but with this filing, we have officially linked the visalia ransacker to be the same individual that is known as the east area rapist, and tragica y tragically, the golden state killer. >> on september 11th, 1975, claude snell wizard shot by an intruder trying to his teenaged daughter. he saved his daughter and became a local hero. he hopes this break in the case is the first step towards justice and closure for snelling's family and the entire visalia county. in tulare county, brian johnson, abc 7 news. >> now, as we showed you earlier, when news breaks on a big story like, this we will send out an alert, and you can get the alerts by downloading the abc 7 news app. it's free. we have versions for both apple and android devices. >>> the future of independent contractors in california is the focus of intense lobbying in sacramento. the state supreme court ruled in april that many of them might need to be reclassified as company employees. however, opponents are trying to get the state legislature to put the court decision on hold. abc 7 news reporter david louie looks at the divisive

the brothers born just 11 months apart grew up working in the fields in dairy farms of visalia. their parents are immigrants from mexico. >> i think we can make a difference. having good mentors and applying myself, i think i can be of assistance to the community. >> what was it like growing one this guy? >> very competitive. very competitive. my dad, that's something that my dad, he wanted us to compete. it's good because it pushed us. >> there is a younger brother coming up and he is now a san jose police cadet. >>> it's 5:57. in the next half-hour, it turns out the man in custody for murdering 20-year-old mollie tibbetts was living in the u.s. illegally. her death is now being used to reignite the national immigration debate. this morning... presiden wyer implicate >>> a man accused of randomly attacking and killing a teenager on a bart platform heads to court this morning. >> plus, president trump's long time lawyer implicates his former client while pleading guilty in federal court. >> and hurricane warnings are issued as a category 5 storm takes aim at hawaii. good morning

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

detectives were able to gather, we have identified joseph james deangelo as the sole suspect in the visalia ransacker crime series and the murder of claude snelling. police say 72- year-ol >>> the accused golden state killer has been charged with what investigators believe was his very first murder. >> based on information detectives were able to gather, we have identified joseph deangelo as the sole suspect in the visalia ransacker crime series and a member of claude snelling. >> 72-year-old joseph -- onth. federal investigators are trying d an joseph deangelo is accused of shooting and killing claude snelling in 1975. investigators believe smelling was his first murder victim. russell flew a 76-seat aircraft above the seattle area for over an hour before crashing on friday evening. reporter jamie yuccas has the latest. he is due back in court next month. >>> federal investigators are trying to figure out what prompted an airline ground worker to steal a passenger plane from a major u.s. airport. 29-year-old richard russell flew a 76 seat aircraft above seattle for about an hour before cra

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. < snelling didnút hesitate, he jumped in to save his daughterús life, immediately acted and in doing so the ransacker, deangelo, killed him.' snelling didnút hesitate, he jumped in to save his daughterús life, immediately acted and in doing so the ransacker, deangelo, killed him.'"...and to this very day." >( james ) investigators say they have enough information from witnesses and details from the crime scenes to connect deangelo to the visalia ransacker case. ( james ) social media privacy concerns are being raised once again.. after it was revealed that google may be tracking people without their knowledg

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

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

authorities in visalia say, they have evidence that joseph deangelo is also the so-called 'visalia ransacker' of the 1970's.. kay recede has the latest. claude snelling... a journalism professor featured here in the 1976 college of the sequoiaús yearbook... was by many accounts a family man... a father who ultimately died ááwhile protectááing his teenage daughter(chief jason salazar, visalia police department)'he was a hero to his family, he was a hero to his community for what he tried to do to save his daughter.'visalia police chief jason salazar says back in september of 1975 — snelling woke up to a suspected kidnaper(chief) 'snelling didnút hesitate, he jumped in to save his daughterús life, immediately acted and in doing so the ransacker, deangelo, killed him.'(kay recede in visalia) 'we spoke to a neighbor off- camera who says he remembers the gunshots that night and the tragic scene that unfolded afterwards, the scene that took the life of a popular professor.'for decades — investigators only knew that the visalia ransacker killed snellingnow — they have named

authorities in visalia say, they have evidence that joseph deangelo is also the so-called 'visalia ransacker' of the 1970's.. the new murder charge against deangelo - filed in tulare county - brings the number of victims in his alleged murder spree to 13... investigators believe deangelo is the man behind roughly one- hundred home burglaries in visalia - between april 1974 and december 1975. they also say, he is the man who 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. < sot :24 "...and to this very day." >(grant) (grant) (grant) (grant) (grant) investigators say, they have enough information from witnesses ... and details from the crime scenes... to connect deangelo 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. (vicki) an oakland police officer is fighting for his life

who tried to rescue his 17-year-old daughter from the clutches of who police called at the time they visalia rents hacker. investigators say they believe this was d'angelo's first murder. d'angelo is already charged with 12 other martyrs and is suspected of committing at least 50 rates across california. >>> stock in bayer again the day down more than 11% in early trading. that's the biggest drop in more than 10 years for the german pharmaceutical and chemical company that owns my xanto. investigators and investors are reacting to friday's decision by a san francisco jury that the retail around up caused the cancer of a school grounds keeper. it was ordered to pay $289 million in compensation and damages for for lawsuits over roundup have already been filed. a louisiana man says he is also suing the maker of roundup after hearing about the civil suit that concluded in the bay area on friday . the san francisco jury awarded that money to dwayne johnson who is dying of cancer. he blames contact with the herbicide in the weekly roundup as the cause for his non- hodgkin's lymphoma. a city counci

was believed to be the first for the golden state killer, known then as the visalia ransack her. much like it did in sacramento county, the crime spree gripped the community. >> 102 cases we attributed. 100 of those were burglaries or attended burglaries that occurred during that 18 month period. and then you have the claude snelling homicide case as well as the case of the attempted murder against officer mcgowan. >> reporter: during that time period, deangelo was working as a police officer in nearby exit or. -- exeter. deangelo can't be charged on a number of other crimes because the statute of limitations has expired. former prosecutor michael kohler does assess today's announcement will do little to convict deangelo because of the lack of dna evidence. >> prosecutors like dna evidence because it brings a lot of uncertainty to the courtroom and to jurors. >> reporter: officials also acknowledge today they still face hurdles in this case. >> we are talking about a crime that occurred over 4 years ago. obviously, time is not on our side in that regard. i think that's going to b

. >> reporter: making the announcement this morning, the visalia police chief and county district attorney against the 72-year-old deangelo for the 1975 murder of journalism professor claude snelling. claude snelling was allegedly shot twice in the chest by deangelo after confronting him in his carport as a masked man tried to abduct his 16-year-old daughter in the middle of the night. >> we do have ballistics information, that allowed us to link again, that was stolen from a ransack or burglary, to the claude snelling homicide. >> reporter: this murder was believed to be the first for the alleged golden state killer, known then as the visalia ransack her. much like it did in sacramento  county, the crime spree gripped the community. attribute. 100 of those were burglaries or attempted burglaries that occurred during that 18 month period. and then, you have the claude snelling homicide case, as well as the case of the attempted murder against officer mcgowan. >> reporter: during that time period, deangelo was working as a police officer nearby. deangelo can't be charged on numerous other

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