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Alleged Pennypack Slasher Charged In 3 Unsolved Rapes: Philly PD Alleged Pennypack Slasher Charged In 3 Unsolved Rapes: Philly PD
Alleged Pennypack Slasher Charged In 3 Unsolved Rapes: Philly PD The man accused of terrorizing hikers with a machete at Pennypack Park trail last month is now officially charged in three more cold cases, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice.  Elias Diaz was booked for a string of sexual assaults on Wednesday, Dec. 27, the department said. Two of the attacks happened in Fairmount Park in 2003 while the third was in Pennypack back in 2007, according to authorities.  The new charges came just a week after 46-year-old Diaz was accused of the 2003 rape and murder of Rebecca Park, whose remains were discovered after she disappeared while joggin…

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by Mac Bullock
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Suspected Pennypack Park Slasher Has Links To Unsolved Rapes, Murder: Police Suspected Pennypack Park Slasher Has Links To Unsolved Rapes, Murder: Police
Suspected Pennypack Park Slasher Has Links To Unsolved Rapes, Murder: Police The man accused of attacking people with a machete in Pennypack Park has been linked to a string of unsolved rapes and one murder dating back to 2003, according to authorities.  Elias Diaz, 46, was arrested on the park trail on Sunday, Dec. 17, police said previously.  In a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Philadelphia police, District Attorney Larry Krasner, and FBI officials said Diaz's DNA was linked to evidence collected from the scenes of multiple sexual assaults in Fairmount Park from 2003.  He is also said to be linked to the July 13, 2003 murder of 30-year-…

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by Mac Bullock