California's infamous "pillowcase rapist," who admitted to assaulting almost 40 women but is believed to have raped dozens more, may be sent back to a mental hospital nine months after his release, Fox News has learned.
The decision to revoke Christopher Hubbart's release would be a relief to the residents of a rural community in Apple Valley who fought tooth and nail last July against a judge allowing the 64-year-old sexual predator to return to his childhood home.
It's not clear what prompted the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to submit a request for Hubbart to be taken into custody. A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge is set to hear the issue later this month.
"We believe this violent predator continues to pose a serious danger to our community," Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey told Fox News. "My office is committed to protecting the public."
Hubbart was dubbed the "pillowcase rapist" because he would place a pillowcase over his victims' heads and bound them. The crimes occurred in Los Angeles and San Francisco between 1971 and 1982. During that time Hubbart was caught, jailed and released, but he committed more assaults and ended up back in a mental hospital.
He was granted parole in 1990 and then sent back to prison after another attack, according to Fox News. After his time was up he was sent to Coalinga State Hospital where he remained until his release in July 2014.
When residents of Lake Los Angeles caught wind that Hubbart might be set free, they petitioned and wrote letters pleading that he stay put. Even his former parole officer, John Bays, sent an email to the district attorney's office saying he believed Hubbart "is where belongs," the station reported.
"I know more about Christopher Hubbart than I care to remember," Bays wrote last year. "Why does Chris scare me more than a Mexican Mafia Killer? Because Hubbart's actions are 'compulsive' ... personal compulsions at the expense of another's life."
Meanwhile, as the hearing looms near, Hubbart stills lives in a small, white house in the desert community he grew up in.
He wears a GPS monitor, as a condition of his release, and also has a curfew, is a registered sex offender and must undergo counseling among other restrictions.
The hearing is scheduled April 29.
