Who is the Kansas College Rapist?

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In March of 2009, it was announced that over the previous 9 years, 13 cases of sexual assault had occurred in Manhattan, KS (The location of Kansas State University) and Lawrence, KS (Location of University of Kansas). 8 in Manhattan and 5 in Lawrence.

Based on the similarities between all the attacks, they decided they had to be related.

Each incident involved a masked intruder entering the victim’s off-campus residence, mostly between the hours of 2 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. as the victim slept, and all but one coincided with a break in the academic calendar. The residences themselves varied from apartment complexes to duplexes to single dwellings. While the point of entry was frequently identified, the means by which the suspect made entry were sometimes unknown. Many of the victims reported having locked their door(s), yet there were no signs of forced entry. 

There were also indications that victims were surveilled by the assailant prior the incident. In all but two cases, the victim was alone. The assailant was typically described as a white male between 5’9” and 6’0”, with various descriptions of build and estimations of weight and age. We have no confirmed description of the assailant from anyone other than the victims. In most cases a handgun was displayed, which the assailant threatened the victims with as a means to gain compliance. While the physical violence of the assailant was usually limited to the rape itself, these were all very violent acts carried out by an assailant who did so in a cold, calm, calculated manner.

The cases stopped in 2008, shortly before the announcement was made. However in July of 2015 an attempted attack was made in Manhattan and due to the M.O. and description of the intruder, they are connecting it to the previous cases.

• 10/02/00|2200 Block of College Ave, Manhattan KS
• 08/11/01|2200 Block of College Ave, Manhattan KS
• 03/29/02|2200 Block of College Ave, Manhattan KS
• 12/31/02|1400 Block of Hartman Place, Manhattan KS
• 05/30/03|1400 Block of Watson Place, Manhattan KS
• 06/14/04|1400 Block of Watson Place, Manhattan KS
• 07/14/04|3800 Block of Clinton Pkwy, Lawrence KS
• 12/29/04|2000 Block of West 6th St, Lawrence KS
• 09/05/05|1400 Block of Hillcrest Dr, Manhattan KS
• 06/13/06|1900 Block of Stewart Ave, Lawrence KS
• 08/07/07|900 Block of Moro St, Manhattan KS
• 03/22/08|3800 Block of Clinton Pkwy, Lawrence KS
• 12/01/08|2700 Block of Grand Circle, Lawrence KS
• 07/27/15|1400 Block of Watson Place, Manhattan KS

And now here I've plotted all the attacks on a map to get a better idea of how they look together. Keep in mind that a number of these attacks happened at the same location.

Manhattan

Lawrence

• In July of 2017, this sketch was released, based on someone who was seen hanging out in the area of attack number 1. This is how the offender would've looked in 2000. A cleaned up version of this image is at the top of this webpage.

I think it's worth noting how many of the attacks occurred in the same place and the first 6 all happening in Manhattan. Makes me wonder if he is from that area? And eventually decided to branch out to Lawrence. Either way, this offender put a lot of work into these cases, from planning and watching his victims to know when to attack. Another thing to take into account is how they say most of the time they can see where the offender broke in even when all the doors were locked but in a few cases, they can't identify the point of entry. It's pretty incredible with advances in DNA, that this offender has been able to go so long without being caught or identified.