Police
charge
Colo.
man
with
series
of
1990s
rapes
after
years
of
speculation--
an
arrest
is
finally
made.
a
pueblo,
colorado
man--
is
now
the
chief
suspect--
accused
of
raping
12
women
in
new
mexico
and
texas
minute
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12:01
pm
almost
18
years
ago.
austin
reed
is
in
the
newsroom
with
details
on
the
arrest--
and
his
pending
extradition--
in
our
tostory.
austin?
he’s
been
commonly
referred
to
as
"the
ether
man"
for
drug-ing
his
victims.
well
now,
according
to
a-p-d,
the
search
is
over
for
that
serial
rapist
wanted
from
the
90's.
investigators
say
47
year-old
'robert
howard
bruce'
was
actually
already
behind
bars
for
something
un-
related..
they
say
he
tried
to
blow
up
a
cop's
home
in
colorado
last
month.
and
than
to
d-n-a
testing,
investigators
were
able
to
link
bruce
to
these
rapes.
police
say
bruce
would
break
into
women's
homes
near
u-n-m
and
put
a
rag
over
their
mouth
until
they
were
unconscious.
11
attacks
happened
right
here
in
albuquerque.
one
other
in
texas.
all
the
ones
here--
were
near
u-n-m.
and
most
of
the
women
were
involved
in
medical
professions,
and
nearly
all
belonged
to
a
gym.
—
bruce
is
being
held
up
in
colorado
now.
but
a-p-d
says
they're
looking
forward
to
extraditing
him
here
as
soon
as
possible...
extradition
will
take
place
minute
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12:02
pm
as
the
two
da's
office
work
together.
both
here
in
bernalillo
county,
and
up
in
pueblo,
colorado.
the
times
we
have
worked
with
colorado,
they
are
extremely
work-able
with
us
and
they
will
do
what's
best
for
the
judicial
system
a-p-d
also
points
out
that
it
could
take
up
to
a
year
from
now
for
him
to
be
charged
in
new
mexico.
a
warrant
for
his
arrest
has
already
been
served
to
bruce--
by
a-p-d
as
well.
reporting
live
in
the
newsroom,
austin
reed,
eyewitness
news
4
midday.
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