A man who was dubbed “The Golden State Killer” after he allegedly killed and raped multiple people across the state of California has been arrested
A 72-year-old ex-police officer named Joseph James DeAngelo, who appears to fit the description of the elusive California killer, was arrested overnight on two murder charges by police in Sacramento. ‘Smallville’
DeAngelo was being held without bail in the Sacramento County Main Jail, according to records.Authorities are expected to make the official “major announcement” at noon, according to the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office. His Nomination in Peril, Jackson Fights for VA Post Michelle Cruz, the sister of one of the killer’s last victims, said “I’m so excited and overwhelmed. I’m feeling very blessed today and now I will be able to breathe again.”Janelle Cruz was 18-years-old when she was murdered in 1986 in Irvine.
FBI agents and other law enforcement officials were outside a home in the Citrus Heights area of Sacramento County where property records showed DeAngelo lived for at least two decades.The suspect, also known as the East Bay Rapist, was described as a white male and thought to be currently between the ages of 60 and 75 years old, and approximately 5’10” tall, according to the FBI.The FBI said the killer is responsible for approximately 45 rapes, 12 homicides, and multiple residential burglaries between 1976 and 1986 in San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles area.”It started on June 18, 1976, with the rape of a female in the Rancho Cordova-Carmichael area of Sacramento,” FBI Special Agent Marcus Knutson, who was the case agent on the investigation, recalled.”It’s personal for me being a Sacramento native. This is my home. This is where I’m from. And the fact that he did his crimes here and committed his crimes here, I kind of take it personally,” Knutson said.In 2016, the FBI announced a $50,000 reward and a national campaign to identify the killer.Refresh this page for more on this breaking news story.Photo Credit: FBI
Source: NBC San Diego
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