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To: C Kahn who wrote (43)	9/10/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: j__z	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74

Definatly agree... Heres another story to warm your hearts. I guess this situation should of been handle in a "better safe then sorry" idea. Yeah right...check it out. From The Charlotte Observer Intruder committed 4 rapes, police say DNA puts man, now dead, at homes in UNCC area By MAKI BECKER Staff Writer A knife-wielding intruder fatally shot in November was the man who raped four women in their apartments near UNC Charlotte last year, authorities said Friday. Evidence collected from the women during hospital examinations and from the scenes of the attacks matched the DNA of Adrian Rodricka Cathey, 26, according to tests conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation's crime lab. ``There is no doubt in their minds,'' said Investigator Terry Brandon of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. But police warned women to continue taking commonsense steps to ensure their safety. Two more 1998 sexual assaults near UNCC remain unsolved, investigators said. Tests from those assaults show Cathey was not the assailant. ``As a single female, I'm relieved, but that's only four of the six solved,'' said Susan Cox, a criminal justice graduate student at UNCC. ``There is still someone out there and I'm afraid females are going to let their Please see DNA / page 16A This goes on page 16A Intruder committed 4 rapes, police say DNA from 1A guard down.'' Police say these cases can be positively linked to Cathey: On Jan. 6, 1998, a woman reported a man forced his way into her apartment off Mallard Creek Church Road by jimmying the lock on the front door of her apartment and raped her. Feb. 20, two female roommates told police a man entered their condominium off University City Boulevard through a sliding door and raped them both at knifepoint. Oct. 19, a woman living on University Ridge Drive said a man entered her apartment through a sliding door and raped her at knifepoint. All of these attacks occurred late at night or early in the morning, police said. Two of the victims were UNCC students. The attacks seized the public's attention, prompting groups such as the YMCA to hold self-defense workshops for women. Then, early on the morning of Nov. 16, police found a man shot to death in a parking lot of Lake Point Apartments off Albemarle Road. A woman told officers she shot an intruder who entered her apartment through a sliding-glass door and assaulted her with a knife. The man was Cathey, and police said they were considering him as a possible suspect in at least some of the rapes that had taken place during the year. The district attorney's office has since cleared the woman who shot Cathey of any wrongdoing, listing the death as ``justifiable homicide,'' police said. Cathey's court records show a 1996 charge of assault on a female that was later dismissed. He was also arrested on three rape charges and an attempted murder charge in October 1995, but a month later, a Mecklenburg prosecutor dismissed the charge, citing insufficient evidence. Jack Claiborne, UNCC associate vice chancellor for university relations, said officials were glad to hear the news from police. ``The university community is glad that menace is relieved,'' he said. For the past year, UNCC has responded to student fears by improving lighting on walkways and increasing visibility on campus, Claiborne said. Despite the finding, Claiborne said he expects students to continue extra precautions. Meanwhile, investigators are still looking for whoever is responsible for the two unsolved sexual assaults. One of the attacks occurred on May 1 at 9:30 a.m. A UNCC student told police a man walked into her unlocked apartment and raped her at gunpoint. Police described the attacker as a black man in his early 20s, at least 6 feet tall, weighing about 200 pounds. He has broad shoulders and an athletic build, police said. The second was on Nov. 7 in a parking lot of the University Club apartments about 11:30 p.m. There, a 22-year-old student reported, a man forced her to perform oral sex on him. The attacker in this case was described as a muscular black man in his 20s, between 6 feet 4 inches and 6 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 225 pounds. He was wearing a New York Mets baseball cap, a long-sleeved blue shirt and khaki pants. Investigators said Friday they are trying to determine if the two attacks were related. Although the series of rapes near UNCC gained much public attention, the number of reported rapes in that police district are down for 1998 compared with 1997, police spokesman Keith Bridges said. Through November 1998, 26 rapes were reported in the Charlie 1 district in northeast Charlotte. The year before, 28 were reported in the same period. Overall, there was a 5.5 percent decrease in reported rapes and attempted rapes in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, police said. Anyone with information about the unsolved rapes is urged to call to Crime Stoppers at 334-1600.