Golden State Killer Faked Multiple Personality Disorder to Establish Insanity Defense, DA Claims

Golden State KillerJoseph James DeAngelo tried to claim he has dissociative identity disorder, according to a new book by Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho.

The former cop, 80, “was claiming that an alter ego named Jerry made him hurt, rape, and kill his victims,” Ho writes in The People vs. the Golden State Killer, via People.

“I didn’t have the strength to push him out. He made me. He went with me. It was like, in my head, I mean, he’s a part of me. I didn’t want to do those things,” Ho claims DeAngelo said. “I pushed Jerry out and had a happy life. I did all those things. I’ve destroyed all their lives … I raped. So now I gotta pay the price.”…

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