Barbara Rae-Venter and Joseph James DeAngelo
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Rae-Venter's forensic genealogy work identified DeAngelo as the Golden State Killer through family tree analysis.
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Barbara Rae-Venter
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Retired patent attorney and genetic genealogist whose family-tree research led investigators to Joseph DeAngelo, arrested as the Golden State Killer in April 2018.
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Joseph James DeAngelo
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Former California police officer who pleaded guilty in 2020 to 13 murders as the Golden State Killer and was sentenced to life without parole after a 2018 arrest based on genetic genealogy.
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Rae-Venter uploaded crime scene DNA to GEDmatch and built family trees from partial matches.
Holes worked with Rae-Venter on the forensic genealogy investigation that identified DeAngelo.
DeAngelo committed over 100 burglaries as the Visalia Ransacker while serving as a police officer in nearby Exeter.
DeAngelo committed at least 50 sexual assaults across the Sacramento area from 1976 to 1979.
DeAngelo served as an Exeter police officer from 1973-1976, committing crimes while employed in law enforcement.
DeAngelo committed at least 13 murders in Southern California from 1979 to 1986.
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