Origins Of A Killer - The Visalia Ransacker Is The Golden State Killer

Unmasking A Killer

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Visalia Ransackings, a crime spree that started as a series of break-ins and burglaries in 1974, and escalated to murder in late 1975, was not originally believed by many in law enforcement to be an early incarnation of the Golden State Killer. Retired Contra Costa County Chief Investigator Paul Holes was initially a non-believer, but he publicly changed his mind on the theory, and explains why. Exeter Sun owner and publisher, Reggie Ellis, and Editor-In-Chief, Paul Meyers believed the connection from the beginning and share the research they uncovered to support it. And "Unmasking A Killer" Supervising Producer, Todd Lindsey, also believed GSK and the Ransacker to be one and the same, and weighs in on why there was never a doubt in his mind that the ransackings served as the training ground for alleged GSK suspect, Joseph DeAngelo.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.2	This case is why we lock our doors at night.
1:06.3	Attacked all over California.
1:08.2	The community was taken hostage.
1:09.6	Brutal homicides. One of the most prolific serial killers in the history of this state, if not in this nation.
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1:24.1	The Visalia ransacking crime sprees started as a series of break-ins and burglaries in 1974. The Vaisalya Ransacking Crimes' Ries started as a series of break-ins and burglaries in 1974,
1:31.8	escalated to the murder of Claude Snelling on September 11, 1975,
1:36.5	and culminated with the shooting of Officer William McGowan on December 10th of that same year.
1:42.1	Now, the theory that the Visalia Ransacker was part of the Golden State Killer's numerous violent crimes was initially just that, a theory.
1:50.4	Some folks in law enforcement believed the ransacker to be connected and some did not.
1:54.5	Until the identification and arrest of Joseph James DiAngelo as the suspected Golden State Killer,
2:02.5	and among his list of charged crimes is the murder of Claude Snelling.
2:05.2	So to talk about why law enforcement now believes the ransacker is, in fact, the early
2:10.8	incarnation of the Golden State Killer, is someone who publicly changed his opinion on the matter.
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