What is Reddit's opinion of Secret Origin of the Golden State Killer: Visalia Ransacker?

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You're welcome! During the second half of 1975, the VR was clearly trying to commit some kind of sexual crime. He attempted to break into occupied homes, he tried to kidnap the Snelling girl, he was regularly peeping at various girls and women all over town, and he very likely committed a rape in Rancho Cordova in October 1975. He seemed to fail more than he seemed to succeed, and I think he probably took a step back, replanned his approach, and started going after "safer" targets. It's a very, very complicated escalation pattern -- I wrote a 400+ page book about it, and there's still more I could've said!

Uh oh, I would remove that link if you can. Sorry about my misunderstanding. That website was seized because it violated copyright. They were republishing books without author consent.

The book you are talking about is available at libraries, Amazon, and any other used online bookstores for very little money.

Thank you!

The EARONS book is in the exact same format -- possible and confirmed crimes presented in a chronological format, with context and analysis sections at the end of each entry. We spend a lot of extra time on the ONS murders.

I'm really glad you found it useful!

Edit: A link to the VR book and a link to the EARONS book.

Some of the cases being looked at as far as possibly related include the Jennifer Armour kidnapping/murder and the Donna Richmond kidnapping/murder, both of which occurred in Visalia. After JJD was arrested, another woman came forward and claimed that JJD kidnapped her while he was in uniform, transported her in his squad car, sexually assaulted her, and released her. All of these events occurred in Visalia, and as of yet, JJD hasn't been conclusively linked to any of them. Some of them have a few holdups that are still being ironed out.

As far as his escalation pattern goes, there were a lot of incidents that have been confirmed to JJD that clearly show that he continued to escalate after the Snelling murder. There were two attempts at entering a home while a woman was still inside, there were more targeted stalking patterns, and his peeping and prowling was increasing at an alarming rate. He may have committed a rape in Sacramento in October 1975, and in Visalia, his lack of success in committing any more known murders or any rapes is largely because the Visalia Police Department was out in force looking for him in a very small area. There were several weekends where he was out prowling and they were hot on his heels. It was during one of these nights that the McGowen incident occurred.

If you're interested in a detailed analysis of his known (and his possible crimes), check out my Visalia Ransacker book :) https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Origin-Golden-State-Killer/dp/0999458116

As far as the EARONS trying to kidnap anyone during the rape series, he took several of the early victims out of the home. In Attack #6 he took her outside, and in Attacks #8 and #9 he led them quite a ways away. In Attack #10 he again took the victim outside to the backyard like in Attack #6, and then the behavior tapered off significantly.

No worries! My new book is at https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Origin-Golden-State-Killer/dp/0999458116 -- my first one is in the process of being discontinued for a major update so I don't know where that one might be found :)

Additionally, my website is at r/http://www.coldcase-earons.com and that's going through a major revamp right now in light of all of the new developments -- should be back next week or so.

Given that u/winters_vw is too humble to mention her own books :), here you go:

Secret Origin of the Golden State Killer: Visalia Ransacker

Case Files of the East Area Rapist / Golden State Killer

These are absolute must-reads, if you're interested in EARONS.

A lot of stores carried my first book, but we haven't worked on getting this one into any yet. In the meantime, you can order a physical copy through Amazon, and then touch and smell it all you want to when it arrives :) Physical copy is here: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Origin-Golden-State-Killer/dp/0999458116