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Classified Ad Rapist

2022/3/7
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The Classified Ad Rapist targeted women through classified ads in local papers, assaulting over 50 women between 1980 and 1983. His crimes escalated to murder in 1984, with at least 10 women brutally murdered in the Tampa Bay area.

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#114 - Between 1981 and 1983, women in Fort Lauderdale, Ocala, Miami, and Dade County, Florida, were terrorized by a serial rapist. In his terror, the Classified Ad Rapist assaulted over 50 women. The rapist targeted women through the Penny Saver, who placed classified ads.

In 1984, the suspect graduated from rape to murder. Over eight months, the Classified Ad Rapist brutally murdered at least 10 women in the Tampa Bay area in Florida. Throughout the investigation, the police recovered one consistent piece of forensic evidence. Could detectives link the evidence to their suspect?

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