The Chronicle‘s Cindy Horswell reports that area law-enforcement officials are looking for a serial rapist who has been targeting young men in east Harris County since April:
The serial rapist-robber began his attacks in east Harris County in April and his assaults have occurred every 30 to 60 days.
But what makes this case so unusual is that women are not the target. So far the five victims have all been young, white males in their late teens or early 20s, mostly students still living at their parents’ homes.
The attacker is described as a light-skinned black male, clean-cut and nicely dressed, in his late 20s. He stands 5-foot-6 to 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds.
Investigators have released a composite sketch, based on victims’ recollections, and are working with the FBI to develop a profile to determine whether the crimes are racially motivated or what other forces might be driving them.
In some crime reporting, the Chronicle declines to publish potentially relevant information about at-large criminals in order to avoid what the reader representative has called “racial scorekeeping.” Apparently, this is not like those instances.
The Chronicle reproduces a Baytown Police Department sketch of the perpetrator here. The report indicates that the FBI will be assisting with a profile.
