SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 27: Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected "Golden State Killer", appears in court for his arraignment on April 27, 2018 in Sacramento, California. DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer, is believed to be the East Area Rapist who killed at least 12 people, raped over 45 women and burglarized hundreds of homes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
LOS ANGELES—A former policeman accused of a string of murders, rapes, and home invasions attributed to a serial predator dubbed “the Golden State Killer” will stand trial in Sacramento in an unprecedented consolidation of cases from six counties, prosecutors said on Aug. 21.
A single, amended criminal complaint was filed in Sacramento County Superior Court charging Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, with 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping, with “special circumstance” allegations making him eligible for capital punishment.
