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

In the Footsteps of a Killer

DeAngelo became known as EAR/ONS, a clunky acronym that was later revamped by McNamara's moniker. She named him the Golden State Killer, a term that was first coined in her 2013 Los Angeles magazine article that started it all: "In the Footsteps of a Killer." Outside of a brief arrest for shoplifting, DeAngelo lived mostly in solitude...

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