Law enforcement officials have identified a suspected California serial killer as 77-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer.
Sacramento County jail records show DeAngelo was arrested overnight on suspicion of two counts of murder cited in a Ventura County warrant.
During a press conference in Sacramento the Orange county District Attorney District Attorney Tony Ransacker said that DeAngelo has been called man names including the “Visalia Ransacker” who committed multiple crimes between 74 and 76 in Visalia. source
The FBI says it has a team gathering evidence at a Sacramento- area home linked to DeAngelo.
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