Suspected ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ who terrorized South Florida women in early 1980s arrested

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I do love me some DNA evidence.

For years, a man dubbed “The Pillowcase Rapist” terrorized South Florida, slipping into apartments in the dark, his face shielded by cloth, mercilessly raping women at knifepoint.

A Miami-Dade police task force chased tips, conducted stakeouts, analyzed forensic evidence and even commissioned a lifelike sculpture from the one victim who glimpsed his face. All to no avail — the task force disbanded in 1987 and the case went frustratingly cold.

But thanks to a DNA hit, authorities have arrested a man they believe is the Pillowcase Rapist. Law-enforcement sources identified the suspect as 60-year-old Robert Eugene Koehler, a registered sex offender from Palm Bay, who was arrested on Saturday and is being held at a jail in Brevard County to await transfer to Miami-Dade.