BREAKING: Golden State Killer given life in prison for rapes, murders that terrorized a generation
A Sacramento County judge on Friday sentenced 74-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. to life without parole for killing 13 people and raping 50 in a series of break-ins that terrorized a state.
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. Story continuesHe has admitted to crimes originally attributed to multiple assailants in the 1970s and 1980s, each with his own sobriquet — the Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist and Original Night Stalker. It wasn't until DNA connected the crimes that the unknown attacker was rebranded the Golden State Killer.
"We have heard you and we have seen and we have felt your pain and suffering," she said."We applaud those who have kept their loved ones alive in their memory and we have been humbled by the strength of the survivors. We hope that, by admitting these offenses, Mr. DeAngelo has provided some peace to the suvivors and their loved ones and we hope that these proceedings have provided some relief.
Harrington's older brother, Ron, used his victim statement in court this week to make the case for overriding privacy concerns and preserving police access to consumer genealogy sites, like the one detectives used to identify DeAngelo. Prosecutors from Ventura, Orange, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Contra Costa and Tulare counties wrapped up a week in which victims recounted painful and often remarkable stories of human suffering and triumph with their own presentation on Friday.
The first murder victim was Claude Snelling, the college journalism instructor DeAngelo shot as Snelling interrupted the bedroom abduction of his 16-year-old daughter in 1975.
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