Georgia investigators are searching for potential victims of a convicted Florida sex offender after DNA linked him to three sexual assault cases involving women allegedly lured through Craigslist job ads.
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Julius Hunter, 42, faces rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping charges in Georgia in connection with a 2016 attack on a 19-year-old teen at a Clarkston apartment complex.
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A DeKalb County grand jury indicted him on Aug. 11.
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Before his Georgia arrest, Hunter pleaded no contest in an unrelated 2021 Florida sexual battery case involving his former girlfriend.
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Hunter → plead → girlfriend
Investigators are now examining what they believe is a broader pattern of sexual assaults.
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"Hunter grew up in New Jersey, so it is possible there may be victims there," DeKalb County District Attorney Investigator Brandi Rogers told Fox News Digital.
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Hunter's DNA also matched evidence from two additional sexual assault cases in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties in 2016 and 2017, authorities said.
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He has not been charged in either case.
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Rogers said investigators have been unable to reconnect with the two women.
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$300 babysitting job
The 19-year-old thought she was heading to a $300 overnight babysitting job when Hunter arranged a ride-share to an apartment near 700 Jolly Avenue on July 27, 2016, according to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.
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When she arrived, there were no children — only Hunter and another man, authorities said.
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She attempted to leave, but Hunter allegedly stopped her and sexually assaulted her over several hours before releasing her the following day.
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The woman fled in a cab and asked the driver to call 911.
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She then met police officers at a gas station before going to a hospital for a sexual assault exam.
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Rogers told Fox News Digital that investigators have not identified the second man inside the apartment and continue to seek information about him.
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He has not been charged.
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Florida arrest leads to DNA match
The Clarkston case remained unsolved for years after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation developed a male DNA profile from the 19-year-old’s sexual assault kit.
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The profile was entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) but, at the time, did not match anyone in the national database.
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That changed after Hunter's 2021 Florida conviction.
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Authorities collected his DNA and entered his profile into CODIS, triggering a match to DNA recovered from the Clarkston sexual assault kits, along with the sexual assault kits collected in the DeKalb and Gwinnett counties cases.
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Authorities arrested Hunter in Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 13, two days after the DeKalb County grand jury indicted him.
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He was extradited to Georgia and booked into the DeKalb County Jail on Aug. 20.
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Hunter was serving an 11-year probation sentence for the Florida conviction when Georgia authorities secured the indictment against him.
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Don Plummer, a spokesperson for the Georgia Public Defender Council, which is representing Hunter, declined to comment on the case.
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The DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office said in a Sept. 14 media alert that the Georgia cases shared similarities beyond DNA.
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Authorities said Hunter used Craigslist ads to solicit women for jobs involving "babysitting, modeling, dancing and massages."
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Rogers said the number of incidents within a relatively short period suggests there could be additional victims.
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The Georgia Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Task Force, a collaboration of prosecutors, investigators and victim advocates who investigate cold-case sexual assaults, is currently investigating the cases.
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Rogers is urging anyone who believes Hunter victimized them to contact law enforcement, stressing that coming forward does not require a victim to pursue prosecution.
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"We ask anyone who believes they may have been victimized to call our tip line at 404-371-2444," Rogers said.
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"It is important that we hear their stories so we can offer them support whether or not they decide to move forward with prosecution."
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