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Scripted Escalation Across Regions
- The Golden State Killer's crimes began as scripted, escalating rapes in Northern California before shifting to murders in Southern California.
- Investigators later linked the Northern rapes to Southern murders through DNA, revealing a single prolific offender.
Unique Alarm Tactic Linked Attacks
- The offender used a highly unique signature: forcing men to hold stacked dishes as an alarm while he attacked women elsewhere in the house.
- That repeated signature allowed investigators to link around 50 rapes to the same perpetrator.
Persistent Harassing Calls To Victims
- Several victims received anonymous hang-up calls before and after attacks, and recordings later matched the attacker's voice.
- Some victims continued to get threatening calls years later, prolonging their terror for decades.