The victim originally helped arrest him because she recognized his foul breath from the restaurant where she worked which his family owned.
A fugitive who has been on the run for almost two decades was recently arrested in the East Bay.U.S. Marshals had nicknamed Tuen Kit Lee the "Bad Breath Rapist." His 15-year-old victim originally helped arrest him because she recognized his foul breath from the restaurant where she worked which his family owned.Lee was taken into custody on Tuesday near Danville , where the marshals said he was seen leaving a multi-million dollar home with a woman.
Marshals Service said. Investigators said Lee broke into the victim’s Massachusetts home on Feb. 2, 2005, and raped her."He was ultimately identified by DNA and his horrible breath, which produced the nickname "The Bad Breath Rapist," the state police statement said.He went on the run before he was to be sentenced.Officials kept the case alive in the media and Lee’s photo appeared several times on TV’s "America’s Most Wanted.
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