EXCLUSIVE: The Golden State Killer’s Haunting ‘What Ifs’ — The Cop Who Faced Him, the Daughter Who Crossed Paths With Victims, and the DNA That Was Thrown Away

Three moments that could’ve stopped a monster – but fate, fear, and failure let him slip away.

By: Juliane Pettorossi

Most people know the Golden State Killer – Joseph James DeAngelo – as the ex-cop unmasked in 2018 after decades of terror. The monster once known as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, and the Original Night Stalker left behind at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and more than 100 burglaries.

But The People vs. the Golden State Killer, set for release on November 11, drops three bombshells that prove his story is even darker than we thought. Part 1 recalls the cop who stared DeAngelo in the eye in 1975, survived a bullet by inches, and watched him escape into history. Part 2 exposes the eerie web linking his daughter, a victim’s son, and even a future detective in the same hospital. And Part 3 reveals how counties once had the very DNA that could have exposed DeAngelo decades earlier – and destroyed it.

This isn’t just the story of how he was caught… it’s the chilling tale of how close he came to getting away forever.