Staff Writer Paige St. John covers criminal justice, disasters and investigative stories for the Los Angeles Times from Northern California. Joseph James DeAngelo at home in 1983 with a niece, during a five-year break in murders by the Golden State Killer. An ex-policeman accused of being the “Golden State Killer” who terrorised much of California with a string of slayings, rapes and break-ins has pleaded guilty to multiple murder and kidnapping charges.Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, entered the pleas as part of a broader agreement outlined by prosecutors at a court hearing on Monday.Under the agreement DeAngelo admitted to all the offences he stands accused of, stemming from a crime wave dating back to the mid-1970s.Under terms of the plea deal, DeAngelo will face a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.While sparing the defendant from a potential death sentence, the deal also saves a dwindling number of ageing survivors, victims’ families, witnesses and investigators involved in the case from legal proceedings that would likely have stretched on for years, prosecutors said.The plea hearing was held in a ballroom at Sacramento State University, rather than a courthouse, to allow for more socially distanced seating space amid the coronavirus pandemic.The defendant and his lawyers all wore medical-style, clear plastic face shields.DeAngelo, dressed in orange jail garb and slumped in a wheelchair with his mouth agape, answered “guilty” in a raspy voice when the judge asked his plea to the first of 13 counts of first-degree murder and kidnapping charges he faced, most of which also encompassed rape allegations.He went on to plead guilty and admit to additional charges and allegations as prosecutors from 11 California counties took turns presenting statements graphically detailing every rape, murder, and home invasion with which DeAngelo was accused.The hearing wore on for more than three hours before the it broke for lunch.DeAngelo’s arrest in 2018 capped more than 40 years of investigation in a case that authorities said was finally solved by comparing crime-scene DNA evidence to information on genealogy websites consumers use to track their ancestry.The breakthrough came about two months after the case gained renewed national attention in the bestselling book, In addition to 13 murders and kidnappings, prosecutors said DeAngelo was known to have committed nearly 50 rapes in all and more than 120 burglaries in and around Sacramento, the eastern San Francisco Bay area and Southern California.The crime spree spanned an 11-year period - from 1975 to 1986 - and began while DeAngelo was a police officer, authorities said.He served on two small-town departments during the 1970s.The suspect, whom authorities also had nicknamed the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker, became notorious for creeping into the homes of couples at night, tying them up and raping the woman before killing both victims.The 'Golden State Killer' terrorised one state with a string of slayings, rapes and break-ins.Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty to his crimes. Paige St John discusses her Man in the Window podcast that focuses on the Golden State Killer in California.Queensland Police hunt for man after teen 'sexually assaulted in Kmart store'Dad mortified after accidentally purchasing 28 TeslasMassive traffic queues mark end of long weekend for Brisbane residentsMysterious illness in bat-exposed miners at centre of new COVID theory Couple married for 62 years succumb to COVID-19 - two days after son diedPossible links between New Zealand COVID outbreak and Victoria's crisis Tracking down the Golden State Killer: Paige St John | RNZ Former policeman Joseph DeAngelo, the man known as the Golden State Killer, admitted to 13 murders and myriad other crimes in court this week in a plea deal designed to spare him the death penalty. Paige St. John covers criminal justice, disasters and investigative stories for the Los Angeles Times from Northern California. (Jim Huddle) Waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic from an RV parked several hours east of Reno, Jim Huddle can’t escape the presence of his brother-in-law. Paige St. John, LA Times • June 28, 2020. She hails most recently from Florida, where she covered state politics, hurricanes and property insurance.Victims watch as a former police officer admits to committing murders and rapes in the 1970s and 1980s.The expected plea hearing for the man accused of being a prolific rapist and serial killer will be unlike any in memory.A cluster of deaths, some involving infants, is under scrutiny amid questions of whether the coronavirus lurked in California months before it was detected.Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, has agreed to admit to scores of crimes for which he is not charged, sources said.To reopen safely amid coronavirus, experts need to trace the disease’s origins. Man In The Window: The Golden State Killer podcast on demand - In Man in the Window, Paige St. John, a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter has uncovered never before revealed details about the man who would eventually become one of California's most deadly serial killers. Paige St John discusses her Man in the Window podcast that focuses on the Golden State Killer in California.

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