A man suspected in the brutal rapes of two women at a clothing store in Massachusetts in 1989 is expected to face a judge on Monday, months after a police chase in Los Angeles ended with his arrest .
Stephen Paul Gale, a 71-year-old once known as the “Boston Strip Mall Rapist,” is slated to be arraigned in Middlesex District Court on charges including four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of armed robbery in connection with an investigation into the gunpoint rape of two women at the Hit or Miss store on Route 9 in Framingham on the morning of Dec. 27, 1989.
- Boston 25 will stream Gale’s arraignment live at 2 p.m.
Gale, armed with a .357 magnum, forced two female employees to the back of the store and allegedly ordered one victim to empty money from a locked safe and the second to lock the doors to the store before sexually assaulting them while holding the firearm to their heads, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Police Chief Lester Baker.
Evidence collected at the scene ultimately helped investigators obtain Gale’s DNA…