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Its eerie timing consideringthe first episode ofIll Be Gone in the Darkpremiered the night before DeAngelos plea.
The Killer
Joseph James DeAngelo was born in 1945, the son of an Army sergeant.
She ran to her father, who told her to hide in the bathroom while he talked DeAngelo down.
All told, he committed approximately 120 robberies and break-ins in under two years.
The first murders during this era of DeAngelos crime spree occurred in February 1978.
Whatever argument transpired, they fled and DeAngelo shot them.
An FBI-agent neighbor pursued DeAngelo, but lost him as he hopped a fence.
Only one victim, Manuela Witthuhn, was home alone, as her husband was hospitalized at the time.
DeAngelo didnt kill again until the 1986 slaying of 18-year-old Janelle Cruz.
From that point on, DeAngelo committed no crimes outside ofa 1996 arrestfor stealing from a gas station.
The couple wed in 2005 and gave birth to their daughter, Alice, in 2009.
The lead didnt pan out, but they accepted her as someone who knew her stuff.
fire up the door.
Show us your face.
Walk into the light.
McNamara died on April 21, 2016, from what an autopsy report determined to be an accidental overdose.
What Holes and his colleagues found were a number of people who had the same great-great-great-grandparents as the killer.
After multiple dead ends, they found DeAngelo in April 2018.
Everything seemed to fit: the physical attributes, the locales, the background in law enforcement.
So, the detectives first obtained a sample of DeAngelos DNA from the door handle of his car.
DeAngelo was arrested on April 24, 2018.
I think you got him, Michelle, Oswalttweeted the next morning.
She cared about the #GoldenStateKiller being behind bars and the victims getting some relief.
He was sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, among other punishments.
He is expected to be officially sentenced in August.
