Amateur Sleuth Identifies Golden State Killer—and Now He's Behind Bars

The Visalia Ransacker

Within the years of their split, a sexual assault victim reported her attacker yelling, "I hate you, Bonnie!" Reports rose of a peeping tom and cat burglar, who would stare into windows pantsless, touch women as they slept, and kill family pets. Soon after, DeAngelo married someone else and became a police officer in Exeter—a town neighboring Visalia.

Skilled Robber

A string of burglaries occurred in Visalia with the same MO as the ones that had occurred where DeAngelo used to live. In 1975, he killed a college professor who caught him trying to kidnap his daughter. Less than two years later, DeAngelo committed approximately 120 break-ins. DeAngelo's crimes worsened...