PakNews: Golden State Killer suspect caught and identified as former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo

Friday, 27 April 2018

Golden State Killer suspect caught and identified as former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo

A former police officer has been arrested in connection to a long-unsolved string of rapes and murders which are believed to have been carried out by the "Golden State Killer". Joseph James DeAngelo was picked up by authorities in California, who allege he was behind 12 murders and at least 50 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s, along with a number of burglaries. Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said the 72-year-old was identified with a DNA test.