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Criminal

Apr. 30, 2018

Location of Golden State Killer trial could turn on several factors

The location of the trial of alleged killer Joseph DeAngelo is undecided, as a variety of issues could weigh in favor of several different counties where the suspect allegedly committed his crimes.

Location of Golden State Killer trial could turn on several factors
Joseph James DeAngelo is wheeled into the courtroom during his arraignment hearing before a judge in Sacramento, April 27, 2018. (New York Times News Service)

SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert stood in front of dozens of news cameras last Wednesday and announced the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo on suspicion of being the notorious Golden State killer.

"The answer has always been in Sacramento," Schubert said of the arrest in the decades-old cold case.

The trial, however, may not be.

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