A US former policeman dubbed the "Golden State Killer" pleaded guilty to 13 murders, as well as confessing to dozens of rapes, robberies and kidnappings.Joseph James DeAngelo Jr admitted to being the notorious killer and rapist who stalked the state during the 1970s and 1980s, as the appalling details of his crimes were read out at a plea hearing held in Sacramento.
Prosecutor Amy Holliday said the state was prepared to remove the death penalty and secure 11 consecutive life terms without parole for the former cop and Vietnam veteran.The manhunt finally ended after investigators successfully matched DNA evidence from crime scenes with a family genealogy database used by his relatives.
One prosecutor choked up as he described how murder victims' heads were bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. The cold-case DNA breakthrough leading to DeAngelo's arrest came shortly after best-selling true crime book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" reinvigorated public interest in the infamous case.
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