Georgia investigators are searching for potential victims of a convicted Florida sex offender after DNA linked him to three sexual assault cases involving women allegedly lured through Craigslist job ads.Julius Hunter, 42, faces rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping charges in Georgia in connection with a 2016 attack on a 19-year-old teen at a Clarkston apartment complex.A DeKalb County grand jury indicted him on Aug.
11.Before his Georgia arrest, Hunter pleaded no contest in an unrelated 2021 Florida sexual battery case involving his former girlfriend.Investigators are now examining what they believe is a broader pattern of sexual assaults.Julius Hunter, center, was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, right, in connection with a sexual assault in Clarkston, Georgia, left.
(DeKalb County Sheriff's Office; Joe Raedle/Getty Images; REUTERS/Carlos Barria)FIANCÉE STICKS BY ACCUSED SERIAL RAPIST AS SPECIAL AGENTS DEFEND TAILING HIM FOR RESTAURANT DNA STAKEOUT"Hunter grew up in New Jersey, so it is possible there may be victims there," DeKalb County District Attorney Investigator Brandi Rogers told Fox News Digital.Hunter's DNA also matched evidence from two additional sexual assault cases in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties in 2016 and 2017, authorities said.REPEAT OFFENDER WITH 7 PRIOR CONVICTIONS ARRESTED 3 TIMES IN 12 DAYS OVER ALLEGED ATTACKS ON WOMENHe has not been charged in either case.Rogers said investigators have been unable to reconnect with the two women.The 19-year-old thought she was heading to a $300 overnight babysitting job when Hunter arranged a ride-share to an apartment near 700 Jolly Avenue on July 27, 2016, according to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.When she arrived, there were no children — only Hunter and another man, authorities said.Julius Hunter was charged in a sexual assault case in Clarkston, Georgia.
(Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)She attempted to leave, but Hunter allegedly stopped her and sexually assault...