Joseph James DeAngelo had several nicknames apart from the Golden State Killer, including Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, East Side Rapist, East Bay Rapist, Creek Bed Killer, Diamond Knot Killer, ...

From the 1970s through the 1980s, California lived in fear. A man known as the East Area Rapist struck hundreds of times — ...

Prosecutors can collect more DNA, fingerprints and photographs of East Area Rapist suspect Joseph James DeAngelo, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet ruled Thursday. “I’m not going to stop ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The convicted serial killer and rapist known as the Golden State Killer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A judge handed down the multiple ...

Joseph James DeAngelo was unmasked as the Golden State Killer more than 40 years after his first attack. His first documented attack occurred in 1973, and his last known murder was in 1986, but he ...

An update in a horrific case. Joseph James DeAngelo, also known as the Golden State Killer, took the stand at a hearing on Monday, June 29, more than two years after he was arrested and charged. He ...

A 72-year-old former police officer has been arrested in the decades-old "Golden State Killer" case in California, according to officials in Sacramento. The "Golden State Killer" is believed to have ...

And then it was their turn. Victims and surviving family members of confessed Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist Joseph James DeAngelo got their chance Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court to ...

Joseph James DeAngelo, known to some neighbors as "Joe," was an odd man with a loud voice, a penchant for puttering in his front yard and a reputation for a bad temper. One neighbor said DeAngelo ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A case that spanned the state and affected countless lives came to a dramatic conclusion in Sacramento on Friday. Convicted serial murderer and rapist Joseph James DeAngelo, ...