Mesa (AZ) PD: Retired Border Patrol agent arrested for series of decades-old rapes in East Valley

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A former Border Patrol agent was arrested as the suspected East Valley Rapist, accused of at least eight rapes in the Phoenix area

Mesa PD: Retired Border Patrol agent arrested for series of decades-old rapes in East Valley
After 22 years, a Sierra Vista man was arrested in connection to a series of rapes that happened in Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Bisbee from July 1999 to October 2001.
fox10phoenix.com
1:44 PM · May 5, 2021

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mesa-pd-retired-border-patrol-agent-arrested-for-series-of-decades-old-rapes-in-east-valley

MESA, Ariz. - A retired Border Patrol agent has been arrested in Sierra Vista for a series of sexual assaults that began in 1999, Mesa police said.

Officials say 57-year-old John Daly III was taken into custody on May 4 after being identified as the East Valley Rapist using DNA technology.

Police had been investigating a series of eight sexual assault cases that took place in Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Bisbee from July 1999 to October 2001.

"The eight cases were connected by similar suspect behavior and three of the cases (Mesa, Gilbert, and Bisbee) were matched by DNA," Mesa officials said in a statement on Tuesday.

An investigation revealed that Daly had lived near each of the assaults when they had occurred, officials said.

DNA evidence linked the 57-year-old to two cases in Mesa and Gilbert.

"Officers from Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, and Bisbee Police Departments investigated these cases jointly, making connections, conducting interviews, and collecting evidence," officials said. "The FBI assisted in recent months by providing analytical, investigative, and support resources. Border Patrol cooperated and supported this investigation."

Daly was booked into jail on charges related to three of the eight cases. The Bisbee Police Department plans to submit their own charges, while the other four cases are still under investigation.

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[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Good. The long arm of the law.

[Demovictory9]

7. yep. happens many times - sooner of later they get a hit on that DNA

[pbmus]

3. I am not sure you understand DNA evidence...

If there were three brothers in a family and one was a rapist and one was a murderer and one was a preacher….DNA evidence today can pick out the rapist , the murderer and clear the preacher…or in some cases prove the preacher raped and murdered, clearing the other two brothers.

[lindysalsagal]

4. Just like in the cop shows. Fantastic. Off to GP with you!

DNA from 3 means he's got no way out. They can hold him even if a jury decides to acquit for any reason.

That's great news.

[hunter]

6. Yikes. That photo pegged my creep-o-meter above the danger zone.

Bet he was even scarier in a Border Patrol uniform.

[CatWoman]

8. he kinda favors John Daly, the golfer

[hunter]

9. Daly is a Republican and vocal Donald Trump supporter.

My brother and my dad are hard core Democratic golfers, regularly playing par or better.

I'm a klutz on the golf course.