DNA samples from three rapes match, sparking search for serial rapist

In 2013, a woman said she’d been held hostage in a stranger’s Spokane home and raped repeatedly for three days before she escaped. Seven years later, through DNA sampling, Spokane police believe the same man is responsible for at least two other local rapes during the last decade.

The most recent DNA sample arrived last year. A homeless woman staying at a shelter told police she’d been raped Sept. 18, 2020 by a transient white man she did not know, according to court documents.

She’d left the shelter for a walk and met with some friends. They hung out in the rocky area near the intersection of Division and

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