Global InformationRicardo Cepates information
Ricardo Cepates | |
|---|---|
 Police sketch of Cepates c. 2003 (Middlesex County Sheriff's Office) | |
| Born | April 26, 1971 (age 53) Honduras |
| Occupation | Construction worker |
| Criminal penalty | Probation (1998) 139 years in prison (2005) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 7 (5 raped, 2 attempted) |
Span of crimes | September 20, 2001 – December 6, 2003 |
| State(s) | New Jersey |
Date apprehended | December 6, 2003 |
Ricardo Cepates (born April 26, 1971) is a Honduran convicted serial rapist and kidnapper who assaulted seven women and girls in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the early 2000s. His modus operandi was to attack his victims during the late afternoon or early morning in the vicinity of Rutgers University, where some of his victims were attending as students. Cepates was captured the day of his last attack after being accosted by a group of residents.[1]
His crimes caused controversy over illegal immigration. Cepates had been arrested for attempting to assault a woman three years before the serial rapes began, but after being arrested, authorities made no progress to deport him to his native Honduras.[2]
- ^ Ken Serrano (December 17, 2003). "Suspect in attempted rape linked by DNA to six other sex attacks, authorities say". Asbury Park Press.
- ^ "Illegal immigrant found guilty of five rapes". The Buffalo News. October 28, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2022.