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Joseph James DeAngelo, sitting in a wheelchair, is brought out of the courtroom for a break in the schedule for the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Aug. 20, 2020, in Sacramento. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 13 murders, …

Defendant Joseph James DeAngelo looks on in the courtroom during the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on August 20, 2020, in Sacramento, California. (SANTIAGO MEJIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘The nightmare has ended’: Victims address the Golden …

Patti Cosper, the daughter of rape survivor Patricia Murphy read a statement on her mother's behalf and then showed Joseph James DeAngelo the middle finger during the first day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Aug. 18, 2020, in Sacramento. (SANTIAGO MEJIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Sick monster’: Victims of Golden State Killer finally …

Kris Pedretti reads a statement at the podium as Joseph James DeAngelo is in the court room during the first day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. Pedretti was 15 years old when DeAngelo broke into her Carmichael, Calif., home and raped her. The scope of his crimes "is simply staggering,” prosecutors said in a court summary released Monday — 13 known murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool)

HBO docuseries ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ looks at lives …

Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, appears in court in Sacramento for his arraignment on April 27, 2018. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Golden State Killer suspect agrees to guilty plea in a …

Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, appears in court in Sacramento for his arraignment on April 27, 2018. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Sacramento judge OKs more DNA tests from Golden State …

Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, appears in court in Sacramento for his arraignment on April 27, 2018. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

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Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected “Golden State Killer,” appears in court for his arraignment on April 27, 2018, in Sacramento. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

CA Man Who Spent 14 Years in Prison for Murder Becomes …

A row of samples from a crime scene on top of genetic testing results are pictured in this undated photo. (Credit: Getty Images)

Judge Sets Preliminary Hearing in ‘Golden State Killer’ …

Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected “Golden State Killer,” appears in court for his arraignment on April 27, 2018, in Sacramento. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Sacramento County Home of Suspected ‘Golden State …

Joseph DeAngelo's home in Citrus Heights is seen on the day of his arrest in April 2018. (Credit: KTXL)

Rise in Police Use of DNA Leads to Backlash, Changes …

A bag to collect forensic evidence is seen as the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner hosts DNA Extraction demonstration to unveil groundbreaking technology allowing testing of degraded DNA samples on Sept. 6, 2018. (Credit: Angela Weiss / AFP / Getty Images)

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Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, appears in court in Sacramento for his arraignment on April 27, 2018. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)