"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.
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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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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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Sen. Bob Casey is vying for a fourth term against challenger and businessman Dave McCormick.
Democrat Eugene DePasquale, Republican Dave Sunday and several others are running in the race to become Pennsylvania Attorney General in the 2024 election.
Sen. Bob Casey is vying for a fourth term against challenger and businessman Dave McCormick.
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Dozens attended a vigil in Willingboro on Saturday in honor of Catherine and Marisol Nunez who were killed in a home invasion in Burlington County.
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Thirty-two states require mail-in ballots to be received on or before Election Day, and some officials are encouraging voters to drop off ballots themselves instead of mailing them.
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The 2024 Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge event will shut down the Ben Franklin Bridge for a few hours on Sunday morning.
Interstate 76 in Philadelphia reopened between Montgomery Drive and City Ave after a brush fire on Thursday night.
State police said a man was killed in an accident on I-95 North in Newport, Delaware, on Tuesday night.
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Jason Kelce apologized on "Monday Night Countdown" after a viral incident at Penn State on Saturday.
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Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting in the city's Frankford section. Officials say the victim, a 28-year-old man who is partially paralyzed, was lying in bed when he was shot inside his home, Tuesday morning.
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