Robert Eugene Koehler was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with two counts of sexual battery with a deadly weapon
Law enforcement officials believe they have finally caught the so-called “Pillowcase Rapist” — a man suspected to have sexually assaulted dozens of women in Florida during the 1980s — more than three decades after the case went cold.on Thursday, Robert Eugene Koehler was identified by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office as the suspect who authorities believe sexually assaulted more than 40 women in Miami-Dade County between 1981 and 1986.
Additional DNA samples taken from Koehler following his arrest matched him to 24 other sexual assaults that police suspect were committed by the Pillowcase Rapist during that era, according to Fernandez Rundle. The “key break” in the case came last year when Koehler’s son was arrested in an unrelated domestic violence case, which required him to submit a DNA sample to a criminal database, Fernandez Rundle said. The DNA provided a close familial match to samples collected in the 1980s, leading investigators to believe that the then-unknown offender was his father, according to law officials.
County prosecutor Laura Adams said a search was conducted at Koehler’s residence following his arrest and investigators found an area under the house that police believe was where he was building “a dungeon.” Investigators also discovered a metal nail file wrapped in a protective covering and several safes containing what authorities believe could be souvenirs from Koehler’s victim, she said.
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