New Posts For Thread: Golden State Killer: DNA links ex-officer to California cold caseshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-caseshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-4389948pretty famous case back in the day, another sucess for science?At 72, he might prefer a quick death and a legendary status that comes with having his face attached to labels like night stalker, diamond knox killer and so on. What's the point of achieving something as rare and exclusive as that and then dying withttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554325475#554325475At 72, he might prefer a quick death and a legendary status that comes with having his face attached to labels like night stalker, diamond knox killer and so on. What's the point of achieving something as rare and exclusive as that and then dying witFri, 27 Apr 2018 15:27:30 -0500i think the dna matches are with the later victims , long after he had left the forcebut , time will tell if he pleads guilty or goes to trial.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554322809#554322809i think the dna matches are with the later victims , long after he had left the forcebut , time will tell if he pleads guilty or goes to trial.Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:54:58 -0500I guess we should remember that back in the 70s and early 80s, crime scenes and evidence would not have been protected against DNA contamination. We should not string this ex-copper up just yet. It might be that he handled evidence at the scenes or bhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554321115#554321115I guess we should remember that back in the 70s and early 80s, crime scenes and evidence would not have been protected against DNA contamination. We should not string this ex-copper up just yet. It might be that he handled evidence at the scenes or bFri, 27 Apr 2018 07:34:24 -0500Californian prosecutors say genealogy websites played a key role in tracking down a man accused of being a notorious serial killer.Joseph DeAngelo, 72, is suspected of being the so-called Golden State Killer, blamed for a spate of murders and rapes ihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554319131#554319131Californian prosecutors say genealogy websites played a key role in tracking down a man accused of being a notorious serial killer.Joseph DeAngelo, 72, is suspected of being the so-called Golden State Killer, blamed for a spate of murders and rapes iFri, 27 Apr 2018 04:50:07 -0500There is another side of that coin which is that there were more miscarriages of justice in the past, and some people will have been fitted up by police and prosecutors (of course, most of those fitted up were probably guilty anyway -- so-called noblhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554317513#554317513There is another side of that coin which is that there were more miscarriages of justice in the past, and some people will have been fitted up by police and prosecutors (of course, most of those fitted up were probably guilty anyway -- so-called noblFri, 27 Apr 2018 01:51:01 -0500Todays detectives have it easy compared to years gone by,CCTV.DNA, ANPR.You would have to be a master criminal to get away with murder today.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554304773#554304773Todays detectives have it easy compared to years gone by,CCTV.DNA, ANPR.You would have to be a master criminal to get away with murder today.Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:25:13 -0500maybe he realised dna was coming in, and might get caughtmaybe he got married, or had kids, some criminals just stop, doubtless more will be told in this storyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554301203#554301203maybe he realised dna was coming in, and might get caughtmaybe he got married, or had kids, some criminals just stop, doubtless more will be told in this storyThu, 26 Apr 2018 06:33:06 -0500Important question. If someone commits that number of murders and rapes it's unlikely they choose to stop. They're either caught or die.We don't know why the Ripper murders of 1888 stopped.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554301105#554301105Important question. If someone commits that number of murders and rapes it's unlikely they choose to stop. They're either caught or die.We don't know why the Ripper murders of 1888 stopped.Thu, 26 Apr 2018 06:25:24 -0500What happened in 1986 to make him (or the real killer, let's not prejudge it) go straight? Why did the killings stop?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554301057#554301057What happened in 1986 to make him (or the real killer, let's not prejudge it) go straight? Why did the killings stop?Thu, 26 Apr 2018 06:21:26 -0500the guy would have had more publicity over here had we not beenlooking for our own yorkshire ripper at the time.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31296699/golden-state-killer-dna-links-ex-officer-to-california-cold-cases?post_id=554300755#554300755the guy would have had more publicity over here had we not beenlooking for our own yorkshire ripper at the time.Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:56:25 -0500