East Area Rapist Victims’ Brother Led Crusade For DNA Database

SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Bruce Harrington lost his brother and sister-in-law in a crime tied to the East Area Rapist.
He spoke on Wednesday after the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, the man suspected of committing more than 50 rapes and a dozen murders across California.
“Closure to the anguish we have all suffered for the last 40-some-odd years,” he said.
Harrington’s brother and sister-in-law were killed by the East Area Rapist in the couple’s Orange County ho