former California police officer who lived a double life as the "Golden State Killer" was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for a string of 1970s and '80s murders and rapes that were solved through the use of public genealogy websites.
A Sacramento County judge granted prosecutors' request that Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, serve life in prison without the possibility of parole following emotional statements from victims or their family members in open court .
When given the opportunity to speak, DeAngelo slowly rose from a wheelchair, took off a mask, looked around at surviving victims and family members of those he murdered and said: "I've listened to all your statements.. And I'm truly sorry to everyone out there. Thank you, your honour."
In June, Joseph DeAngelo confessed to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges for crimes carried out between 1975 and 1986 as part of a plea deal with prosecutors sparing him from a potential death sentence .
DeAngelo, whom a prosecutor on Friday called a bogeyman who haunted California for decades, also publicly admitted to dozens of more rapes for which the statute of limitations had expired. prosecutors said he invaded 120 homes across 11 counties during his crime spree.
The identity of the Golden State Killer remained a
mystery, his crimes unsolved, for decades until DeAngelo's arrest in
Sacramento County on April 24, 2018.
Moral : Crime never pace .
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