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Breaking: A Sacramento County judge sentenced 74-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. to 26 life terms for killing 13 people and raping 50 in a series of break-ins that terrorized a state. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-21/golden-state-killer-sentencing-justice-victims-serial-murders-rapes
Before he was officially sentenced, DeAngelo rose briefly to speak.
“I’ve listened to all your statements, each of of them,” he said. “And I’m truly sorry to everyone I’ve hurt.”
“I’ve listened to all your statements, each of of them,” he said. “And I’m truly sorry to everyone I’ve hurt.”
But as the historic criminal case comes to an end, victims and prosecutors struggle with what constitutes justice after four decades of suffering and loss.
The 2018 arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. marked the first cold case in the nation to be solved by tracking a killer through the DNA of his family members on public genealogy sites. https://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-golden-state-killer-suspect-dna-20180601-story.html
“Man in the Window,” a 2019 investigation and podcast hosted by The Times' @paigestjohn documented more than 106 Golden State Killer victims who were bound, tortured, raped or killed. https://www.latimes.com/projects/man-in-the-window-podcast/
When @paigestjohn began investigating, she realized there was a thread that had nothing to do with the rapes and killings themselves.
In interviews, St. John found a striking lapse in how authorities treated victims of rape in the 1970s. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-man-in-the-window-qa-paige-stjohn-20190703-story.html
In interviews, St. John found a striking lapse in how authorities treated victims of rape in the 1970s. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-man-in-the-window-qa-paige-stjohn-20190703-story.html
This became a key finding of the Man in the Window series and podcast. https://www.latimes.com/projects/man-in-the-window-rape-70s-golden-state-killer-serial/
Read the full investigation and listen to the all of “Man in the Window” now: https://www.latimes.com/projects/man-in-the-window-podcast/#podcast
