Man in prison for 16 years in 'teardrop rapist' case has conviction tossed

Los Angeles Times | November 23, 2015 | 2:40 PM

A Los Angeles County judge today threw out the conviction of a man who has spent 16 years behind bars for three sexual assaults that his attorneys say were committed by a serial rapist still on the loose.
DNA tests last year on evidence from one of the attacks excluded Luis Lorenzo Vargas, 46, as a suspect and pointed instead to an unidentified man who has been dubbed the "teardrop rapist" wanted in dozens of sexual assaults, the attorneys said.
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