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

Joseph James DeAngelo

Born in 1945, DeAngelo spent most of his childhood at an Air Force base in West Germany. There, he witnessed two servicemen sexually assault his young sister. DeAngelo's father abused him and his siblings, locking them in closets, forcing them to eat off the floor, and beating them senseless.

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