Detectives hopeful of breakthrough in notorious case after genealogy websites help to snare former.

Zodiac killer vs golden state killer. Police hunting zodiac killer deploy dna technique used to identify suspected golden state killer. The federal bureau of investigation s san francisco division which lists the. The april 25 arrest of 72 year old joseph james deangelo in the golden state killer case has renewed interest in the state s zodiac serial killer saga which was the subject of a 2007 movie zodiac. A team of armchair sleuths say they have solved a coded message attributed to the infamous zodiac killer who killed at least five people in california in the 1960s and claimed to have killed more than 30 more than half a century after the note was sent to the san francisco chronicle.

The man who was the zodiac likely started in southern california and moved north. San francisco police circulated this composite of the bay area s zodiac killer. For example the golden state killer started out as a serial rapist and escalated to serial murder. He moves down from the bay area and within 3 months of the last attack there attacks without a dog in october of 79.

The golden state killer started in northern california and moved south. The 72 year old resident of citrus heights california seemed rather ordinary but authorities held a press conference to announce that dna evidence proved deangelo was the golden state killer a prolific serial rapist and killer responsible for at least 12 murders. The list goes on and on. Joseph james deangelo was probably very surprised when he was surrounded by police officers and arrested on april 24 2018.

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