Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.

Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is a former California police officer and notorious serial killer, infamously known as the Golden State Killer. He was apprehended in 2018 after a breakthrough in forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) linked him to a series of rapes and murders that occurred across California in the 1970s and 1980s. His arrest marked a significant moment in the use of modern DNA technology in solving cold cases.