Tip Leads to Miami Serial Rape Suspect's Capture
David Ovalle, Luisa Yanez and Robert L. Steinback
Miami Herald
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Miami, Florida (US):
Police on Monday night recaptured fugitive Reynaldo E. Rapalo, the man accused of being the ''Shenandoah rapist,'' almost a week after he used a rope fashioned from bedsheets to escape from a West Miami-Dade jail.
He was transfered to the Miami-Dade County main jail Tuesday morning.Rapalo was nabbed at Bird Road and Southwest 67th Avenue, Miami-Dade police confirmed late Monday.
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According to police, someone coming out of the Winn-Dixie store in a strip mall on the southwest corner of the intersection called police and reported seeing a man looking a lot like Rapalo wearing street clothes.
A tactical narcotics team was in the area, composed of 16 personnel, and they immediately began the chase, said Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker.Parker said the tipster described Rapalo very precisely, accurately identifying the blue jeans, black shirt and pink sweater he was wearing.
Rapalo had also shaved off his mustache and had lost weight from when he was last seen, Parker said. Guided by the tip, Miami-Dade narcotics detectives Wayne Cox and Alcides Velez spotted and approached Rapalo around 10 p.m. at the strip mall.''After speaking to him, he said he was homeless from Nicaragua,'' said Velez, a former corrections department officer who has been with Miami-Dade for two years.
''The detectives directed the suspect to sit, but instead he took off running through the parking lot. With the help of a canine tracker, police nabbed Rapalo near a nail salon.
Rapalo escaped sometime about 9:30 p.m. Dec. 20 from the TGK near Miami International Airport.
David Ovalle, Luisa Yanez and Robert L. Steinback
Miami Herald
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Miami, Florida (US):
Police on Monday night recaptured fugitive Reynaldo E. Rapalo, the man accused of being the ''Shenandoah rapist,'' almost a week after he used a rope fashioned from bedsheets to escape from a West Miami-Dade jail.
He was transfered to the Miami-Dade County main jail Tuesday morning.Rapalo was nabbed at Bird Road and Southwest 67th Avenue, Miami-Dade police confirmed late Monday.
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See Also:
Recaptured serial rape suspect smiles as he's taken back to jail
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According to police, someone coming out of the Winn-Dixie store in a strip mall on the southwest corner of the intersection called police and reported seeing a man looking a lot like Rapalo wearing street clothes.
A tactical narcotics team was in the area, composed of 16 personnel, and they immediately began the chase, said Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker.Parker said the tipster described Rapalo very precisely, accurately identifying the blue jeans, black shirt and pink sweater he was wearing.
Rapalo had also shaved off his mustache and had lost weight from when he was last seen, Parker said. Guided by the tip, Miami-Dade narcotics detectives Wayne Cox and Alcides Velez spotted and approached Rapalo around 10 p.m. at the strip mall.''After speaking to him, he said he was homeless from Nicaragua,'' said Velez, a former corrections department officer who has been with Miami-Dade for two years.
''The detectives directed the suspect to sit, but instead he took off running through the parking lot. With the help of a canine tracker, police nabbed Rapalo near a nail salon.
Rapalo escaped sometime about 9:30 p.m. Dec. 20 from the TGK near Miami International Airport.
