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$50K Reward Offered In Serial Rapist Case
by Melissa Bailey | Apr 12, 2011 2:34 pm
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Gov. Dannel Malloy is offering up to $50,000 for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man believed to have committed five rapes in the Newhallville neighborhood.
Lt. Julie Johnson (pictured) announced the news in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Johnson and the police Special Investigations Unit have been on the hunt since early February for the suspect, after DNA results came back that linked five separate assaults to the same offender.
The reward came from the governor at the request of Chief Frank Limon and New Haven State’s Attorney Michael Dearington.
“We’re hoping that with this reward, someone will come forward and help us move this forward,” Johnson said.
Johnson said police still don’t know the suspect’s name or whereabouts. She gave the following description of the suspect: “light to medium complexion male,” 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, and about 170 to 200 pounds. In the last assault, he was seen wearing “an olive green puffy winter coat, possibly having fur on the hood, and blue jeans.”
The assaults took place in the Newhallville neighborhood over the last three years, most recently on Jan. 17, Johnson said. They all involved women walking alone in the evening or early morning. In all cases, the victims could not identify the perpetrator. All the cases were rapes. In three cases, the perpetrator used or simulated having a gun during the crime.
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Police have been stopping women who are walking alone in Newhallville to warn them of the perpetrator, and have handed out flyers with community alerts about the crimes, Johnson said. Police have also taken voluntary DNA swabs from several people matching the description of the suspect, she said. Those people agreed to the swabs so they could be eliminated as a suspect, she said.
Johnson said police tied the first two incidents to each other, and were unclear about the circumstances surrounding a third. It wasn’t until the fifth incident on Jan. 17 that all the pieces fell together, and police linked all five to the same person, she said.
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