Joseph James DeAngelo's Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Joseph DeAngelo, the California man who is accused of being the serial killer known as the Golden State Killer, has three children with an attorney he married in the 1970s and was considered a "good father" by a relative.
Early descriptions from neighbors and relatives to local media also paint a picture of DeAngelo as an angry man who was a recluse, although they expressed surprise to learn that authorities suspect he's one of the state's most feared and terrifying killers.
Also dubbed the Original Night Stalker and the Visalia Ransacker, the Golden State serial killer is alleged to have committed 13 known murders and at least 45 rapes between 1975 and 1986.
DeAngelo was arrested Wednesday morning, April 25, 2018, and he was charged with four of the murders, two of them in Sacramento and two in Ventura.
He's a Vietnam veteran who is a former police officer.
That has a lot of people wondering about the suspect's wife, children, and other family members.
You can see a more recent picture of Sharon Huddle practicing in court here.
Here's what you need to know:.
DeAngelo Was Born in New York & Graduated From Folsom High School.
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.
is 72, and he's a former police officer and Vietnam War veteran.
His old wedding announcement says that DeAngelo graduated from Folsom High School and California State University, Sacramento.
The announcement states that DeAngelo's parents were Mrs.
Jack Bosanko of Garden Grove and Joseph J.
DeAngelo of Korea.
According to a 1973 newspaper article from The Exeter Sun, DeAngelo was born in Bath, New York, and his mother's name was Kathleen.
She died in 2010, and it's not clear whether his father is still alive.
The obituary for Kathleen Louise Bosanko says she was 87 when she died and left behind four children, one of whom was Joe DeAngelo.
"She was a beautiful person and a wonderful Mother," the obituary says.
Her headstone refers to her as "Ramblin Rose.".
After graduating from Folsom High in 1964, DeAngelo served in the Vietnam War.
According to The Sacramento Bee, a former neighbor named Doug Burgarel said that DeAngelo moved to rural Auburn with his mother and stepfather when he was a teenager.
"DeAngelo's stepfather worked for Burgarel's father at Sierra Crane and Hoist as a welder making indoor overhead cranes," reported the newspaper.
According to the Bee, DeAngelo had a brother and his mother worked as a waitress at Denny's.
DeAngelo worked as a police officer in Exeter, California in the early 1970s, the sheriff said, and he worked for the Auburn Police Department through the late 1970s, although he was fired in 1979 "after he was charged with stealing a hammer and dog repellent from a Citrus Heights drug store," The Auburn Journal reported.
Authorities revealed the break in the case came from newly developed DNA evidence.
According to authorities, they got their big break in only the past week.
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said it came through "DNA evidence that was examined at the Sacramento County crime lab.
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said authorities used "discarded" DNA from DeAngelo to make the arrest.
The cases he's charged in are the 1978 murders of Brian Maggiore and his wife, Katie, and the 1980 deaths of Charlene and Lyman Smith.
It's believed the serial killer also slew Alexandria Manning, Dr.
Robert Offerman, Patrice Harrington, Keith Harrington, Manuela Witthuhn, Cheri Domingo, Gregory Sanchez, Janelle Cruz, and possibly Claude Snelling.
DeAngelo Was Engaged in 1970 & Then Married His Now Estranged Wife in 1973.
DeAngelo appears to have had at least two significant romantic relationships that both fractured.
He married Sharon Huddle, an attorney, in 1973.
It appears from archived newspaper articles that DeAngelo was married only that one time, to Sharon Marie Huddle.
Some news stations reported that DeAngelo divorced Huddle in 1991, but others said the couple is estranged but technically still married.
"A law enforcement source tell me the suspected East Area Rapist, Joseph DeAngelo, is still technically married, though estranged from his wife," Tom Miller, a KCRA reporter, wrote on Twitter.
An old wedding announcement in The Sacramento Bee newspaper, which you can read in full above, confirmed the marriage between Huddle and DeAngelo, which took place in the fall of 1973.
The wedding announcement says that the Auburn First Congregational Church served as the setting for the marriage of Sharon Marie Huddle and Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.
It states that she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Clarence Huddle of Citrus Heights.
She was listed as a graduate of San Juan High School and American River College.
According to archived newspaper articles and public records, DeAngelo appears to have been engaged to be married in 1970 to another woman, but he did not marry that woman, although the circumstances are unclear.
Her Facebook page says she currently lives in Sacramento.
DeAngelo and that woman both attended Sierra College.
DeAngelo Has Three Daughters, Including One Who Is a Doctor.
Sharon Huddle and Joseph DeAngelo have three children together, all daughters, according to a family member's obituary.
His first daughter was born in September 1981, his second daughter was born in November 1986 and his third daughter was born in May 1989.
Authorities allege the serial killer's murders stopped in 1986, although it's not clear why.
According to online records, one of DeAngelo's daughters is a doctor in the Midwest.
Another of his daughters is a PhD candidate at a university.
The latter daughter is a graduate teaching assistant who wrote online that her research "is centered around understanding how unique message characteristics affect information processing in online environments.".
This daughter, who once worked for her mother's law firm, also has done volunteer work in the community, including helping with youth baking projects for 4-H and preparing events for the American Lung Association.
She's taught or assisted in teaching a slew of courses at a California university in communication, public speaking, and media messaging.
In a press conference on the case, authorities confirmed that DeAngelo has adult children and was married, but they did not provide other details of his family other than to reveal that they have interviewed some of his family members.
They did not specify which ones.
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