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The Golden State Killer is a 2013 moniker coined for a serial killer, serial rapist, and serial burglar who committed at least 12 murders, more than 50 rapes, and over 100 burglaries in California from 1976 through 1986. He committed crimes throughout the state and acquired various monikers in different regions before it was conclusively known that all were the same person. His monikers during different periods of criminal activity included the East Area Rapist and Original Night Stalker and Visalia Ransacker. He has also been called the Diamond Knot Killer. The East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker, and Visalia Ransacker were originally thought to be three separate offenders and were not linked until many years later (2018 for the Visalia Ransacker). All of the Northern California assaults occurred in Contra Costa County, but the distinctive modus operandi (MO) of the rapist makes it very likely the same man was also responsible for the attacks in the Sacramento area. In 2001, several of the East Area Rapist crimes in Northern California were linked by DNA to the Original Night Stalker murders in Southern California. Several suspects were cleared through DNA evidence, alibi, or other investigative means and methods. On June 15, 2016, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies held a news conference to announce a nationwide effort and a US$50,000 reward for his capture. On April 25, 2018, authorities announced the arrest of suspect 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer, on eight counts of first-degree murder based on DNA evidence. However, due to California's statute of limitations on pre-2017 rape-cases, DeAngelo now can not be charged for such crimes dating from the late 1970s. Law enforcement also announced that separate incidents in Visalia in 1974–1975 that were previously attributed to the Visalia Ransacker are now being connected to the same suspect.