A former California police officer who lived a double life as the 'Golden State Killer' was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for a string of ...
Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, sits with public defenders Joseph Cress and Diane Howard at his sentencing hearing held at CSU Sacramento in Sacramento, California, U.S. August 21, 2020.
When given the opportunity to speak, DeAngelo slowly rose from a wheelchair, took off a mask, looked around at surviving victims and family members of those he murdered and said:"I've listened to all your statements. Each one of them. And I'm truly sorry to everyone out there. Thank you, your honor."
DeAngelo, whom a prosecutor on Friday called a bogeyman who haunted California for decades, also publicly admitted to dozens more rapes for which the statute of limitations had expired. Prosecutors said he invaded 120 homes across 11 counties during his crime spree.The identity of the Golden State Killer remained a mystery, his crimes unsolved, for decades until DeAngelo's arrest in Sacramento County on April 24, 2018.
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