AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry is asking for more resources to help catch a serial rapist targeting older women in Central Texas.
Perry requested Thursday that a major crimes task force help investigate at least eight sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults of older women over the past year. The victims ranged in age from 65 to 91.
All the women lived alone. The suspect has been dubbed “The Twilight Rapist.”
Perry has requested that the Texas Department of Public Safety establish a major crimes task force to work with local authorities. DPS spokesman Tom Vinger says this now elevates the case to a “department-wide priority.”
The crimes have all occurred in rural towns, including three cases in Yoakum and two in Leon County.