More than a dozen women terrorized and assaulted by man shrouded by a pillowcase with slits for eyes. Has the Pillowcase Rapist been caught?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Florida authorities have captured a registered sex offender who may be responsible for a series of rapes during the 1980s. Suspect Robert Koehler is accused of terrorizing over a dozen women while wearing a pillowcase to hide his face. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss:Jason Oshins: New York Defense Attorney Cloyd Steiger: 36 years with Seattle Police Department, 22-year homicide detective and author of "Seattle's Forgotten Serial Killer: Gary Gene Grant" Joe Scott Morgan Forensics Expert, Professor of Forensics at Jacksonville State University and author of "Blood Beneath My Feet" Caryn Stark: NYC PsychologistShera LaPoint: Genetic genealogist, "The Gene Hunter"Levi Page: Investigative reporter, CrimeOnline.com

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0:00.0	I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new Cold Case Podcast, Zone 7.
0:04.1	We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized
0:09.1	experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on
0:13.6	to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.
0:18.0	We are going to solve these cases own air together.
0:22.4	Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to
0:28.3	your favorite podcast.
0:36.5	First one, then two, three, four, up to 11 and possibly more. Women asleep in their own apartments
0:46.2	when suddenly they are attacked by a man with a pillowcase over his head. Slitz cut the pillowcase
0:56.1	for his eyes, bound, tortured, and raped repeatedly. Will DNA catch the pillowcase rapist?
1:08.0	I'm Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.
1:19.7	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:22.4	The rape treatment center calls the pillowcase rapist a crafty criminal who's thrilled to
1:26.0	pieces he hasn't been caught in five years. Police say they expect the recent publicity will
1:30.4	make him more cautious, but they don't believe it'll stop him. The pillowcase rapist terrorized
1:34.7	more than 40 women from South Miami to Deerfield Beach and no one covered the case more closely
1:39.7	than former Miami Herald reporter and author Edna Buchanan. She even included him in her first novel.
1:46.0	It appears that this writing that the pillowcase rapist is not struck since the attack to the
1:50.6	quick-witted woman victim number 44. You are hearing our friends at WPLG local TN ABC reporter E
1:58.4	in Margo the Pillow Case Rapist. Why is he called the pillowcase rapist with 40 plus victims?
2:07.5	And how has he gotten away with it? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.
2:14.2	Take a listen to this. According to records dating back to 1981, the pillowcase rapist was a
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