It’s highly unusual for someone like Joseph DeAngelo to not only evade police during the years chronicling his horrific crimes, but for decades after the fact as well. However, in 2018, Daily Mail reported that DNA matching ultimately led to DeAngelo’s arrest. Then 72 years old, DeAngelo was living alone in Sacramento when police came to his home and arrested him on the spot.
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As the investigation matured and evidence started to pile up against the long sought-after Golden State Killer, so did the murder and rape charges. Ultimately, after narrowly avoiding the death sentence, DeAngelo pled guilty to all 13 counts of first-degree murder as part of a plea deal and is currently serving several life sentences with no chance of parole. “Joe spending the rest of his life in prison is not justice,” Jennifer Carole stated during her testimony. “Justice is not possible in this case” (per ABC 8).
