East Area Rapist Documents Reveal Investigation Into Arrest Of Suspect

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – New details on the suspected Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist are being released.

The documents set to be unsealed include how police tracked down Joseph DeAngelo and arrested him.

Read DeAngelo's redacted arrest warrant

Read the redacted search warrant

A Sacramento County judge made the decision yesterday after hours in a closed session with the defense, prosecution and an attorney for the media. He announced his decision in court on Friday.

The warrant in the case was related to the deaths of Brian and Katie Maggiore. The couple was shot to death while they were out on a walk in Rancho Cordova in 1978. The murder wasn't initially linked to the East Area Rapist or the Golden State Killer for two decades.

DeAngelo had been under surveillance by the Sacramento County Sheriff's team for at least four days before his arrest.

The documents appear to show DeAngelo was arrested three times, but the information is redacted.

DeAngelo is accused of committing up to 57 attacks and an additional 13 homicides. His connections to the crimes were drawn through circumstantial and geographic evidence.

The DNA investigators say connects DeAngelo to some of the crimes was collected first from a car door at a Roseville Hobby Lobby in 2018, but the sample wasn't good enough. Another sample was taken from tissue in the trashcan outside his home.

Documents relating to alleged sex acts will remain sealed, the judge decided.

Further, documents relating to items seized from DeAngelo's home will also remain sealed.

Attorneys working on the case say the documents include a list of evidence items that could link the defendant to the crimes.

DeAngelo next court date is set for July 12.