The attacker stealthily slid up behind a woman as she loaded luggage into the trunk of her car Tuesday evening and touched her inappropriately. When she turned, he fled.
Such lightning-quick sex assaults — 22 in all — have occurred as women have jogged, walked and waited at bus stops, mostly in and around the Springfield neighborhood of Monticello Forest.
But for seven months, the man has eluded authorities, despite intensive manhunts, helicopter searches and widespread media reports that have featured composite sketches of the man.