He Got Away That Night. It Took Decades to Find Him.

In 1975, a detective came face to face with a man police were trying to catch. The man escaped. More than forty-two years later, investigators finally had a name. This documentary follows the Golden State Killer case from the Visalia Ransacker to the East Area Rapist and the crimes in Southern California. Through court records, archival material and survivor accounts, we trace the clues, the evidence preserved for decades, and the genetic genealogy investigation that led to Joseph James DeAngelo. It is also the story of the people he hurt, the families who waited, and the lives that continued long before there were answers. CHAPTERS 00:00 The man at the fence 02:13 The father who came running 04:31 Inside the house 07:38 A name without a face 09:36 The evidence they kept 12:38 Still no name 14:43 Following the family 17:05 The man behind the crimes 19:28 What he could not take away 21:32 No way out Some visuals are illustrations or reconstructions. Archival material is identified on screen. Research draws on prosecution and court materials, survivor statements, and archival reporting. Music: Eerie Crime Background — Universfield / Pixabay. Maps: Esri and contributors; Mapzen terrain. Additional attribution appears on screen. Subscribe to Noctirn for more carefully researched true crime documentaries. #GoldenStateKiller #TrueCrime #Noctirn