Bike Path Rapist

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sample from the gun and but there was very little evidence.

Then it started to begin; Police begin surveillance on Altemio Sanchez. The police followed Sanchez and his wife Kathleen to a restaurant so they could obtain a glass he used for DNA. They also followed him to Border’s Bookstore and obtained a coffee cup he used.

BOOM! It happened, the day the police thought they had enough to take in this horrific man. It was January 15th, 2007 when police made the arrest. Altemio Sanchez was arrested after an intense 10 days of evidence gathering that all fell into place.

Two days later Sanchez plead not guilty to two counts of murder.

From the DNA evidence gathered from previous cases, authorities knew several things about the bike path rapist: He was a white male in his 40s or 50s.

He’s 5’ 6" to 5’ 9" tall. At the time of the earlier attacks, he had dark hair, a mustache and thick eyebrows.

A company that uses DNA to determine ancestry has claimed he’s 51 percent European [white] and 30 percent Native American, along with some other influences.

His blood type is O.

He lost his ability to produce sperm some time between the last two known rapes, which occurred in November 1992 and October 1994. He could have had a vasectomy, testicular cancer, or some other illness. Or, he might have lost that ability through chemotherapy or heavy drug use.

DNA does did not match any of those in the criminal data base.

Reports surfaced that Anthony Capozzi may have been wrongly imprisoned for the rapes committed known to be by bike path rapist. March 27, 2007 DNA evidence of rape kit slides stored at Erie County Medical Center were found. The DNA found matches that of Altemio Sanchez.

April 2, 2007 was a big day for a man who sat in prison, rotting for another man’s murders. Capozzi was exonerated after 22 years in prison. After that the next day Anthony Capozzi went home finally to his family. This poor man went through so much for nothing! He went away for a crime he never committed.

That was the end it was finally all over after so many tough long days. The police did it. So many people helped for this case to be solved. I turned into a community thing since they wanted this to stop and the real man to be put away for his crimes.

May 16, 2007 Altemio Sanchez plead guilty to the murders of Linda Yalem, Majane Mazure and Joan Diver.

The End

Works Cited

“After Divers Death, Investigation Gained Steam”. Nbcnews.com. 5. Web. 5 Sept. 2007.

Hillyard, Tim. Personal Interview. 8 Mar. 2017.

“Hunt for the Bike Path Killer: The Linda Yalem Case”. Edition.cnn.com. 6.Web. 6 Nov. 2002.