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Miami Police Seeking Serial Rapist
Aired June 18, 2003 - 08:08 ET
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DARYN KAGAN, ANCHOR: Want to talk now about the latest with the serial rapist in Miami. A seventh attack has now been linked to that rapist, and he is being sought in Miami.
Susan Candiotti has the latest from police headquarters.
Susan, good morning.
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.
Police chief John Timoney says he has never seen anything like it in his career, a serial rapist who is targeting victims of all ages, the youngest an 11-year-old girl, the oldest a 79-year-old woman.
And police have now pared down the sketches they're using of the suspect down to two. They say these most closely resemble him.
The latest known victim, according to police, is a 77-year-old woman who is connected to this case by DNA. They say she was attacked last March in her home, during the daytime, in the very same neighborhood where all the other attacks occurred. Again, her case was linked by DNA.
All but one of the seven rapes has been matched which DNA. The remaining one, according to police, is according to descriptions of the suspect, as well as his M.O.
Now in an interview last hour with AMERICAN MORNING, a spokesman for the Miami Police Department said detectives here are not through going over the last few years of unsolved cases, looking for more possible connections.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're talking to detectives, we're picking their memories, and some of them say they think they remember some old cases that might very possibly could be related, so we're going back and checking those cases again.
We're also checking burglary cases, because this guy is a burglar. He either breaks into your house or uses some sort of ruse to get into the house. Whether he needs to use the phone, get a glass of water. Maybe he wants to rent a room. So we're checking any and all cases that could be possibly related.
(END VIDEO CLIP) CANDIOTTI: There are at least 100 officers working on this case, and they've also collected DNA from about 145 people who, police say, match the description of the sketches.
Back to you, Daryn.
KAGAN: Susan Candiotti in Miami, thank you.
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Aired June 18, 2003 - 08:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, ANCHOR: Want to talk now about the latest with the serial rapist in Miami. A seventh attack has now been linked to that rapist, and he is being sought in Miami.
Susan Candiotti has the latest from police headquarters.
Susan, good morning.
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.
Police chief John Timoney says he has never seen anything like it in his career, a serial rapist who is targeting victims of all ages, the youngest an 11-year-old girl, the oldest a 79-year-old woman.
And police have now pared down the sketches they're using of the suspect down to two. They say these most closely resemble him.
The latest known victim, according to police, is a 77-year-old woman who is connected to this case by DNA. They say she was attacked last March in her home, during the daytime, in the very same neighborhood where all the other attacks occurred. Again, her case was linked by DNA.
All but one of the seven rapes has been matched which DNA. The remaining one, according to police, is according to descriptions of the suspect, as well as his M.O.
Now in an interview last hour with AMERICAN MORNING, a spokesman for the Miami Police Department said detectives here are not through going over the last few years of unsolved cases, looking for more possible connections.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're talking to detectives, we're picking their memories, and some of them say they think they remember some old cases that might very possibly could be related, so we're going back and checking those cases again.
We're also checking burglary cases, because this guy is a burglar. He either breaks into your house or uses some sort of ruse to get into the house. Whether he needs to use the phone, get a glass of water. Maybe he wants to rent a room. So we're checking any and all cases that could be possibly related.
(END VIDEO CLIP) CANDIOTTI: There are at least 100 officers working on this case, and they've also collected DNA from about 145 people who, police say, match the description of the sketches.
Back to you, Daryn.
KAGAN: Susan Candiotti in Miami, thank you.
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