This may be the end of the line for the so-called “Wooded Rapist.”
Jason Burdick terrorized women in Middle Tennessee until his capture and rape conviction back in 2008, but he still fought for his release.
The Wooded Rapist is currently serving a 70-year sentence, but he’s appealed at every level hoping for a new trial.
But now Burdick knows he’ll be staying right where he is — behind bars.
A serial rapist, Burdick terrorized Middle Tennessee from 1994 to 2008.
Police believe he committed at least 13 rapes in Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties before he was caught, and then convicted on the strength of DNA evidence.
“This selfish, heartless criminal caused too much pain in our community,” said Ronal Serpas the Metro police chief in 2008.
But it just this past year, Burdick sat in the courtroom for a hearing for the first time in years arguing that his attorney Fletcher Long gave him poor legal advice trial telling him not to testify in his defense.
“I was told I wouldn’t be a good witness because I had witnessed before on a TV interview with a gentleman, and he said I did a terrible job,” said Burdick.