Suspected Golden State killer, a former police officer, identified by DNA evidence
By Joseph Serna, Richard Winton, Sarah Parvini, Melanie Mason and John Myers
Apr 25, 2018 | 1:10 PM
Authorities have arrested a former police officer who is suspected of being one of California’s most prolific serial killers and rapists — the Golden State killer.
A local and federal task force apprehended the suspect late Tuesday evening, after tying him to the crimes through “surveillance and discarded DNA,†said Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones.
In the 40 years since the Original Night Stalker began his campaign of terror in Sacramento and moved south through Oakland, Santa Barbara and Orange counties, he had remained unidentified. The attacker was also dubbed the East Area rapist and the Golden State killer, and authorities say he is responsible for 12 killings, 45 rapes and more than 120 residential burglaries between 1976 and 1986.
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