The Golden State Killer, a former police officer who terrorized the state of California with numerous home invasions, was convicted today of multiple rapes and murders. He will spend the rest of his life behind bars. gsk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The man who terrorized California as the Golden State Killer apologized to his victims Friday morning before being sentenced to life inJoseph DeAngelo, 74, sat silently next to his defense team as Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman ordered his sentence.
Friday's hearing was held in a ballroom at Sacramento State University to accommodate court staff, attorneys, survivors and the press while upholding social distancing protocols. But a second, untested rape kit taken from Charlene Smith, 33, one of DeAngelo's Ventura victims, would lead to his arrest in April 2018. Semen collected from her body was used to track down his family tree and point to him as the suspect.
DeAngelo's defense attorneys read statements from his loved ones about how he was a good father and a support system for his family. A statement from his sister said DeAngelo's father was a stern military man, a womanizer and physically abusive. Prosecutors said after nearly 40 years of waiting, the victims deserved justice now. The case was so old that some witnesses were not expected to be alive by the time the case would have gone to trial.For three days this week, DeAngelo's survivors and their loved ones spoke about how 40 years ago a masked man entered their homes and threatened them with knives and guns. He would bind and gag them, rape the women then help himself to whatever food was in the kitchen.
“I trusted the defendant when he told me he had to work, or was going pheasant hunting, or going to visit his parents hundreds of miles away,” Huddle wrote.
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