SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – The serial rapist who earned the moniker the “jogger rapist” is set to be released in mid-December after serving almost all of his maximum sentence, nearly 36 years, behind bars.
Richard Gillmore of Oregon was arrested in 1986 for staking out victims as he ran by their homes. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Gillmore admitted to raping nine girls in the Portland area. However, he was only convicted of one due to the statute of limitations.
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In 1987 a jury found him guilty of raping 13-year-old Tiffany Edens, the last victim he is known of assaulting. The rape occurred in December 1986.
Edens has been public about the assault, writing a social media post recently after she was informed in August of his release by the Victim Information and Notification service.
“I have been slowly processing the reality of it all,” Edens wrote.
When he is released in December, Gillmore will be 63 years old. To help him with his release, he was transferred from Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla to Columbia River Correctional Institution, a minimum-security facility, Oregon Live reported.
Gillmore will remain under supervision until 2034, and if he violates his parole, he will be sent back to prison, according to KOIN.
Gillmore was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison with a maximum sentence of 60 years. However, his sentence was cut in half by a parole board in 1988.
Upon his release, he will be classified as a sex offender at the lowest risk of reoffending.
This has upset several of his victims, who think he needs to be considered a high-risk sex offender.
The current classification won’t require surrounding residents to be notified when he moves into their community. However, it would require notification if he were to be classified as high-risk.
Danielle Tudor, who was a teenager when Gillmore raped her in 1979, spoke with Oregon Live, saying that “he was designated as a dangerous offender at trial,” so it doesn’t make sense why he wasn’t now.
Even more, Tudor was upset after hearing that he was set to be released, telling KOIN that “if he had been able to have been charged for all the rapes he committed, he’d never be getting out.”
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