Victor Hayes was 21 when the East Area Rapist attacked him and his girlfriend in their East Sacramento home. More than four decades later, he opened up about the attack as he prepared to see suspect Joseph DeAngelo face a judge.

Dorothea Puente - The Shadow Keeper

Nov 10th, 2018 22m 7s

In 1993, it was the longest jury deliberation for a murder trial in California history. Dorothea Puente went to prison for some of the deaths at 1426 F Street. Thirty years later was justice truly served? Did Dorothea have help committing her c

Dorothea Puente - The Shadow Keeper

Nov 1st, 2018 31m 29s

A suspect on the run. Seven bodies were found in the backyard of the boarding house at 1426 F Street and Dorothea Puente was gone. The grandmotherly criminal would soon be accused of nine murders. But how did they find her and who were her vict

Dorothea Puente - The Shadow Keeper

Oct 26th, 2018 26m 3s

At 1426 F Street in Downtown Sacramento there's a charming Victorian with a dark history. It's where Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house, taking in elderly and disabled tenants. But in the fall of 1988, Sacramento Police Detective John Cabrera

A Conversation with Criminology's Mike Morford

Jun 8th, 2018 12m 6s

Long before Joseph DeAngelo was identified as the suspect in the East Area Rapist-Golden State Killer case, true crime blogger and researcher Mike Morford was dissecting the police reports and interviewing survivors for his popular podcast, "Cr

Sister Survivors

May 22nd, 2018 28m 33s

Four women are forever linked by the East Area Rapist (otherwise known as the Golden State Killer). Their stories are different but they are united through their desire to expose the man behind the mask. Jane Carson Sandler, Debbi Domingo, Marg

Conversation With Paul Holes

May 9th, 2018 8m 1s

Paul Holes spent 24 years searching for the East Area Rapist - Golden State Killer. As an investigator for the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, Holes retraced the steps of the notorious criminal. Hours before he left law enforcem

Conversation With Ken Clark

Apr 28th, 2018 11m 33s

The arrest of Joseph DeAngelo brings relief to the victims of the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer and their loved ones. But, how did detectives pull it off? How did DeAngelo react when law enforcement took him into custody? And what does

Arrest Update

Apr 26th, 2018 6m 19s

Law enforcement from across the state announced the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, who has now been charged with eight counts of murder in connection with the East Area Rapist investigation. The decades-old case has brought terror to Northern

A Major Break

Feb 15th, 2018 22m 3s

A major breakthrough in the case. Fifteen years after his last known murder, investigators can finally say the East Area Rapist and Original Night Stalker are the same person. Law enforcement has momentum and families of victims have hope this

Escalation

Feb 8th, 2018 16m 27s

A serial rapist attacks dozens of times in Northern California and law enforcement can't catch him. Two years later, a man is terrorizing Southern California and it doesn't take long for those attacks to turn deadly. Debbi Domingo lost her moth

The Beginning

Feb 1st, 2018 23m 30s

It's 1976 in Sacramento and people are terrified. A man is breaking into homes and raping women. Fear and panic are spreading and Jane Carson-Sandler becomes victim number five. She is a 30-year-old married mother student and Air Force Reservis

Episode One - Preview

Feb 1st, 2018 5m 2s

FOX40 News digs deeper into one of California's infamous serial killer/cold cases: The East Area Rapist. Through in-depth interviews with the victims, their families and the original investigators you get a glimpse into the terror and the pain

Exposed: Preview

Jan 25th, 2018 5m 2s

FOX40 investigates the infamous East Area Rapist, who terrorized California communities for a decade. Hear from affected families, detectives who investigated the case then those searching for clues today and discover new evidence.