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The Officer Who Hid in Plain Sight: DeAngelo’s Long Shadow | The Innocence Files
In this episode of The Innocence Files, host Martina Sheerin examines the harrowing case of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., known infamously as the Golden State Killer, East Area Rapist, and Visalia Ransacker. This narrative explores how a man who served as a police officer in California for over three years used his badge, training, and intimate knowledge of law enforcement procedures to evade capture while committing a spree of burglaries, rapes, and murders across Northern and Southern California between 1968 and 1986. For listeners interested in true crime history, criminal justice reform, and…
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