JUST IN: Man accused of being the Golden State Killer agrees to plead guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder in a deal that will spare him the death penalty.
As part of the plea agreement, he will be required to register as a sex offender and pay restitution to the victims or their families in an amount to be determined, as well as any fees or fines.arrested in April 2018 in a Sacramento suburb
. It is believed to be the first high-profile case to be cracked with genetic genealogy. Authorities said they used"discarded DNA" to confirm that DeAngelo was their man. Sacramento County assistant chief deputy district attorney Thien Ho said the scope of DeAngelo's crime spree is"simply staggering," encompassing at least 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986.
"His monikers reflect the sweeping geographical impact of his crime,” Ho said."Each time, he escaped, slipping away silently into the night, leaving communities terrified for years."He will be sentenced at a later date to life without the possibility of parole. He is expected to be confronted by surviving victims and the relatives of those killed before his sentencing, prosecutors have said.
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