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A Serial Rapist Was On The Loose. Police Caught Him After He Tried To Become A Cop.

Ashe Schow
A Serial Rapist Was On The Loose. Police Caught Him After He Tried To Become A Cop.
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Since 2015, Jonesboro, Georgia, residents and those in the surrounding areas had been terrorized by a series of rapes. At first, investigators weren’t sure the rapes were connected, since the method used to intimidate or find victims differed. Evidence would later suggest that one man was behind each of the attacks.

For nearly three years, police were unable to figure out who was committing the rapes, despite police sketches and information from the victims. The tides finally turned in 2018, when the man who has now been charged with the crimes joined the Clayton County Police Department academy. Kenneth Bowen III was arrested last Tuesday for seven rapes and one sexual battery.

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