'Ether Man'

" It's called him -- their man accused of holding a chemical soaked rag over women's faces to subdue them. Before wrapping them investigators say the suspect did this at least eleven times over the last fifteen years in New Mexico and Texas. -- now police in Colorado have arrested 47 year old Robert Howard groups who is also reached recently accused of attempting to kill a police officer. And his family. And police think there are other victims out there who have not yet come forward they are trying to get a hold of them. John Walsh from the Albuquerque police department joins us now live on the phone. John we have some video from Colorado where this guy was arrested he was picked up in a peeping Tom case. And apparently the accusation is from authorities there. That he tried to blow up the home of the police officer who was testified -- scheduled to testify against him. By pumping propane into the house how -- that connection come about that that this guy who was arrested for trying to kill -- police officer. Might be this rape suspect that your department had been looking for for so many years."

" Very sharp work by the FBI up of that region making contact with their department -- telling them about from the case as we got down in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a result of their felony arrest it's my understanding they took the DNA samples to. Further -- case investigation and that DNA sample could log into what all the caucuses. It if you will this is very similar to how people's. I -- that fires are put in like in the days gone by -- Clincher fingerprint. In and it matches. With a national database impact we have that -- confirming that Albuquerque, New Mexico. Suspect that we entered in that he had eight. -- It was matched with a one up in Colorado in the least developed from there."

" There are at least forty charges against him in Albuquerque for things like rape kidnapping battery burglary that sort of thing. But you also believe that that he is probably responsible for some crimes in other states what wasn't about his job. That leads you believe that he may have been responsible for attacking women in other places."

" Well well first and foremost when he dropped off literally the face severe and Albuquerque, New Mexico in the year 2000 we have a multitude of rates from 91 to 2000. Where he committed at least nine -- two attempted. Making the total cases up to eleven and him the next thing that we saw was in 20066. Years later he appeared in text. One has to ask themselves why would he stopped for that -- period."

" And he had only kind of a career out some kind of a job selling food especially the university's so it put him near university campuses back."

" One of the one of the things we looked at this is modus operandi. Was that -- around the university area he also targeted -- physically fit young women that apparently. The candidate a workout -- either public private. And then of course as you -- in on the show that they he used chemical compound and the largest majority of the cases not every case but in the largest. As majority of the."

" Last -- lastly I know that -- you think there probably are other victims out there who may not reported the attacks in the first place and you'd like to hear from them right."

" Absolutely. If it's in one jurisdiction or another meaning that no doubt that this man across state lines. In response. And are here is is that there were other victims that may not even know they were picked it."

" John Walsh from the Albuquerque police department have even -- that you have a suspect in this in these are terrible cases John thank you."