? What would you do, Jim?'” Huddle said he told DeAngelo that he’d attack the rapist if he caught him. “He actually asked me about it once,” Huddle told after just hearing that DeAngelo had been arrested. James Huddle recalled DeAngelo once casually bringing up the East Area Rapist case. He added that DeAngelo was into guns and ammunition as a hobby. He said DeAngelo was a “good father” who had raised three daughters. James Huddle told a writer for that his sister, identified by the Sacramento Bee as Sharon Huddle, was married to DeAngelo, though the brother-in-law said they were separated at some point.
The city manager was quoted in the article as saying that DeAngelo was dismissed after he “failed to answer any of the city’s investigations and did not request an administrative hearing.”Īt one point back in the 1970s, DeAngelo asked his brother-in-law what he thought about the crime spree committed by the person then best known as the East Area Rapist, reported.
The news clip from Octonoted that DeAngelo was accused in 1979 of stealing a can of dog repellent and a hammer from a Sacramento drug store. The FBI also believed that the Golden State Killer had an “interest in the military, or had some military training, leaving him familiar and proficient with firearms.”ĭeAngelo reportedly was fired from Auburn’s police department after shoplifting, according to a newspaper article tweeted by Billy Jensen, a co-writer of the new book “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” about the Golden State Killer. The FBI previously described the Golden State Killer, also known as the East Area Rapist or the Original Night Stalker, as 5-foot-10-inches tall and said he would now be between the ages of 60 and 75. ( Click here, if you are unable to view this video on your mobile device.) Wednesday and is currently listed on suicide watch. DeAngelo, who according to one report is the “good” father of three adult daughters, was booked into the Sacramento County Sheriff’s jail at about 2:30 a.m. Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones confirmed reports that DeAngelo had worked at Auburn and other police departments in the 1970s.
FBI wanted poster shows drawings of a suspect known as the “Golden State Killer”. (AFP/Getty Images) Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, joined by law enforcement leaders from throughout the state, announced that DNA evidence developed in the past six days had led to the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who lived for more than three decades on a quiet suburban street in Citrus Heights.
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News broke Wednesday that a 72-year-old former police officer was taken into custody Wednesday, accused of being the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and killer who terrorized residents in the Bay Area, Sacramento area and Southern California in the late 1970s.
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