They then used old-school detective work to build out the relative's family tree, going back generations, and narrow down their list of suspects to DeAngelo.
Investigators said last week that they used DNA taken from one of the Golden State Killer's crime scenes to create a DNA profile for the killer and match it with an unidentified relative on an open-source genealogy website. Thursday.īeyond Sacramento, DeAngelo has been charged with two murders in Ventura County and four in Orange County. Judge Sweet said he would review the matter before a hearing set for 8:30 a.m. (Sacramento County Sheriff's Department/REUTERS) Click here to upload yours.DeAngelo, 72, appears in a booking photo provided by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on April 25. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at or call 02.
"Joseph DeAngelo, henceforth called 'the Devil Incarnate', broke into my home, blindfolded me, tied me up, threatened my life with a knife and raped me," Phyllis Henneman said in a statement read by her sister, Karen Veilleux.
"He truly is an evil monster with no soul. A suspected California serial killer who committed at least 12 homicides and 45 rapes throughout the state in the 1970s and '80s was identified Wednesday. "He and his knife had complete control over me for the next two hours," read Patti Cosper, speaking on behalf of her mom, Patricia Murphy who was raped by DeAngelo. ‘Golden State Killer’ Cop Joseph James DeAngelo Arrested After 40 Years: Ill Be Gone in the Dark Book Was Right About East-Area Rapist ‘Original Night Stalker’ - GEDMatch DNA True Crime Essays The so-called ‘Golden State Killer’ has been found and arrested after 40 years - and to the shock of many, 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo was a former cop. The former police officer admitted to harming 87 victims at 53 separate crime scenes across 11 California counties in the plea deal that spares him the death penalty.