Modus Operandi
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On the south side of St. Louis, a series of sexual assaults appears to follow the exact same pattern - leading police to dub the perpetrator, "The South Side Rapist." The last step in his modus operandi...was to disappear completely.
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a... Biting cold front. Mmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.9 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak |
| 0:13.7 | you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the |
| 0:20.2 | afternoon. Not in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather. |
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| 0:32.4 | Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production. |
| 0:35.3 | Available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One. |
| 0:42.9 | This episode contains descriptions of violent crimes and sexual assaults. |
| 0:44.3 | Please listen with caution. |
| 0:56.0 | Antoinette Kovar was tired and glad to be going home when her shift ended at 2 a.m. on March 20th, 1992. She was 25 and independent. She lived alone. |
| 1:01.0 | After pulling into her driveway, she turned the headlights off and got the door key ready. |
| 1:06.0 | Antoinette then walked the short path from the car to the house and turned the key in the lock. |
| 1:12.7 | She entered the house, but someone else was there. |
| 1:18.0 | I thought he was just going to kill me. |
| 1:20.1 | I couldn't imagine why anyone would come in my house. |
| 1:22.2 | Why would he be here? |
| 1:23.3 | What would his intentions be? |
| 1:26.3 | That was Antoinette. |
| 1:28.4 | The intruder would soon make his intentions clear. |
| 1:34.3 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files. I had my hand on the handle, but he was behind me and had his hands over my eyes and my mouth and said, don't say a word. I'm not going to hurt you. The next thing I remember, |
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