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he was going out late at night he was out trolling around looking for rape if you want to findly Target youn
how hunt hours and hours and hours walking around various different apartment complexes
I'm a single mother I try not to live a paranoid life I mean I want to think that people are
good and so I don't look for bad things I suppose because I wasn't looking for that it just never occurred to me that
it could happen Julie night one of the windows open so find in she sleep in the bedroom
did you have any idea that somebody was stalking you not at all watching your every movement walking in and out of
your house no idea whatsoever every woman kind of has a different reaction you know you kind of
be paralyzed with start dreaming right others would you know be quiet well I just screamed and he just
told me kept telling me to shut up had a black mask and the only thing that showed was his
eyes that he had a a gun in his bag if I didn't shut up he would he would kill me there's definitely a rhythm there's
definitely a Time pattern of when I'm normal when I'm rap guy he came in my room and jumped on my
back he told me all he wanted to do was rape me I was terrified these women had been through
something so horrendous the type of person that committed these crimes was a heinous
[Music] individual I did think that he had done this before I'm thankful that this case
came to me I knew we had to catch this guy he would do physical surveillance there was no secret thing
that they all had in common just looking for victims part of the desire of it was that it was random and that I
didn't know them this one is serial it kept going and going and going what has turned me
on is fear you know I basically be off of it I felt scared I felt scared for um other women in society I felt afraid for
myself that's why I think we were so driven and it's a question that you ask again
and again is it somebody that has been involved in um more horrific things in the
past the thing is when you go on the M cycle we in Predator mode I definitely felt like we were up against the clock
it was ticking I could hear it I could feel it I felt like we just had to get him off the street

"48 Hours" goes inside the mind of a serial rapist hunting his victims while two detectives were hunting him. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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Brief Summary

Women share their terrifying experiences with stalking and assault, highlighting fear and the urgency to catch a serial predator.

Key points

A Mother's Fear. A single mother reflects on her desire to trust others despite lurking dangers.
The Stalker Revealed. A chilling encounter with a masked intruder escalates into a life-threatening situation.
The Urgency to Act. The race against time to catch a serial predator intensifies as fear mounts.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I want to think that people are good.

A mother's desire to live without fear.

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