by Bob Walsh
Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, has agreed to plea out to keep himself off of death row.
DeAngelo
was originally tripped up by a matchup on a genetic family match site.
He has been charged with a number of rapes and murders in several areas
of California.
For
some reason I don't fully understand the deal was supposed to be kept
on the QT until the court hearing at the end of this month.
DeAngelo's
crime spree ran from 1973 thru 1986 that they know of. DeAngelo had
been a cop in Auburn until 1979 when he was fired for shoplifting. He
had never been a suspect in any of the crimes prior to the DNA hit.
There
is one thing I think is odd. Considering the political climate in the
formerly great state of California he might very well be better off
taking the death penalty instead of avoiding it. Death row is MUCH
nicer than mainline GP and his chances of actually being executed for
his crimes are essentially zero.
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