Jeff Pelo- Serial Rapist- 35 Counts of rape
Oct 31, 2016 23:18:04 GMT
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Post by nick on Oct 31, 2016 23:18:04 GMT
The first victim was 25-year-old Kristi Mills, who awoke to a masked intruder standing in her doorway in April 2003. "I was in shock, absolute shock. I looked at the door and saw the light there, and something just didn't seem right. And that's when I saw him," she said. "The next thing I remember is he was on top of me in the bed." Mills said the intruder told her he was there to burglarize her, and that he didn't want to hurt her, but if she made noise, he would shoot her. All of these are similar traits to EAR, No it's not EAR, just pointing out how similar serial rapist minds work. Wearing a ski mask and gloves, he seemed oddly calm and methodical as he bound her with zip ties and duct tape, she said. Then he slipped a pillowcase over her head and sexually assaulted Mills for 45 minutes. Mills was forced to take a long bath and told to wash carefully, while her rapist calmly walked about her apartment cleaning up after himself.
Then he was gone, taking with him all the evidence, including the bed sheets. That is a new one, evidence aware for sure.
Two years later, the rapist found his fourth victim, 28-year-old restaurant manager Sarah Kalmes-Gliege; That is a long cooling off period, or was he just busy with life? He made it clear he had been stalking her, and he threatened her loved ones. "He knew everything about me," she said. "What my sister looks like to what car my [finance] drove, my work schedule. He knew where I worked out. Pretty much everything." He had stalked and learned everything about his victim prior to the assault just like EAR. "The majority of the assault was spent just humiliating and demeaning and terrorizing me. I mean, it wasn't at all about anything to do with sex. Just devastation is what, how I felt."
This was a special kind of rapist; he was a stalker, a man seemingly obsessed with his victims who gathered intimate details about them.
The FBI profile on the rapist stated "this would be some guy that everybody works with. They'll say, 'Naw. He couldn't do that. He wouldn't do that,' you know. And it'd be somebody that would be maybe a respected member of the community."
The police had no prime suspect, until he stalked then 29-year-old Jonelle Galuska. She said she knew she was being watched, so when she was awoken one night by her startled dog, she immediately called the police. At 1 a.m., Bloomington police officer Dave Zeamer arrived to find a man standing against the house, and in the glare of his flashlight, saw a man turn and walk away.
"I yell, 'Police. Stop, police!'" Zeamer said.
To his shock, he knew the man who turned around. It was one of his own fellow Bloomington police officer Jeff Pelo, his former supervisor.
Pelo was a 17-year veteran of the Bloomington police, a former policeman of the year and married father of three.
Pelo's family -- his wife of 20 years, Rickie, and their three kids -- stood by him. Rickie Pelo said the police jumped to conclusions. Pelo's home life was exemplary, according to his family. He seemed to be a devoted family man who volunteered at his kids' schools. He coached his daughter's softball team and was present at all sporting events. I believe EAR has been living this type life and no one will believe it's him at first. His wife remembered her husband "He had such a great sense of humor," she said. "Such a loving, caring heart. Actually, the first thing that I fell in love with are his eyes. His eyes were just beautiful, and I could just lose myself in them." The same eyes his victims say they cannot forget.
Jeff Pelo was sentenced to 440 years in prison.
Then he was gone, taking with him all the evidence, including the bed sheets. That is a new one, evidence aware for sure.
Two years later, the rapist found his fourth victim, 28-year-old restaurant manager Sarah Kalmes-Gliege; That is a long cooling off period, or was he just busy with life? He made it clear he had been stalking her, and he threatened her loved ones. "He knew everything about me," she said. "What my sister looks like to what car my [finance] drove, my work schedule. He knew where I worked out. Pretty much everything." He had stalked and learned everything about his victim prior to the assault just like EAR. "The majority of the assault was spent just humiliating and demeaning and terrorizing me. I mean, it wasn't at all about anything to do with sex. Just devastation is what, how I felt."
This was a special kind of rapist; he was a stalker, a man seemingly obsessed with his victims who gathered intimate details about them.
The FBI profile on the rapist stated "this would be some guy that everybody works with. They'll say, 'Naw. He couldn't do that. He wouldn't do that,' you know. And it'd be somebody that would be maybe a respected member of the community."
The police had no prime suspect, until he stalked then 29-year-old Jonelle Galuska. She said she knew she was being watched, so when she was awoken one night by her startled dog, she immediately called the police. At 1 a.m., Bloomington police officer Dave Zeamer arrived to find a man standing against the house, and in the glare of his flashlight, saw a man turn and walk away.
"I yell, 'Police. Stop, police!'" Zeamer said.
To his shock, he knew the man who turned around. It was one of his own fellow Bloomington police officer Jeff Pelo, his former supervisor.
Pelo was a 17-year veteran of the Bloomington police, a former policeman of the year and married father of three.
Pelo's family -- his wife of 20 years, Rickie, and their three kids -- stood by him. Rickie Pelo said the police jumped to conclusions. Pelo's home life was exemplary, according to his family. He seemed to be a devoted family man who volunteered at his kids' schools. He coached his daughter's softball team and was present at all sporting events. I believe EAR has been living this type life and no one will believe it's him at first. His wife remembered her husband "He had such a great sense of humor," she said. "Such a loving, caring heart. Actually, the first thing that I fell in love with are his eyes. His eyes were just beautiful, and I could just lose myself in them." The same eyes his victims say they cannot forget.
Jeff Pelo was sentenced to 440 years in prison.