if it hadn't been for him. >> the crime started here in visalia. >> reporter: tulare county district attorney believes snelling was the first victim murdered by joseph deangelo, the suspected golden state killer. he we're filing first degree murder charges against mr. deangelo, along with an allegation that he used a firearm in the commission of that murder. >> reporter: during the 1907s and '80s deangelo committed at least 12 other murders and 50 rapes in ten california counties. dna evidence led to his arrest in april deangelo is not dectly linked to snelling's murder by dna, jason salazar said he can prove he was the ransacker. >> we have witnesses that can identify mr. deangelo as the suspect in that time. they were tied directly to the murder of snelling. >> reporter: he worked as a police officer about 12 miles away in the town of exeter. he is also suspected of 1 #00 burglaries and attempted sex assaults in visalia. >> the only crime that we can attribute to mr. deangelo that has not passed the statute of limitations is the murder of mr. snelling. >> reporter: deangelo has not

ransacker.one woman -- outside with a sign saying she was a victim of the visalia ransacker. < (crying) it is the dna they found in charlene that they used to make the match, and i know she was brutalized and i know she went through hell.> (pam) new tonight at 8, the golden state killer viciously murdered her step-mother and father. (pam) now jennifer carole of santa cruz ... is talking about the arrest she waited decades for... and about seeing the accused serial killer in court.(catherine) she spoke with kron 4's justine waldman - about how dna from her loved ones' crime scene was the magic link that helped capture the accused rapist and murderer.. sot i just started talking to them dad and charlene and can you guys believe it this has happened?!?jennifer carole never imagined her family's tradgey could have the the key to solving so many horrific crimes.the golden state killer used a wood log to beat to death her step mother charlene, and her father lyman smith inside their ventura home in 1980.on friday, she saw for the first time the face of the man she has wondered so much about

investigators believe deangelo is the man behind roughly one hundredhome burglaries in visalia - between april 19-74 and december 19-75. they also say he's the man who shot and killed college professorclaude snelling during a home invasion in 1975. snelling had discovered a man trying to kidnap his 16-year-old daughter...and was shot as he rushed over to save her. deangelo worked as a police officer in nearby exeter at the time. authorities say they have enough information from witnesses and details from the crime scenes to make the connection to the visalia ransacker case.. the 72-year-old has previously been charged with 12 killings throughout the state and is suspected of dozens of rapes in the 1970's across the bay area and california. (pam) in the east bay. an oakland police officer, responding to a call, is in the hospital tonight... after being involved in a traffic accident. and that officer remains in critical condition. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story. sot

officers say the man on your screen, brandon freeman was impersonating a cop in visalia in the san joaquin valley. an off-duty sergeant was driving his personal car and that's when freeman allegedly tried to pull him over with a red light attached to his car. the sergeant then stopped his car, interviewed freeman and arrested him and a passenger in his car. they have both been booked into jail and face multiple chargers. (pam) t-s-a security screeners were very busy during the holiday season. the agency says, it screened more than 42-million passengers going through airports across the country.. a record mark for the t-s-a. security workers also screened nearly 31-million bags during the same period, which goes from december 15-th to january second. the agency also saw a record number of passengers during the thanksgiving holiday... and despite the high traffic... officials say, they still managed to keep the wait time below 20-minutes ... for 97-percent of passengers. (pam) in sports -- gary and his lovely wife alicia join us to read fan emails for the first time in 2018(steve) plus -- ra

w bush foundations, revealed that american patriotism runs deep. natlast month a softball crowd in visalia spontaneously sang the national anthem at the start of a game.the new study found six out of ten americans say living in a democracy is highly important to them.a majority also agreed that it is more important that the majority does not trample on the rights of individuals and small groups.thirty nine percent chose the alternative: it is more important that the will of the majority prevails. the report also uncovered deep concerns about how our democracy is functioning,68 percent say it;s getting weaker, 55 percent say it is weak right nowand fully half the respondents agreed that america is in real danger of losing its democratic government altogether,the big problems threatening democracy: 28 percent said it 's big money influencing elections. slightly fewer then came government paralysis and the news media's lack of reliability, (ken) the poll asked people how to reverse the trend.fully 80 percent supported stronger protections against racialbias in policing and criminal sentencing

the stabbing happened this afternoon near visalia. a man on the bus says the suspect stabbed a woman who was holding her child. police say the suspect was restrained by the bus driver and another passenger. there is not yet word on how severe injuries were. the suspect was arrested. (steve) now to aldon smith...and it's yet another troubling brush with the law for the once star 49ers player. (vicki) this time...smith is accused of domestic abuse...and today...the raiders cut ties with him. grant lodes has is here with the message police have for smith tonight. (grant) message is clear...turn youself in...there's a warrant out for his arrest. san francisco police says they're in talks with his attorney about how a surrender may happen. smith...once a 49ers rising star with a bright smile and bright future...was released today by his current team, the raiders. the latest allegations: smith drank two bottles of tequila, then physically abused and bit his fiance in her apartment on bush street near union square. after the fiance called 91

star-spangled banner would not be sang at the start of the division one softball valley championship game in visalia. some in the audience booed the news... then a few people began to sing. pretty soon just about everybody in the stadium joined in. tonight at 9 if you've never spent time on san francisco's embarcadero, might i suggest up give it a spinnats ambiance i was only there for a couple of hours and not i can't decide who behaves the worst, scooters, ride hails or bikes i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly it's the story of our nation. john chiang's father came here with little money, but big dreams for a better future. now john has a chance to make history. a champion of the underdog, john took on wells fargo when it ripped off working families. and against the odds, he helped saved california from financial disaster during the great recession. ...leaving more to invest in progressive priorities like education, healthcare and affordable housing. john chiang. the proven, progressive leader we need for california's future. (pam) now take a look at this -- on this holiday