East-side serial rapist sentenced to 156 years in prison

INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County choose on Friday sentenced an Indianapolis man to 156-and-a-half years in jail for a collection of rapes in 2020 and 2021.

Darrell Goodlow, 38, assaulted eight girls between August 2020 and September 2021. The ages of his victims ranged from 58 to 78.

Police mentioned Goodlow focused the older girls, posing as a utility worker or service employee to realize entry into their properties. He disguised his voice and would cowl his face and the faces of his victims so they might not see him clearly, police mentioned.

“He picked a weak set of victims, and we consider he purposely did that,” Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division Deputy Chief Craig McCartt mentioned after Goodlow’s arrest in September 2021.

On Oct. 1, 2020, prosecutors say Goodlow terrorized, confined and raped three sister ages 67, 73 and 74, of their North Audubon Street residence. He additionally killed their canine, prosecutors say.

Goodlow raped 4 extra girls on the east aspect of Indianapolis and one in Lawrence, prosecutors say. Goodlow’s DNA was discovered on the crime scenes, but it surely wasn’t in any database.

The break within the case got here when investigators discovered Goodlow’s fingerprint on the residence the place he assaulted a lady who was seemingly his final sufferer on Sept. 8, 2021.

Goodlow pleaded responsible on March 3 to eight counts of rape and one depend of killing a home animal, courtroom information present.

Superior Courtroom Choose Mark Stoner on Friday sentenced Goodlow to what’s primarily a life sentence of 156.5 years in jail.

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Watch a September 2021 press convention on Darrell Goodlow’s arrest beneath

RESOURCES | Indiana Coalition to Finish Sexual Assault & Human Trafficking