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Case 53: The East Area Rapist 1976 (Part 1)

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The Story of a Rapist's First Attack

The victim was home alone for 30 minutes before the rest of her family returned on a Monday night. She couldn't see her dog, and assumed it had run off scared. This was the first time the rapist did what he said he was going to do. Still her money, although she didn't have any, he looked for it, and then he took a cut. When police arrived they were told a similar description to the previous attacks. The three strips of towel they found neatly laid out in the neighbor's yard, told them that he was indeed planning one of his usual attacks. They thought the neighbors had been the target, and the woman disturbed him when she pulled into her driveway.

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