Free Republic

Suspect in series of rapes arrested 05/25/2002 By MANOLO BARCO / The Dallas Morning News A slamming gate startled 19-year-old Courtney Brucker out of bed during the pre-dawn hours Friday. Little did she know that her quick thinking in waking up her mother and calling 911 and a neighbor would lead to the arrest of a man suspected of raping nine women in Tarrant and Johnson counties in the last six years. Police charged 30-year-old Manuel Salamanca Jr. of Cleburne with burglary. But a search of his truck, parked near the Arlington home, uncovered a knife and a pair...