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Murder On His Mind Serial Killer, The Case of The Original Night Stalker AKA Golden State Killer, East Area Rapist Kindle Edition

by Anne Penn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
Anne Penn writes about True Crime which incorporates all aspects of the cases from investigating the crimes, discussions on his MO, media coverage of the times, profiles done by professionals, DNA, Rape Kit Testing. This book is packed with information about the criminal known as The East Area Rapist AKA Original Night Stalker AKA Golden State Killer along with her own personal story. Anne Penn predicted where she thought this man came from, and where he was until his arrest on April 24, 2018. Anne grew up across the street from a canal in Sacramento. Almost abducted by two men in a truck in 1971 Anne became aware of the dangers of living female. She extensively researched this perpetrators crimes to not only profile him, but to talk about what drove him to rape and murder. Anne like many other women was there in Sacramento during the unrelenting attacks of over 30 women and girls by who would become known as EAR. Anne spoke to Retired Law Enforcement over time as she looked at the cases in Sacramento from a different perspective. It turned out many of the things she discusses in her book first published in January 2017 were correct. Independently investigated and researched Anne had thought these were crimes committed by a serial killer and were random since 1980. Her grandfather was Lyman Jones Senior, the father of murder victims in Ventura, CA. Anne was close to her grandfather, watching as he tried to come to grips with the loss of his son and daughter-in law. Anne had a personal interest in trying to get the word out to the people who were in Sacramento in the 1970’s because she knew the suspect was arrogant and was still in Sacramento right under everyone’s nose. That is what her gut told her. EAR was just too comfortable in Sacramento. Anne Penn AKA Laurie was born at Mather Air Force Base and grew up in this serial killers hunting grounds. Very compelling documentation of how Sacramento was in the 70's and how the East Area Rapist shattered this once innocent time. Updates after the arrest included.

What were the chances that the East Area Rapist would terrorize Sacramento for two plus years when Laurie was 19 - 21 and then move on to Ventura, CA murdering her grandfather's son and daughter in law in 1980? Family pictures and photo album plus chapters about DNA, Cold Cases, DNA phenotyping as well as maps and geographic locations are included in this edition.
Joseph James DeAngelo was booked into the Sacramento County jail where his rapes began 42 years ago. Update: 2020, No trial was held as he did plead guilty to almost 100 crimes. Justice delayed according to the Judge in this case is justice denied. 50 plus rapes and at least 13 murders have been connected in California. Joseph James DeAngelo, Jr. is a 100% DNA match to the evidence left at many crime scenes long ago. We will see the final chapter as it plays out in real time. After 42 years the man known as the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker/Golden State Killer has plead guilty to 13 murders and many uncharged rapes, attempted murder of LE in Visalia and much more. He has been sentenced to life August 21, 2020. Included are chapters about some of what we know so far since JJD's arrest. We wait for Law Enforcement to connect more dots. With the DNA match, we shall see how the story ends. Will any other cold case murders be solved moving forward? Anne Penn wrote three more books on the story documenting it each step of the way with what has been discovered in the last 2-1/2 years since his arrest.


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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076P6CZ7T
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Anne Penn

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Anne Penn has been writing all of her life. Her interests are focused primarily on true stories. Penn has written 5 books about the Golden State Killer Cases to document possible murders that are still unsolved as cold cases in the State of California. A multi-generational native of Sacramento where the notorious East Area Rapist lived, the criminal was always in the Sacramento area not far from Anne and all of the women he harmed. That has been Ms. Penn's focus. Bringing answers to families who still wait for justice is part of why Ms. Penn put her research into book form.

Anne Penn's background is in Psychology, Criminal Justice and Addiction Specialties. A Certified Addiction Specialist she also obtained a degree in Addiction Studies. Anne is also a certified crisis & suicide prevention counselor & has also obtained a degree in Sociology and Addiction Studies. Anne has been interested in True Crime stories since she watched the aftermath of the assassination of John Kennedy unfold as a young child. There have been many high-profile crimes she has studied since 1968 when she was still a child. Senator Robert Kennedy, and next came the Manson Murders. The Zodiac Killer ran amok briefly when Anne was a child and she and her family were two hours away from his crimes.

Forensics and the psychology of why a person becomes a serial offender have been a huge interest while studying serial killer Theodore Bundy since 1980. Anne has studied everything she can about serial killers like BTK, Dahmer, Gacy and others over time. Also, a field of study is forensics. Anne had to share the connections she has to The East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker/Golden State Killer, originally hoping to help solve the case of EAR and GSK by asking those from her hometown of Sacramento if they thought the profile of the offender sounded like someone they might have known. Now after deep diving into what may have actually happened in the 58 years the Golden State Killer was free; her investigations have inspired her to write What If? Golden State Killer ZODIAC SOLVED. Next was End Game of The Most Dangerous Game Golden State Killer which discusses the fact that besides being a serial rapist this man was a prolific serial killer. End Game includes the politics of the time, geographic profiling which has always been an interest of Anne's. There is commentary and she shares the connections to the Zodiac Killer in this and her follow-up book. GSK was sentenced to life without parole August of 2020. Penn continued to investigate which then brought about the book Serial Slaughter Zodiac Killer (with Convicted Serial Killer Joseph DeAngelo) in 2021. This book shows the connections of the Golden State Killer to the Zodiac Killer. Penn shows how this perpetrator could in fact be the same man. A fascinating read. Penn has been a woman's/victims advocate all of her life. Penn is an advocate for victims of violent crime and believes that justice must prevail in these old cold cases. Many victims and victims' families still wait for justice. Great reads. annepenn.wordpress.com for her blog.

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"...Anne Penn is not only an excellent researcher and story teller, but she’s suffered a personal loss at the hands of the East Area Rapist: Her uncle,..." Read more

"...Though there is information to be gleaned from this book, it has to be pulled out of the obscure writing style of the author...." Read more

"This was an interesting book dealing with the EARS/ON case from someone that personally experienced the loss of a close relative at the hands of the..." Read more

"...It also provided a great deal of historical context for that particular period, (Rapist/Killer's reign of terror from 1976 to 1986), both written..." Read more

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"...in a pick up truck made my hair stand on end when I read it; absolutely heart rendering and told with honesty. A great read!" Read more

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  • Kevin M. Sullivan
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read Account of the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer
    Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018
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    I first heard about the East Area Rapist of Sacramento, CA in 2012 when I was doing research for a book about Richard Chase, better known as the Vampire of Sacramento. One of the arresting detectives of Chase told me I should write a book about the “EAR” rapist/murderer, as he had worked that case also and could help me. I listened patiently, but I had no desire at the time, and mumbled a “maybe” and quickly let it go. I really didn’t want to write about an unknown serial rapist and murderer, and that such a book should be tackled by someone who has a great deal of interest; the kind of interest that would carry them through the monumental task of writing a book
    That person is Anne Penn.
    Anne Penn is not only an excellent researcher and story teller, but she’s suffered a personal loss at the hands of the East Area Rapist: Her uncle, Lyman Robert Smith and his wife Charlene Smith, of Ventura County, CA, were murdered on March 13, 1980. Without question, the living victims of murder will carry what’s happened to their loved ones for the rest of their lives; and in some cases, family members will channel that negative energy into something positive, and that’s what Penn has done with the publication of her book. The author, who has spent years researching and living with this case – a case that covers numerous locations both in northern and southern California and spans some 13 years – has produced a work (I own the Kindle edition with some 500 pages), that is both large and bursting with information about these rapes and murders.
    Indeed, within these pages you’ll read about the Visalia Ransacker (1973-1976), Sacramento’s East Area Rapist (1976-1979), and what is called the Original Night Stalker crimes (1979-1986), which is not to be confused with the crimes of another ‘Night Stalker’, Richard Ramirez.
    Keep in mind too, that as Penn was writing this book, the killer, Joseph DeAngelo, had not been apprehended, she made a number of credible assumptions about the perpetrator that, since his April 2018 arrest, have been proven to be correct!
    I highly recommend this book to all those who want a detailed look at this now discovered killer and the crimes he committed, from a person who not only was emotionally wounded by the killer, but who is more than qualified to tell the strange tale from her own unique perspective.
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  • Kindle sara
    1.0 out of 5 stars Unprofessional
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2021
    Rather than being polished or seamless, Anne Penn's points are labored and long-winded. Too much emphasis is wasted on feelings and perceptions rather than facts and statistics.
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  • kiwi_planet_9
    3.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written account of the personal feelings and suspicions of ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2018
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    Poorly written account of the personal feelings and suspicions of a family member of EAR victims.
    Though there is information to be gleaned from this book, it has to be pulled out of the obscure writing style of the author.
    It is repetitious and often mind numbing to read through, but interestingly, many of Ms. Penn's final thoughts, it turns out, are quite accurate.
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  • Dr. Death
    4.0 out of 5 stars The EARS/ON Case from an upclose and personal point of view.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018
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    This was an interesting book dealing with the EARS/ON case from someone that personally experienced the loss of a close relative at the hands of the unidentified killer. Told from a perspective that is different, Anne Penne looks back at what it was like to grow up in California and how the rapes and murders affected her family. The story of being pursued by two individuals in a pick up truck made my hair stand on end when I read it; absolutely heart rendering and told with honesty. A great read!
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  • Sue Barrett DVM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Its All Personal for Author Anne Penn ....First to Connect the Dots on the EAR/Golden State Killer..
    Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2018
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    Murder On His Mind takes us back to the carefree and innocent days of the 70s in Sacramento, Ca, which later became the hunting grounds for a masked man who stalked victims through the night, entered their homes as they lay innocently sleeping, and then savagely tied them up and raped the woman for hours, some as young as 13. The author was born and raised in Sacramento and lived and worked there during this terrifying time of at least 50 rapes by the so called East Area Rapist in a 3 year period in Sacramento and Northern California. What makes this book unique is that her own story is interwoven between the attacks by this rapist who was terrorizing the town she loved and grew up in and then unbelievably, a few years later her beloved uncle, who was also from Sacramento, and his wife, were savagely tied up and murdered in their beds in the prime of their lives in the affluent, coastal town of Ventura, CA. Anne worked tirelessly for years to try and find the monster that killed her uncle, who was a successful attorney, and his wife, Charlene,and she became a serial killer expert and profiler. This story is personal for her on every level and she is the first to to delve inside the mind of a killer and hunter who was soon terrorizing and murdering in the entire state of California.. She was the first to predict the Original Night Stalker, the East Area Rapist, and the Visalia Ransacker were one and the same, She takes us into his mind as the Visalia Ransacker and then pulls us down a dark pathway into the night, letting us watch with horror, page by page, as he evolves, fine tunes his skills, and changes his MO to became a horrific rapist and murderer who would be known as the East Area Rapist of Sacramento, the Original Night Stalker and the Golden State Killer, who we now know killed her uncle and his wife a few years later. They mystery of the killer lasted for 40 years as he was cunning and always eluded law enforcement. Anne Penn worked with Law Enforcement was the first to predict one man was committing all of these crimes, that he might have an accomplice and that he always lived in Sacramento and never left...... She is a brilliant profiler and has an ability to "see " what is in a killer's head based on what he did and to predict what he might do next... .. A must read for anyone interested in the Golden State Killer, East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker case or a true crime sleuth. Be prepared to sleep with the lights on at night.
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  • Internet Arbiter
    2.0 out of 5 stars If it Were Written by a High Schooler...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019
    If this book was written by a high schooler, you'd say "Good job, honey! I can tell you really like to write! Follow your dreams, and who knows, maybe someday you will be writer!" But I don't think that's the case. The author doesn't have much of an ability to turn a phrase, the prose is loaded with cliches and extraneous sentences. You'll be better served by reading the wikipedia article on the case.
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  • Mervyn
    5.0 out of 5 stars the original night stalker anne penn
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2021
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    a thorough accouant by the author gripping accouant keeps you interested well written 5 stars
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  • jc uk
    1.0 out of 5 stars Repetitive and cankot hold your interest. Given up on it 200 pages in
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2020
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    After 200 pages I've had to give up on this book. It's repetitive and never read a book that could not hold my interest like this one. Waste of money and quite expensive mistake
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