SACRAMENTO — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday he was “truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state. Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty...
Golden State Killer Faces His Victims in 1st Day of Hearings
SACRAMENTO — Victims after victim lined up on Tuesday to describe Joseph DeAngelo as a “sick monster,” “horrible man” and “subhuman” who stole their innocence and changed their lives during a more than decade-long reign of rape and murder that earned him the nickname of the Golden State Killer. The...
Golden State Killer Admits to Dozens of Rapes, Murders
SACRAMENTO — A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades pleaded guilty Monday to murders attributed to a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. had remained...
Man Accused of Being 'Golden State Killer' to Plead Guilty
SACRAMENTO — A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared the death penalty, a law enforcement source and a victim's relative said Monday. Joseph DeAngelo, a...
Judge OKs More DNA Tests From Alleged Golden State Killer
SACRAMENTO — A Northern California judge on Thursday approved prosecutors’ request to take more DNA samples from a man charged with being the infamous "Golden State Killer" who eluded arrest for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White also told prosecutors to informally decide who is empowered to consider...
California Man Free After DNA Site Leads to New Arrest in Murder
California authorities used recently developed DNA techniques to free one man and implicate another for only the second time in the United States, officials said Thursday. Ricky Davis, who spent about 15 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the slaying of his housemate, was exonerated after authorities used...
Nickey Stane Charged in 1996 Killing of Debbie Dorian
Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp formally charged a suspect Wednesday in the Debbie Dorian cold case homicide. Nickey Duane Stane, 52, faces murder and rape charges for the Aug. 22, 1996 killing of the 22-year-old Dorian. She was found bound in duct tape in her apartment near Fresno State....
Judge Sets Preliminary Hearing in 'Golden State Killer' Case
SACRAMENTO — A California judge on Wednesday set a May hearing to decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial against a man suspected being the notorious "Golden State Killer" who eluded capture for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White ordered the preliminary hearing for Joseph...
Buyers Get Deal on Home of Suspected 'Golden State Killer'
CITRUS HEIGHTS — The home of a man suspected of being the notorious “Golden State Killer” was sold last month to a couple who intend to live there. Joseph DeAngelo's 1,500-square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath ranch home in Citrus Heights was sold for $320,000, a price near the bottom of the market...
Police ID Prime Suspect in 1996 Dorian Cold Case Murder
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says his department has identified the prime suspect in the 1996 rape and murder of Debbie Dorian. It is the same suspect that Visalia police arrested Wednesday in four cold-case sexual assaults: 52-year old Nickey Duane Stane. "Nickey Stane is every woman's nightmare," Fresno County...