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Serial rapist who rampaged through Indianapolis for a decade ID'd as illegal migrant thanks to ICE, feds say

New York Post·Anthony Blair·6 months ago
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An ICE DNA collection program for immigrants helped to nab a serial rapist who has been attacking women across Indianapolis for more than a day, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed.

Illegal immigrant Leonel Catalán-Torreblanca, 51, is now facing 30 charges, including rape, sexual battery, kidnapping, and strangulation related to attacks spanning 2013 to 2024, Fox News Digital reported .

Despite authorities suspecting a link between the sexual assaults, they had not been able to identify Catalan-Torreblanca as a suspect because he was not on the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database.

FBI Director Kash Patel has hailed a DNA breakthrough that allowed the capture of an alleged serial rapist.…

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