Joseph DeAngelo (The Golden State Killer) was a serial killer mentioned in Dexter: Resurrection as a part of Leon Prater's collection.
Joseph James DeAngelo, Jr., also known as "The Visalia Ransacker", "The East Area Rapist", "The Original Night Stalker", and, more recently, "The Golden State Killer", is an American burglar, rapist, and killer who was active in Northern California from March 1974 (possibly 1968 or mid-1973) to July 1979, and Southern California from October 1979 to May 1986. He is not to be confused with serial killer Richard Ramirez, who holds a similar title of The Night Stalker.
After more than forty years from the beginning of his crime spree, on 25 April 2018, then 72-year-old DeAngelo was arrested and charged with thirteen counts of murder and kidnapping related to the "Original Night Stalker" killings. On 29 June 2020, in order to avoid the death penalty, he either admitted or pleaded guilty to his 76 confirmed crimes, including some he committed as the "Visalia Ransacker". He was given twelve life imprisonment without parole sentences on August 21 of the same year.