Convicted rapist ‘raped woman at train station 2 days after being freed from jail’
Kendell Jones is accused of attacking the woman in a public bathroom, having previously helped murder a woman and rape that woman's daughter
A convicted rapist raped a second woman at a train station two days after being freed from jail over a suspected domestic attack, police say. Kendell Jones, 39, allegedly assaulted the woman in the bathroom of the Mall of America light rail station in Bloomington, Minnesota, on January 21.
He is accused of doing so just two days after he was freed from jail over an alleged January 13 domestic violence attack on his girlfriend. Jones was previously convicted of rape and murder in Louisiana after he and an accomplice were hired to take out a hit on a third man.
When they went to his home and discovered he was out, they killed the man’s wife and raped his daughter instead. The January 21 sex attack saw Jones rape a woman after giving her drugs, despite her repeated refusal to have sex, according to police.
Surveillance footage is said to show the woman fleeing the bathroom after, with Jones apparently heard shouting: ‘You wanted the shot, but you didn’t want to do the job.’ Jones is said to have pestered the woman for cash to leave him alone.
Questioned by police after, Jones is said to have insisted the encounter was consensual, saying: ‘I was just trying to get my rocks off and that’s that.’
CBS Minnesota reported how rapist told investigators he’d only recently been freed from jail after serving 15 years for an earlier sex offense.
Jones has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual misconduct, and domestic assault. He faces another 15 years in prison if he is convicted.
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