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Hi guys.

Welcome to another episode of Legally Brunette.

I will be your host today, Emily Simpson, with my co-host.

Shane.

We are going to go into the Golden State Killer.

He actually has a few names.

Also, he's been called the original Nightstalker, which if you remember, the night stalker

is Richard Ramirez. Correct. But this guy predates Richard Ramirez. His name is Joseph James

DiAngelo, also known as the Golden State Killer. He is a former police officer who terrorized

California from 1974 to 1986, committing a series of more

than 100 burglaries, over 50 rapes, and at least 13 murders. His crime spree began in Vesalia,

where he was known as the Vesalia ransacker, breaking into homes and stealing personal items before escalating to violence

and murder. He later became known as the East Area Rapist in the Sacramento region, attacking women

in their homes, often binding and tormenting couples, in carefully planned assaults that left

entire neighborhoods paralyzed by fear.

By the late 1970s, DeAngelo had moved south and evolved into the original night stalker,

later dubbed the Golden State Killer.

He was committing brutal rapes and murders across Southern California before abruptly stopping

in 1986.

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