Geographical Profile of
Ramsey Street Rapes

Even without DNA or other forensic evidence the rapes in Fayetteville should have been linked earlier just based on geography of where the crimes.

Hiding in plain sight: A serial predator haunts Fayetteville, NC

Nested among pine trees Ramsey Street is dotted with townhouses, apartments and a number of nice subdivisions, where most enjoy a quite standard of living. The Ramsey Street area has seen a huge growth over the past 10 years primarily due to the recent influx of military personnel from the Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC).

Ramsey Street, located in North Fayetteville, is the major artery that runs from Fayetteville to Lillington, NC and on to Raleigh, North Carolina. The area has some established businesses like Methodist University and the Goodyear tire plant but there have been a lot of new businesses which have opened in recent years.

With the transient population of military families moving in and out of the area many newcomers to Fayetteville are not always aware of past crimes in their neighborhoods. For example, between 1987 and 1999 there were seven murders of prostitutes in the Fayetteville/Cumberland County area. Another example, are the over fifty unsolved murders in the Cumberland County/Fayetteville area since the late 1970s. Like most murder cases the crimes make the local headlines and are the focus of police investigators but then disappear from the headlines. The lack of continued media pressure and police not publicly talking about unsolved crimes allows violent predators to hide in plain sight while committing more crimes.

Has a serial predator been targeting women for years on Ramsey Street?

Excerpts from Dr. Godwin’s profile discussed in his July 13, 2012 WTVD interview below on the Ramsey Street rapist:

1. This rapist is first and foremost a serial stalker;

2. The rapist is a serial burglar second; and

3. The rapist is a sexual predator third.

4. The rapist has a strong affinity for the specific locations where the attacks are occurring