Oregon Serial Rapist Known as 'Jogger Rapist' to Be Released After Serving 36 Years

The Oregon serial rapist with the moniker "jogger rapist" will be released from prison in December after he served around 36 years, which was almost the entirety of his maximum sentence.

Fox News reported that the jogger rapist is known as Richard Gillmore. He was arrested in 1986 and was found guilty in 1987 by a jury.

Prison officials noted that the jogger rapist was transferred in August from Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla to the maximum-security Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland. The transfer was in preparation for his release into society. He will be 63 on his release in December.

The sentence that was given to Gillmore was at least 30 years, with a 60-year maximum. However, a parole board decided to half his sentence a year after he was convicted.

He has also been identified as a sex offender with a low risk of reoffending. In addition, he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life due to his rape conviction.

Oregon Serial Rapist Victims

Gillmore got his moniker "jogger rapist" as he stalked out victims as he ran by their homes. The serial rapist had admitted to raping nine girls in the Portland area in the 1970s and 80s, according to an NBC News report. However, he was only convicted in one case due to the statute of limitations.

The jury managed to convict him of raping 13-year-old Tiffany Edens. Edens was the last known victim in December 1986.

Edens has spoken publicly about the assault and recently wrote on social media that she received information in August from the state's Victim Information and Notification Service telling her of Gillmore's release.

It was reported that Gillmore will remain under supervision under 2034 and could be sent back to prison if he violates his parole.

Danielle Tudor, a victim of Gillmore in 1979, has spoken against Gillmore's release from prison.

Tudor said that if Gillmore had been charged for all the rapes he committed, he would be never getting out.

Other victims of the jogger rapist were also angered after Gillmore was not considered a high-risk sex offender, which would require notification to the community wherever he lives or moves.

Tudor said that Gillmore was designated as a "dangerous offender at trial."

Oregon Serial Rapist Release

Multnomah County Spokesperson Jessica Morkert-Shibley said the county has not solidified plans for Gillmore's post-prison supervision.

Mortkert-Shibley also noted that it has not yet been confirmed where the Oregon serial rapist will live, as reported by the Oregon Live.

Executive director of the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, Dylan Arthur, said Gillmore will be on active supervision for a minimum of three years.

Gillmore will be required to report regularly to a parole officer or be subject to home visits.

The jogger rapist will also be required to have no contact with his victims, be under GPS monitoring or get treatment once paroled.

Arthur said that he "understands and emphatizes with" Gillmore's victims. He explained that an assessment tool was used on Gillmore to gauge the sexual recidivism rate for sex crime prisoners.

Gillmore reportedly fit the low-level classification, adding that his age at release was also factored in.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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