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Accused Golden State Killer Joe DeAngelo, 73, is CLEARED by DNA of 1975 murder of 14-year-old girl found stabbed 17 times
9 January 2019
"The former cop accused of being California's Golden State Killer has been cleared of murdering a 14-year-old girl found strangled, beaten and stabbed 17 times.
DNA found that Joseph DeAngelo, 73, was not responsible for the death of Donna Jo Richmond after she vanished cycling home from a friend's house near Exeter in 1975....
DeAngelo's arrest last year prompted prosecutors to review the original conviction of sex offender Oscar Clifton.
Carpenter and painter Clifton was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, attempted rape and murder of Donna.
He had always maintained his innocence and died in prison in 2013.
But District Attorney Tim Ward said: 'I am again confident, just as this office was the previous times we reviewed the case, that the countless hours of report analysis, evidence evaluation, court transcripts, and DNA evaluation solidifies that Oscar Clifton tragically and violently ended the life of Donna Jo Richmond in an orange grove the day after Christmas in 1975.'
A partial DNA profile, developed from semen on the teenager's body, was consistent with Clifton's profile but not that of DeAngelo...."
Accused Golden State Killer Joe DeAngelo, 73, cleared by DNA of 1975 murder of 14-year-old girl | Daily Mail Online
(DeAngelo, pictured, was a police officer in Exeter in the 1970s and his arrest last year prompted prosecutors to review the Clifton conviction over the death of Donna Jo Richmond)
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DNA clears Golden State Killer suspect in girl’s murder. Old conviction stands (with clip)
"...DeAngelo is also being looked at as a suspect in the murder of Jennifer Armour, 15, of Visalia, who disappeared and was found dead in a canal.
DeAngelo is due in court in Sacramento on April 10 for a hearing."
DNA clears Golden State Killer suspect in girl’s murder. Old conviction stands
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The Murder of Jennifer Lynn Armour
July 11, 2018
"On the night of November 15th, 1974, a fifteen-year-old Visalia-area girl named Jennifer Lynn Armour disappeared while on her way to a local football game. She was last seen at about 8:30 PM while on her way to meet friends.
Her nude body was found over a week later in the Friant-Kern Canal near Woodlake – an area located northeast of Visalia and a fair distance away from where she’d disappeared. Her bra was wrapped around one of her wrists, and her clothing was found on the bank nearby....
Recently, the Sun-Gazette has reported that Joseph DeAngelo, the man arrested for the Visalia Ransacker / Golden State Killer crimes, has been added to the suspect list. DeAngelo was a police officer in nearby Exeter at the time, and has been confirmed by police to be tied to a string of over 100 burglaries, a murder, and an attempted murder that occurred in Visalia in 1974 and 1975...."
The Murder of Jennifer Lynn Armour – ColdCaseWriter.com
(Jennifer Lynn Armour)
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9 January 2019
"The former cop accused of being California's Golden State Killer has been cleared of murdering a 14-year-old girl found strangled, beaten and stabbed 17 times.
DNA found that Joseph DeAngelo, 73, was not responsible for the death of Donna Jo Richmond after she vanished cycling home from a friend's house near Exeter in 1975....
DeAngelo's arrest last year prompted prosecutors to review the original conviction of sex offender Oscar Clifton.
Carpenter and painter Clifton was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, attempted rape and murder of Donna.
He had always maintained his innocence and died in prison in 2013.
But District Attorney Tim Ward said: 'I am again confident, just as this office was the previous times we reviewed the case, that the countless hours of report analysis, evidence evaluation, court transcripts, and DNA evaluation solidifies that Oscar Clifton tragically and violently ended the life of Donna Jo Richmond in an orange grove the day after Christmas in 1975.'
A partial DNA profile, developed from semen on the teenager's body, was consistent with Clifton's profile but not that of DeAngelo...."
Accused Golden State Killer Joe DeAngelo, 73, cleared by DNA of 1975 murder of 14-year-old girl | Daily Mail Online



(DeAngelo, pictured, was a police officer in Exeter in the 1970s and his arrest last year prompted prosecutors to review the Clifton conviction over the death of Donna Jo Richmond)
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DNA clears Golden State Killer suspect in girl’s murder. Old conviction stands (with clip)
"...DeAngelo is also being looked at as a suspect in the murder of Jennifer Armour, 15, of Visalia, who disappeared and was found dead in a canal.
DeAngelo is due in court in Sacramento on April 10 for a hearing."
DNA clears Golden State Killer suspect in girl’s murder. Old conviction stands
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The Murder of Jennifer Lynn Armour
July 11, 2018
"On the night of November 15th, 1974, a fifteen-year-old Visalia-area girl named Jennifer Lynn Armour disappeared while on her way to a local football game. She was last seen at about 8:30 PM while on her way to meet friends.
Her nude body was found over a week later in the Friant-Kern Canal near Woodlake – an area located northeast of Visalia and a fair distance away from where she’d disappeared. Her bra was wrapped around one of her wrists, and her clothing was found on the bank nearby....
Recently, the Sun-Gazette has reported that Joseph DeAngelo, the man arrested for the Visalia Ransacker / Golden State Killer crimes, has been added to the suspect list. DeAngelo was a police officer in nearby Exeter at the time, and has been confirmed by police to be tied to a string of over 100 burglaries, a murder, and an attempted murder that occurred in Visalia in 1974 and 1975...."
The Murder of Jennifer Lynn Armour – ColdCaseWriter.com


(Jennifer Lynn Armour)
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