Golden State Killer · Collection

Golden State Killer & The Investigators

The detectives, genealogists, and prosecutors who never gave up on catching the Golden State Killer.

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  • Sacramento County Sheriff's Department · Lead agency in the EAR investigation

    The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department was the primary law enforcement agency investigating the East Area Rapist attacks in Sacramento County from 1976 to 1979. The department handled dozens of rape cases attributed to the EAR and…

  • Paul Holes · Contra Costa County cold case investigator

    Paul Holes is a retired Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office investigator who spent over 20 years working the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer case. Holes was instrumental in pushing for the use of forensic genealogy…

  • Richard Shelby · Sacramento County detective, original EAR investigator

    Richard Shelby was a Sacramento County Sheriff's detective who was one of the original investigators on the East Area Rapist case in the late 1970s. He authored "Hunting a Psychopath," detailing the investigation and the frustrations of…

  • Larry Crompton · Contra Costa detective, author of "Sudden Terror"

    Retired Contra Costa County sheriff's lieutenant who joined the East Area Rapist task force in 1978 and wrote the 2010 book Sudden Terror about the case.

  • Anne Marie Schubert · Sacramento DA who announced DeAngelo's arrest

    Anne Marie Schubert served as Sacramento County District Attorney and led the prosecution effort that resulted in DeAngelo's arrest and conviction. Schubert announced DeAngelo's arrest at a press conference on April 25, 2018, and oversaw…

  • Barbara Rae-Venter · Genetic genealogist who identified DeAngelo

    Retired patent attorney and genetic genealogist whose family-tree research led investigators to Joseph DeAngelo, arrested as the Golden State Killer in April 2018.

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · Federal agency supporting forensic genealogy investigation

    The FBI provided critical support to the Golden State Killer investigation, particularly in the final phase that led to DeAngelo's identification. The FBI lab analyzed DNA evidence and the bureau's resources supported the forensic…

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