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Article: Rape victim spots suspect in court hall; he's arrested
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 20, 1987
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An ex-convict walked into court charged with robbery and walked
out to face new charges of rape after a woman saw him strolling down
a courthouse hall and pointed him out to police as her assailant.
The 25-year-old rape victim was at Criminal Court Tuesday to
face charges of forgery when she saw Darryl Birge, who already has
served time for a 1977 rape, in a sixth-floor hall, investigators
said.
The woman said she immediately recognized Birge, 31, of 1049 N.
Lawndale, as the man who she says raped her last November. She
followed him into the courtroom of Judge Thomas J. Maloney.
She then ran to the first-floor office of Eileen Murphy, who
supervises State's Attorney Richard M. ...