The People vs. the Golden State Killer / Thien Ho, Sacramento District Attorney.
In The People vs. the Golden State Killer, Thien Ho, Sacramento District Attorney, recounts the exhilarating and harrowing pursuit of Joseph DeAngelo, a former police officer known by many names: the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, and finally, the Golden State Killer. For over a decade, DeAngelo terrorized California communities. Then, for more than thirty years, he vanished-until a team led by Ho used a groundbreaking tool known as investigative genetic genealogy to uncover his identity and secure a life sentence. Unlike previous accounts that focused mainly on the killer, Ho centers the survivors and the law-enforcement teams who refused to give up their pursuit of the most prolific serial predator in California history. The book features hundreds of never-before-revealed details as well as the authorized voices of many of DeAngelo's courageous survivors who transformed their trauma into activism. A portion of the book's proceeds will benefit Phyllis's Garden, a victims' rights nonprofit founded in honor of a Golden State Killer survivor. Ho also shares his own remarkable story: A Vietnamese refugee who arrived in America not knowing a word of English, he rose through the ranks to become one of just ten Asian American district attorneys out of 2,400 nationwide.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798890130358
- Physical Description: 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Third State Books, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- The "Cho" -- The East Area Rapist -- American Riviera : new beginnings -- Ventura : the voices -- The "OC" -- The California Penal Code -- The team -- The monster behind the mask -- Connecting the dots -- The decision -- "I admit" -- Voices for victims -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Selected index -- About Thien Ho.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | 364.1523 HO (Text) | 36015000760401 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 07/25/2026 |
| Swansboro Branch Library | 364.1523 HO (Text) | 36015000760468 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
