authorities in visalia say they have evidence that deangelo is also the so-called 'visalia ransacker' of the 1970's. investigators believe deangelo is the man behind roughly one- hundred home burglaries in visalia... between april 1974 and december 1975. they say he shot and killed college professor claude snelling during a home invasion in 1975. police say snelling had discovered a man trying to kidnap his 16-year-old daughter... and he was shot as he rushed over to save her. investigators say they have enough information from witnesses and details from the crime scenes to connect deangelo to the visalia ransacker case. ( darya ) a car crash escalated into a physical fight between the two drivers, leading to the death of both men.chp is still trying to piece together what happened that left the two men dead and closed i-5 near sacramento for several hours over the weekend. the drivers crashed and then drove farther down the highway where they continued to fight. one of the men pulled out a baseball bat, beating the other and killing him. the other man then started walking in the midd

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

authorities in visalia say they now believe that joseph deangelois also the so-called 'visalia ransacker' of the 1970's.. catherine heenan is here with the latest.. (catherine) the new murder charge against deangelo - filed in tulare county -brings the number of victims in his number of brings the county -brings the number of victims in his alleged murder spree to 13... investigators believe deangelo is the man behind roughly one hundredhome burglaries in visalia - between april 1974 and december 1975. they december 1975. they also say he's the man who shot and killed college professorclaude snelling during a home invasion in 1975. police say snelling had discovered a man trying tokidnap his 16- year-old daughter. snelling was shot as he rushed over to save her. deangelo deangelo worked as a 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

police say the victim was shot while stopping the kidnapping of his 16-year-old daughter in visalia. his daughter said it began when a masked gunman broke into her bedroom in the middle of the night, threatened her and dragged her out of the house. >> that's when i heard my dad yell and the man with the ski mask pushed me to the ground, turned, shot my dad twice as he was coming through the backdoor. >> now police say deangelo is also the so-called visalia ransacker, the man accused of burglarizing more than 100 homes in the area about the same time that snelling was killed. investigators say the gun used to kill snelling was stolen by the visalia ransacker. >> these crimes and the manner in which they were committed brought fear to this quiet community during the 18 month period in which the visalia ransacker terrorized this city and was at times was known to eat or prepare food in the victims' residences during his crimes. >> joseph deangelo is accused of killing at least a dozen others during the 1970s and '80s. dna evidence led to his arrest in april. >> a lot of the officers tha

shortly after his arrest, deangelo became the prime suspect in the 1975 murder of a visalia man. prosecutors say he shot and killed claude snelling when he tried to stop deangelo from kidnapping his daughter. today prosecutors charged deangelo for that murder. >> this community was terrorized. i hope that we can take what is really our first and not only holding him accountable for the crime here in visalia, but really providing justice. >> deangelo is also connected to nearly 100 burglaries across california, but they happened too long ago, so prosecutors can't file charges in those cases. >>> it's been nearly a month and mollie tibbetts is still missing. today another tool to help find the 20 year old, who grew up in oakland. tibbetts is a student at the university of iowa. she was last seen jogging the evening of july 18th in the small town of brooklyn, iowa. the finding mollie website now has an interactive map to help jog the public's memory and a link to give anonymous tips. the reward in this case is up to $336,000. >>> how did he pull it off? investigators are trying to f

while he's not linked to snelling's murder by dna, the prosecutor can prove he was the visalia ransacker. >> those crimes were ultimately tied to the murder of claude snelling by a firearm taken during the visalia ransackers. >> reporter: during the time he worked as a police officer about 12 miles away. he's suspected of 12 other burglaries and over 50 rapes. >> the only one that has not passed is the murder of mr. snelling. >> i'm very happy that he's caught. he's a very evil person. >> the visalia ransacker was captured nearly three months after snelling's murder. he fired a gun and ran away. after that they believe he moved to sacramento and committed a new crime wave in east l.a. >> her father is certainly a hero. >> demarco, thank you very much. >>> some parents in an indiana community believe an increased number o cancer cases in kids is no coincidence. >> to say that i'm angry is an understatement. we used our kids as the canary in the coal mine in our tone. >> ahead, their frustrations with health and environmental officials after air quality at a toxic manufacturing sight. >>>

--y este lunes, las autoridades del condado de visalia y tulare revelaran nueva informacion durante una conferencia de prensa sobre el supuesto asesino del estado dorado "joseph deangelo". esta son imagenes del individuo durante una de sus previas comparecencias en corte. -- deangelo fue arrestado hace un par de meses en citrus heights. --- este individuo es sospechoso del asesinato de un maestro en el condado tulare en 1975. --- la policia lo vincula a mas de 100 robos en esa zona.. y en todo california el es acusado de 12 asesinatos y podria haber cometido hasta 50 violaciones sexuales. y aqui lo ultimo sobre estos incendios que aun arden en california.. -- el mas grande - los mendocino complex fire - esta contenido en un 68 %. -- el incendio carr en el condado shasta esta contenido en un 61%. -- y al sur de california, el incendio holy en el condado riverside, esta contenido en un 50%. puente de la bahia puente san mateo ♪ >> muy buen lunes es momento de estar bien informado en "un nuevo dÍa" asi que vamos con las noticias, tras aplazar su decisiÓn prevista para el miÉrcoles pas