East Area Rapist

East Area Rapist

East Area Rapist is the nickname for an unidentified serial rapist who terrorized Sacramento and Contra Costa Counties from June 1976 to July 1979. The rapist was never caught for the fifty sexual assaults attributed to his spree. The perpetrator's "modus operandi" was to stalk middle class neighborhoods for victims who lived in single story homes. Early in his spree, the criminal sought out women alone by themselves, but later partially changed focus towards couples. Typically he stealthily entered their living space late at night, then took control with a handgun in a surprise home invasion. All victims were then bound and the male companion, if present, isolated. The East Area Rapist would then spend a considerable time during his rape and ransacking of the home.

In 2001, California law enforcement linked DNA evidence from three presumed East Area Rapist crimes committed in Contra Costa County to DNA found from Southern California victims of an unidentified serial murderer dubbed the Original Night Stalker. [cite web| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/04/MN210283.DTL | title = DNA Links '70s 'East Area Rapist' to Serial Killings | accessdate = | year = 2001| work = San Francisco Chronicle] [cite web| url = http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_320233308.html | title = Local Rape Case Unsolved After 3 Decades | accessdate = | date = 2006-11-16| Publisher = CBS]

An additional four murders in Goleta from 1979 to 1981 were liked by "modus operandi" to the Sacramento and Southern California cases, but unfortunately no DNA evidence exists to confirm it.

References

External links

* [http://www.ear-ons.com www.ear-ons.com: Website devoted to East Area Rapist-Original Night Stalker's capture.]
* [http://www.theunsolvedfile.com/earons.html Website contains Florida Law Enforcement criminal profiler's assessment of ONS.]
* [http://www.aetv.com/cold_case_files/ccf_episode_guide.jsp?episode=135397 Arts & Entertainment Channel's COLD CASE FILES program #46 about Original Night Stalker.]
* [http://jjmcgr.googlepages.com/home jjmcgr.googlepages.com/home A website devoted to this and related cases debuted in 2006 and features maps and documents related to the cases.]


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