Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and East Area Rapist Attacks (1976-1979)
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Sacramento Sheriff's Department was the primary agency investigating the EAR attacks from 1976 to 1979.
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Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
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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 coordinated with other agencies as the crime spree expanded. After DNA linked the EAR to the Original Night Stalker murders in 2001, Sacramento remained a central hub for the investigation. The department collaborated with the FBI and district attorney's office on the forensic genealogy effort that identified DeAngelo.
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East Area Rapist Attacks (1976-1979)
event
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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DNA analysis linked the EAR Sacramento rapes to the ONS Southern California murders.
DeAngelo committed at least 50 sexual assaults across the Sacramento area from 1976 to 1979.
Crompton investigated the EAR cases in Contra Costa County and documented the crimes in "Sudden Terror."
Shelby was a lead detective on the original EAR investigation in Sacramento County.
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