Arrest of Golden State Killer suspect could unlock other cold case mysteries
By ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN and PAIGE ST. JOHN
MAY 03, 2018 | 4:00 AM
Since freeing a man last year who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a grisly double murder he didn't commit, Simi Valley police detectives have been searching for the real killer.
So when they heard last week that Joseph James DeAngelo had been arrested on suspicion of being the Golden State Killer, their interest was piqued.
It was a long shot, they thought, but the way he allegedly carried out 12 slayings was similar enough to the Simi Valley murders in 1978 — and within the same time frame — that it might be he was responsible.
"Right now anything is possible," said Simi Valley Deputy Police Chief Joseph May.
The agency joins cold-case investigators across California who are reexamining unsolved homicides with the Golden State Killer suspect in mind — a move May said is standard procedure when new information comes to light.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-golden-state-killer-cold-cases-20180503-story.html