James Deangelo: Last News

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerJoseph James DeAngelo, known as the “Golden State Killer” who terrorized California during a two-decade, six county rape, murder and robbery spree, was sentenced Friday to 11 consecutive terms of life without parole.The subject of an HBO documentary series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, which was based on writer Michelle McNamara’s best-seller of the same name, DeAngelo was a former police officer who was known by several nicknames, including The Original Night Stalker. His identity was eventually uncovered through DNA after a years-long search.McNamara didn’t live to see DeAngelo’s arrest.

I'll Be Gone in the Dark, HBO's limited series about the late crime writer Michelle McNamara and her journey to bring the serial killer and rapist she called the Golden State Killer to justice, airs this Sunday. The episode picks up with the apprehension of the killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, who pleaded guilty to 13 murders on June 29, the day after the limited series premiered.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVA few days before “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” was set to premiere on HBO, the six-part docuseries based on Michelle McNamara’s book of the same name about the hunt for, survivors of and eventual arrest of the Golden State Killer still wasn’t finished.“If there is some finality in terms of his journey through the criminal justice system, then we want to be able to share that with our audience,” executive producer and co-director Liz Garbus tells Variety.Garbus and her directing team that also includes Elizabeth Wolff, Josh Koury and Myles Kane weaved a detailed tale half set in the world of Joseph James DeAngelo, the former police officer who was arrested in 2018 for crimes committed decades