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Case 53: The East Area Rapist 1977 (Part 2)

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The History of the East Area Rapist

Shelby had requested that all patrol officers not discuss this on their police radios but he found that some had not listened to him and there had been chatter about this process over the airwaves. The Zippo lighter indicated a possible military link again. Although the method didn't work for them since the day they discovered they could possibly lift touch fingerprints off skin. It was apparent that the East area rapist was reading the papers. Since the Sacramento Bee reported that he only attacked when women were home alone or with children. There was only nine days until he struck again.

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