Escapee had help, police chief says - A manhunt continues for the alleged serial rapist, who somehow sawed through bars to get past a jail roof vent
(Note: Why, in these 553 related stories, does none of the
major muzzled media mention that this serial rapist is an ILLEGAL
INVADER and that "public awareness" is being foiled by the
Failure to Report This Fact? His victims, which at last count range in
age from 11 to 79, certainly do not consider him to be a "guest
worker!" The chances are extremely high that he entered
the United States through Texas. This is far from being the only
illegal invader from Honduras and other foreign countries that are OTM
-- Other Than Mexican -- to rape, pillage and plunder America's
people, her sovereignty and her innocence. These predators view
America as their playground and personal killing fields. Scroll down
and see the other 2005 article -- also from Florida, also a Honduran
ILLEGAL INVADER -- that illustrates how far such predators will go in
their pursuit of whatever they want.)
December 23, 2005
By wire services (i.e., no author provided at originating website
URL).
Reynaldo Elias Rapalo, ILLEGAL ALIEN and SERIAL RAPIST from
Honduras. ILLEGALLY IN AMERICA.
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/12/22/rapalo_narrowweb__300x357,0.jpg (If
the photo above is not visible, visit this URL to see this predator's
face.)
Miami, Florida - An alleged serial rapist who escaped from jail using tied-together bedsheets for a rope also had sawlike tools that may have been smuggled in, police said Thursday. "This is a conspiracy. This was hatched over about three months," Miami police Chief John Timoney told the Associated Press. Timoney said the escapee, Reynaldo E. Rapalo, 34, and another inmate used tools to escape Tuesday night that apparently were smuggled into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center -- "tools you can't purchase from the prison commissary." Charles J. McRay, director of the Miami-Dade Corrections Department, put two corrections officers on paid administrative leave Thursday: one assigned to patrol the facility's perimeter and one assigned to the maximum-security unit where Rapalo and others accused of sex crimes lived. McRay answered "absolutely not" when asked by the AP if there were allegations that the officers were involved in the escape. McRay also ordered all vents at the Knight jail welded shut and that lighting be improved. Rapalo and Idanio Bravo, 38, climbed through a vent in the 7-foot ceiling of Bravo's sixth-floor cell to reach the roof, after someone pried off the vent's locked door. Bars blocking the opening onto the roof also were cut, apparently by some type of saw, investigators said. The escape was first discovered by a visitor who noticed the chain of bedsheets hanging down the side of the jail. The visitor told officials he saw an inmate scale down the sheets -- moments after a security van drove by. There are indications that someone planned to meet Rapalo after he escaped, Timoney said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Rapalo is considered armed and dangerous, possibly carrying a small-caliber handgun. He was dressed in black when he escaped, according to the witness, and left his jail uniform behind. Bravo, who was also awaiting trial on sexual assault charges, broke his ankles when he jumped and was captured outside the jail. He was being questioned. Rapalo, a native of Honduras, is accused of sexually assaulting seven girls and women, ranging from 11 to 79 years old, in the Shenandoah and Little Havana neighborhoods in 2002 and 2003. Arrested in late 2003, he was awaiting a February trial. Prosecutors have said DNA matches him to the seven rapes -- as well as four attempted assaults. Federal, state and local officials have offered a combined $16,000 reward for anyone who can lead them to his recapture.
Copyright 2005, St. Petersburg Times.
Escapee
had help, police chief says
St. Petersburg Times - A manhunt continues for the alleged serial rapist, who somehow sawed through bars to get past a jail roof vent. By wire services. MIAMI - An alleged serial rapist who escaped from jail using tied-together bedsheets ... Update 6: Miami Suspect Had Help Escaping, Police Say Miami Suspect Had Help Escaping, Police Say
Congressional Record (House)
September 30, 2003
The CLEAR Act of 2003 [The Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien
Removal Act; H.R. 2671 and S. 1906
The SPEAKER pro tempore.
Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Norwood) is recognized for 5 minutes.
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COMMITTEE(S):
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Miami Manhunt
December 21, 2005
CNN Transcripts [Excerpt]
LIN: You're about to hear live on two developing
stories this hour. On the left, any moment we're going to hear from
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, on what's going to
happen in the transit strike and the millions of people who are left
stranded by it.
And on the right, a news conference by the Miami police on an alleged rapist, an accused rapist who is on the loose. He escaped from jail, and now police are protecting some of his victims. In the meantime, we want to give you the background on this story. This rapist has been in jail -- or this alleged rapist, excuse me, has been in jail for the last two years. He's been on the loose now, he is a suspected serial rapist, and there is a massive manhunt under way in Florida. He escaped from a Miami jail last night, and police say he is armed and dangerous. Gary Nelson from affiliate WFOR has that story. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) GARY NELSON, REPORTER, WFOR (voice over): Jail guards survey the walls of Miami-Dade's TGK lockup last night, examined some of the bed sheets and blankets used in an escape like something out of a bad movie. Reynaldo Rapalo -- the so-called "Shenandoah Rapist" who terrorized Miami for more than a year until his arrest two years ago -- broke out of the jail last night using knotted-together sheets to scale down at least four stories. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was our number one priority from September of 2002 to September of 2003. Eleven-year-old children to 79-year-old women, 11 victims in that time period within a small area of our city. We have to find this guy. NELSON: Rapalo escaped while a fellow inmate, Idanio Bravo, also a sex offender, wasn't so lucky. He fell and broke both ankles. A dragnet is out now for Rapalo. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're checking all avenues of the state: the airport, bus terminals, train stations. A lot of operational things I can't talk about, but they are in place. NELSON: It's thought Rapalo may be packing a .22 caliber pistol. No word on how he might have gotten that here. Also, no word on why the escape went undetected for 40 minutes, despite the numerous security cameras all around this jail building. And Rapalo is reported to have been wearing all black. No word either on how he managed to shed his orange jailhouse jumpsuit. (END VIDEOTAPE) LIN: All right. So once again, we're waiting to hear from the Miami police as to what they're doing to find this accused rapist. We understand they have officers standing by at the victims' homes in case he tries to go back to the scene of the crime.
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Woman beaten,
raped twice dies; murder charges pursued against suspect
(ILLEGAL ALIEN -- NOT immigrant --
from Honduras)
(Note: Rest assured that this victim's family is in favor of
CLOSING AMERICA'S BORDERS to all but legal immigrants.)
March 3, 2005
By Brigid O'Malley, bmomalley@naplesnews.com Naples Daily News
To submit a Letter to the Editor: letters@naplesnews.com
A woman who was twice beaten and raped in
her East Naples home died this week and now authorities say they are
pursuing murder charges against the man [Illegal Alien] arrested
in connection with her sexual assault.
The 69-year-old woman, who is not being identified by the Naples
Daily News because of the nature of the crime, died Monday after being
hospitalized earlier in February.
A determination has not yet been made whether the injuries the
woman received during the attacks, one on January 24 and one a week
later on January 31, contributed to her death. She was hospitalized on
February 6 for treatment of a condition that may [have been] related
to her injuries.
Mario Roberto Trejo-Rosales, 29, who lists his address only as off
Bayshore Drive in East Naples, was arrested February 1 and charged
with twice raping a woman inside her Bayshore Drive area home.
Trejo-Rosales is an illegal immigrant
[ALIEN] from Honduras.
Deputies had set up surveillance on her home and Trejo-Rosales
returned for a third time to the woman's house.
The Collier County Sheriff's Office, the county Medical Examiner's
Office and the State Attorney's Office are investigating the case to
determine whether he can be charged in connection with her death.
"The crimes perpetrated against this victim were
atrocious and violent," a release from the Sheriff's
Office states. "The Collier County Sheriff's Office is
pursuing this investigation as a homicide and will be relentless in
that pursuit."
The charges could range from manslaughter to first-degree murder,
sheriff's officials say.
The woman identified Trejo-Rosales as her rapist in a
lineup and had given sheriff's investigators a statement about her
attacks before she died, said sheriff's spokeswoman Sheri
Mausen. Deputies had also collected lab evidence in the case,
she said.
The woman identified her attacker as soon as she saw him in
a lineup, saying she "will never be able to forget his
face," according to arrest reports.
Investigators say Trejo-Rosales broke into the woman's home
on January 24 and again and early January 31. The woman
didn't report the first rape until she went to a doctor and he
reported it to authorities.
On January 24 around 10 p.m., deputies say Trejo-Rosales forced his
way into the woman's home. She said she thought it might [have been] her
grandson who often [visited] her, but when she saw that it wasn't
him, she tried to close the door. Trejo-Rosales grabbed her by the
arms and pushed her into the house. He then raped her. She tried to
"play dead" and remained motionless until he left. He stole
three rings and three necklaces valued at $1,500, investigators said.
In the second attack, which happened January 31 around 2 a.m., the
woman told authorities she had been watching television when
Trejo-Rosales forced open the sliding glass door, threw the woman to
the ground and raped her. She said he smelled of alcohol and spoke to
her in Spanish. Once he said, "I love you" in English.
On February 1, armed with night vision goggles and
videotaping equipment that could capture images at night, deputies
caught Trejo-Rosales at the house. Deputies watched him go inside and
they could see him standing in the living room from their surveillance
perch. After a brief struggle, Trejo-Rosales was arrested.
Trejo-Rosales, who is being held without bond at the county
jail, was arrested on six counts of sexual battery with serious
injury, which are felonies that could mean a life sentence if
he's convicted. He was charged with three sexual acts in each rape. He
is also charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, burglary of
an occupied dwelling, resisting arrest with violence, grand theft,
home invasion robbery, and burglary with battery. The latter charge is
also punishable by a life sentence.
Sheriff Don Hunter has described the attacks as brutal and said the
second attack was "even more brutal" than the first. The
woman was beaten during the assaults and items from her home,
including some jewelry, were stolen, investigators say.
In an e-mail to the Daily News, the woman's family said they do not
wish to talk about the case.
"Right now we do not wish to speak to anyone, but perhaps in
time we will consider it," an e-mail from the victim's
granddaughter says. "Please respect our wishes and let us grieve
in peace."
Copyright 2005, The Naples Daily News.
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