K-State is on the alert for rapist
By LAURA BAUER
The Kansas City Star
Sat, Sep. 01, 2007
He breaks into young women’s homes as they sleep, his arms covered by long sleeves and his hands by dark-colored gloves.
He wears a mask that covers all but his eyes.
Police in Manhattan, Kan., think that in the past seven years this man raped seven college-age women near the Kansas State University campus, including one last month. Because the man wears a mask, police don’t have a composite of the rapist and have just a few leads to track down.
That only heightens a fear growing inside the college community as worried parents pump police for information and professors schedule crime prevention presentations for their students.
“Whenever there is an attack by this guy, we get lots of calls,” said Mary Todd, director of K-State’s Women’s Center. “Calls from people concerned about their safety.”
After the attacks, police have released crime prevention tips to help keep students on the campus of 23,000 safe. At one point, they passed out fliers on campus telling female students how to protect themselves, such as walking with a friend and keeping windows and doors locked.
Police say they want students to be able to protect themselves against all criminals, not just one man who may be carrying out a series of rapes over several years. ...
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Officials urge parents to talk with their daughters and survey their college homes and apartments, making sure they keep doors and windows locked even during the day.
Female students are using Wildcat Walk, a service that escorts students across campus at night, and buying wood sticks to secure sliding glass doors.
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