The man accused of being the Center City rapist was officially charged Friday in Fort Collins, Colo., in connection with a series of sexual assaults there.
Troy Graves, 29, has been charged with 27 counts, including sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact, kidnapping, burglary and robbery.
Graves also heard a list of charges that the Philadelphia District Attorney has filed against him, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Those charges included murder and rape, and Graves could face the death penalty when tried in Pennsylvania.
Graves was arrested earlier this week in connection with six attacks near the Colorado State University campus that have occurred since last May. Officials had already determined that the man responsible for the Colorado attacks was also responsible for a series of attacks in Philadelphia, including the 1998 murder of Wharton doctoral student Shannon Schieber.
While the Inquirer also reported that DNA samples taken from Graves matched samples taken from the Center City rapist crime scenes, an official for Fort Collins Police would neither confirm nor deny if Graves' DNA matched any other samples.
A DNA sample was sent to Philadelphia shortly after Graves' arrest.
Police and other officials are now under an official gag order to not disclose any information surrounding the case, according to the spokeswoman.
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