As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues well into its fourth month, residents of the Catalina Foothills neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona, are reminded of another high-profile case that rocked the community 40 years ago.
In a new report from KVOA News 4 Tucson, residents reflected on the case of a man the Pima County Sheriff’s Department named “The Prime Time Rapist,” who terrorized women across Tucson from 1983 to 1986, burglarizing their homes and sexually assaulting them.
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