Joseph James DeAngelo and East Area Rapist Attacks (1976-1979)
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DeAngelo committed at least 50 sexual assaults across the Sacramento area from 1976 to 1979.
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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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East Area Rapist Attacks (1976-1979)
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Series of home-invasion sexual assaults in Sacramento and the East Bay from June 1976 to July 1979, later tied by DNA to the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo.
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DeAngelo committed over 100 burglaries as the Visalia Ransacker while serving as a police officer in nearby Exeter.
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.
DeAngelo committed the majority of his sexual assaults in Sacramento-area communities.
DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and admitted to the full scope of his crimes.
DeAngelo committed murders across Southern California counties as the Original Night Stalker.
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