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Book

Joseph James DeAngelo : the Golden State Killer

Call Number

  • 364.1523 MORR TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2025]

Physical Description

112 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 24 cm

Audience

Grades 6-12.

Summary

The book examines the crimes of a man known over time as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, and eventually the Golden State Killer. Readers will learn about DeAngelo's crimes, the decades-long effort to uncover his identity, and his arrest more than 30 years after his final known murder.

Contents

  • Home alone
  • An unsettled childhood
  • A broken engagement
  • The Visalia ransacker
  • The East Area rapist
  • The original night stalker
  • Cold cases
  • Catching the killer
  • Sentenced for life.

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