After Eluding Detection for 40 Years, The "Golden State Killer" -- the Most Prolific Unsolved Serial Killer Case in America -- Is in Custody

The suspect in custody is an ex-cop who was fired some time ago for stealing a can of dog repellent.

Which is suspicious -- cops would have access to free dog repellent when they need it. All that they could want or need.

Criminals trying to get by watch dogs would have to get it from other means.

Two years ago there was an effort to bring together the detectives from all the various jurisidictions where crimes had been committed by the serial rapist and killer. That effort at heating up a cold case seems to have worked.

He was (is) a serial rapist and serial killer, active from 1976 to 1986.

Joseph James DeAngelo has been identified as the so-called Golden State Killer believed to have committed 12 killings and 48 rapes across California from 1976 to 1986, authorities said. The 72-year-old suspect is being held without bail in Sacramento on two murder counts. "The answer has always been in Sacramento," Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said.

DeAngelo was arrested after police matched discarded DNA evidence from his Sacramento area home with genetic evidence from the crimes, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten said.

The suspect has been charged with capital murder and other counts in connection with the 1980 slayings of Lyman and Charlene Smith, Totten said at a news conference outside the Sacramento crime lab where authorities matched DeAngelo to the crimes.

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Bell would not identify the suspect but authorities in Sacramento are expected to release more information at a news conference scheduled for noon PT (3 p.m. ET).
The suspect was also known as the "East Area Rapist" and "the Original Night Stalker."

The detectives and cops responsible for identifying the killer are giving a press conference, already in (deep) progress.

So... Can we get a similar working group together to re-open the Zodiac cold case?

How frightened is Ted Cruz right about now?

posted by Ace of Spades at 03:46 PM

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