the interest and the dogged determination to solve the east area rapist. the sheriff that i took over with that is here today told me about the importance of it. i don t know that i fully appreciated it at that time, but i can tell you without exception, weekly, sometimes more, i get telephone calls or e-mails to this day from former employees, former detectives, community members from all over this country, that believe that they know or at least have some information on who the east area rapist was. committed then to do everything that i could to solve it. had a lot of conversations early on with district attorney shubert about how we could do it. those discussions really touched the passion of both of us to solve this case. both of us committed the best and the brightest are hand picked folks to oversee the
justice and the victims. in this case, the golden state killer. it was that day that we embarked upon what i call our journey for justice. a to find the answer, to give victims a voice and ultimately to identify this person and bring him to justice. we brought teams together, not long after that press conference. we dedicateded more resources, more people and we created what i have called team justice. an incredible collaboration of
the west coast in sacramento and trace gallagher following this from the west coast news hub. a 72-year-old former cop. is that right? yes, this is the most prolific unsolved serial murder case in modern history. the sheriff said they arrested 72-year-old james joseph deangelo, a former police officer in auburn, california, which is about 30 miles outside of sacramento and he was fired from his job as a police officer for stealing a can of dog repellent. you think about that. the golden state killer goes unnoticed for 50 years and he gets fired for stealing a can of dog repellent. this suspect apparently lived outside of sacramento the past 20 years. he s now being hold on two counts of murder. if he turns out to be the golden state killer, the east area rapist, she could be charged with a dozen murders, 50 rapes and hundreds of burglaries.