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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/Magoatt on 2023-12-28 03:53:27+00:00.
On December 17th police arrested 46 year old Elias Diaz after he slashed two people on the Pennypack Park trail in Northeast Philadelphia. Diaz attacked the people with what was described as a large knife similar to a machete along with threatening a third person. The two attacks occurred during the day time on November 22nd and November 24th, both people who were attacked luckily survived and identified Diaz.
Since his initial arrest the last week police have connected Diaz to multiple cases in Farmount Park using DNA. He is now suspected to likely be the “Farmount Park Rapist”. The cases he has been connected to include the 2003 murder of Rebecca Park who was killed while she was out jogging in the park on July 13, 2003. Diaz has also been formally charged in connection to three other sexual assaults, two of them occuring Fairmount Park in 2003, and one in Pennypack Park in 2007. Diaz committed these other crimes in April of 2003, October of 2003 and August of 2007. Police since December 19th have looked into Diaz as being involved in further cases.
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