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| {{Short description|American rapist sentenced to life in prison}} | {{Short description|American rapist sentenced to life in prison}} |
| The '''East Coast Rapist''' is a criminal who has committed a number of [[rape]]s in [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], [[Connecticut]] and [[Rhode Island]] since 1997. Police had [[DNA evidence]] from the first attacks, but had not matched the DNA in any criminal database. On March 4, 2011, police in Connecticut arrested 39-year-old trucker and [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] resident '''Aaron H. Thomas''' after claiming to have matched his DNA to that of the rapist from a cigarette butt he discarded. Thomas underwent police questioning.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Josh|last1=White|first2=Maria|last2=Glod|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-d...4/AR2011030405132.html?hpid=topnews|title=Tip yields arrest in East Coast Rapist case|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 4, 2011|accessdate=March 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/nyregion/06rape.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Al | last=Baker | title=Suspect in East Coast Rapes Is Arrested | date=March 5, 2011}}</ref> On March 5, 2011, jailers reported that Thomas attempted to hang himself while in a jail cell.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/05/connecticut.east.coast.rapist/?hpt=T1 |title='East Coast Rapist' suspect tries to hang himself, police say |website=[[CNN]] |date= March 6, 2011|accessdate=March 6, 2011}}</ref> | '''Aaron H. Thomas''', also known as '''The East Coast Rapist''', is an American who was convicted of committing a number of [[rape]]s in [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], [[Connecticut]] and [[Rhode Island]] since 1997. Police had [[DNA evidence]] from the first attacks, but had not matched the DNA in any criminal database. On March 4, 2011, police in Connecticut arrested 39-year-old trucker and [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] resident '''Aaron H. Thomas''' after claiming to have matched his DNA to that of the rapist from a cigarette butt he discarded. Thomas underwent police questioning.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Josh|last1=White|first2=Maria|last2=Glod|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-d...4/AR2011030405132.html?hpid=topnews|title=Tip yields arrest in East Coast Rapist case|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 4, 2011|accessdate=March 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/nyregion/06rape.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Al | last=Baker | title=Suspect in East Coast Rapes Is Arrested | date=March 5, 2011}}</ref> On March 5, 2011, jailers reported that Thomas attempted to hang himself while in a jail cell.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/05/connecticut.east.coast.rapist/?hpt=T1 |title='East Coast Rapist' suspect tries to hang himself, police say |website=[[CNN]] |date= March 6, 2011|accessdate=March 6, 2011}}</ref> |
| The rapist's ''[[modus operandi]]'' was to trail the women he selected as victims to learn about their personal lives and then attack them under cover of night. He usually approached the victim in an open area, talked to her briefly, and then forced her into a more secluded area to rape her. He used handguns, knives, a screwdriver, and a broken bottle as weapons during the attacks. On four occasions, he attacked more than one victim in the same incident. | The rapist's ''[[modus operandi]]'' was to trail the women he selected as victims to learn about their personal lives and then attack them under cover of night. He usually approached the victim in an open area, talked to her briefly, and then forced her into a more secluded area to rape her. He used handguns, knives, a screwdriver, and a broken bottle as weapons during the attacks. On four occasions, he attacked more than one victim in the same incident. |
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