Posted on 01/18/2010 3:40:21 AM PST by reaganaut1
YOAKUM, Texas (AP)
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A sexual predator has been assaulting elderly women in central Texas over the past year, terrifying residents and frustrating investigators who have only a vague description of the suspect.
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Beginning with the rape of a 65-year-old woman in Yoakum last January, authorities have linked eight sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults to the suspect, who has been dubbed the "Twilight Rapist" because most of the attacks occurred around dawn. They also believe he robbed or attempted to rob four other women.
The victims have all been women, ranging in age from 65 to 91. [...] An 81-year-old woman scared off an intruder with a gun, firing several rounds for good measure. A 66-year-old woman was attacked twice, despite having moved across town following the first assault.
The attacks occurred in seven rural towns, the largest of which has 6,000 residents.
Two women were attacked - one of them twice - in Yoakum, a quiet town surrounded by wide-open ranches about 100 miles east of San Antonio.
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Mela Walker, who has a ranch in nearby Cuero, organized a community meeting last spring after the Yoakum attacks and handed out pepper spray as a door prize for the nearly 300 people who showed up.
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Authorities say the attacks appear to have been planned - phone lines were cut and porch lights were unscrewed outside some of the victims' homes. All the victims lived alone, and one had more than $10,000 stolen.
Yoakum residents say the two victims there had predictable routines that made them easy targets.
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A year into the case there is still no sketch of the suspect, only a vague description of a thin, young and dark-skinned man who is between 5 1/2- and 6-feet tall.
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We simply need to dispatch one of the Texas Rangers (not sports variety).
Let him spend a few days in the community, in stealth. That is their normal mode.
It will be taken care of.
This must be one really sick dude. Deserves whatever end he gets, and soon.
This happened in Hamilton Ohio, northwest of Cincinnati, a couple weeks ago.
14 year old hispanic boy raped a 65 year old woman
http://www.wlwt.com/news/22216549/detail.html
Woman nabs burglar with surveillance camera — from work!
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/southeastvalley/mesa/story/Woman-nabs-burglar-with-surveillance-camera-from/ydMpaMAP1UCBH0993CImrQ.cspx
How the hell is this guy's b***s not blown off his body by now?
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