Episode 347: The Simi Valley Rapist, Part 2

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Four days after Megan Barroso disappeared, another woman was attacked. This time in broad daylight. Then came a break—an arrest that had nothing to do with murder or rape. A petty burglary. A bag in the trash. A call to the police. And suddenly, everything changed. In Part 2 of our coverage on the Simi Valley Rapist, Jac and Alexis follow the unraveling of the mystery: the evidence hidden in plain sight, the roommates who unknowingly lived with a predator, and the moment police discovered who had been behind the mask all along. The truth would shock a city—and reveal just how many lives had come terrifyingly close to the edge.

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0:00.0	The first degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:03.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:07.0	The first degree.
0:08.0	You see it on the news.
0:10.0	You see it on the paper.
0:11.0	You see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:16.0	When the detective talked to me, they knew, like, what car I drove, what room I had in the house, where I worked and all that stuff.
0:28.9	He made it seem like they had pictures, which is creepy.
0:34.9	So, I don't know.
0:36.1	It was weird.
0:37.4	I'm like, why are you asking me this?
0:39.5	And he's like, he stopped his victims before.
0:44.5	Welcome to the first degree, the true crime podcast that you might end up on.
0:48.0	My name is Jack Vannick.
0:48.9	I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter.
0:50.5	And today is part two of our two-part series of the See Me Valley Rapist. If you
0:55.8	haven't listened to Part one, this is going to be very confusing. Go back and listen to it.
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