deangelo was an officer. in 1979, he was fired from law enforcement for shoplifting a hammer and never contested his termination. apparently to avoid a deeper investigation. in 1976, the suspect was initially dubbed the east area rapist. in some cases, he later taunted them by calling him on the phon phone. in 1979, he left northern california, a string of rapes and murders started happening in southern california. police called that suspect and mike stocker. in 1971 with advances in forensic technology, and thus to gators from the dna from crimes committed by the night stocker matched the dna from the east area speech any three. last week, they found their needle in a haystack. watch. >> we did a lot of exclusions of