EAR/ONS finally captured, name apparently Joseph James DeAngelo

After six days of surveillance and the analysis of a discarded DNA sample, police in Sacramento arrested a 72-year-old ex-cop Wednesday as the suspected Golden State Killer in a series of rapes and murders that terrorized California communities in the 1970s and 1980s.

Joseph James DeAngelo, who had worked for two California police departments, was charged with two counts of murder under a warrant from the Ventura County sheriff's department, according to jail records.

The elusive, masked killer is blamed for 12 murders, 45 rapes and the ransacking of more than 100 area homes.

DeAngelo was under surveillance for six days as police sought to learn his pattern of movement to see how he might react if confronted, Sacramento county Sheriff Scott Jones told reporters. Officers then developed a plan to arrest him outside rather than in his car or in his home.

"He was very surprised," Jones said. Initially, DeAngelo appeared to be searching his mind to implement a long-standing plan to stave off apprehension, but had no time to execute it.

"It happened almost instantaneously," Jones said.

Over the years, as a series of horrendous crimes erupted across 10 counties, the perpetrator was variously dubbed the Golden State Killer, East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker and Visalia Ransacker, but it was not clear whether they were related.


New DNA techniques, plus beefed-up DNA databases, only recently allowed investigators to tie the various cases together and lead them to their suspect.

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I always it was funny that they put out he had a small penis.

Thats how you embarrass these serial rapist/killers.

W.A.R. wrote:

I always it was funny that they put out he had a small penis.

Thats how you embarrass these serial rapist/killers.

Or fuel them to attack more to try and disprove it.

Fuckin crazy, I thought this was going to be one of those cases that never got solved, like the Texarkana Phantom or the Zodiac.

holy shit.

i saw the words golden state killer on my homepage thought it was gonna be them calling for him to be caught

can't believe it man

the normies know about him now though

not a cool case anymore

oof

rip coldcase earons

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rare pic of him as a cop

looks just like the visalia ransacker holy shit

the composites in the ons case were just suspicious people while the the visalia ransacker actually showed his face

maybe thats how the ons looked like

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sketch of the ons not some random sus guy

What made someone tip the police that it might be him?

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From the article-

The case was investigated intensively in “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” a book published earlier this year. Author Michelle McNamara died in 2016, and the book was finished by a writer hired by her husband, Patton Oswalt. Oswalt said in a video posted on social media on Wednesday, "I think you got him, Michelle."




Sad that she didn't get to see all her work finally pay off.  I will definitely be adding her book to my Summer read list.

ugh now everyone and their mom knows about my favorite case

glad he was caught tho

eldigato wrote:

ugh now everyone and their mom knows about my favorite case

glad he was caught tho

Well like that is ok I guess.

eldigato wrote:

ugh now everyone and their mom knows about my favorite case

glad he was caught tho

I'm actually surprised at how little coverage this story got. It seems like it would have been all over the news. I have tried discussing it with some of the people in my residence hall and only one of them even knew what I was talking about...

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eldigato wrote:

ugh now everyone and their mom knows about my favorite case

glad he was caught tho

I'm actually surprised at how little coverage this story got. It seems like it would have been all over the news. I have tried discussing it with some of the people in my residence hall and only one of them even knew what I was talking about...

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  It is a somewhat older case. Which is likely why most hadn't heard of it.

Joseph James DeAngelo’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Joseph James DeAngelo’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Has any of the victims or the victim's families released statements yet?

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Thank you for posting all these!

No problem.

He appeared in court today.

No plea entered yet and he was in a wheelchair.

Next appearance is May 17 I think.

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sororityalpha wrote:

No problem.

He appeared in court today.

No plea entered yet and he was in a wheelchair.

Next appearance is May 17 I think.

More info here too:

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Sounds like the dude might die before the trial is over.