From 1976 to 1986 , a serial killer whale now known as the Golden State Killer committed a staggering number of crime in California set out from burglaries to assault to 12 known homicide . Like the Zodiac killer , the individual ’s power to escape detection and seizure led to a public captivation over the decennium - long fling . Now , it appears self-assurance may have at last close in on the person creditworthy .
According toThe Daily Beast , Sacramento constabulary are require to foretell Wednesday afternoon that an arrest has been made in connection with the 120 burglary , 45 sexual ravishment , and murders that ended more than 30 long time ago . Joseph James DeAngelo , 72 , has reportedly been arrested on two counts of murder , with sanction expect to support he is a suspect in the Golden State Killer cases . DeAngelo is a former police officer who worked just outside of Sacramento in the 1970s .
The Golden State Killer is the theme of a recent advantageously - deal dead on target offence book , Michelle McNamara’sI’ll Be Gone in the Dark : One Woman ’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer . McNamara , who spend five years researching the case , slip away away dead in 2016 , when she was only halfway done with the project . Her husband , comedian / player Patton Oswalt , hiredinvestigative newsman Billy Jensen to discharge her study . The book , which is currently being turned into an HBOdocuseries , is being credited with renewing both public and police force enforcement stake in the case , which may have led to DeAngelo ’s arrest .
The grampus wasactivein the Sacramento suburbs of Rancho Cordova and Carmichael , as well as other parts of Southern California . He was also given the labels East Area Rapist , the Original Night Stalker , and the Diamond Knot Killer . His last suspected crime was the murder of an 18 - year - sure-enough young woman in Irvine , California in 1986 .
[ h / t : The Daily Beast ]
