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Ronnie Shelton
American serial rapist

Ronnie Shelton

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American serial rapist
A.K.A.
West Side rapist
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Gender
Male
Place of death
Grafton Correctional Institution, Ohio, USA
Age
57 years
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Biography

Ronald 'Ronnie' Shelton (1 October 1961 – 25 September 2018), better known as West Side rapist, was an American convicted serial rapist. He was convicted of raping over 30 women in Cleveland, Ohio, over a 6 year period. He may have raped up to 50 women. Shelton was caught on video using an ATM with his victims' bank cards.

He was the subject of the book Unfinished Murder: The Pursuit of a Serial Rapist by James Neff.

Crimes

Shelton's modus operandi was to break into victims' homes wearing something to obscure his face. He would initially tell victims he was going to rob them, but then rape them. He would insist victims not look at him and threaten them if they reported him to police. His language and pattern of sexual assaults helped link his crimes.

Trial

Timothy J. McGinty prosecuted the case in 1989. He was found guilty of 220 charges, including 49 rapes of over 30 women in Cleveland, Ohio. Richard McMonagle sentenced him to between 1,554 and 3,195 years in prison. He received the longest sentence in Ohio's history.

Death

At 4:30 pm on 25 September 2018, six days before his 57th birthday, Shelton jumped from the top of a prison building, suffering a skull fracture upon impact with the concrete below. He was pronounced dead at 8:15 pm at nearby MetroHealth Medical Center. Investigators did not immediately suspect foul play.

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