Serial butt slasher attacking women shoppers in Virginia stores, cops say

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

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(CBS/AP) - Authorities say they are hunting for a serial butt slasher after a string of attacks on young women in shopping malls throughout Fairfax County, Virginia.

According to police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell, the latest attack occurred at Fair Oaks mall around 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Caldwell says the woman heard someone behind her drop clothes or a package. The woman then felt a sharp pain and realized she had been cut. Caldwell says the woman was cut on the buttocks through her denim shorts with a box cutter or razor.

There have similar attacks in retail stores across the county in the last six months, Caldwell says. All of the victims have all been in their late teens or early 20s.

Ex-FBI profiler Gregg McCrary said the attacks likely won't stop until the culprit is captured, reports Virginia's News & Messenger.

McCrary reportedly says the perpetrator seems to have a sexual disorder called piquerism, meaning the attacker gets sexual gratification from stabbing, pricking or cutting with a sharp object.

"He's driven to this," McCrary told the News & Messenger. "If he's in his late 20s, this is a little late for it to be his first time out. Chances are he's done something like this before. Police, I'm sure, are going to go back and look for similar crimes."

Police said that the attacker is a heavyset Hispanic man in his late 20s around 5-feet-6-inches tall.

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by bartleby19 July 29, 2011 4:43 PM EDT: What I say to him is: an eye for an eye, a cheek for a cheek. That boy needs to get held down and butt-slashed.; Reply to this comment


by wlhoppers July 29, 2011 11:06 AM EDT: I would love to see him try and slash Lorena Bobbitt...; Reply to this comment


by Donzi38ZR July 28, 2011 1:23 PM EDT: Sure is an original way of getting a "Piece-Of-Azz"; Reply to this comment

by Transatlantique July 28, 2011 9:59 AM EDT

There are quite a few doctors who get sexual and financial gratification from slashing (piquerism) the ******* of baby boys and euphemistically calling it "circumcision," and its just as sick as what this guy is doing. Don't reply with the "medical necessity" nonsense because 85% of men internationally are intact and doing fine. Maybe this is one of the few Hispanics who fell under the knife at birth and is acting out his abuse? If not, then maybe he is another symptom, like "circumcision," of a violent and increasingly insensitive society. Respect and reverence are reciprocal.

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by valdo333 July 29, 2011 9:43 AM EDT: oh lord who cares? im circumcised and its no trouble to me. in fact i prefer it.


by wlhoppers July 29, 2011 11:02 AM EDT: Oh jeez, you've been watching too much daytime tv.


by cwtloki August 1, 2011 1:33 PM EDT: Oh for crying out loud - get some help.


by Harden_Tar July 27, 2011 5:22 PM EDT: Short fat hispanic in a mall and no one can catch him? You folks in Virginia are wimps. Run this perve down and beat the holy crap out of him.; Reply to this comment


by charles0390 July 27, 2011 3:09 PM EDT: A butt slasher,way to funny.I'm sorry but I just can't help laughing at this one.Whoever it is must live a very droll life is all i can.Just when you thought you see it all this comes along; Reply to this comment


by Nenalynnn July 27, 2011 2:14 PM EDT: I know this isnt funny but come on. Seriously? I watch Criminal Minds all the time and this is even way out there for me!; Reply to this comment