Golden State Killer
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For decades, a terrifying phantom known as the Golden State Killer haunted California, leaving a trail of burglaries, rapes, and murders from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He was an elusive specter, evading capture for generations despite tireless efforts by law enforcement. The case went cold, a chilling mystery with a DNA signature but no name. However, in 2018, a groundbreaking technique known as investigative genetic genealogy, utilizing public ancestry DNA databases, provided the breakthrough. By building family trees from distant genetic matches, investigators painstakingly narrowed down the suspect pool, leading to the astonishing arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, a seemingly ordinary retired police officer, finally unmasking the monster who had terrorized the state for so long. As always, visit us at ReadTheRealStory.com for more chilling stories you won’t find anywhere else.
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