For four decades, Joseph DeAngelo hid in plain sight as the man authorities would eventually identify as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist and, most famously, the Golden State Killer. But a new Fox Nation series is investigating whether his known crimes tell the whole story.

"Golden State Killer: Unmasking a Monster" re-examines DeAngelo’s violent past through exclusive testimony and never-before-seen evidence, asking whether his crimes began earlier than previously believed and, if so, what additional victims he left behind.

"There’s a possibility, and probably a high likelihood, that he committed way more crimes than we ever will know about," said Anne Marie Schubert, who served as the Sacramento County district attorney from 2015 to 2023.

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DeAngelo was arrested in 2018 at 72 years old following a search of genealogy websites, bringing an end to a decades-long hunt. In 2020, he pleaded guilty to 50 rapes and 13 murders.

The four-part series challenges the established timeline of DeAngelo’s crimes, beginning with accounts of earlier assaults and controlling behavior. It goes on to re-examine evidence surrounding the murders of two teenage girls and explores whether DeAngelo framed others to evade capture.

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Later episodes examine his more than 50 attacks as the East Area Rapist and his transformation from serial rapist to serial killer.

The series also raises questions about crimes that remain unsolved, including the cases of Donna Richmond and Bess Snelling, featuring new statements from alleged victims and their relatives.

One survivor featured in the series recounts being violently raped when she was 12 years old. Another person of interest believes his mother was a victim of DeAngelo.

The final chapter examines perhaps the largest lingering question surrounding DeAngelo’s crimes — whether they actually ended in 1986, or whether he continued prowling, raping and killing before his arrest more than three decades later.

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The Atlantic staff writer Jenisha Watts said Wednesday she plans to send her young Black son to private school, citing her own experience with struggling schools while choosing a different path from friend and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones, who recently confronted regrets about her daughter’s public school education.

Watts said in her Atlantic essay that Hannah-Jones’ experience helped convince her she could not make the same decision for her son.

"I could never make the choice she made," Watts said. "I know too well what can go wrong. I’m sending him to a private preschool, and I plan to apply for private kindergarten too."

Hannah-Jones, who previously said that scrutiny of her decision should also focus on Black children whose families cannot afford better options, responded directly to Watts in a new statement to Fox News Digital.

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"I have a deep respect for Jenisha and all she has overcome," she said. "Our concerns and values as parents are always shaped, to some degree, by our own experiences as children. Unlike Jenisha, I got a parachute out of my segregated school, and that changed my life. And, as a result, I have always thought about the equal worth of children who didn't get that parachute and how that shaped their lives as well.

"I still believe, as I always have, in public schools as necessary and common good, that education should be the great equalizer and that parents should not have to choose between doing what's right for their children and what's right for community."

Hannah-Jones said the problems raised by both families ultimately required broader policy changes.

"In the end, the inequality I write about and that Jenisha experienced is systemic and will only be fixed if we acquire the political will to make different policy choices that value the inherent worth of all of our children, even if those children happen to be born Black and poor," she said.

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School choice advocate Corey DeAngelis, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, offered a sharply different assessment in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing Watts was right to prioritize her son rather than wait for improvements to the public school system.

"Jenisha Watts is doing what a parent is supposed to do. She is putting her son first," he said. "Watts has options most families do not. The scandal is not that she is using them. The scandal is that politicians and teachers unions fight to keep those options out of reach for everyone else. School choice is the equalizer. Trapping kids in failure factories by zip code only makes inequality worse.

"It is time to fund students, not systems, so all families can have a shot at the American dream. If Hannah-Jones and her friends actually want to help other children, they should fight for the funding to follow the student. You do not fix public schools by locking kids in them. You fix them by giving families a way out — and giving those schools a reason to change."

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Watts described Hannah-Jones as a "confidant and friend" and defended her against critics who accused her of sacrificing her daughter’s education for her ideals. But Watts said her own childhood in Lexington, Kentucky, where she described receiving an "abysmal education," shaped the choice she is now making for her son.

Watts said those academic deficiencies followed her into adulthood.

"I’m a staff writer for The Atlantic, and I’m writing a memoir, and I still can’t shake off my poor education," she wrote.

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The debate followed Hannah-Jones’ recent New York Times Magazine essay revisiting a choice she first detailed in a 2016 Times Magazine cover story. Hannah-Jones said she eventually apologized to her daughter Najya after reviewing academic problems that followed her through elementary and middle school.

Najya told her mother she wished her own education had received more consideration alongside Hannah-Jones’ concerns about educational inequality.

"Sometimes I wish, instead of always thinking about other kids, you would have thought about me. I never really got the education I wanted," Najya said.

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New York City Public Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels defended the public school system’s mission in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"From day one, I have made it clear: Every student, regardless of background or ability, should feel affirmed, valued and held to high expectations," Samuels said. "At New York City Public Schools, we know that our students benefit from inclusive environments where every child has access to rigorous academics, student supports and diverse learning opportunities.

"This is the crux of my vision of a truly integrated public school system, and I am committed to doing the work to make that a reality."

Watts said her decision was not meant as a condemnation of Hannah-Jones or parents who choose differently but reflected what she sees as a broader failure that forces families to weigh their children’s immediate interests against struggling schools.

"America should not force parents to make that kind of choice," she said.

A pilot's dramatic escape from a plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California has prompted an investigation. 

The plane, an MK-58 Hawker Hunter, plunged into the water after the pilot reported trouble while flying off California's Central Coast on Tuesday evening, ABC News reported.

The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday that the plane crashed near San Luis Obispo around 6:50 p.m. after the pilot reported an engine issue.

"Only the pilot was on board," the spokesperson said. "The FAA will investigate."

The Navy has since grounded Hawker Hunters operated by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) while the incident is under investigation, according to ABC News.

The aircraft was being flown in support of a Navy and Marine Corps contract when it went down, according to ABC, citing ATAC.

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Four ATAC aircraft, including the one that crashed, were involved in the mission.

Before the crash, the pilot issued a mayday call and reported losing engine thrust, according to air traffic control audio obtained by ABC from LiveATC.net.

"Mayday, mayday, mayday. I have lost thrust in my engine," the pilot told controllers, according to the ABC report.

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ATAC operates the aircraft as part of its work supporting training for the U.S. armed forces.

The company has 22 Hawker Hunters in its fleet, according to a Navy public information officer cited by ABC.

The FAA is actively investigating the incident. 

No additional details are known at this time.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the NTSB and the U.S. Navy for additional information.

The Hawker Hunter crash comes amid several recent aviation incidents that have prompted emergency responses.

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In late August, a 24-year-old man allegedly stole a Cessna 172 from an airport in Hungary while intoxicated and flew toward the area of the country’s only nuclear power plant.

The unauthorized flight prompted fighter jets to respond before the plane came down in a sunflower field, where rescue crews were dispatched.

In addition, a Delta Air Lines flight recently returned to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly after takeoff due to a pilot medical emergency.

FIRST ON FOX: Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the lawyer representing an alleged illegal immigrant shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is facing heat over a post critics say mocked the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

In a deleted post, re-surfaced in a screenshot from retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Larry Brock Jr., Lincoln-Goldfinch wrote, "How do you resist getting shot in the neck? Does Charlie Kirk have any advice on that?"

The post was quickly highlighted by conservatives on social media who made the argument that it questions Lincoln-Goldfinch’s credibility as she defends her client to the media and pushes back against the official story from federal law enforcement.

"Ladies and gentleman, the lawyer representing the Venezuelan illegal who was shot in Austin by DHS after a high-speed car chase, is exactly how you'd imagine her," Charlie Kirk Show Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet posted on X.

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"POS scum," conservative influencer LibsofTikTok posted on X.

"She represents a man shot resisting federal officers, then jokes about Charlie Kirk catching one in the neck," conservative influencer Gunther Eagleman posted on X, adding that the lawyer’s post was "sickening and pathetic."

"That is not lawyering. That is cheering political violence. Remember her name. This is who they put on the case. America is done pretending these people are just professionals."

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"Nasty woman," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted on X.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Lincoln-Goldfinch publicly addressed the issue for the first time, saying, "A post referencing the death of Charlie Kirk was removed from our account. We recognized the post could be misconstrued and that's why it came down. We have also addressed this issue internally."

In a LinkedIn post last year, Lincoln-Goldfinch offered condolences to the Kirk family, pointing to "gun violence" as one of the main takeaways.

"My heart goes out to the family of Charlie Kirk," she wrote. "Incidents like these are a painful reminder that none of us is truly safe from gun violence. We owe it to each other to process this event with compassion and seriousness, and also to approach solutions with equal seriousness."

28-year-old Wilber Garces Perez was shot by ICE officers on Sunday, sparking protests across the city that resulted in arrests and injured police officers. The Department of Homeland Security says that Perez was an illegal alien who fled during a targeted vehicle stop.

"No amount of smears and false narratives will slow down ICE from doing its job to arrest illegal aliens from our communities," the department said in an X thread outlining what it called misinformation about the shooting.

Lincoln-Goldfinch as pushed back on several of the government's claims on social media, including that Perez is in the country illegally.

NEW YORK — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda revealed Monday he personally pleaded with President Donald Trump to maintain U.S. forces on NATO’s eastern flank as Washington reviews its military footprint in Europe.

Meanwhile, Russia’s war in Ukraine has raged on for more than 4½ years and raised questions about how far Moscow will push into the continent.

Nausėda said during remarks at a fireside chat moderated by Fox News Digital at the Presidential Business Forum on Resilience on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly New York that Lithuania is prepared to provide "very generous host nation support" for American forces to remain in the region.

"I personally sent two letters to the president," Nausėda said of the plea to keep an American troops' presence.

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The Pentagon has already begun scaling back some forces and capabilities in Europe, while reported options under review could remove tens of thousands more troops.

The review is part of a broader Pentagon strategy to shift primary responsibility for Europe’s conventional defense onto European allies, while reserving a more limited U.S. role. But Washington has also signaled that its retrenchment may not be uniform: Trump said last week that the U.S. was making progress toward a permanent Army base in Poland, one of NATO’s highest-spending members.

That has left frontline allies trying to determine where they fit in with an emerging U.S. strategy that calls for a smaller overall role in Europe while deepening ties with countries Washington views as carrying more of the burden.

The review also comes as Russia’s war with Ukraine has increasingly spilled into NATO territory.

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Lithuania experienced that threat firsthand last week when NATO fighters shot down a drone that crossed into Lithuanian airspace from Belarus. Nausėda later said the aircraft was likely Russian and intended for an attack on Ukraine before veering off course.

The country's intelligence services warn that Russia is already rebuilding military capabilities near NATO's eastern borders despite its losses in Ukraine.

Lithuania's 2026 National Threat Assessment found that a ceasefire or frozen conflict in Ukraine could accelerate that buildup, allowing Moscow to move more troops and equipment back toward permanent bases near the Baltic States and replenish weapons and ammunition depleted during the war. 

In that scenario, Lithuanian intelligence assessed Russia could eventually develop enough capability to launch military action against the Baltics and seek an initial regional advantage before NATO could fully respond.

Asked how much time NATO would have if a ceasefire were reached tomorrow, Nausėda declined to put a timeline on the threat but warned that "a ceasefire for Russia may mean" looking for new targets.

He said whether Moscow ultimately tests NATO would depend largely on the alliance's ability to strengthen its deterrence and demonstrate that it can defend its eastern flank.

Nausėda cast doubt on the prospect of near-term peace talks, saying that "for the time being, Russia is not ready to start the peace negotiations."

Instead, he said Moscow appears intent on using the approaching winter to increase pressure on Kyiv by striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and worsening conditions for civilians.

"The winter is coming. Russia knows very well where they should target, and they will target energy infrastructure first of all," Nausėda said, describing the attacks as an effort to make living conditions in Ukraine as difficult as possible and pressure its leadership toward concessions.

"For these negotiations, I don’t see any ground, at least right now," he said, adding that talks could become possible "maybe next year."

The threat to energy infrastructure was particularly resonant for Nausėda, who spoke as Lithuania marked another step in its yearslong effort to insulate itself from energy pressure from Moscow.

Lithuania, marking a new long-term natural gas agreement with U.S. natural gas producer EQT Corp. this week during the president's trip to New York, began importing U.S. LNG in 2017 and now gets roughly 70% of its LNG from the United States, Nausėda said.

During Monday’s forum, Lithuanian energy company Ignitis signed a new long-term LNG agreement with U.S.-based EQT Corp.

Nausėda said Lithuania’s push for energy independence was shaped by years of experience with Moscow using the country’s dependence on Russian energy as political leverage.

"Our history shows that, all the time, Russians misused our dependencies for their own benefit," Nausėda said.

Nausėda stressed that Lithuania is also increasing its own defense burden, saying the country is spending 5.4% of GDP on defense while building a national division and preparing to host a full German brigade by the end of 2027.

He said Lithuanian intelligence has periodically warned of a risk that Russia could target critical infrastructure in Lithuania, prompting additional measures to protect energy and other strategic assets.

Presley Gerber's cause of death was "deferred," according to online records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. He was 27.

The medical examiner told Fox News Digital that "the investigation is still ongoing and there is limited information available."

Santa Monica Police Department officials are investigating the death as "a suspected overdose," according to a release from the department.

Officers responded to a report of a possible overdose at approximately 9:35 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 20. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male who was deceased.

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The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner (DME) identified the individual as Presley Gerber.

At this time, there is no indication of foul play, and Gerber's case remains open.

"The official cause and manner of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner," police said.

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The DME is in "the early stages of investigating the death of 27-year-old model Presley Gerber and limited information is currently available," according to a statement from the department.

"A deputy medical examiner performed an examination today and the cause and manner of death have been deferred, which means additional testing and/or studies were requested in order to make a determination." 

They added, "Due to the ongoing death investigation, the DME cannot disclose what testing and/or studies were requested. Deferred cases can take a few months before a cause of death is determined."

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Presley was the only son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber and the older brother of model and actress Kaia Gerber.

"The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time," Crawford's representative said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

Presley had been open about his mental health struggles, speaking publicly about them on social media and in interviews.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion on Monday to discuss issues affecting New York City and its residents, the mayor's office confirmed to Fox News.

The discussion will take place at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City's mayor. City Hall said it will focus on issues affecting America's largest city.

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A time for the meeting has not been announced, and the White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for additional details.

Monday's sit-down will mark the third face-to-face meeting between Trump and Mamdani. The two first met in the Oval Office in November 2025, shortly after Mamdani won New York City's mayoral election, and met again at the White House in February.

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It also comes as New York City prepares to host world leaders for the United Nations General Assembly and the campaign for November's midterm elections enters its final weeks.

Mamdani has become one of the nation's highest-profile progressive mayors as progressive Democrats and Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates have won several high-profile primaries this election cycle, fueling a broader debate over the Democratic Party's direction ahead of the midterms.

During their first Oval Office meeting in November, Trump and Mamdani said they had discussed housing, affordability and other issues affecting New Yorkers despite their political differences, and both expressed optimism about working together where they could.

Monday's meeting will be their latest opportunity to continue those discussions.