specific body parts the heavily redacted affidavit provides victims chilling accounts of all of deangelos various aliases the visalia ransacker the east area rapist and the original night stalker the details of the sexual assaults are redacted but all victims provide similar accounts they remember hearing something in their house at times being tied up and being told not to move in most all of the cases victims reported hang ups or lewd calls prior burglaries or seeing a prowler prior to the sexual assaults the warrant shows victims provided similar descriptions of the suspect white male about 6feet tall 20 to 30 years old an athletic build dark or leather shoes and wearing a jacket and gloves he was reported to carry a knife gun or tool some say he was not wearing pants just white jockey shorts the documents also provide a detailed list of items stolen from victims including rings silver dollars 2 bills money clips cuff links antiques spoons ids photos keys jewelry china cameras a revolver a ladies robe leather bags gambling chips gold nuggets bowls clock radios knives prescriptions and a doctors bag with syringes in many of the murder cases the murder weapon was taken from the scene james joseph deangelo 72 who authorities suspect is the socalled golden state killer is accompanied by sacramento county public defender diane howard right a show more rich pedroncelliap the documents also show authorities believe deangelo followed the case for years accessing law enforcement bulletins media stories and documentaries detailing his alleged crimes the affidavit is organized by the different phases as he moved throughout the state and his crimes worsened first as the visalia ransaker including a possible first murder the east area rapist including the murders of brian and katie maggiore multiple rapes committed in modesto and davis california a series of rapes in the east bay and the final phase a series of rapes and the 10 murders in southern california the warrant shows authorities believe the visalia ransaker committed approximately 120 burglaries between april 1974 and decemeber 1975 this was during this time deangelo was an exeter police officer the killers crime spree almost lasted less than a year the papers show in december 1975 a visalia police officer confronted the suspected visalia ransacker the suspect removed his mask and begged the officer not to hurt him the officer described the suspects voice as juvenile and effeminate the suspect shot at the officer wounding him with debris before escaping defense attorney joe cress stands next to his client joseph james deangelo appears in sacramento superior court friday june 1 2018 in sacramento calif he i show more ap in the late1970s when the suspect was known as the east area rapist many people chased after the suspect but he always seemed to get away on feb 16 1977 a boy and his father chased down a man matching the description of the east area rapist after hearing noises in their backyard the