This is Part 7 of "The Stocking Mask," a narrative series by Staunton News Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network. Want to start from the beginning? Follow this link. STAUNTON, Va. – It wasn’t bridge ...

STAUNTON, Va. – At the top of the ladder, in the hot July night, he paused, looking in on a landing between the first and second floors of the house. He popped the screen and the window slid up for ...

It should have been impressive, the stack of evidence. One eyewitness identification by a September victim, who said she recognized her attacker on the street. Reinforced when she also picked him out ...

A serial rapist disguised in a stocking mask roamed Staunton, Virginia, in 1979, but many residents were left in the dark. The police, the victims’ college and the town’s newspaper all took steps to ...