BREAKING!
Early this morning around 2:30 am PT an arrest was made at a home in Citrus Heights, CA. 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo has been arrested as a suspect in the East Area Rapist and Golden State Killer cases that spanned from 1976 to 1986. Not much is known at this point. There is a Press Conference scheduled for 12:00 Noon PT in Sacramento. You can watch it LIVE on the Sacramento Sheriff's Department's Facebook page and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office Facebook page.
More details to come.
UPDATE:
The Press Conference is still in progress, however, more information about this case has been released. Joseph James DeAngelo has been charged with the murder of Lyman and Charlene Smith in Ventura County in 1980. It has been repeated time and time again throughout the press conference that DNA was what lead to this morning's arrest. Ironically, this occurred today on National DNA Day. The arrest warrant was issued yesterday, April 24, 2018. District Attorney's from multiple counties that were touched by this monster spoke. Also speaking was the FBI Agent in charge of the Sacramento FBI agency. Bruce Harrington, the brother of murder victim Keith Harrington spoke as well. Bruce spoke mostly about how the victims still alive can finally heal and grieve fully. He also gave a passionate speech on the importance of DNA evidence.
It was also revealed that DeAngelo was living in Canyon Oak Dr. in Citrus Heights, CA. It was when this was revealed this became more personal. This monster lived only blocks from me when I lived in the area. I can not tell you how many times I walked by that house during the Spring and Summer while on a walk. And to now know that the house was holding a decades-long secret that is a serial rapist and serial killer is upsetting, to say the least.
To the women, this monster brutally raped over the course of 12 years, sleep well.
Early this morning around 2:30 am PT an arrest was made at a home in Citrus Heights, CA. 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo has been arrested as a suspect in the East Area Rapist and Golden State Killer cases that spanned from 1976 to 1986. Not much is known at this point. There is a Press Conference scheduled for 12:00 Noon PT in Sacramento. You can watch it LIVE on the Sacramento Sheriff's Department's Facebook page and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office Facebook page.
More details to come.
UPDATE:
The Press Conference is still in progress, however, more information about this case has been released. Joseph James DeAngelo has been charged with the murder of Lyman and Charlene Smith in Ventura County in 1980. It has been repeated time and time again throughout the press conference that DNA was what lead to this morning's arrest. Ironically, this occurred today on National DNA Day. The arrest warrant was issued yesterday, April 24, 2018. District Attorney's from multiple counties that were touched by this monster spoke. Also speaking was the FBI Agent in charge of the Sacramento FBI agency. Bruce Harrington, the brother of murder victim Keith Harrington spoke as well. Bruce spoke mostly about how the victims still alive can finally heal and grieve fully. He also gave a passionate speech on the importance of DNA evidence.
It was also revealed that DeAngelo was living in Canyon Oak Dr. in Citrus Heights, CA. It was when this was revealed this became more personal. This monster lived only blocks from me when I lived in the area. I can not tell you how many times I walked by that house during the Spring and Summer while on a walk. And to now know that the house was holding a decades-long secret that is a serial rapist and serial killer is upsetting, to say the least.
To the women, this monster brutally raped over the course of 12 years, sleep well.
