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Police: Man confessed to raping trick-or-treaters
Posted: Mar 1, 2012 11:38 AM by Jacqui Heinrich
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - The man accused by prosecutors as the East Coast Rapist confessed to police that he raped two teenage trick-or-treaters in Virginia in 2009, according to court testimony.
Authorities believe 40-year-old Aaron Thomas is responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women from Virginia to Connecticut over the span of a decade.
Thomas was in court Thursday in Manassas for a preliminary hearing. The three girls he allegedly abducted - two of whom were raped - testified in graphic detail about what occurred.
A police sergeant also testified that Thomas confessed to the Halloween rapes after he his arrest, but only after complaining that a police sketch failed to depict him properly.
The judge found Thomas competent to stand trial after a court-ordered evaluation concluded that he was faking insanity.
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