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A serial rapist? Sources claim Michigan businessman Kurt Rillema, 51, who is linked to golf course rapes after DNA match, lived ‘double life’ at his strip clubs, before DNA snagged him

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Alan Kurt Rillema&comma; 51&comma; was arrested earlier this month in connection with two violent rapes which allegedly occurred on golf courses in 1999 and 2000 <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Rillema is accused of raping two women&semi; one at the Twin Lakes Golf Club in Michigan in 1999 and another in 2000 at a Penn State University golf course<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Cops traced Rilemma by matching DNA found at the scenes to a distant relative of Rilemma&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; who had submitted their DNA to&nbsp&semi;GEDMatch<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Break in 23-year-old cold case came after Rillema was identified after cops got their hands on a styrofoam coffee cup he&&num;8217&semi;d used and matched his DNA with crime scene evidence <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Suspect through his attorney says he&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;looking forward to telling his side of the story&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Friends however&comma; say Rilemma&comma; a successful businessman and father-of-three&comma; lived predatory &&num;8216&semi;double life&&num;8217&semi; at strip clubs &&num;8211&semi; he owns &&num;8211&semi; before DNA led to his arrest <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px">Arrested last week at his home&comma; for first and second degree sexual conduct&comma; he faces felony counts of rape&comma; sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault in Pennsylvania <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Kurt-Rilemma-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438943" width&equals;"769" height&equals;"827"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Alan Kurt Rillema&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb; a successful businessman 51-year-old in Michigan&comma; was arrested in connection to two violent rapes 24 years ago&period; The rapes occurred in Michigan and Pennsylvania&comma; in 1999 and 2000<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>An attorney for the Michigan businessman accused of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;article-12005741&sol;DNA-coffee-cup-leads-arrest-man-51-two-violent-rapes-Pennsylvania-golf-course&period;html">two golf course rapes<&sol;a> in 1999 and 2000 says he is looking forward to telling &&num;8216&semi;his side of the story&&num;8217&semi; after being arrested on a DNA match&period;<br>The 51-year-old suspect was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of attacking two women in two separate incidents nearly 25 years ago&comma; with investigators announcing that DNA from a coffee cup led them to Alan Kurt Rillema&comma; an avid golfer who is accused of attacking two women on separate golf courses&comma; nearly a quarter century ago&period;<br>Arrested last week at his home&comma; for first and second degree sexual conduct&period; He is due to be charged with felony counts of rape&comma; sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault in Pennsylvania&period; <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Kurt-Rilemma-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438946" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"616"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Life of deception&quest; Rillema with two of his kids&period; Those who know him say he led a &&num;8216&semi;double life&&num;8217&semi; &comma; investing in strip clubs and trying to use his authority as an &&num;8216&semi;owner&&num;8217&semi; to convince the workers to have sex with him<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Police traced Rillema by matching DNA found at the scenes to a distant relative of Rilemma&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; who had submitted their DNA to GEDMatch&period;<br>After narrowing the sample down to Rillema and his two brothers&comma; police say they tested his DNA from a discarded coffee cup and found a direct match with the crime scene samples&period; <br>Rillema&comma; a successful businessman and father-of-three&comma; is behind bars in Michigan awaiting his next court date&period; He is yet to answer to the charges&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Kurt-Rilemma-with-his-wife-and-three-kids-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438945" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"742"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>&comma;Kurt Rillema&comma; seen with his wife Kristi and their three children has been accused of attacking two women in two separate incidents in Michigan and Pennsylvania nearly 25 years ago<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In an interview with <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxnews&period;com&sol;us&sol;accused-michigan-golf-course-rapist-secret-investor-ohio-strip-clubs-sources" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">FOX<&sol;a>&comma; Deanna Kelley&comma; an attorney acting on his behalf&comma; was cryptic when asked about how he intends to plead&comma; responding&colon; &&num;8216&semi;A piece of evidence is only as good as its collection and analysis&comma; and I don’t know any of that yet&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Every story has two sides&comma; and he’s looking forward to telling his side in court&comma;&&num;8217&semi;  Kelly told the channel&period;<br>Even as he gets ready to fight the tag of serial rapist&comma; Fox cites anonymous sources claiming that Rillema has led a double life&period; The report says the businessman has invested in strip clubs and allegedly has tried to attack some of the women who worked in them&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;He was like a kid in a candy store&period; He bragged he was an owner to get sexual favors&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the source said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Kurt-Rilemma-left-with-his-brothers-Bradley-second-left-and-Marc-far-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438952" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"547"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Police identified Rillema &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; by tracing a sample of DNA at the crime scene to him and his two brothers&comma; Bradley &lbrack;second left&rsqb; &comma;and Marc &lbrack;far right&rsqb;&comma; after a distant relative submitted their own DNA to GEDMatch&period; Authorities surveilled Kurt&comma; who had been living in Michigan and visiting Penn State when the two rapes happened&comma; then matched a sample of his DNA from a coffee cup to the crime scene sample <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Rillema is accused of raping two women&semi; one at the Twin Lakes Golf Club in Michigan in 1999 and another in 2000 at a Penn State University golf course&period; <br>Investigators identified Rillema by tracing sample of crime scene DNA to the suspect and his two brothers&comma; Bradley and Marc&period; One of their distant relatives had submitted their own DNA to GEDMatch&period; <br>The authorities then surveilled Kurt- who had been living in Michigan and visiting Penn State when the two rapes happened &&num;8211&semi; and matched a sample of his DNA from a coffee cup to the crime scene sample<br>According to police&comma; Rillema an avid golfer who&&num;8217&semi;s played all over the country&comma; was living near the Twin Lakes club at the time of the first attack&comma; and was visiting his brother Marc&comma; then a student at Penn State&comma; when the second attack occurred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Kristi-and-Kurt-Rilemma-51-with-two-of-their-children-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438947" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"999"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Kurt Rillema&&num;8217&semi;s wife Kristi&comma; seen &lbrack;left&rsqb; with her husband and two of their children&comma; has not yet commented publicly on the charges<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The complaint alleges that on July 27&comma; 2000&comma; Rilemma attacked a woman&comma; 19&comma; who was jogging on the Blur Course at Penn State University&period;<br>While at the 18th hole&comma; Rillema supposedly stopped the victim to ask her for a band aid&period;<br>He then pulled out a knife&comma; held it to her throat&comma; punched her in the stomach and raped her&comma; the victim told police&period;<br>DNA belonging to an unknown male was found at both of the scenes&comma; but it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t until the sample was compared to the GEDMatch and that a match with one of Rillema&&num;8217&semi;s distant relatives was found&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Twin-Lakes-Golf-Club-in-Oakland-Township-Michigan-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438948" width&equals;"844" height&equals;"566"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Crime scene 1&colon; Rilemma&comma; who lives in West Bloomfield&comma; was at the Twin Lakes Golf Club located in Oakland Township&comma; Michigan&comma; photo&rsqb;&comma; when he allegedly entered an employee only area and attacked a 22-year-old woman<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;The-Blur-Golf-Course-at-Penn-State-University-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438950" width&equals;"844" height&equals;"541"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Crime scene 2&colon; Less than a year after the first attack&comma; Rillema allegedly attacked a woman&comma; 19&comma; who was jogging on the Blur Course at Penn State University <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A team of genetic genealogy investigators then worked backwards to find living relatives of the person who had submitted their DNA who may fit the profile for the crime&period; <br>It led them to Rillema and his two brothers &&num;8211&semi; Marc and Bradley&period; <br>Marc who now lives with his family in Oregon&comma; was studying at Penn State between 1999 and 2000&comma; according to his LinkedIn&period; Bradley and his wife live in Michigan with their children&period; <br>Kurt is being held without bond until his next court date in Michigan&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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