MA - Tuen Kit Lee, known as the "bad breath rapist" arrested after 16 years on the run - MAY 28, 2024

[Clearsky]

Quincy, MA Fugitive Dubbed “Bad Breath Rapist” Captured in California After 16 Years on the Run | U.S. Marshals Service

Dublin, CA – The U.S.

www.usmarshals.gov

Tuen Kit Lee was believed to have fled Massachusetts, but his location was unknown until investigators with the Massachusetts State Police VFAS developed information that Lee was possibly staying in Diablo, California.

 

[dotr]

By Dave Pehling, Lauren Toms May 29, 2024

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.

www.cbsnews.com

''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. ''

 

[Wallendo]

Why was a rapist who used a knife released after conviction while awaiting sentencing?

 

[x_files]

Why was a rapist who used a knife released after conviction while awaiting sentencing?

Great question!

 

[worm]

The “bad breath” rapist isn’t going to get him any prison cred like say a “machine gun” type nickname.