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Bobby
Joe Long
The Classified Ad Rapist
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(Born October 14, 1953) Long may
be the classic case of someone "destined" to become
a random killer. He suffered from a genetic disorder characterized
by an extra "X" chromosome, causing his glands to produce
abnormal amounts of estrogen in puberty, with the result that
his breasts began to enlarge. Surgery removed six pounds of excess
tissue from his chest, but the resultant gender confusion remained,
perhaps exacerbated by his mother, who shared Long's bed until
he reached the age of 13 years.
Between 1980 and 1983, Long terrorized
the Florida communities of Miami, Ocala and Fort Lauderdale as
the "Classified Ad Rapist," preying on housewives in
mid-day attacks. Dropping by while their husbands were working,
Long typically produced a knife, bound his victims, raped them
violently, and robbed their homes before he fled. Convicted of
rape in November 1981, Long was cleared on appeal through discovery
of "witnesses" alleging the victim's consent, and so
the attacks continued, with murder shortly added to his list
of crimes.
Unlike the 50 women raped by Long,
his murder victims were selected from the ranks of prostitutes
or other women whom he viewed as "tramps." Between
May and November 1984, he strangled, stabbed and shot at least
nine victims, with a tenth suspected by police but never charged
against him. In early November, he snatched a 17-year-old girl
off the street and raped her, sparing her life when she described
acts of incest performed by her father. In releasing a victim
capable of describing him and his car, Long sealed his own fate,
but police were too slow to save victim Kim Swann, murdered two
days later in a final frenzy. Arrested on November 17, 1984,
Long was charged with nine counts of first-degree murder, plus
felony counts of abduction, rape, and sexual assault on his surviving
victim. Convicted at his trial in early 1985, he was sentenced
to die.
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