Columbus Police seek Linden rapist

2:22pm Monday, November 10, 2003

November 10, 2003
The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus police stepped out their search Monday morning for a serial rapist who terrorized the Linden area between late 1991 and the summer of 2002.
Police say the man, who has also been linked to crimes in Pomona, Calif., raped 21 victims, including a 13-year-old girl and her mother.

Monday police unveiled a billboard with a gigantic composite drawing of the rapist and information about a $7,000 reward police are offering for information leading to the man's arrest.

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From December 1991 through June 2002, he burglarized homes and sexually assaulted the women inside. The rapist usually gained entry through an unlocked door or window or by knocking on the door and waiting for someone to answer.

Similar crimes linked to the same person happened in homes near N. 4th Street and Alden Avenue; E. Dublin-Granville Road and Cleveland Avenue; Striebel Road; and in Pomona, Calif., in February 1995.

Detectives are attributing 21 assaults to the man; 11 have been matched to him through DNA analysis.

Police believe the man is black, 30 to 40 years old, about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, cleanshaven with short hair. He smokes cigarettes and has at least one scar.

Commentary:
Why are some bureaucrats participating in continued political delays to making bearing arms for self-defense legal in Ohio?

Why are Columbus women being forced to risk arrest felony prosecution just to take reasonable action to protect themselves against this type of violent attack?

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