Maricopa County prosecutors called witnesses at an evidentiary hearing Friday to allow new evidence against accused serial rapist James Estep involving alleged attacks against two more victims where charges have not been filed.
Estep was indicted last August on 30 felony counts , including 20 counts of sexual assault. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said attacks on at least six alleged victims happened from 2018 to August of 2023 in Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe.
During the all-day court hearing Friday, the prosecution called police detectives to the stand who shared graphic details about Estep’s alleged attacks against at least six victims, including two new more alleged victims where charges have not been filed.
Prosecutors recently filed what is known as a rule 404 (C) which allows prosecutors to petition a judge to include additional evidence to show a pattern of abnormal or aberrant sexual behavior in sex crimes cases.
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