Massachusetts fugitive dubbed "Bad Breath Rapist" captured in California after 16 years on the run
Police in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday helped U.S. Marshals arrest a fugitive wanted in a Massachusetts rape case nearly two decades after he fled that state during his trial, authorities said.
According to a press release issued by the U.S. Marshals Service, the man taken into custody was identified as Tuen Kit Lee, who faced trial in the 2005 kidnapping and raping of a young woman at knifepoint in Quincy, Mass. The release said Lee was found guilty in a September 2007 trial, but fled before he was sentenced.
Massachusetts State Police have offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to Lee's arrest and appeared multiple times on the television show "America's Most Wanted" to discuss the case.
Lee was dubbed the "Bad Breath Rapist" after the media learned one of the pieces of evidence that established Lee as the assailant was his foul breath.
Oh media, you're such cards, coming up with fun nicknames for rapists.
How about just calling him a rapist and not giving him any sort of notoriety beyond that?
This one feels especially cheeky which is fine for like someone who steals from stores or something.
Yeah, Bad Breath Bandit? I'm cool with that.
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They could smell his bad breath.
All this scumbag had to do was snack down some cinnamon-sparkle Crest™ toothpaste with whitening 2 hours a day, everyday, for the rest of his life. He couldn't hack it, and now hes going to suffer all kinds of other oral hazards as a result.
One key point that isn't mentioned in the article but is said in the video is that he assaulted one of his employees while wearing a ski mask, and the victim was able to identify him because of his breath.
Insert joke about waiting with bated breath.
It took so long because victims described the halitosis so our bright "boys in blue" were focused on finding a foot fetishist.