Boston police are again warning people in Beacon Hill to watch out for a sexual predator, a man they believe attacked three women in a 34-hour period last week.
Six months after police arrested a convicted sex offender who allegedly forced his way into a woman’s apartment and raped her at knifepoint, officers are fanning out across the neighborhood in search of a man they believe assaulted three women on Thursday and Friday. The attacks happened within a couple of blocks of each other.
“These sexual assaults have similarities and may be connected,” police said in a statement.
The victims in the latest assaults were approached from behind and two of the women were attacked as they tried to get inside their homes, police said. Two of the women were assaulted on the same night.
All three women described a white man in his early to mid-20s, with medium build, between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. They said he had dark, shaggy hair that hung over his ears, police said.
Women walking around Beacon Hill Saturday afternoon were shaken by the reports, which renewed the fear many felt after the Nov. 10 rape of a young woman, who was assaulted as she returned home following a late night out with friends....
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