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Sept 5 2025
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"Navy diver who died nearly three decades ago has been linked to half a dozen home invasion and rape cases across four states after a yearslong investigation, California officials said Thursday.
All of the attacks were cold cases dating back to the 1980s and 90s, where women were sexually assaulted by a home intruder. The intruder terrorized the women, sometimes calling their homes or threatening to kill them if they reported the incidents to police, the district attorney's office said.
The Ventura County District Attorney's Office said that Sean Patrick McNulty was connected to the crimes. McNulty died by suicide in Michigan in 1997, after becoming a suspect in a 1993 Indiana rape case. ''
''McNulty was born in Burlingame, California and spent most of his life in Ventura County. He was arrested in the area in 1978 for placing obscene phone calls to women. He served as a diver in the Navy from 1979 to 1992.
McNulty was married in 1988 and divorced his wife prior to his death, the district attorney's office said. His ex-wife is still alive but did not cooperate with Ventura County investigators. ''
Navy diver is linked to multiple cold case rape cases in 4 states, California officials say
The district attorney's office said one victim told investigators she had "waited 40 years" to receive closure.
www.cbsnews.com
"Navy diver who died nearly three decades ago has been linked to half a dozen home invasion and rape cases across four states after a yearslong investigation, California officials said Thursday.
All of the attacks were cold cases dating back to the 1980s and 90s, where women were sexually assaulted by a home intruder. The intruder terrorized the women, sometimes calling their homes or threatening to kill them if they reported the incidents to police, the district attorney's office said.
The Ventura County District Attorney's Office said that Sean Patrick McNulty was connected to the crimes. McNulty died by suicide in Michigan in 1997, after becoming a suspect in a 1993 Indiana rape case. ''
''McNulty was born in Burlingame, California and spent most of his life in Ventura County. He was arrested in the area in 1978 for placing obscene phone calls to women. He served as a diver in the Navy from 1979 to 1992.
McNulty was married in 1988 and divorced his wife prior to his death, the district attorney's office said. His ex-wife is still alive but did not cooperate with Ventura County investigators. ''
