I can’t tell you how excited I am to get the sequel to Murder Book, The I-94 Murders, into people’s hands. I studied the Golden State Killer case in 2017, and developed a story of a similar killer who commits crimes along I-94 in Minnesota. The Golden State Killer started his crime spree along I-680 in California. In the profile I had developed of the killer, outlined in the I-94 Murders, I suggest that this is a man who had access to information about investigations, hated women, had experienced some childhood trauma, was single during most of the crimes, and had a small penis. All of which were revealed yesterday about the Golden State Killer. Further, I outline how he will be caught. Keep in mind, the publisher had the final copy of The I-94 Murders 4 months before the Golden State Killer was caught. The technique I proposed, using an ancestry program, is new to investigations. I feel like I nailed it, and I’m excited to get the book out there! This is not a spoiler, as the book is still full of thrilling surprises. It is Jon Frederick’s next case and it will be available in September. I’m asking North Star Press to get me some copies earlier to make available to my faithful supporters on my website. I will let you know when I have them! The Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo is a misogynist. A man who hates women. He is the Golden State Killer, and was arrested on 4/26/2018. He was also known as the East Side Rapist, and the Original Night Stalker. This guy was a first class jerk. He was a Sacramento police officer who was fired for stealing dog repellent. Is that a behavior people typically get fired for? No. Typically, they’d receive a disciplinary action but keep their job. They would use it fire someone if he was an obnoxious jerk, which appears to be the case. He ultimately secured employment as a food distributor and retired after 26 years, just a couple weeks ago. The Golden State Killer would break into homes, and ask victims, “Do you want to die? Do you want me to kill your mother?” If men were in the home he’d ask, "Do you want me to kill your wife?” His victims ranged in age from 13 to 31. He committed at least 51 rapes and 12 murders from 1976 until 1986. Jane Carson was a victim at 6:30 am on October 5, 1976, in Citrus Heights, California. Jane was a reservist on the Traverse Air Force Base in Sacramento, California. Someone broke into her home after her husband left for work at the Air Force base. He tied her up, blindfolded her, and gagged her. Her son had crawled in bed with her after her husband left. The attacker tied up and blindfolded her son and carried him to another room. He then raped Jane. The rapist then went into the kitchen and made himself something to eat. Jane untied herself and her son, and fled the house while the rapist was still present. The rapist never wore the same clothes. Bicycles were abandoned near crime scenes. By November of 1976, 8 rapes had occurred in Citrus Heights, about once a month after they started. Every victim said he had a small penis. Gun sales widely increased, to no avail. At that time the paper announced that he only targets women who are home alone. A man stood up at a public meeting (attended by hundreds) and announced the rapist would never get by with this, if a man was home with a gun. The Golden State Killer let everyone know he was listening, as this man’s home was the next target. The man woke to a gun to his head. He made the man’s wife tie him up. He laid the man face down, then placed dishes on the man’s back and told him if he hears these dishes rattle he will kill his wife. He then raped the man’s wife. The 27th victim was a 13-year-old girl. He had tied up the girl’s mother and placed dishes on her back. This girl had been obsessed with reading the case, and every time he asked if she wanted him to do something, she responded, “I don’t care.” She had read that the killer enjoyed scaring people, so she didn’t want to comply. He raped her, while her mother screamed for help. When the rapist went to shut up the mother, the 13 year old hopped into the bathroom and locked the door. When the rapist returned and saw she was gone, he ran. On February 2, 1978, in Rancho Cordova, California, Brian and Kate Maggjerie (Victims 30 and 31) were a young couple out for a walk. Katie just turned 20. They observed a prowler breaking into a home, and being a great neighbor, Brian confronted him. The Golden State Killer shot them both dead. The Golden State Killer began calling his victims and would either breathe deeply, or would say, “I’m going to kill you,” in the same distorted voice he used during the rapes. He would call dispatch and tell them, “I’m going to rape again.” On December 9, 1978, he raped a single woman living alone. At this scene, they discovered the first evidence (other than DNA evidence). The killer always wore gloves. The killer had apparently “dropped” an essay he wrote, not far from the home, about how poorly he was treated by his 6th grade teacher. He also left a hand-written map of a housing project. This led profilers to believe the killer was employed designing a housing project. This profile was further supported by the fact that the assaults had now moved down I-680 to Modesto, Concord, and then San Jose, California. Investigators believed he dropped the map by mistake because it wasn’t obvious. I believe the killer knew a thorough search would follow, and this evidence would lead investigators in the wrong direction. (Suggesting a knowledge of investigations.) The assaults then moved to Goleta (just outside of Santa Barbara). He tied up the man. After the rapist tied up the woman, he repeatedly told himself, “I’ll kill him. I’ll kill him. I’ll kill him.” The man managed to untie himself and escape the house. The rapist went after him. The woman then managed to untie herself, and escaped the house; however (like the scene of a horror movie), the rapist caught her in the yard. The woman screamed. Fortunately, her neighbor was an FBI agent. The agent came running and a chase scene ensued, and the killer is close to being caught. The Golden State Killer used the bike for a bit, end then jumped fences to narrowly escape from the agent into a creek. This changed things for the killer. Prior to this, he killed 2 people who had caught him breaking in, but hadn’t killed any rape victims. Now, he begins killing his rape victims. Months later, Dr. Debra Manning, and her partner, Dr. Robert Offerman, are murdered after he rapes Dr. Manning. Three months later, Charlene and Lymon Smith are bludgeoned to death after he rapes Charlene. From 1976 to the spring of 1980, he’s committed dozens of rapes and 4 murders. He is no longer called the East Area Rapist, and is now referred to as the Golden State Killer. Deb Domingo, a teenager, had an argument with her mother and left home. When she returned her mother, Cheri Domingo and her partner, Greg Sanchez, had been beaten to death after Cheri was raped. In 1986, in Irvine, California, Janel Cruz had unknowingly walked by the Golden State Killer. He followed her home, tied her up, sexually assaulted her, and beat her to death. The beatings had become more severe each time, and this time it was so severe they needed a closed casket. Janel was the last known victim. However, investigators knew the Golden State Killer was still alive in 2002, as he was still calling and taunting victims. In February of 1998, investigators working a cold case unit in Orange County receive funding for DNA testing, and as a result, realize they have over 50 cases linked to one rapist’s DNA. The DNA links to 28 rapes in Sacramento, 2 in Concord, 2 in Modesto, 11 in San Jose, 6 in Santa Barbra, 2 in Ventura, and 4 in Orange County. DNA links over 50 rapes and 12 murders between 1976 to 1986. On August 21, 1980, Roger Harrington went to visit his son Keith and Keith’s new wife, Patti, in Dana Point. Patti was a nurse and Keith was attending medical school in Irvine. Roger discovered their bodies. Patti was raped and both were beaten to death. At the time, Roger was convinced someone from Patti’s work at hospitals had followed her home. The 1998 DNA testing confirmed it was the Golden State Killer. The Harringtons are a family of attorneys, and they were the impetus that lead to passing proposition 69 in 2004. This allowed for the DNA testing of every felon in prison. The belief at the time was the murders may have stopped because the Golden State Killer was in prison. Even though this didn’t lead to discovering the Golden State Killer, it did lead to solving over 5,000 unsolved crimes. In my newest novel, The I-94 Murders, available in September of 2018, I propose the solution to finding a serial killer (when he is not in the system) is to go through a DNA testing program such as Ancestory.com. If you can identify relatives, you can significantly diminish the list of suspects. Keep in mind, I wrote this and turned it in to the publisher 4 months before the Golden State Killer was caught. And this is just how he was caught. They used a similar site, GEDmatch.com, which is used to find lost relatives, and through the DNA of relatives found the Golden State Killer. The ethical concern is that people who are submitting their DNA for testing aren’t thinking that submitting their DNA could lead to the arrests of relatives. I think it is worth giving investigators access to this data to solve crimes. This explains why DeAngelo went from not being on anyone’s suspect list on April 18, 2018, to being arrested on April 26, 2018. Full DNA profiles close cases. While some argue DNA is not 100%, I’ll explain the odds. If your parents had 64 trillion children, it’s possible that another one of their children could have committed the crime. Keep in mind there are only about 7.4 billion people on earth. Quotes: (more Mitch Hedberg) It takes forever to cook a baked potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one. By the time it's done... who knows? You know when you go to concerts, and the kids get on stage and they jump into the crowd, stage diving? People think that's dangerous, but not me. Because humans are made out of 95% water. So the audience is 5% away from a pool. Sometimes I take a toothpick and throw it in the forest and say "You're home!" On the back of the box of Ritz crackers, they have all these suggestions as to what to put on top of the Ritz. Try it with turkey and cheese. Try it with peanut butter. Oh, come on, man, they're crackers, that's why I got them. I like crackers. I didn't buy them because they're little edible plates. I rent a lot of cars, cause I go on the road. And when I drive a rental car, I don't know what's going on with it, right? So a lot of times I'll drive for, like, ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the EMERGENCY BRAKE. Someone asked me how you abbreviate Arkansas. I told them, "I don't know. Just start spelling it and quit." Thanks for listening, Frank Pierz is off to an exciting springs sports season. The softball and baseball teams are both undefeated (6-0). The baseball JV pitchers haven’t given up a run, or even a hit, so far. The girls’ track team has won 2 meets. Pierz held a jazz and choir event at the Pierz ballroom that packed the house. Most importantly people are getting out and enjoying the nice weather. Here are some pictures. I’ll try to catch baseball next time.
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6/14/2023 01:58:28 am
Joseph DeAngelo is not E.A.R. Copycat. I don't understand why Police N D.A. forget there evidence such as Golden State taking Narcotics from Victims, what about the Fall injury to his neck. The evidence of him being a Carpentar at Military bases. DeAngelo did not have the physic of E.A.R. the First Murder he shot the Military guy then ran down his wife. DeAngelo was a smoker he couldn't jump five fences pull a gun a shoot dead on then run down his wife. DeAngelo didn't have the injury to his Neck. The FBI Profile says E.A.R. molested his children not DeAngelo. I have a person of interest that I ran across who happen to be In laws to my Wife. There white my step son has kids by his oldest daughter. My Persons of interest was US Army Station Fort Knox he ran track in college. He molested two of his daughters n he regularly abused his Wife. He worked at Mather AirForce Base, he is a Carpentar and he is highly addicted to Opiods. He was in Irvine Calif in 1985 he ran a Carpentar handyman service. His oldest Daughter was born 1985 August.. Some Police Reports mentioned a Couple knocking. On Doors looking for a cat. I lived with him I discovered he was in White Plains New York under name Robert Stone had his picture taken by associated Press His Cat Cleo won award. He told me he sign up to be scientology did so at State Fair. It was found out I was investigating him a false restraining hl order was put on me. I found they have a house in Colusa Co. This was bases on a $35 tax lean. This family barely nowadays is surviving mother n oldest daughter on drugs. He POI does not work own a vehicle, go to church, go bowling nothing stays in the house. And he has a wooden sign carved MAD in hid Kitchen MAD is The Word.I believe his wife Judy West was involved somehow she said some weird things to me bout I could get hurt
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AuthorFrank F. Weber is a forensic psychologist specializing in homicide and sexual and physical assault cases. He uses his unique understanding of how predator’s think, knowledge of victim trauma, actual court cases, and passion for writing true crime thrillers. His Award Winning books include "Murder Book" (2017) "The I-94 Murders" (2018) "Last Call" (2019) and "Lying Close" (September 2020). Archives
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