Golden State Killer
American serial killer, rapist, burglar and former police officer
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Born 1945 · age 81United States
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Updated 2026-05-29
Joseph DeAngelo spent decades as California's most elusive criminal—operating across the state from 1974 to 1986 as the East Area Rapist, then the Original Night Stalker, committing at least 13 murders and over 120 burglaries before vanishing into obscurity. DNA technology finally caught him in 2018.
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Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is an American serial killer, serial rapist and former police officer known as the Golden State Killer, the Original Night Stalker, the East Area Rapist and the Visalia Ransacker, who committed thirteen murders and numerous rapes and burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986. DeAngelo's crimes began in Northern California, where he committed a minimum of 120 burglaries and one murder in the San Joaquin Valley, before moving to Sacramento County, where he committed at least 51 rapes and two more murders from 1976 to 1979. In Southern California, DeAngelo murde…
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