Citrus Heights 1979

MURDER INC EXCLUSIVE:

September 26 1979 Citrus Heights

Sometime around September 26 1979, a woman was attacked by a rapist in her Citrus Heights home off Roseville Road near the Placer County line. The victim was a woman in her 20’s who said the man woke her up and stayed in her home for about an hour. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Bill Miller said the woman was blindfolded and bound by the rapist who also ripped the telephone from the wall before leaving. The East Area Rapist supposedly disappeared after his failed attack in Danville on July 5. This attack in Citrus Heights where the EAR repeatedly struck isn’t considered part of the EAR series?

On October 5 1976 the EAR attacked Jane Carson in her home on Woodpark Way in Citrus Heights. On November 10 1976 EAR kidnapped a 16 yr old girl from her home on Greenleaf Drive in Citrus Heights and took her to a nearby canal. EAR returned to Citrus Heights again on January 24 1977 to terrorize a 25 yr old woman in her home on Primrose Drive. On May 14 1977 EAR attacked a couple in their Citrus Heights home on Merlindale Drive wearing a stocking mask. In July 1979 Officer DeAngelo was caught shoplifting from a Pay ‘n Save in Citrus Heights. In 1980 DeAngelo bought his home at 8316 Canyon Oak Drive in Citrus Heights where he was arrested in April 2018.

On the same day that the 1979 Citrus Heights attack appeared in the Roseville Press-Tribune an article titled ‘DeAngelo Appeals Firing: Hearing Is Set November 9’ appeared in the Auburn Journal. Did the EAR strike again in Citrus Heights during September 1979 before he reappeared in Goleta as The Original Night Stalker?

September 1979 Burglaries (Note: if the date isn’t mentioned in the article, the date of the newspaper in which the crime was reported is listed)

September 2 1979 Auburn Burglaries

September 4 1979 Loomis Shotgun/Clock Stolen

September 5 1979 Auburn Theft/Roseville Bike/Guns/Knives Stolen

September 6 1979 Roseville Stolen Tools

September 7 1979 Auburn Tool Theft

September 9 1979 Auburn .357 Ruger Blue Steel

September 11 1979 Roseville Car Batteries/TV Stolen

September 12 1979 Auburn Jewelry/Roseville Tire Covers.

The theft victim, Denise Radley whose tire covers were stolen while in Roseville in September 1979 lived on Canyon Oak Drive near Joe DeAngelo’s 1980 Citrus Heights home.