Prosecutors said he invaded 120 homes across 11 counties during his crime spree,initially identified with a series of rapes and murders around the state capital of Sacramento.
The identity of the Golden State Killer remained a mystery,his crimes unsolved,for decades until DeAngelo's arrest in Sacramento County on April 24,2018.
Investigators tied DeAngelo to the crimes using a then-novel technique of tracing him through family DNA from commercial genealogy websites.
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert pushed for decades to find a way to solve the cold case that shook the state and region.
DeAngelo's crimes,she said,had traumatised generations in the capital region."For folks in Sacramento that lived through this,I hope you open the windows tonight and feel the breeze,"she said.
Prosecutors from counties where he carried out his crimes told Judge Bowman that he deserved no mercy.
"Over four decades - that's a long time to wait for justice,"said Diana Becton,the Contra Costa County District Attorney,where some of DeAngelo's crimes occurred.
Bowman said he had no power to determine what type of prison DeAngelo is sent to.
"But the survivors have spoken clearly - the defendant deserves no mercy,"he said,as those in the courtroom burst into loud applause.
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Courtney Strouse's mother was raped by DeAngelo in the 1970s,and until her death in 2016 she awoke repeatedly during the nights to check on her children and make sure all doors and windows were locked,Strouse said.
Strouse said she had learned to live in constant fear,but that Friday's sentencing brought some relief.
"It's nice to have the bogeyman gone,"she said."It's like a fable you're told all your life about the bogeyman and now he's gone."
Prosecutors initially sought the death penalty,but settled for a life term given California’s moratorium on executions,the coronavirus pandemic,and the advancing age of DeAngelo,his victims,and witnesses they needed to make their case.
Bowman sentenced DeAngelo under a plea deal that called for him to be sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole,plus 15 life terms with the possibility of parole and eight years for other enhancements.
Reuters,AP