"Fairmount Park Rapist" suspect faces new charges in 2003, 2007 rapes
Elias Diaz, the man police believe is the "Fairmount Park Rapist," has been charged with three more unsolved rapes in addition to Rebecca Park's murder.
Elias Diaz, the man police believe is the "Fairmount Park Rapist," has been charged with three more unsolved rapes in addition to Rebecca Park's murder.
Elias Diaz was arrested on Sunday, Dec. 17 for a string of assaults at Pennypack Park. Then two days later, police said they uncovered DNA from Diaz that determined he was involved or a person of interest in Park's murder.
For more than 20 years, the person known as the “Fairmount Park rapist” terrorized Philadelphians. Reporter Siafa Lewis looks back at when those crimes occurred.
The man arrested in the Pennypack Park trail slashings has been named a person of interest in the 2003 "Fairmount Park Rapist" cold case, Philadelphia police said Tuesday.
Police say 46-year-old Elias Diaz was arrested in connection to a string of assaults on the Pennypack Park Trail in Philadelphia in November.
Police are searching for a man in the Pennypack Trail area after a series of violent attacks over the past few weeks.
A man on a BMX-style bike attacked multiple people on a trail at the Northeast Philadelphia park.
The Pennypack Environmental Center said the park's Mandarin duck has died.
No arrests have been made at this time.
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Christopher Murray sat at the defense table wiping away tears, with his head bowed in his hands.
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Investigators say in August 2010 and again in August 2011, suspect Robert Palen picked up women in the area of Torresdale and Longshore Avenues and offered them a ride home.
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Philadelphia police have charged a suspect in connection with the violent sexual assaults of two women in Pennypack Park in 2010 and 2011.
After the body of Constance Murray was found in Pennypack Park, police conducted a search for the killer for several days -- until suspicion turned to the husband.
The section is called Baxter Trail.
Confirmation of the arrest and charges came from a police spokesperson. Police will hold a news briefing later today at police headquarters to detail their findings.
The search continued Thursday for clues that could lead to the killer of a Northeast Philadelphia married mother of two.
Police said the body of the woman found in the 3000 block of Holme Avenue has been identified as 46-year-old Constance Murray.
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A new film, "Unsung Hero," describes the dedication and love, Helen Smallbone had for her family throughout the ups and downs of navigating a new country during an economic recession.
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On Friday, a grateful family from Cape May met the woman who donated a kidney not knowing who the recipient would be.
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An iconic local jeweler is under new management as the owners turned over the business Monday to several longtime employees for free.
California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose.
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