He was fired six years later for shoplifting a can of dog repellent and a hammer from a drugstore, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said. "None of his actions in the workplace would have led us to suspect any connection to crimes being attributed to him. We are working with the Sacramento County district attorney's office on their investigation," Castro said. It's been more than 40 years since the Golden State Killer's first recorded attacks, which began in and around Sacramento. Two months later, an attacker started terrorizing Santa Barbara County, California -- more than 300 miles south of Sacramento.

Source: CNN April 26, 2018 11:28 UTC