In the final weeks of 1979, a psychic’s advice and a child’s watchful eye helped officials close in on the Stocking Mask Rapist in Staunton, Virginia.
Author: Jeff Schwaner, Staunton News Leader
A serial rapist stalked a vulnerable city. Police, media and a women’s college stayed silent.
A 1979 crime spree also serves as a racial inflection point in Staunton, Virginia. White women were the rapist’s victims. Black men were the police’s target.
A serial rapist roamed this small town, but residents had little clue: How a violent crime spree was kept quiet
When the Stocking Mask Rapist began to roam Staunton, Virginia, in 1979, multiple institutions – police, a school, a newspaper – didn’t spread the word.
How the 1979 Stocking Mask Rapist case left a Virginia city with a tumultuous legacy
Missing police reports, broken trial tapes and accusations of coercion all fit into the troubled legacy of a 1979 crime spree in Staunton, Virginia.
A suspect’s confession: Police cornered serial rapist suspect as violent 1979 came to a close
The only evidence in the 1979 Stocking Mask Rapist case can fit in the palm of your hand. Was the plea agreement the best choice prosecutors had?