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The judge. he did not enter a plea to murder charges stemming from a case from 40 years ago where he allegedly killed a young married couple. an attorney for deangelo says the 72-year-old is depressed and fragile. investigators allege he is the golden state killer, a brutal rapist and murderer who terrorized californians during the 1970s and '80s. >> we all knew as part of this team that we were looking for a needle in a hay stack. we found the needle in a hay stack. and it was right here in sacramento. >> reporter: investigators were able to unlock the cold case with a dna sample left by the ...

Wheelchair, joseph de'angelo spoke softly while addressing the judge. he did not enter a plea to murder charges stemming from a case from 40 years ago where he allegedly killed a young married couple. an attorney for de'angelo says the 72-year-old is depressed and fragile. investigators allege he is the golden state killer, a brutal rapist and murderer who terrorized cal ifornians during the '70s and '80s. >> we all knew that we were looking for a needle in a haystack. we founds needle in the hay stack. and it was right here in sacramento. >> reporter: investigators were able to unlock the col...

Rapes and murders in the 70s and 80s using decades old dna samples and in a surprising twist, an online ancestry database. cnn's stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: entering the court while handcuffed to a wheelchair, he spoke softly while addressing the judge. he did not enter a plea to murder charges stemming from a place from 40 years ago where he allegedly killed a young marry couple. an attorney for deangelo says the 72-year-old is depressed and fragile. investigators allege he is the golden state killer, a brutal rapist and murderer who terrorized californians during the 1970s and '80s...

Murder charges stemming from a case from 40 years ago where he allegedly killed a young married couple. an attorney for deangelo says the 72-year-old is depressed and fragile. investigators allege he is the golden state killer. a brutal rapist and murderer who terrorized californians during the 1970s and '80s. >> we all knew as part of this team that we were looking for a needle in a haystack. we found the needle in the haystack. it was right here in sacramento. >> reporter: investigators were able to unlock the cold case with the dna sample left by the killer in one of the attacks. >> we ende...