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Gay Hardwick and Robert Hardwick confront Joseph James DeAngelo during the second day of victim impact statements with Joseph James DeAngelo present at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. Victims of California serial killer and rapist, DeAngelo want him in a maximum security prison far, far away if he can't spend the rest of his life on death row. But they may not hold much sway over where or how the 74-year-old former police officer is imprisoned once he is sentenced on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool)

Family members of murder victims assail Golden State Killer

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Sandy James looks up from the podium as she makes her statement with Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, in the courtroom during the first day of victim impact statements Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo will be formally sentenced to life in prison Friday. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool)

Victims want Golden State Killer sent away to California’s toughest prison

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2020, file photo, Joseph James DeAngelo, center, charged with being the Golden State Killer, is helped up by his attorney, Diane Howard, as Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman enters the courtroom in Sacramento, Calif. Survivors plan to confront DeAngelo this week during an extraordinary four days of court hearings before the 74-year-old is sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Victims call Golden State Killer ‘sick monster,’ ‘subhuman’

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Gay and Bob Hardwick who were attacked in their Stockton home in 1978 by Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, stand as the charges are read against DeAngelo during a hearing in Sacramento Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. Monday June 29, 2020. DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and multiple other charges 40 years after a sadistic series of assaults and slayings in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Golden State Killer admits murders, rapes for life in prison

By DON THOMPSON and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Joseph James DeAngelo, charged with being the Golden State Killer, appears in court in Sacramento, Calif. The 74-year-old former police officer is tentatively set to plead guilty Monday, June 29, 2020, to being the elusive Golden State Killer. The hearing comes 40 years after a sadistic suburban rapist terrorized California in what investigators only later realized were a series of linked assaults and slayings. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Prosecutor: Golden State Killer said inner person drove him

By Don Thompson and Brian Melley - Associated Press

Joseph James DeAngelo, charged with being the Golden State Killer, appears in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 12, 2020. Superior Court Judge Steve White approved prosecutors' request to take more DNA samples from DeAngelo, over the objections of his defense attorneys. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Man accused of being ‘Golden State Killer’ to plead guilty

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2018 file photo, authorities gather outside the home of Joseph James DeAngelo in Citrus Heights, Calif. The home of DeAngelo, suspected of being the notorious &quot;Golden State Killer&quot;, has been sold to a couple who intend to live there. The Sacramento Bee reports DeAngelo's 1,500-square-foot home in Citrus Heights, Calif., was sold last month. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Home of suspected ‘Golden State Killer’ sold in Sacramento

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Alleged California killer busted in 1990s in unrelated case

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FILE - In this June 1, 2018, file, pool photo, Joseph James DeAngelo appears in Sacramento Superior Court, in Sacramento, Calif. Authorities have cleared DeAngelo accused of being California's Golden State Killer of involvement in the 1975 murder of a 14-year-old girl in the Central Valley. The Tulare County district attorney's office on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, released a review that said DNA testing concluded that DeAngelo didn't kill Donna Jo Richmond. (Jose Luis Villegas/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)

DNA clears accused Golden State Killer of 1975 murder

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FILE - This Aug. 23, 2018 file photo shows suspected serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo is arraigned in Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. The trial of the alleged California serial killer could cost taxpayers $20 million. A Sacramento County official said Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, the county is asking the state to help pay. DeAngelo is scheduled to appear in court Thursday, Dec. 6, for a routine proceeding. The trial is months away from beginning. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)

Alleged California serial killer to keep public defender

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 23, 2018 file photo shows suspected serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo is arraigned in Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. The trial of the alleged California serial killer could cost taxpayers $20 million. A Sacramento County official said Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, the county is asking the state to help pay. DeAngelo is scheduled to appear in court Thursday, Dec. 6, for a routine proceeding. The trial is months away from beginning. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)

The Latest: Alleged California killer to use public defender

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FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, the alleged Golden State Killer appears in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo was arraigned, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, on 13-new rape-related charges along with 13 slayings spanning five counties committed during the 1970's and 1980's. DeAngelo did not enter a plea. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File )

Golden State Killer suspect faces consolidated charges

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

File - In this May 29, 2018, file photo, Joseph DeAngelo stands in a Sacramento, Calif., jail court. Prosecutors have added another murder charge against DeAngelo, a California serial killing suspect, boosting the number of victims to 13. Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward said Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, that DeAngelo was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Claude Snelling, who was shot while stopping the kidnapping of his 16-year-old in Visalia. The community college teacher was shot in 1975. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)

Charge added against California serial killing suspect

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Joseph James DeAngelo appears in Sacramento Superior Court, Friday, June 1, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. He is suspected in at least a dozen killings and roughly 50 rapes in the 1970s and '80s. (José Luis Villegas/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)

Records: DNA from tissue led to Golden State Killer arrest

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

The Latest: Suspect in serial killings isn’t in wheelchair

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FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, Joseph James DeAngelo, accompanied by Sacramento County Public Defender Diane Howard, right, makes his first appearance to face charges that include homicide and rape, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. A judge is considering whether to make public search and arrest warrants for DeAngelo, a man who authorities call one of California's most elusive serial killers. DeAngelo is due back in court Monday, May 14, for a routine hearing. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Suspect in serial killings in court amid fight over records

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Genetic genealogists using DNA matching helped catch the "Golden State Killer," Joseph James DeAngelo, who is reportedly responsible for 50 rapes and 12 killings dating back decades. (Associated Press/File)

‘Golden State Killer’ lawyers fight to keep documents sealed

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - in this Friday, April 27, 2018, file photo, Joseph James DeAngelo, accompanied by Sacramento County Public Defender Diane Howard, right, makes his first appearance to face charges that include homicide and rape, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo 72, appeared in court, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, with Howard who is asking the court to stop the Sacramento County District Attorney from further executing a search warrant. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Judge OKs taking DNA, photos of Golden State Killer suspect

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

John Lopes, a crime scene investigator for the Sacramento Sheriff's office, carries boxes of evidence taken from the home of murder suspect Joseph DeAngelo to a sheriff's vehicle Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Citrus Heights, Calif. DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of committing multiple homicides and rapes in the 1970s and 1980s in California. Authorities spent the day going through the home for evidence. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

APNewsBreak: Serial killer search led to wrong man in 2017

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

John Lopes, a crime scene investigator for the Sacramento Sheriff's office, carries boxes of evidence taken from the home of murder suspect Joseph DeAngelo to a sheriff's vehicle Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Citrus Heights, Calif. DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of committing multiple homicides and rapes in the 1970s and 1980s in California. Authorities spent the day going through the home for evidence. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Relative of misidentified man helped in probe

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