As you have surely heard on the news already, the infamous Golden State Killer has recently been arrested after law enforcement officials spent some 40 years hunting for him. 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. was apprehended at his Citrus Heights home on Tuesday April 24, after he was finally identified through a genealogy website. While investigators had been certain that the Golden State Killer, and the Original Night Stalker as he was also referred to, was a police officer for quite some time, it was only recently that they had been able to definitively identify their suspect.
DeAngelo, who was known as a cantankerous old man with a penchant for swearing and an obsession with maintaining a meticulous lawn by his neighbors, stands accused of raping at least 46 women and killing a young couple in Sacramento, before slaying 10 more people in their own homes in Southern California. The known crimes committed by DeAngelo occurred between 1973 and 1986.
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Where the death was accidental, a lesser charge of manslaughter may be applicable. Involving, as it does, an accidental or unplanned death, manslaughter carries typical sentences of 2, 3 or 4 years in state prison. First degree murder, at the opposite end of the scale, could result in the death penalty.
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