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Golden State Killer arrives in prison to start life sentence

Published  November 3, 2020 6:58pm PST
Golden State Killer
Associated Press

‘Golden State Killer’ in custody

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who previously worked for the Auburn and Exeter police departments, was arrested after a DNA sample came back as a match to the Golden State Killer, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said. 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former police officer who eluded authorities for years as the Golden State Killer has arrived in state prison to begin serving multiple life sentences for rapes and murders that terrorized much of California in the 1970s and 1980s.

Joseph James DeAngelo arrived at North Kern State Prison in the Central Valley on Tuesday. Officials at the reception center will decide his permanent prison destination based on his security, medical, psychiatric and program needs.

The 74-year-old pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges that spanned much of California between 1975 and 1986.

The plea deal spared him the death penalty.