He threatened to kill both victims if he heard plates crash to the floor while he raped the woman. Despite an outpouring of thousands of tips over the years, DeAngelo's name had not been on the radar of law enforcement before last week, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said. "We knew we were looking for a needle in a haystack, but we also knew that needle was there," she said. DeAngelo was arrested on suspicion of committing double-killings in Sacramento and Ventura counties and later charged with four counts of murder in Orange County, officials said. ___This story has been corrected to show that prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek the death penalty for DeAngelo.

Source: Fox News April 25, 2018 16:22 UTC