(RNN) - After decades of mystery, a suspect in a serial killing case has been found, and authorities are expected to announce his arrest on Wednesday.
The suspect has been identified as 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo, who was arrested at his Citrus Heights, CA, home and booked into jail, KTXL reported.
The suspect in the "Golden State Killer" case is believed to have killed at least 12 people, raped at least 45 women and committed hundreds of burglaries in the late 1970s, the Sacramento Bee reported.
DeAngelo was described by neighbors as a "nice guy" occasionally prone to profane outbursts.
The serial killer was also known as the "Original Night Stalker" and the "Diamond Knot Killer."
DeAngelo is listed in Sacramento County jail records as booked on two counts of murder.
True crime writer Michelle McNamara's book, "I'll Be Gone in the Dark,"" which reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, has drawn new attention to the case.
McNamara, who died in 2016 before the book was completed, was also the wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, who helped finish the book.
If they’ve really caught the #GoldenStateKiller I hope I get to visit him. Not to gloat or gawk — to ask him the questions that @TrueCrimeDiary wanted answered in her “Letter To An Old Man” at the end of #IllBeGoneInTheDark. pic.twitter.com/32EHSzBct5
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 25, 2018
Authorities annnounced a $50,000 reward for information in the case in June 2016.
RIGHT NOW: neighbors tell me Joseph James Deangelo, 72, has lived in this neighborhood for more than 30 years. Most describe him as active, relatively nice guy, would occasionally have cursing outbursts you can hear down the street. #EastAreaRapist #BREAKING @FOX40 pic.twitter.com/XFbSHVN787
— Pedro Rivera (@PedroRiveraTV) April 25, 2018
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