this is in citrus heights outside sacramento near roseville. d'angelo was a former auburn police officer in the '70s. he lived there in citrus heights for decades. neighbors are stunned. >> back when i was a child in sacramento and this happened, it really affected our family. my dad went and bought a gun. and he would load it every night and put it under his pillow. the whole neighborhood was scared. >> the sacramento district attorney, the sheriff of the county holding a press conference. we're expecting that any minute. they are there from the crime lab as they set up at the podium. one law enforcement official is identifying the suspect as -- the east area rapist as former auburn police officer joseph james deangelo. >> he was known as the diamond knotted killer because of a knot he used when he would tie up victims. >>> thank you. just a little bit more background on this killer. now, his crime spree stretched from 1976 to 1986. he is linked to more than 175 crimes. last summer the fbi announced a new reward of $50,000 leading to his arres

the answer has always been in sacramento. for over 40 years, countless victims have waited for justice. over these years, hundreds of individuals have sought justice for these victims and their families. many have dedicated their virtual entire professions to seeking this answer. for many of us, it was more than a professional commitment. it became personal for many of us. for me, here in sacramento county, in june of 1976, i was 12. i grew up in the east area of sacramento near the cluster of where these crimes began. my sisters ranged from 10 to 16 at the time. as i have said many times, over the last 18 years at least for me, for us, here in sacramento, it was a time of innocence in 1976. no one locked their doors. kids rode their bikes to school. parents let their children play outside. the only thing we were told is the family was you just needed to be home before dark. we did not have things like cell phones or social media. and then for all of us here in this community that lived in this community during this time, it

he grew up in sacramento. the point was made that he h a job in a relatively affluent suburb north ofhere, roseville, and he came back to sacramento. so t sere are people who that as a good sign. also he voluntarilyasked the attorney general to oversee the investigation. t i did speak to some women who knew stephon clark's grandmother. they're known heror 40 years. they saidhy would things change now? they recalled an experience 30 years ago whenanfrican american was walking through a field and was shot by police. they did not hold out much hope. i think it is depending who you talk to, there are post sides being represented. but the community has been active. as you mentioned, coming out with protests, and really pushing for some substantial changes to the police fosae in amento so this doesn't happen again. >> i have worked with the sacramento police departmeyi and to bring about change. i had a couple cases. mll tell you the police chief as well asbers of his staff and the mayor's office are i equallerested

kron 4's ella sogomonian reports from sacramento. (nats)another day of protests in the state's capitol drew support of more than 200 people saturday afternoon for an unarmed black man killed by sacramento police the demonstration was hosted in a downtown park by former warriors and kings player matt barnes.the shooting death of stephon clark on march 18th moved the sacramento local to take action.sot: matt barnes, former nba player// "i'm in the process of staring a clark boys college scholarship fund to make sure these boys go to college. (cheers) but like we mentioned earlier, this is not a sacramento problem, this is a nationwide problem."family and friends close to clark shared their disbelief of the outpour of support and demand for the officers to be prosecuted.sot: christina rodriguez-johnson// "he just wasn't ... he didn't believe that he even deserved attention this way. he was the most humble person that you'd

that's the city outside sacramento along interstate 80. our crime reporter henry lee has been talking to the suspect's neighbors and joins us now live from citrus heights heights. >>> reporter: they are stunned that the suspect lived at this ranch style home behind me which is still being searched by the fbi at this hour. neighbors tell me that this man seemed to be the average suburban homeowner except for his tempe. >> i'm glad he is finally caught. >>> reporter: this quiet citrus heights neighborhood was transformed overnight into a crime scene with the arrest of joseph james deangelo, the alleged east area rapist and golden state killer. sacramento sheriff's deputies and the fbi scoured the three- bedroom house. the media converged. neighbors gathered to watch the spectacle. some took selfies. looky-loos took pictures while driving which led to this warning again and again. throughout the day, residents gathered in shock that an alleged killer now 72 years old lived in their midst. >> you never know people, right? but he has been inact

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. >>> anger and frustration in sacramento. protesters upset over the stephon clark shooting demonstrated in the streets. clark was unarmed. he was shot in the back by sacramento police in his grandmother's backyard. with the warriors in town, there was concern protesters would block fans. instead, an incident in the streets, this time involving sheriff's deputies. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> witnesses say this video shows the sacramento county sheriff's patrol car hitting a female protester at a vigil downtown. the chp confirmed it did happen. we're told an ambulance took the woman to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> about 150 people took part in this vigil. it started near a sheriff's department service center. marchers then went off move, before that collision. there were no reports of the protests getting violent. >>> there was also a heavy police presence at the golden one center in sacramento for the warriors game. twice already protesters have kept fans from entering previous games. but last night fans were met wi

another night of protests in sacramento -- has left one sacramento -- protests in sacramento -- has left one protester in the hospital with minor injuries. kim hutcherson has the latest protesters filled the streets of sacramento again saturday night --following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man two weeks ago.nats "you're not gonna kill my sons, you're not gonna kill my sons" demonstrators marched despite a heavy law enforcement presence.one woman was struck by a sacramento county sheriff's cruiser -- sending her to the hospital with minor injuries.guy danilowitz / (jrstone)thank you for joining us thank you for (jrstone) (jrstone)thank you for joining us tonight at 8.i'm jr stone. a happy easter and happy passover to you. now on to another big story.high winds may be to blame today for a nasty accident in san francisco. a man was sent to the hospital after he was hurt by a tree that fell on him as he walked through a san franciso park.fortunately the victim was able to call for help using his cell phone and helped guide dispatch so officers could find him.kron 4's ella sogomoni

and it was right here in sacramento. >> he was known by many names. the east area rapist, the original night stalker, the ransacker, the golden state killer, now the sacramento authorities say they have their man. authorities have identified the suspected serial killer as joseph james deangelo. the 72-year-old was arrested this morning in the sacramento county city of citrus heights. the investigators say he is responsible for at least 12 killings and 45 rapes dating bang to the 1970s and 1980s. the series of crime started in the sacramento area and spread to the east bay where he was dubbed the east area rapist, then more crimes in southern california where he was called the original night stalker. today the sacramento county district attorney says a dna match connected all of the attacks. >> the answer was and always was going to be in the dna. we knew we could and should solve it using the most innovative dna technology available at this time. >> we have live team coverage tonight. andre senior with more on the major role that dna played in the arr

i headed to sacramento immediately. my reaction was one of relief. my thoughts immediately went to the victims of the crimes across the state of california and especially those here in contra costa county. one of gratefulness to the team that has worked so hard especially to paul who was the chief forensic officer. he recently retired but spent decades working on this case. also the team of investigators and lots -- law enforcement across california who put together the pieces to find a link that led to an arrest. >> i watched you mentioned paul. what was it that he did that made that connection between the crimes committed in northern california and southern california? >> i'm not able to speak on the specifics. we do know that new technology led to the ability to be able to link all of these crimes together across california. also to be able to find that needle in the haystack. >> he expects to file charges against deangelo in contra costa county? >> it's too early for us to talk about what charges will be filed. the case has not been referred to o

sacramento deputies announce they have solved the decades old mystery. the golden state killer was also known as the east area rapist and the original night stalker. he killed 12 people, he raped at least 45 and broke into more than 150 homes in the 1970s and '80s. the killer first struck the sacramento area, moved to the bay area and then south to santa barbara and orange county. christin ayers is in citrus heights where authorities say a needle in the haystack helped close the case. >> reporter: authorities are still sifting through evidence. here you can see that they actually have tarp covering the entrance to the garage. it's not clear what exactly led them to this citrus heights home. they say they have been watching the suspect here for some time and a break finally came when they managed to get some dna from an item that had been discarded. for years, investigators had the sketches. they had a dna sample, a shoeprint. they even had telephone recordings. [ heavy breathing ] gonna kill you ... i'm gonna kill you ... >> reporter: his raspy voice thr

my guess is sacramento will try him first and it will be a death penalty case. >> you are saying sacramento will get him first. >> right. >> there are so many other crimes he is accused of a. lot of rapes and burglaries it. does the statute of limitations is not matter now? >> any murder case does not have a statute of limitations, so no statute on the murder. the other incidents can be traded because of that in my opinion, so with that said sacramento goes into it. if they get a conviction than one might ask why trite him anywhere else? one of the things da gets jumpy about is what if it gets reversed? what if the case goes up on appeal and they reverse it and we do not try him in other counties? other counties will step up and say we will try him next, so the big thing is seeing if all the counties can cooperate with each other. all of the district attorneys and decide which county will go first. if they can agree sacramento or ventura or whatever they decide. >> all of these counties and crimes. what do you think he is facing? >> he is facing the death penalty. he will get the death pena

by 1976, deangelo had moved to the sacramento area. that's where police say he began raping and sexually assaulting victims. in 1978, it's believed he killed for the first time, murdering brian and katie maggiore in rancho cordova. later that year he began terrorizing quiet bay areas. these are the 11 sexual assaults he is tied to. his final bay area crime was in danville in july of 1979. by the end of that year, the golden state killer moved on to southern california. that's where he shifted almost exclusively to murders. these are all of his suspected victims. look at the timeline. now the daughter of one of the golden state killer's southern santa cruz, and she sat down with katie marzullo to talk about the devastating loss of her father and what today's arrest means to her. >> i just started shaking. >> jennifer carroll was home in santa cruz when she learned the accused golden state killer had been arrested. >> i never in my lifetime expected to see that. >> carol grew up in ventura with her mom and two brothers not far from her d

by 1976, deangelo had moved to the sacramento area. that's where police say he began raping and sexually assaulting victims. in 1978, it's believed he killed for the first time, murdering brian and katie maggiore in rancho cordova. later that year he began terrorizing quiet bay areas. these are the 11 sexual assaults he is tied to. his final bay area crime was in danville in july of 1979. by the end of that year, the golden state killer moved on to southern california. that's where he shifted almost exclusively to murders. these are all of his suspected victims. look at the timeline. now the daughter of one of the golden state killer's southern california victims lives in santa cruz, and she sat down with katie marzullo to talk about the devastating loss of her father and what today's arrest means to her. >> i just started shaking. >> jennifer carroll was home in santa cruz when she learned the accused golden state killer had been arrested. >> i never in my lifetime expected to see that. >> carol grew up in ventura with her mom and two

and it was right here in sacramento >> law enforcement? willie in sacramento called a news conference to announce the arrest of joseph james deangelo of citrus height but he was more widely known as the east area rapis and the golden state killer >> there were upward willings 50 rapes, 12 murders, crimes spanning 12 yeerps across 10 different counties. >> police say his crimes started in and around sacramento before he moved to contra costa, santa clara and alameda counties. the crimes deeply affected the nancy omaly who helped some of the early victims while working at a rape crisis center in college. >> i went to the hospital with victims to -- who had been sexually assaulted. and the not knowing who the person was terrorized contra costa county at the time. >> the suspect deangelo

you saw the protests outside the sacramento kings arena. i worked my sources today in sacramento. they said those were outside protesters outside agitators not members of that community. if you're looking to bridge the gap between police and african-americans, start with the african-american police chief in sacramento working with that family. that's the way. >> i there are a lot of emotions in sacramento right now. thanks to both of you. up next, a new poll out today shows the majority of americans are ready to protest. what do they want to protest? what issues? we've got data for you. i'm going over to the big board. we'll show you, that's next here on "hardball." hello. hi. how's it going? alright, how ya doing? welcome! so, this is the all-new chevy traverse. what do ya think? this looks better than 99% of the suvs out there. it's very modern...sleek. maybe the most impressive part of the all-new traverse... is what's on the inside. (gasp!) surprise! what are you doing here? i've missed you guys! i haven't seen you guys in so long! (gasp) what's happening?! we flew her out. it

that's the city outside sacramento along interstate 80. our crime reporter henry lee has been talking to the

the sacramento d.a. was on "good morning america" this morning and she spoke out about the case. >> it's always about passion, persistence and i believe dna was the silent witness to the truth. we're now here and we have the answer. >> deangelo only became a suspect as the golden state killer a few days ago. a discarded dna sample provided the confirmation that detectives needed. deangelo was a former police officer who worked near vie sail yeah and auburn. at this point, only two charges in two counts of murder in the death of a sacramento couple back in 1978. police have promised more charges to come. >> jessica, thank you. for most of her life a santa cruz woman has wondered who killed her father and stepmother. >> she figured police would never find the golden state killer. now 38 years later she geltelt answer. >> matt keller joins us from our south bay bureau with what she wants the suspected killer to do now. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. this arrest was a shock for jenni

a group gathered in front of the sacramento district attorney's office. they are marching in front of the city hall. you can see families. a lot of people marching in solidarity. chanting as well, and holding signs. calling for criminal charges to be filed against the two sacramento police officers who fatally shot. >> leslie brinkley has more on an assault that began in a bathroom and ended with a chemical attack. >> reporter: the attack happened in wheeler hall. police say a female employee encountered a man in the restroom and told him the building was closed and he then followed her as she left. >> she asked the individual to leave and he didn't and he assaulted her with a costic chemical. >> reporter: the chemical was ammonia. >> the employee suffered from chemical burns. shwas transported to a local hospital and no word on her condition toy. >> i know a lot of the newer buildings you have to use your id to get access. >> reporter: police are not saying how the man got into the building and why he attacked. i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> new in

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those demonstrations at the top of the show are from south sacramento. it is still going on right now on the streets. >> thank you so much. speaking of those protests, these are live pitches from sacramento as they continued to demonstrate out there in the streets. they are peaceful at this point. they are carrying signs. they enchanting. this is the fifth night of protest. >>> high school students held her own vigil 4:00 outside of the sacramento police station. she lit candles. she paid tribute to clark and other victims of police brutality the city. she was pleased to note that she is sick and tired of the violence. >> it could have been any black person. it hits close to home. if i was walking outside, that could have been me. >> she never met clark. that she feels the families pain. >> a nurse is out of a job after posting a comment about clark. >> she was let go after writing a statement on a facebook page that read, he was running from the police jumping over fences and breaking into people's houses. white run? he deserved it for being stupid. >>

a group gathered in front of the sacramento district attorney's office. they are marching in front of the city hall. you can see families. a lot of people marching in solidarity. chanting as well, and holding signs. calling for criminal charges to be filed against the two sacramento police officers who fatally shot. >> leslie brinkley has more on an assault that began in a bathroom and ended with a chemical attack. >> reporter: the attack happened in wheeler hall. police say a female employee encountered a man in the restroom and told him the building was closed and he then followed her as she left. >> she asked the individual to leave and he didn't and he assaulted her with a costic chemical. >> reporter: the chemical was ammonia. >> the employee suffered from chemical burns. she was transported to a local hospital and no word on her condition today. >> i know a lot of the newer buildings you have to use your id to get access. >> reporter: police are not saying how the man got into the building and why he attacked. i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> ne

night of protests in sacramento... turns chaotic. video appears to show a protester getting hit by a >>> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> another night of protest in sacramento turns chaotic. video appears to show a protester getting hit by a squad car. news at 11:00 starts now. i'm terry mcsweeney. angry and frustration, warriors in town, protesters angry over the stephon clark shooting, didn't go to the stadium but to the streets. dramatic video. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> witnesses say it shows a sacramento county patrol car hit a female protester downtown. chp confirms the incident. taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >> stephon clark. >> 150 people took part in vigil at sheriffs department service center and went on the move before the collision. no reports of the protest getting violent but heavy police presence in the area, lined up across the road. >> heavy police presence at golden 1 center for the warriors games. twice kept fans from entering games but different tonight. anser, pretty quiet. >> reporter: earlier a huge

warriors get a win at sacramento 112-96. they host the suns tonight at oracle. >>> it was a rough night for the san jose sharks in las vegas. they trailed early in the 2nd period. joe who scored the first goal for san jose sets up a shot and fires. but it is deflected. grabs the puck and sends it into the net on the rebound. and that was all for the sharks. the knights score once more in the 3rd, giving them the 3-2 win. and the pacific did i vision title in their first season. the sharks remain second in the division with three games left in the regular season. >> that is a brand-new franchise too. those knights are good. >>> this video is good too. an uninvited guest to a pool party for one. it is long and green and wiggles a lot. an 11-foot gator splashing around in a pool and having a good time. this is in sarasota, florida. the owners thought it was an intruder and then looked out and said what the heck is that? it is a big gator. they got a trapper to wrangle it out the door. but that would be a little scary. >> he jus

and it was right here in sacramento. with that, i would like introduce our sheriff, scott jones. >> good afternoon. i'd like to make preliminary comments. when i was sheriff in 2010, there were view outstanding cases that drew the passion and the interest and the dogged determination to solve the east area rapist. the sheriff that i took over with that is here today told me about the importance of it. i don't know that i fully appreciated it at that time, but i can tell you without exception, weekly, sometimes more, i get telephone calls or e-mails to this day from former employees, former detectives, community members from all over this country, that believe that they know or at least have some information on who the east area rapist was. committed then to do everything that i could to solve it. had a lot of conversations early on with district attorney shubert about how we could do it. those discussions really touched the passion of both of us to solve this case. both of us committed the best and the brightest are hand

the sacramento d.a. was on gma this morning and spoke out about the case. >> it's all about passion and persistence and ultimately about dna. i always believed that dna is the silent witness to the truth. that truth may have been quieted for 40-something years. we're now here and we have the answer. >> deangelo only became a suspect a few days ago. a discarded dna sample provided the confirmation detectives needed. he was a former police officer who worked near vie syria and auburn. at this point he's only charged with two counts of murder for the death of a sacramento area couple in 1978, but police promise more charges to come. >> jessica, thank you. for most of her life, a santa cruz woman has wondered who killed her father and step mother. >> she figured police would never find the golden state killer. 38 years later she gets the answer that she didn't think she'd hear. matt keller joins us from our south bay bureau with what she wants now. >> reporter: the murders of her father and stepmother took p

for us here in sacramento, it was a time of innocence in 1976. no one will locked their doors -- no unlock their doors, kids rode their bikes to school, parents let their kids play outside, and for all of us here in the community who lived in the community during this time, that all changed.>> he is now facing a total of eight counts of murder including the murder of a married couple in sacramento county in 1978. he's charged with two counts of murder in ventura county. prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. the east area rapist left many in the bay area living in fear.>> here's a portion of a kpix5 news report from 1978. >> striking three times in over three weeks. twice in concord, once in san ramon. he pried open the back door and entered the bedroom of a 30- year-old woman who lived alone in a fashionable suburban development. residents are horrorstricken, some women rent motel rooms. >> after a few nights they feel, i really need a good night sleep. i know a woman who've done that.>> reporter: authorities admit they don't know enough ab

so thanks very much. >>> the dubs face the kings in sacramento tonight. after missing eight games with a fractured right thumb, klay thompson is set to return. he's missed only 12 games his entire career and never this many in a row. as you can imagine, it's been a bit frustrating. >> you can never plan for injuries, so it was obviously a change of pace for me being out this long. but i still worked really hard while i was out and i expect to be, you know, back to where i was at before i got hurt. i have no, you know, worries, especially when i'm at full strength. obviously we're far from it right now but we'll slowly get guys back and get back to what we do best and that's playing a beautiful game of basketball. >> can't wait. >>> to the diamond, a's and angels for cesar chavez day at the coliseum. game three of this four-game set. both teams have notched a victory. mindon, the mustache versus the beard. two batters in, mike trout doubling off the right field wall. angels up 7-0 before the a's get on the board. a bases-loaded two out, two-run single in t

they started at the sacramento d.a.'s office, marched to the sheriff's department, city hall and got support from inmates peering through the windows of the county jail. many are calling on the district attorney to prosecute the police officers who killed clark. >> this has been going on for years in sacramento. and i feel like it's built up to this moment to where we're going to keep fighting. >> i'm so proud of sacramento. they keep coming out. >> reporter: today also marked 50 years after the assassination of martin luther king, jr. > his message was for black liberation, justice and equity. >> reporter: that fight for justice now in the name of stephon. >> can we please get it together? >> reporter: and that pain shared and felt by many in the crowd. >> we are all human beings, and no one has the right to take another human being's life. >> reporter: those close to the family shared emotional words about the 22-year-old they continue to grieve. >> he was a baby! he was our baby! ! >>> the atmospheric river known as t

segÚn autoridades del trabajo que se llevÓ a cabo aquÍ en el laboratorio del forense del condado sacramento, ayudÓ a identificar y localizar al sospechoso. "sabÍamos que la clave estaría con evidencia de adn". aÚn cuando intensificaron la bÚsqueda hace un par de aÑos con sÓlo retratos hablados del sospechoso tomados hace cuatro dÉcadas. el alguacil de sacramento dice que gracias al adn y similitudes de los crÍmenes en otros lugares, pudieron darse cuenta que se trataba de la misma persona a la que distintas agencias buscaban. ramÓn: un caso realmente insÓlito. tenemos nuevos detalles sobre el voraz incendio registrado en un edificio de apartamentos en la ciudad de concord hasta el momento, el incendio no ha sido sofocado. pero se les ha prohibido el ingreso mientras siguen combatiendo las llamas.

nbc's steve patterson is on the ground in sacramento. steve, you have been measuring the temperature. it can be very, very complex. what have you seen and where are we out of this 11:00 a.m. hour? >> i would say the temperature is at a rolling boil at this point, richard. we've seen protesting just about in some form every day since that video was released of clark's shooting. and generally, broadly, peaceful. mostly the protesters showed up wielding candles and signs, but as the day turned into night, it got a little more tense. the protesters starting spilling into the streets. last night those two sheriff vehicles waded through the crowd. they were striking the cars, screaming, and the patrol cars were simply trying to wade through and they struck a 61-year-old woman a protest in the crowd. but the speed was so slow that it only caused minor injuries. the accounts from people in the crowd is that this was a hit-and-run, pure and simple, they struck the woman and took off. the police department releasing that statement earlier last nig

this is not a sacramento problem, this is a nationwide problem. >> hundreds of protesters rally in sacramento tonight calling for justice for stephon clark. the unarmed black man shot and killed by police. thanks for joining us. >> demonstrators took to the streets for a fifth day in a row. laura reports one of the rallies was led by former nba player matt barns. protesters gathered in a park saturday. >> it's a situation different more than color. it comes down to scombrong right. >> an autopsy shows six of the bullets struck clark in the back. >> given the totality of the trauma -- in the second autopsy, death was not instantaneous. >> the gunshots to the back also contradict what the police claimed that clark was approaching the officers when they opened fire. police say they thought clark was holding a gun, it turned out to be a cellphone. mostly peaceful protests have followed clark shooting death. twice demonstrators have blocked the entrance to the golden one center where the kings were playing. in response the team announced they are partner with black lives matter to fund youth progr

he's in the sacramento county jail right now. tomorrow he will be in the sacramento courtroom facing two counts of murder dating back to 1978. officials say ultimately he could be charged with as many as 12 murders and 51 rapes between 1974 and 1986. ktvu's alex savidge in our ktvu newsroom to tell us more about what we know this morning about the man that was arrested tuesday night. >> reporter: lots of new details coming to light this morning. the former police officer and vietnam veteran had been living in his suburban sacramento home with his wife and adult daughter until authorities swooped in earlier this week and took him into custody. investigators are saying it was dna evidence that led them to deangelo but they are not being any more specific than that. authorities, though, are confident deangelo is the man who terrorized communities across california during the late 1970s into the mid 1980s. the crimes began first in the sacramento area, the attacker originally dubbed the east area rapist. over the years there were hom

he's in a sacramento county jail rate now. tomorrow he will be in a sacramento courtroom. two murder charges have already been filed against him for the deaths of a man and a woman in 19 survey in ranch -- 1978 in rancho cordova, but officials say he may have also committed as many as 12 murders and 51 rapes in 10 california counties between 1974 and 1986 when many people thought the golden state killer had died. >> here's a map showing you where the crimes happened, that deangelo is suspected of committing. the early crimes were in the sacramento area with at least a dozen more in the east bay, mostly contra costa county. the last cases were in southern california including ventura, orange and santa barbara counties. ktvu's deborah villalon says with so many crimes across 10 different counties, the prosecution will be complex. >> reporter: in june of 1976 i was 12. >> reporter: sacramento's d.a. grew up here and remembers fearing the east area rapist, who ransacked homes, tied up and sexually assaulted women, sometimes with their children or partners present. >> the answe

had been living quietly at the suburban sacramento home. authorities say he is the serial killer behind 12 murders and dozens of rapes over a decade in the 70s and 80s. some were committed while he was on the police force. >> today we brought the first step toward closure for those victims of these horrendous crimes. >> there was a flashlight in my eyes and a man standing over me with a butcher knife. >> reporter: jane carson sandler is one of the survivors. she was raped in her home by a masked man. what she knew deep down was confirmed today. >> i always thought he would be caught. i always believed that he was alive. i always thought that. wood -- >> reporter: for jennifer carroll -- for jennifer carole , it is bittersweet. it is in more than a -- it is been more than years -- it has been years since her parents were killed. >> they said their hands were bound so tight that hans would turn black. he would untie them and rape the women. >> reporter: both women are grateful to authorities. tonight it all paid off. authorities say when they

un manifestante aparentemente fue golpeado por un vehÍculo del alguacil de sacramento, despuÉs de que le pidieran varias veces que se alejara de la patrulla. la persona herida fue llevada al hospital en una ambulancia segÚn reportaron. horas antes esta tarde en una manifestaciÓn pacÍfica seis en los presentes familiares de stefan clark que muriÓ baleado por agentes del orden, incluidos la prometida y sus dos hijos. el evento fue organizado por el jugador de la nba originario de sacramento, estÁn pidiendo reformas a la policÍa para evitar mÁs fatalidades. cientos de personas se manifestaron en la marcha anual de cÉsar chÁvez en la capital del estado, pero como dice maribel lÓpez tanto la lucha favor de los inmigrantes como la muerte de stefan clark, fueron temas protagonistas en ese evento. >> la mÚsica hizo de este colorido escenario el adjetivo perfecto para celebrar una manifestaciÓn que la ciudad de sacramento cumple 18 aÑos fue el parque el lugar elegido para reunir pasadas y nuevas generaciones y organizaciones las cuales tienen como objetivo llevar un mensaje de luc

he was taken into custody at his home in citrus heights, outside sacramento, tuesday night. officials are not saying how they made the connection to deangelo but it involved sophisticated dna. they also say that they watched him for nearly a week to figure out the best way to handle his arrest. >> so we developed a plan to wait for him to come out of his residence. we had a team in place that was able to take him into custody. he was very surprised by that. >> officials also say they have not yet figured out why the crimes stopped in 1986, after a rape and murder in irvine. now they are looking into where deangelo was and what he did during that large gap of time. >> well, one of the rape victims was only 12 years old when she was attacked back in 1977. margaret wardlow says back then she tried not to think about what happened until the last couple of years she started to connect with the families of other golden state killer victims. that's when she realized how many people were still seeking justice for their loved ones. >> i realized that this man has got to be caught and

but today it was sacramento county's turn. two counts of murder with special circumstances which could make him eligible for the death penalty. we don't know that yet because he has not been charged that way. he also did not enter a plea. but i can tell you the courtroom was packed with a lot of attention that sacramento is not used to getting. >> joseph james deangelo. >> the 72-year-old expolice officer was in a wheelchair when deputies rolled limb in. he looked frail and elderly and spoke in a soft raspy voice we strained to hear. >> joseph james deangelo your true and correct legal name? >> yes. >> i'm sorry? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> deangelo is officially charged with two counts much murdering a sacramento county couple in 1978. he is also suspected of ten more murders as the golden state killer and 50 rapes as the east area rapist. the crime spanned a decade from the mid-70s to the mid-80s and went

.>> reporter: his name continues to echo through the streets of downtown sacramento.>> stephon clark! >> reporter: protests enter its third week.>> what do you think about this momentum?>> as long as things are peaceful, i feel like this is important.>> reporter: on this national day of action, black lives matter brought out a diverse group of protesters. they started the sacramento das office and marched to the sheriff's department, city hall and even got support from inmates. many are calling on the district attorney to prosecute the police officers who killed clark.>> this has been going on for years in sacramento. i feel like it has built up to this moment.>> i am so proud of sacramento. >> reporter: today marked 50 years after the assassination of martin luther king jr.. >> his message was for black liberation, justice for equity.>> reporter: now, justice in the name of stephon clark. >> we are all human beings. no one has the right to take another human being's life. >> reporter: those close to the family shared emotional words about the 22-year-old they continue to grieve.>> he

.>> reporter: his name continues to echo through the streets of downtown sacramento.>> stephon clark! >> reporter: protests enter its third week.>> what do you think about this momentum?>> as long as things are peaceful, i feel like this ispoant.>> reporter: on this national day of action, black lives matter brought out a diverse group of protesters. they started the sacramento das office and marched to the sheriff's department, city hall and even got support from inmates. many are calling on the district attorney to prosecute the police officers who killed clark.>> this has been going on for years in sacramento. i feel like it has built up to this moment.>> i am so proud of sacramento. >> reporter: today marked 50 years after the assassination of martin luther king jr.. >> his message was for black liberation, justice for equity.>> reporter: now, justice in the name of stephon clark. >> we are all human beings. no one has the right to take another human being's life. >> reporter: those close to the family shared emotional words about the 22-year-old they continue to grieve.>> he was

the storm of protests over the unarmed black man gunned down by sacramento police. shot several times in the back. what we're learning tonight. >>> easter blast. the cold weather and snowy slam, casting a chill on family celebrations around the country this weekend. sam champion with the forecast. >>> trump versus amazon. the president intensifying his fight with the online shopping giant, whose boss jeff bezos also owns "the washington post." is this about helping the economy or just about settling scores? >>> tesla disaster. the deadly crash involving a tesla vehicle and a driver using the autopilot feature. what the company is saying tonight. >>> and ready for impact. space junk about to enter our atmosphere. the new details now coming in about when and where to watch out. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin tonight with the growing calls for justice in downtown sacramento. following the police shooting of an unarmed black man. protests ramping up for more than a week as california's capital faces new tur

deangelo is now in custody of the sacramento county sheriff's department and will be arraigned in sacramento today. he faces 8 counts of murder but that number may increase as more districts look into cold cases. investigators are now digging up deangelo's yard and combing through his citrus heights home looking for objects they have only ever been able to see in criminal case archives. a lieutenant for the sacramento county sheriff and for him searching through the home of the suspected golden state killer is one of the highlights of his career. >> obviously i'm happy that -- that we were able to, um, close this case. we are going through each of the rooms very painstakingly slow looking at absolutely every item. >> so they are looking for things like stolen class rings, earrings and fine china. those are just some of the items reportedly stolen in the violent attacks carried out by the east area rapist. investigators are also searching deangelo's boat. it fits in his driveway and is named scary. deangelo will be arraigned in sacramento today. in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> and w

deangelo will be arraigned in sacramento tomorrow. in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> many wonder if the his law enforcement background was a factor in helping him elude authorities all these years. investigators say he escaped out back doors so neighbors wouldn't see him. former detective on the case says he knew how to keep from getting identified. >> it is extremely troubling, extremely upsetting to know that this person was actually a law enforcement officer. >> modern dna techniques helped link him to the case but investigators are not releasing much information about what led to the arrest. >> and we're hearing from a man whose brother and sister-in-law are among the victims. bruce harrington has been fighting for law enforcement to expand the use of dna testing in crime investigations for more than a decade. even put up $2 million of his own money to make sure that a law would pass making it mandatory that all violent felons convicted and serving time submit a dna sample. >> for the 51 ladies who were brutally raped in t

and it was right here in sacramento >> law enforcement? willie in sacramento called a news conference to announce the arrest of joseph james deangelo of citrus height but he was more widely known as the east area rapis and the golden state killer >> there were upward willings 50 rapes, 12 murders, crimes spanning 12 yeerps across 10 different counties. >> police say his crimes started in and around sacramento before he moved to contra costa, santa clara and alameda counties. the crimes deeply affected the nancy omaly who helped some of the early victims while working at a rape crisis center in college. >> i went to the hospital with victims to -- who had been sexually assaulted. and the not knowing who the person was terrorized contra costa county at the time. >> the suspect deangelo is a former police officer fired from the auburn police department for shop lifting. he worked as a police officer in. exiter. authorities admit that may have hipped helped him dodge capture for 40 years his downfall dna matches and renewed cooperation among m

star matt barnes led a rally in downtown sacramento in support of stephon clark. >> they continue to kill us and it could be any of us. he reporter: the night before demonstrators stood face to face with police in sacramento during the fourth straight night of protests following the release of an independent autopsy. stephon clark's family hired high-profile pathologist bennet omalu to perform the autopsy. in results released friday, omalu said the 22 year old was shot eight times. >> so you can reasonably conclude he received seven gunshot wounds from his back. ed reporter: sacramento police say clark advanced towards them heen they fired at least 20 shots, and they believed clark was pointing a firearm. clark was later found with only macell phone. black lives matter leader tanya faison says the protests will continue until there's change in the city. >> we are very angry. we're very sad. we're very traumatized. i'm traumatized. >> reporter: in a statement, the sacramento police department says it is waiting for the results of the county coroner's report before making further comme

kron 4's ella sogomonian reports from sacramento. (nats)another day of protests in the state's capitol drew support of more than 200 people saturday afternoon for an unarmed black man killed by sacramento police the demonstration was hosted in a downtown park by former warriors and kings player matt barnes.the shooting death of stephon clark on march 18th moved the sacramento local to take action.sot: matt barnes, former nba player// "i'm in the process of staring a clark boys college scholarship fund to make sure these boys go to college. (cheers) but like we mentioned earlier, this is not a sacramento problem, this is a nationwide problem."family and friends close to clark shared their disbelief of the outpour of support and demand for the officers to be prosecuted.sot: christina rodriguez-johnson// "he just wasn't ... he didn't believe that he even deserved attention this way. he was the most humble person that you'd ever meet."protestors demand justice for clark who was killed in his grandmother's yard while holding a cell phone

it began in and around sacramento, moved on to the bay area, then to southern california. bruce harrington's brother and sister-in-law were among the murder victims. >> for the 51 ladies who were brutally raped, sleep better tonight. he isn't coming through the window. he's now in jail and he's history. >> deangelo only became a speck a few days ago. a discarded dna sample provided the confirmation they needed. deangelo was a former police officer, and this case is far from over. deangelo has only been arrested for a few of the murders, a pair of murders. prosecutors though promise that more charges are coming. reggie? >> police say the golden state killer made phone calls to victims, some before and some after his attacks. a phone wiretap caught a chilling call to one of those victims. some of the sounds are going to be a little muffled. but you can clearly hear the word "kill" from this call in 1978. >> i'm gonna kill you. i'm gonna kill you. i'm gonna kill you. >> that is so disturbing. police in the sacramento area also received a call from a man claiming to be the kil

deangelo was arraigned today in a sacramento courtroom... kron4's kody leibowitz joins us now live with details.. kody? joseph deangelo made his first court appearance in wheelchair... the arraignment only lasted a few minutes.... the defendant looked tired... despondent.. when the judge asked him to verify his name -- his answer was barely audible.joseph james deangelo formally arraigned in a packed sacramento county courtroom... his first court appearance since his arrest this week -- and accusations of him being the infamous golden state killer.the former police officer -- wheelchair bound wearing an orange jail garb . he was charged formally with two counts of murder with special circumstances for the 1978 killings of brian and katie maggiore.he also faces two murder charges in ventura county. (;12)diane howard, public defendant for deangelo "i know everybody wants information but you saw me literally get handed the complaint in court. i have no discovery, no information other than what i'm reading in news reports. i asked the da for dis

the accused killer being held without bail in the sacramento jail and he is scheduled to appear before a judge at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. >> alex savage, thank you. >> the crimes they endured have left a lifetime of scars and horror. >> reporter: the first known victim of the east area rapist was a mother attacked in her home. a masked man broke into her house and entered the bedroom where she was sleeping with her three-year-old son. >> he came in and had a ski mask on and jumped on the bed and had a knife. and i don't exactly remember what he said. something to the effect of, you know, don't scream, don't, whatever. and tied my hands behind by back. >> reporter: carson sandler was one of dozens women raped. one couple was violently killed inside of their ventura home back in 1980. their daughter jennifer carrole lives near santa cruise. her parents were bound together with drapely cords and beaten to death with a log from their fireplace. her 12-year-old brother found the bodies. >> this murder was a heinous crime. extremely violent. very bloody. >> reporter: he says deangelo's arre