Batiz Aceves, 39, originally from a town in Sinaloa, Mexico, began living in the United States illegally in 1988 and lived in Sacramento for nearly 16 years, where he worked for a construction company, computer records show
Sarah Muench
The Arizona Republic
Most people knew him as Ricardo and his friends called him “Chaparro,” or “Shorty.”
But the approximately 5-foot-4 construction worker who called himself Ricardo López, who was known among relatives and close friends as a loving husband and father who would give you “the shirt off his back,” is actually Santana Batiz Aceves and is the “Chandler Rapist,” police say.
“We are convinced that this suspect . . . is responsible for the multiple assaults that have been committed in our community,” Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler said during a press conference Saturday.
Police arrested Batiz Aceves on Friday morning and discovered in less than 24 hours from DNA test results that he is a match for a serial rapist who has been stalking and raping young girls in Chandler for nearly two years, police announced Saturday.Batiz Aceves, 39, originally from a town in Sinaloa, Mexico, began living in the United States illegally in 1988 and lived in Sacramento for nearly 16 years, where he worked for a construction company, computer records show.
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