“Yesterday afternoon, in a perfectly executed arrest, my detectives arrested James Joseph DeAngelo, 72 years old.” “He’s got to be one of the most prolific criminals. When you think of the other murder cases that are connected, and all the rape cases. And God knows what else we don’t know about.” “During that time frame everybody was in fear. We had people sleeping with shotguns. We had people purchasing dogs. People were concerned and they had a right to be. This guy was terrorizing the community.” “Well, I think that it’s a very serious situation. I think it’s very dangerous.” “He’s running wild.” “I have a gun but I still don’t feel safe being, you know, at home alone.” “By hurting him, you’re only going to make him madder. But you injure him enough to incapacitate him in any way that you can.” “His primary entrance into a residence was by prying open doors or windows at the rear of the residence. He would then get in and have a ski mask on and often shine the light, a flashlight, in the eyes of the victims. At that point, the victims would be tied up and he would sexually assault the female and ransack the residence.” “We all knew as part of this team that we were looking for a needle in a haystack. But we also all knew that the needle was there.”