Serial Killers
The Golden State Killer Case: From a Family Tree to a Guilty Plea
A genealogy search helped identify Joseph James DeAngelo. The investigation still needed evidence that connected him to the crimes.
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Detailed case histories: the victims, patterns, evidence, investigations, and documented outcomes.
A genealogy search helped identify Joseph James DeAngelo. The investigation still needed evidence that connected him to the crimes.
Three disappearances haunted Perth. The 2020 trial produced different verdicts—and a detailed explanation of why the evidence did not establish every charge.
Before the arrest came a failed investigation. The Shipman Inquiry shows how questions about deaths became a story about policing, certification, and unchecked trust.