- Matias Reyes
Matias Reyes (born 1971) is a serial rapist and
murderer who, while serving alife sentence for other crimes, confessed to the rape and nearly fatal assault ofTrisha Meili , the "Central Park Jogger" onApril 19 ,1989 .On
August 5 ,1989 , Reyes, who was then 18, raped a woman who escaped and ran for help. He was arrested at that time and later confessed to an earlier rape and murder of apregnant mother of three whose three children huddled in the next room during the attack. Other living victims identified him as a rapist. In aplea bargain , he was given a sentence of 33 1/3 years to life.Five youths under 18 were convicted of the rape and assault on the
Central Park jogger in 1990, based mainly upon confessions in which they implicated each other. At the trial they argued the confessions were coerced or improperly obtained. Reyes confessed to the crime inMay 2002 ;DNA evidence later confirmed that Reyes had raped Meili. The convictions of the five youths were vacated in December that year.Michael Alig claims that Reyes was his boyfriend while in prison. [ [http://www.queerty.com/queer/gossip/michael-aligs-still-in-jail-20061031.php Michael Alig's Still in Jail / Queerty ] ]References
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