In North Jersey, three days before Halloween and 9 days before the elections in 1977, James Comey and his younger brother Peter had a run in with a criminal that had raped young teens in Bergen County.
A man dubbed “the Ramsey rapist” held 15-year-old Comey and his younger brother at gunpoint after breaking into their Allendale home on an October day in 1977, one of a string of break-ins that included the rape of two area baby sitters. The Comey brothers, locked in a bathroom while the intruder searched the home, escaped through a window, only to encounter the man again on their lawn. The brothers ran back inside the house, locked the doors and called police, setting off a massive manhunt.
Comey has said [that episode] taught him important lessons about crime’s psychological toll on victims. He said it affected him for years, though he did not say exactly how.
Source: http://archive.northjersey.com/news/fbi-nominee-comey-was-held-captive-as-a-bergen-teen-1.589446?page=all
Comey has seen all those emails. What happened to that important lesson?
One of the Comey brothers (unnamed), identified the rapist in a line up, but the police did not pursue**any **charges. In fact, the bail for the guy they had in custody was lowered and the police chief put up his own house as bond (ethics, conflict of interest).
A grand jury in 1978 returned no indictments.
No one was ever charged for the home invasion or the rapes.
Sources:
http://archive.northjersey.com/news/fbi-nominee-comey-was-held-captive-as-a-bergen-teen-1.589446?page=all
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/07/the-gunman-the-rapist-the-woodsman-and-young-jim-comey
How many holes can you find in this story?
e.g. How did two teenagers just run back into the house "to call police" when they were confronted outside by a guy with gun?
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quantokitty ago
You know, now that I'm thinking about it, why was the man searching the house? What was he looking for? Evidence? A babysitter? Were the babysitters that were sexually molested female? If so, it's against his MO to be breaking into a home with two teenage boys. Lots wrong with this story, but again, why search the house?
Laskar ago
He obviously wasn't searching the house. If there was a break-in, they would have called it a break-in. Notice there is no information on how the perp got in.
quantokitty ago
Exactly. But why a break-in? He raped babysitters. That was the MO. So why the Comey home? What was he searching for? It makes no sense.
Laskar ago
The article did not say break-in, but "home invasion"-- it's a small point maybe, but we have seen the latter term used when the occupants of the home were raped or murdered. They never say "home invasion" when no one is home. There is no source reporting that there was forced entry in the Comey case either.
quantokitty ago
It's just weird that the previous cases had, what I assume, is a female babysitter on the premises, and that when this "home invasion" occurs, there are two teen boys? How did the police even connect the home invasion with the rapes of the young girls? Why would they? If someone kicked in the Comey's door and started searching, what does that have in common with the other case?