UPDATE: Evidence left at scene.19 yr-old Brianna Denison's body found - serial rapist in Reno area.

[ohyeah10]

thats just sick

 

[twig1026]

...there are some foul people out there

 

[kidkidd]

R.I.P to the victim.

It's sad to see what America has become, I guess its crime like this that makes people want to give up some of their rights for safety.

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

dam

 

[wanksta23]

wow...RIP hope they find the guy

 

[poofyo101]

RIP
what is wrong with people these days
its scary to think about what people will be doing in 30 years.....

 

[coolnificent]

very sad, she was cute too.

 

[dunkinlo.y]

• White male, 28-40 years old.
• Long face with a square chin, facial hair about a quarter to a half an inch long below his chin that was soft and not prickly like stubble; brown hair; shaved pubic area.
• Slightly taller than 5-foot-6
• Firm stomach with an "innie" belly button.

How do they know this?

 

[dyyhard]

University of Nevada, Reno police released this composite drawing of a suspect in a rape that occurred last October. Police officials have said the previousassault could be related to the Denison case, but they have no evidence to indicate that at this time.

 

[gordon gartrelle]

Messed up. Send your child away to go to school and their life is cut short by some deranged predator.

 

[dyyhard]

it is messed up. Actually Gordon, she came back home from Spring Break from her school in Santa Barbara, CA when this happened.
but yeah it involves the U of Nevada Reno, bc previous attacks had been reported there prior to this incident.

 

[dyyhard]

• White male, 28-40 years old.
• Long face with a square chin, facial hair about a quarter to a half an inch long below his chin that was soft and not prickly like stubble; brown hair; shaved pubic area.
• Slightly taller than 5-foot-6
• Firm stomach with an "innie" belly button.

How do they know this?


there was a previous campus related sexual assault which authorities believe may be connected.






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Wolf Pack cheerleader Allie Wrede bows her heads during a moment of silence before the women's game against Idaho at Lawlor Events Center in Reno onFebruary 16, 2008. The cheerleaders wore t-shirts handed out by women's organizations sponsoring an empowerment and safety awareness initiative called"Take Back the Night- Take Back Our Lives- For Bri."


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RENO, Nev. (AP) - As authorities launched a manhunt, University of Nevada, Reno students expressed fear over a serial rapist sought in the murder of a19-year-old college student and the attacks of at least two other women.

Female students said Sunday they're taking precautions such as carrying pepper and bear spray, a day after Reno police announced Brianna Denison wasstrangled to death by the same man who earlier attacked two other women.

Denison's Jan. 20 abduction and the other attacks late last year occurred in the same area on the edge of the campus. Denison's body was found Fridayin a field near a business park about 8 miles from the house where she was last seen.

Freshman Darrylln Thomas, who lives in a dormitory two blocks away from the house, said the string of attacks has put students on edge and receivedconsiderable mention in their MySpace.com pages.

Among other advice, MySpace users have urged other students to scratch the suspect for his DNA if attacked and to be aware that the attacks have occurredaround the middle of the month.

"A lot of students think he's going to do it again," Thomas said Sunday at the student union building. "Everybody is pretty scared. Studentsare carrying tasers, pepper spray and bear spray. I'm very paranoid."

Reno police pledged an all-out effort to capture the suspect and appealed to the public for help. They said the rapist's familiarity with the city suggestshe likely lives in Reno.

"I would say this is a serial rapist," Reno Deputy Police Chief Jim Johns said at a news conference Saturday. "I'm worried this guy is stillout there, and I'm worried somebody else is going to get hurt."

While police are confident the rapist ultimately will be found, "our absolute fear is he may re-offend," Johns added.

Denison family members said they would not relent until the suspect is brought to justice.

"We are not giving up until we find that bastard," her aunt, Lauren Denison, told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "This shouldn't have happened... I know all of us, and the community, want to get our hands on him, but that's not realistic."

A makeshift memorial featuring flowers, teddy bears and a photo of Denison drew periodic visitors Sunday to the brush-covered field where her body was found inthe city's south side.

Blue ribbons hung in Denison's memory around the neighborhood where she was abducted, as well as outside the governor's mansion in Carson City. Herfamily has urged the community to place blue ribbons - her favorite color - around their homes until her burial. Funeral arrangements were pending.

"We will be honoring that request at the mansion and encourage all Nevadans to do the same," said Gov. Jim Gibbons, whose 20-year-old son, Jimmy, wasa classmate of Denison at Reno High School.

Denison was a student at Santa Barbara City College in California. She was visiting her hometown over winter break and was last seen sleeping on a couch at afriend's rental house just off the Reno campus.

DNA evidence links Denison's kidnapping to two other attacks on women near the university late last year, police said. An earlier campus attack also couldbe related. In that incident, the attacker brazenly raped a woman at gunpoint in a garage where campus police park their cruisers.

University President Milton Glick issued a statement urging students to take precautions. The attacks have prompted expanded campus patrols and escorts,seminars on personal safety and the distribution of whistles to female students.

"University police advise that you remain aware of your surroundings and avoid situations that put you at risk, such as walking alone at night or leavingdoors and windows unlocked," Glick said.

Senior Alix Frank, who lives 2½ blocks away from the house where Denison vanished, said she's taking the advice to heart and is carrying pepper spray.
"I'm getting nervous because of the progression of the crimes," she said. "It hasn't destroyed my life with paranoia, but I'mdefinitely taking more precautions. I just hope they can make an arrest as soon as possible."

Sophomore Jasmine Jia said the string of attacks has prompted her to end her nature walks and bicycle rides away from campus and left her feeling anger andfrustration.

"It gives me a fleeting moment of suspicion when I see a stranger now," she said. "My freedom of mobility and independence have been taken awayby one individual. But it's merely an inconvenience and is nothing compared to what Brianna Denison had to go through."

 

[akf0dy7]

RIP. Damn soo young, had her whole life ahead of her.

 

[varisoxfan]

Originally Posted by witeout73

I go to UCSB and she went to Santa Barbara City College and lives in the nearby community. This whole thing hit pretty hard, RIP

My sister goes to UCSB so this sort of hit close to me, I know it didnt happen at UCSB but I sometimes worry about the outsiders that IV attracts becauseof the partys and beautiful girls, there are people there who shouldnt be there. Sad story.

 

[suckafree85]

Dam. RIP to the chick.

 

[doj3858]

RIP Brianna Denison. This is why I'm so afraid to live alone. What happened to her is my worst nightmare cause I'm so afraid that I won't be ableto protect myself.