Editor’s note: This article contains a description of rape and sexual assault.
A Springfield woman dealing with substance use disorder was picked up, taken to a remote location in West Springfield and held at gunpoint before being raped. Her attacker left her there.
Over the past decade, two notorious criminals — a serial rapist and a serial killer — targeted multiple women in Springfield who were sex workers or addicted to drugs. They were women who are “not typically believed,” Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said.
