US EditionMan accused in a series of 1980s rapes in Florida is convicted in another attack
Robert Koehler was convicted for multiple attacks linked to at least 25 victims after a 2020 DNA match reopened this decades-old Miami-Dade case.
- Robert Koehler was convicted Monday in Miami-Dade and scheduled for Nov. 24 sentencing, prosecutors say he linked to at least 25 attacks.
- Years ago, a familial-DNA hit reopened the case after authorities say a relative led police to Koehler and a task force investigated the 1980s South Florida attacks.
- Investigators said the assailant covered faces with a pillowcase, tied victims, assaulted them and stole from homes, including a 1984 attack on a 22-year-old woman and a 1983 assault on a 25-year-old woman.
- Prosecutors say DNA links tie Koehler to at least 25 attacks and more than 40 victims, indicating many survivors may gain answers.
- The nighttime invasions frightened residents for years as authorities say the `pillowcase rapist` terrified the South Florida community by breaking into homes years ago.
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Man accused in a series of 1980s rapes in Florida is convicted in another attack
A man suspected of being the “pillowcase rapist” in a string of South Florida rapes during the 1980s has been convicted in another one of the attacks.
Jurors begin deliberating in trial of 'Pillowcase Rapist,' accused in 1984 sexual assault
A South Florida man dubbed "the Pillowcase Rapist" who was already convicted in two previous rape cases was found guilty on Monday of sexually assaulting a woman in Miami-Dade more than four decades ago.
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