The "Golden State Killer" crimes date back to the 1970s.

“I just went into survival mode,” Kris Pedretti bravely recalled surviving an attack by Joseph DeAngelo the week before Christmas in December 1976.

A judge gave Joseph DeAngelo the absolute max sentence the court was able to give under the law.

Joseph DeAngelo, the man now known as the "Golden State Killer," will spend life in prison without parole.

Victims of Joseph DeAngelo, the man now known as the Golden State Killer, began reading statements in court this week.

Joe DeAngelo, was sentenced to life without parole and said, “I admit and I am truly sorry,” to his victims in court.

Joseph DeAngelo, the man now known as the "Golden State Killer," addressed the court on Friday as he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Victims and relatives of rapes outside Sacramento County are speaking Wednesday.

Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder in front of dozens of victims and victims' relatives in June as part of a plea deal.

Joseph DeAngelo was arrested in 2018 decades after the crime spree.

A 5-4 decision struck down a restrictive Louisiana law that required any doctor providing abortion services to have admitting privileges at a hospital less than 30 miles away.

The former brother-in-law of James Joseph DeAngelo spoke exclusively to ABC News about DeAngelo, who pleaded guilty to killing 13 people.

Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder as well as multiple rapes and burglaries.

Suspected "Golden State Killer" Joseph DeAngelo was arrested in April 2018.

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against suspected "Golden State Killer" Joseph DeAngelo if he is convicted of the charges against him, they announced in court in Sacramento on Wednesday.

Michael Henslick was arrested Tuesday for the 2009 murder of Holly Cassano, 22.

Joseph DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer, was arrested this April.

The suspected "Golden State Killer," Joseph DeAngelo, was arrested this April.

The suspected "Golden State Killer," Joseph DeAngelo, was arrested this April.

William Evins was convicted in the '80s of killing Joan Anderson in 1979.

"He didn't have the courage to face his accusers," Jennifer Carole, whose father and stepmother Lyman and Charlene Smith were killed in 1980 allegedly by the "Golden State Killer," said.

The Santa Barbara district attorney added four counts of murder in the case of Joseph Deangelo, 72, the suspected serial killer accused of terrorizing California in the '70s and '80s.

DNA helps cops identify northern California's "East Area Rapist"

A man brazenly raped and robbed numerous women in their homes in 1976.

Neighbors and former colleagues recall DeAngelo's habits and his explosive temper.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, is arrested at his home in suburban Sacramento.

DeAngelo faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. Meanwhile, questions are raised over why the crime spree ended.

Now that DeAngelo is behind bars, survivors recall their "emotional rollercoaster" and say they feel relieved and liberated now.

A Sacramento judge ruled that prosecutors may collect additional DNA, fingerprints and photos of Joseph DeAngelo that could connect him to more murders and rapes.

20/20 EXTRA: Genetic genealogist and ABC News Consultant CeCe Moore showed "20/20" how investigators may have built a family tree to identify a suspect.

Margaret Wardlow says her rapist broke into her bedroom in the middle of the night, tied her up and raped her.

"Me being a law enforcement officer, it was sickening, thinking that somebody would hide behind the badge and commit these types of attacks," Paul Holes told "20/20."

Margaret Wardlow, the youngest rape victim, said she was "elated" when she heard a suspect had been arrested.

Court documents reveal how investigators say they cracked the serial killer case, all coming down to DNA evidence.

The arrest and search warrant was unsealed after a court decision.

The police chief who fired the suspect, Joseph DeAngelo, in 1979 speaks out about what he knew of a man accused of killing 12 people.

His lawyers were fighting a motion that would make key documents available to the public.

The suspected serial killer was arrested last month decades after his alleged crimes.

Joseph James DeAngelo was taken into custody in late April.

Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspect in the "Golden State Killer" crime spree, started with burglaries and sexual assaults, but soon escalated his violence to murders.

A prosecutor described the process as "dogged detective work."

Joseph DeAngelo, 72, is in a cell alone at the Sacramento County Main Jail.

Victims often received calls or hang-ups before and after attacks.

The "Golden State Killer"'s crimes spanned from 1976 to 1986.

When Margaret Wardlow recalls her childhood in Sacramento, California, she divides it into two distinct time frames.

Paul Holes, a retired detective who worked on the case for decades, believes he knows why the "Golden State Killer" took a five-year break from killing.

A judge says prosecutors can obtain evidence from 'Golden State Killer' suspect.

Paul Holes, who investigated for decades, takes ABC News inside the case.

Jane Carson-Sandler was attacked while in her home with her 3-year-old son.

A long-time investigator on the case spoke to ABC News about the clues.