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Forestville, MD: East Coast Rapist Attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Suitland, MD: East Coast Rapist Attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Temple Hills, MD: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Alexandria, VA: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Alexandria, VA: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Alexandria, VA: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Leesburg, VA: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Temple Hills, MD: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Alexandria, VA: East Coast Rapist Attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Cranston, RI: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
New Haven, CT: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
Woodbridge, VA: East Coast Rapist attacks
1 of the 12 East Coast Rapist attacks linked by DNA. -
DNA search to find East Coast Rapist
A top Virginia prosecutor wants to use a unique forensic DNA technique to help identify the East Coast Rapist, who police believe has preyed on 19 women, including at least one in New Haven. See the full story here. -
FBI launches billboard campaign to catch East Coast Rapist
The FBI has launched a digital billboard campaign seeking the public’s assistance in the East Coast Rapist investigation. Read the full story. -
East Coast Rapist billboards spark leads
NEW HAVEN — A campaign to catch a man known as the East Coast Rapist by using electronic billboards and a website is generating leads, an investigator said Wednesday. Read the full story. -
East Coast Rapist suspect caught
NEW HAVEN — A law enforcement tip from Virginia and a discarded cigarette butt helped identify a New Haven man as the “East Coast Rapist” authorities said Friday. Read the full story. -
East Coast Rapist attempts suicide
NEW HAVEN — The city man identified as the East Coast Rapist attempted to hang himself in his New Haven jail cell Saturday afternoon and was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, but was released and back in jail today. Read the full story. -
East Coast Suspect arraigned, asks cops "What took you so long?"
NEW HAVEN — When city resident Aaron Thomas was arrested Friday and identified by law enforcement authorities as the notorious East Coast Rapist, he had one question for them, “What took you so long?” Read the full story. -
East Coast Rapist admits involvement in numerous alleged rapes
NEW HAVEN — A New Haven man who allegedly terrorized women up and down the East Coast for more than a decade told authorities who arrested him that he had a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality when it came to women” and asked “what took (them) so long to arrest him,” a state prosecutor said Monday. Read the full story. -
East Coast Rapist suspect mugshot released
The Connecticut Department of Correction has released the first mug shot of the alleged East Coast Rapist, Aaron Thomas. Read the full story. -
East Coast Rapist indicted by Virginia grand jury
LEESBURG, Va. — A grand jury in Loudoun County has indicted the man that police believe is the East Coast Rapist, responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women since 1997. Read the full story.
