Joseph James DeAngelo, an ex-police officer accused of being the ‘Golden State Killer,’ entered a guilty plea to admit to all allegations against him, charged and uncharged, stemming from a crime wave dating back to the mid-1970s
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An ex-policeman turned violent serial prowler known as the “Golden State Killer” pleaded guilty on Monday to 13 murders and confessed to dozens of rapes and home invasions that terrorized much of California during the 1970s and ‘80s.
Prosecutors said they wanted to ensure that the dwindling number of aging survivors, victims’ families, witnesses and investigators would live to see resolution of the case, saving them from legal proceedings that might have dragged on for another decade. DeAngelo, dressed in orange jail garb, sat expressionless in a wheelchair, his mouth agape, throughout much of the seven-hour proceeding.
DeAngelo’s arrest in 2018 capped more than 40 years of investigation in a case that authorities said was finally solved by comparing crime-scene DNA samples to information on genealogy websites consumers use to explore their ancestry.
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