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For ten months a rapist stalked and terrorized young men in the
Baytown area of Houston, with an attack every 30 to 60 days.
Disguised with a face mask, he targeted young men in their
twenties who were still living at home. A break in the case came
in December when one of the victims somehow tied 19 year-old
Keith Chester Hill, to the crime, according to the Associated
Press. Hill apparently provided DNA voluntarily, which matched
with semen left at one of the crime scenes.
The case also prompted the involvement of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), which created a psychological profile of a
male on male attacker for the first time in its 99-year history.
While male-on-male rape is not uncommon according to the
statistics, it gets little attention. According to the U.S.
Department of Justice statistics, there were 15,334 male victims
in 2005, one-tenth of the total sexual assault victim
population. Like other sexual assault victims, men are reluctant
to report rape, for reasons ranging from depression, anger,
guilt, self-blame, doubts about sexual orientation and if
heterosexual, a belief that a victim will be seen as homosexual.
Sources:
“Suspect arrested in rapes of Baytown-area men,” Associated
Press, February 7, 2007.
“Underreported serial rapists of males may be rare, but rape of
males is all too common,” Houston Chronicle, February 18,
2007. |
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