Colo. authorities search for other possible "Ether Man" victims following arrest in Pueblo
Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:34
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Pueblo say they're investigating whether a man suspected of raping 11 women in New Mexico and Texas may be responsible for unsolved assaults in Colorado.
Forty-seven-year-old Robert Howard Bruce was arrested Oct. 6 in Pueblo after he allegedly tried to blow up the home of Pueblo police officer set to testify against him in a peeping Tom case.
Investigators say there are similarities between the New Mexico rapes and a 2006 rape case in Pueblo.
Bruce is accused of breaking into victims' homes and rendering them unconscious by placing a rag soaked in a chemical compound over their mouths. That earned him the title "Ether Man" even though the chemical used wasn't ether.
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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com
Forty-seven-year-old Robert Howard Bruce was arrested Oct. 6 in Pueblo after he allegedly tried to blow up the home of Pueblo police officer set to testify against him in a peeping Tom case.
Investigators say there are similarities between the New Mexico rapes and a 2006 rape case in Pueblo.
Bruce is accused of breaking into victims' homes and rendering them unconscious by placing a rag soaked in a chemical compound over their mouths. That earned him the title "Ether Man" even though the chemical used wasn't ether.
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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com