This is Part 7 of "The Stocking Mask," a narrative series by Staunton News Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network. Want to start from the beginning? Follow this link. STAUNTON, Va. – It wasn’t bridge ...

This is Part 2 of "The Stocking Mask," a narrative series by Staunton News Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network. Want to start from the beginning? Follow this link. STAUNTON, Va. – Tires on several ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catch 'The Stocking Mask': Follow the almost-forgotten 1979 hunt for a Virginia serial rapist STAUNTON, Va. – The intruder in the ...

Tires on several cars were slashed in one neighborhood, a newspaper carrier was bitten by a dog on Grayson Avenue and the owners of five storage sheds in Waynesboro found them burgled. The Staunton ...

The intruder in the stocking mask didn’t need to cover his tracks because the police in the picturesque city of Staunton, Virginia, did that job for him, refusing to warn the public about a series of ...

A serial rapist disguised in a stocking mask roamed Staunton, Virginia, in 1979, but many residents were left in the dark. The police, the victims’ college and the town’s newspaper all took steps to ...