Joel Hendon

East Coast Serial Rapist Suspect Captured, After Fourteen Years


Posted: Monday, March 07, 2011

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

Less than two weeks ago, this writer posted an article entitled: “Fourteen year serial rapist at large: FBI seeks public’s assistance”. The news is in the papers and on the streets, the police arrested the suspected rapist on Friday.

Arrested was, Aaron Thomas, a 39 year old unemployed truck driver living in New Haven, Connecticut in a two story house with his girl friend. Previous information stated that he was wanted on 11 cases of rape, or attempted rape, but they now state he was wanted on 17 cases of rape and “other attacks”, all of which were connected according to DNA tests.

Police had recently initiated a digital billboard campaign with composite sketches drawn by police artists from victims descriptions. They give credit for these billboards furnishing them a tip of a suspected person. A group of local police and U.S. Marshals then kept the suspect under surveillance. In this process, they retrieved a cigarette butt which the suspect discarded and the DNA matched that of the rapist.

Police reported that, shortly after placing him in custody, he attempted to commit suicide but was stopped and taken to the hospital where they treated and released him. They also stated that Thomas asked when he was arrested, “Why haven’t you picked me up sooner?” He described himself to the authorities himself as having "a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" personality regarding women.

Thomas was brought before a New Haven Superior Court judge in a hearing today and ordered him held under a $1.5 million bail.

For a detailed account with photos and even a short video of his arrest, visit these two links.

Story before his arrest.

Story of his arrest with video.
Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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