CHICAGO — A person accused of being the serial rapist who attacked at the very least 5 ladies since 2022, primarily in Logan Sq., was detained as a public security menace and a flight danger throughout a courtroom listening to Monday afternoon.
For the primary time, prosecutors reveal horrifying particulars of the assaults in courtroom, saying DNA proof conclusively hyperlinks the accused man, 36-year-old Chakib Khodja, to the crimes. Not one of the victims knew Khodja, officers stated.
The primary recognized assault occurred round 3 a.m. on Might 7, 2022, within the 2000 block of North Humboldt. As a 36-year-old lady entered the lobby of her constructing, Khodja was “mendacity in wait and pulled a black drawstring bag over the sufferer’s head, masking her total face,” Assistant State’s Lawyer Mike Pekara stated in a written proffer supplied by the Cook dinner County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace.
Khodja choked the lady with each arms and struggled along with her on the ground, Pekara stated. In the end, Khodja ran away, leaving the drawstring bag behind. Chicago law enforcement officials recovered the bag and lab technicians discovered Khodja’s DNA on it, Pekara stated.
Two months later, on July 15, 2022, a 21-year-old lady had bother getting a rideshare as she left Joe’s on Weed, a bar at 940 West Weed, within the Clybourn Hall. So, she began strolling dwelling.
Pekara stated she accepted a experience from two males she handed whereas strolling. The lady fell asleep within the again seat and awoke because the automobile was pulling over. Each males obtained out, leaving her alone within the again seat.
At that time, Khodja arrived in one other automobile, and the lady heard male voices talking in a language she didn’t perceive. Pekara defined.
Moments later, Khodja opened the rear driver’s aspect door and obtained into the again seat with the sufferer.
After kissing and groping her, he pressured her to carry out a intercourse act after which raped her, chopping and scratching her pores and skin in the course of the assault, based on Pekara. He stated the 2 males returned to the entrance seats after Khodja left and drove away with the lady within the again seat. They finally shoved her out of the automobile just a few blocks from the place she was staying.
In video footage of the lady being pushed from the automobile, investigators observed a gold or beige Prius touring up and down the block. They later realized that Khodja owned the Prius, Pekara stated.
As soon as once more, DNA testing allegedly hyperlinks Khodja to the crime.
On January 18 of this yr, a 36-year-old lady observed Khodja following her as she walked dwelling from a comfort retailer round 3:10 a.m., Pekara stated. She confronted him and crossed the road to get away.
A short while later, Khodja allegedly grabbed the lady from behind within the 1700 block of North Francisco. Pekara stated he held a knife to her aspect and compelled her to stroll to the 2800 block of West Bloomingdale.
There, Khodja pressed a knife to the lady’s neck and sexually assaulted her, stated Pekara.
Video from the comfort retailer allegedly captured pictures of a Ford Fusion registered to Khodja’s roommate driving by whereas the sufferer was within the retailer. DNA testing additionally linked Khodja to the sexual assault.
In the newest assault, Khodja allegedly confronted a girl on the entrance door of her residence constructing within the 2600 block of North Troy round 3:40 a.m. on February 4.
Sporting a masks, he held a knife to her throat as he sexually assaulted her, Pekara alleged. The lady tried to make noise to alert her roommate, however Khodja allegedly responded by urgent the knife tougher to her throat.
The lady suffered lacerations on her throat and her personal space, Pekara acknowledged. As with the opposite circumstances, Khodja’s DNA was recovered from the sufferer.
Khodja can also be accused of attacking a 21-year-old lady within the 2800 block of North Central Park on January 22, 2025. Further particulars about that case weren’t out there.
Prosecutors charged Khodja with three counts of aggravated legal sexual assault with a weapon, two counts of aggravated legal sexual abuse with a weapon, two counts of legal sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt, two counts of aggravated armed kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping inflicting bodily hurt, legal sexual abuse inflicting bodily hurt, illegal restraint, tried aggravated battery by strangulation, tried kidnapping by secret confinement, tried dwelling invasion inflicting harm, tried dwelling invasion with a lethal weapon, and two misdemeanor intercourse offenses.
Decide Susana Ortiz oversaw Monday’s listening to and ordered Khodja’s detention.
