A Monster in Auburns Midst?
Alleged Golden State killer a testy cop, next-door neighbor in 1970s Auburn
For three years, Auburn harbored a nightmare in the Jekyll-and-Hyde guise of a serial killer many of the kids in town knew as The Crazy Cop.
Thats the bizarre scenario that Cheryl Brown is trying to get her head around after Wednesdays bombshell revelation that her familys next-door neighbor in Auburn during the late 1970s was the Golden State Killer.
We were saying Oh my God, its The Crazy Cop, Brown said.
Relations between Browns family and next-door-neighbor DeAngelo were always testy, particularly when it came to his dislike of their dog, Brown said.
There was a war of words over the fence, she said. He didnt seem to like kids or dogs and he moved into a neighborhood with lots of kids and dogs. He was an odd duck.
Then Worthless, the family dog, unexpectedly died.
Browns mother confronted DeAngelo after learning from a veterinarian that the cause was poisoned meat.
Brown said she looks back now with a new and chilling perspective on that time.
I absolutely believe he did it, Brown said.
http://www.auburnjournal.com/article/4/29/18/monster-auburns-midst
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