Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo's arrest finally closes Golden State killer case

"He's been called the East [Area] Rapist. He's been called the Visalia Ransacker, the Original Nightstalker and the Golden State Killer. Today, it's our pleasure to call him defendant."

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/25/605771646/golden-state-killer-suspected-of-terrorizing-california-for-years-arreste


"Authorities have arrested a former police officer who is suspected of being one of California’s most prolific serial killers and rapists — the Golden State killer.

A local and federal task force apprehended the suspect late Tuesday evening, after tying him to the crimes through “surveillance and discarded DNA,” Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones told reporters Wednesday."

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-golden-state-killer-20180425-htmlstory.html


DeAngelo worked as an officer with the Exeter Police Department near Visalia, Calif., in the early 1970s and was fired from the Auburn Police Department in 1979 for shoplifting dog repellent and a hammer
from a Pay N' Save store in Citrus Heights.

DeAngelo is being held without bail.