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This week, Mom takes us into one of the most terrifying and complicated crime sprees in California history — one that is literally close to home — the story of the man who would eventually become known as the Golden State Killer.
But before he had that name, investigators knew him as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, and the Original Night Stalker.
For years, communities across California were terrorized by a seemingly unknown offender responsible for burglaries, sexual assaults, and murders. His crimes stretched across different cities and jurisdictions, and it would take decades before investigators realized that several of these terrifying crime sprees were connected to the same man.
Then, more than 40 years after his crimes began, advancements in DNA and genetic genealogy finally gave investigators the break they had been waiting for — leading them to former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo.
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