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Rape investigation in Hamden
How would you like to find out about a rape in your neighborhood one month after the fact? That's the case in Hamden. The attack happened on a dirt pathway behind the middle school and an industrial park.
* by News Channel 8's Tina Detelj
"It's nice to know that something like this happened."
These residents say this is the first time they are hearing of the attack which happened nearly a month ago, and the first time they are seeing a pic
ure of the man police say did it.
"We have children around here, I mean it's quiet they play up and down the street," says Tracey Douglas.
"You would have wanted to know?"
"Something I most definitely wanted to know about."
Police say on July 9th a 19-year-old woman was raped while on the dirt pathway behind Hamden Middle School.
"Things l
ike that happen. I think it scares everybody," Ralph Spaulding said.
Spaulding and his wife Dionne were on their way to church walking along Newhall Street and in an area they were surprised is not as safe as they thought.
"I'm a woman also and it could happen to me."
"They probably had their reasons why they didn't say anything."
The attack comes just weeks before a woman was raped in New Haven's Edgewood Park and another woman in her Division Street home.
New Haven Police say they are awaiting forensic test results to determine if there is a
connection. In the meantime folks around here are on guard.
"I leave her house a lot at night to go home," says Shaynise Rose. "Just be a little more careful."
Po
lice
say there are some similarities and some differences in the descriptions of the suspects in the three rapes. That's why they are waiting for forensic results before they can say whether there is a link.
Rape investigation in Hamden
How would you like to find out about a rape in your neighborhood one month after the fact? That's the case in Hamden. The attack happened on a dirt pathway behind the middle school and an industrial park.
* by News Channel 8's Tina Detelj
"It's nice to know that something like this happened."
These residents say this is the first time they are hearing of the attack which happened nearly a month ago, and the first time they are seeing a pic
ure of the man police say did it.
"We have children around here, I mean it's quiet they play up and down the street," says Tracey Douglas.
"You would have wanted to know?"
"Something I most definitely wanted to know about."
Police say on July 9th a 19-year-old woman was raped while on the dirt pathway behind Hamden Middle School.
"Things l
ike that happen. I think it scares everybody," Ralph Spaulding said.
Spaulding and his wife Dionne were on their way to church walking along Newhall Street and in an area they were surprised is not as safe as they thought.
"I'm a woman also and it could happen to me."
"They probably had their reasons why they didn't say anything."
The attack comes just weeks before a woman was raped in New Haven's Edgewood Park and another woman in her Division Street home.
New Haven Police say they are awaiting forensic test results to determine if there is a
connection. In the meantime folks around here are on guard.
"I leave her house a lot at night to go home," says Shaynise Rose. "Just be a little more careful."
Po
lice
say there are some similarities and some differences in the descriptions of the suspects in the three rapes. That's why they are waiting for forensic results before they can say whether there is a link.
