{"id":31992,"date":"2025-11-03T23:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/31992\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:23:10","slug":"man-accused-in-a-series-of-1980s-rapes-in-florida-is-convicted-in-another-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/31992\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused in a series of 1980s rapes in Florida is convicted in another attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI \u2013 A man suspected of being the \u201cpillowcase rapist\u201d in a string of South Florida rapes back in the 1980s was convicted Monday in another one of the attacks.<\/p>\n

Miami-Dade County jurors found Robert Koehler, 66, guilty of sexual battery, kidnapping and burglary after deliberating for less than two hours. His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 24.<\/p>\n

Monday’s conviction involves a woman who was 22 years old in 1984 when someone broke into her southwest Miami-Dade County home and raped her. Koehler was sentenced to 17 years in prison nearly three years ago for a similar attack<\/a> on a 25-year-old woman in 1983.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the \u201cpillowcase rapist\u201d terrified his victims by breaking into their homes at night. The attacker used a pillowcase or other fabric to cover his face \u2014 or the faces of his victims \u2014 before assaulting them, tying them up and stealing from their homes.<\/p>\n

The assaults attracted extensive media attention in South Florida and authorities created a task force to investigate. The trail had turned cold until 2020, when authorities say a DNA hit for one of Koehler’s relatives led police to him.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have said they’ve connected Koehler\u2019s DNA to at least 25 attacks, but there could be more than 40 victims.<\/p>\n

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