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Golden State Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Possibility Of Parole

Joseph James DeAngelo, now 74, admitted to committing more than a dozen murders in the 1970s and '80s after investigators identified him using public genealogy websites to trace his DNA.
Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison after admitting to more than a dozen murders in the 1970s and '80s.

Updated at 2:47 p.m. ET

The former police officer known as the Golden State Killer was sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Joseph James DeAngelo, now 74, admitted to committing

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