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

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The East Area Rapist

In the first 10 attacks, his ransacking of victim's homes also resulted in hardly anything of value being taken. It was believed this was just a method to create more fear in the victim. He didn't always have sexual satisfaction during the rapes. The small number of times he had physically injured someone non-sexually, such as when he punched one survivor in the face during attack 4. When he didn't have complete control of the situation,. it was when he didn't cope with the situation. In broad daylight one day in early January, a man was seen coming out of someone's backyard. Attack number 11, the first attack of 1977, was the first to be carried out

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