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Judge approves release of ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ to AV

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Christopher Evans Hubbart (shown in this undated booking photo) was called the "Pillowcase Rapist" because he muffled his victims' screams with a pillowcase over their heads. Hubbart, who admitted to raping approximately 40 women between 1971 and 1982, was ordered released to an Antelope Valley home on or before July 7, 2014.
Christopher Evans Hubbart (shown in this undated booking photo) was dubbed the “Pillowcase Rapist” because he muffled his victims’ screams with a pillowcase over their heads. Hubbart, who admitted to raping approximately 40 women between 1971 and 1982, was ordered released to an Antelope Valley home on or before July 7, 2014.

A Santa Clara County judge on Friday ordered serial rapist Christopher Evans Hubbart to be released to an Antelope Valley location, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Judge Gilbert Brown ordered Hubbart, 63, to be placed at 20315 East Avenue R within 45 days. That means Hubbart, who admitted raping approximately 40 women between 1971 and 1982, will be released on or before July 7.

Since being designated as a sexually violent predator in Santa Clara County in 1996, Hubbart has remained in the custody of the Department of State Hospitals.

His release will be monitored by the Liberty Conditional Release Program, which contracts with the state to place and supervise sexually violent predators.

Under the terms of his release, Hubbart will be required to wear a GPS ankle monitor for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

He will be transported to group and individual therapy sessions twice a week. For the first six months to a year after his release, a Liberty supervisor will accompany him every time he goes out in public.

He also will be required to report to the judge in San Jose for quarterly progress reports.

View the Placement Order for Hubbart here.

View a timeline of Hubbart’s criminal, social, and legal history here.

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47 comments for "Judge approves release of ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ to AV"

  1. As the ladies of Lake LA said, “We are the ones that have to keep our windows closed in the evenings, and our doors locked just in case he decides to do something.” “We are the prisoners now” ANYONE who believes that he is ‘cured’ is downright stupid. Really?! Did they put a woman in his cell to see what happens? OF COURSE he is going to say he is better. He is a liar that wants to harm again. You do realize that he did not just harm women, but CHILDREN also!
    Ridiculous amount of tax payers’ money to watch this man, transport him to San Jose quarterly, live rent free, because you know he isn’t paying a dime of this himself.
    WHY did the judge let him go here? Because he wanted to…why does he get anything he wants?!
    I feel so sorry for the women that he has violated in the past. They must be living in fear that he will appear again.
    Shame on the person that is renting to him.

  2. This state has so much land. Why don’tthey these guys in an area away from innocent people

  3. HEY PEOPLE, THIS GUY IS MOING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, ALL WE NEED TO DO NOW IS DO A BLOCK PARTY AND WELCOME HIM… AND WE CAN SEND V.I.P. INVITES TO THOSE LETTING HIM OUT, THEY CAN BRING THEIR KIDS AND HAVE THEM PLAY WITH HIM YEAH?
    WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING?
    LETS GET MORE VICTIMS TO HIS LIST HUH??
    SOME PEOPLE USES THE POWER FOR BAD AND SOME CAN’T EVEN USE IT!
    WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM? WHY SHOULD WE SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES IN PANIC FOR THIS CRIMINAL?
    THE A.V IS ALL ABOUT SMALL COMMUNITIES…THAT ARE BUILTED BY FAMILIES THAT WORK HARD TO BE PAYING THIER HOMES…AND NOW THIS COMES AROUND? WHO IS THINKING ABOUT THOSE FAMILIES?
    WHO GOT THE BALLS DO STOP THIS?????????
    I DON’T HAVE BALLS, I HAVE A VG..AND I THINK I HAVE MORE BALLS THEN THE SYSTEM!
    I KNOW NO LAW BUT I KNOW COMMON CENSE, I WOULD NEVER PUT A CRIMINAL IN A FAMILY ORINTED COMMUNITY WHERE KIDS ARE AT RISK TO GET KILL OR RAPE BY THIS ANIMAL.

    • I’ve always said that someone out here is getting paid under the table for allowing all the BS to be dumped out here! I would love to see a special on 60 seconds or news about AV being a Dumping ground for all of LAs BS! Who’s to blame for all this?

  4. I think it.s disgusting how this individual could rape so many women and now be let go!!why wasn’t he executed or had the key thrown away? How dare this individual come to the A.V.!!!!

    • Why is it our Mayors allowing all this to happend! Is someone getting paid under the table? Why are they allowing for all the BS to come live out here!

  5. How old is this guy now? He looks old. Well there are plenty of sluts in the av so no need for rape here lol

  6. Why hasn’t it ever been suggested that these Sex offenders be taken to ‘Death Valley’?

  10. We should get together and do something so he will not end up living here in the AV

    • It’s a shame the majority of us residents bust our ass everyday to pay our mortgages and leave in a decent community, but we keep getting this type of peace of [removed] around the corner.Makes me want to pack up and leave.

    • ONLY IF YOU PAY ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT OR DO YOU THINK IM GONNA DO IT FOR FREE.?

  12. I know I’m preaching to the choir here… but 40 rapes?! (On the news they said possibly 70). One rape is too much, two should be a life sentence. What happened to 3 strikes? This piece of $#!* gets 41 strikes, or 42, 43. . .
    And, we, the taxpayers are paying for his monitoring and someone to supervise him whenever he’s in public? Is that person going to be handcuffed to him? What’s to say he won’t sneak out? Are we also paying for his trips to San Jose? How will he be paying his rent, utilities, groceries? Us again? Seems like it would have been more cost-effective to keep him incarcerated or in a mental lock-up.
    Hopefully the locals can “take care of” this problem.

    • This is one of the reason s why people do try for an insanity plea. If they are remanded to the mental health system instead of the penal system, a Dr. can say they are healed/well enough etc. and they can be released.

      Reading his bio, he should never be allowed out in the general public. The Dr.’s who say he is cured should be held accountable so if a person re-offends the Dr. can be seen at least in part liable. No one can be 100% sure on another’s mental state but this man is clearly a threat to society.

  14. He petitioned for release to LA where he grew up, so is familiar w/terrain. Santa Clarita is his jurisdiction and he’s turned loose here. I think he’s been stewing in his cell dreaming about predating in the same LA streets where he operated before. I hope I’m wrong. On a dirt road outside Lake Los Angeles aint exactly populated territory and what else can we do? Keep him locked up forever? Maybe he is rehabilitated. He’s here, he has a right to life like anyone else, so as others have stated, the AV has long been a dumping ground for parolees they are all over the place. Desert air is great for old people but I would not have raised kids here.

  15. I kept reading comments about how this man should be put away for life or executed. Sadly, until the laws are changed the judge is only following what is currently mandated for these types of crimes as far as release goes. There is no death penalty or life without parole for rape (unless perhaps under very special circumstances , which he doesn’t fall under)

    I don’t agree that he should be released to an area that he has no ties to. Especially after reading that there were 5 banker’s boxes full of comments. The judge obviously did not really care and the whole comment period was a farce. He just wanted this man out of his jurisdiction as quickly as possible.

  16. I am not happy about this at all.. but the law is the law.. and some doctors out there believe that this man is cured and will not re-offend. And they have gone so far as to testify in court that he is cured and will become a normal member of society. They could be right… but if not..if he rapes again.. every one of those doctors should be fired.
    don’t get me wrong, i think his crimes are severe enough that he should be removed from society permanently.. but if the law lets him out.. I think he should have to wear a ankle bracelet with GPS for the rest of his life.

  17. What’s the big deal? Everyone knows the AV has and always will be a dumping ground for sex offenders! He’s just another rat living in the sewer known as the AV! On the average there is over 850 registered sex offenders living in the AV, along with over 2000,, that’s right 2000 parolees. Not to mention gang bangers, illegals, and all the homeless that has infested the AV. THE AV, A WONDERFUL PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.

    • Well said Bob. AV is L.A.s toilet. But should any of my family be assaulted by Pillowcase, I will hold Judge Gilbert Brown accountable.

  18. does anybody remember the beginning of “Die Hard with a Vengeance” and John McClain had to wear a sign that says “I HATE NI**ERS” and dumped into a violent neighborhood so he would get killed? Why don’t they do the same with this shmuck and dump him in South Central LA with a sign that says “WHERE ARE ALL THE BLACK WOMEN AT?” and see how long he lasts…. the gangbangers can do what the state should of done to him a long time ago- like cut him into bite size pieces….

  19. Maybe Judge Gilbert Brown should let this scumbag live in his home ! I do not even understand why they are letting him out! He has destroyed so many lives, he should be put away for life, or get the death penalty…Guess that judge must not respect women at all…

  20. Sickened and Disgusted to hear how much of my taxpayer funds are going to be contributed towards the special living conditions of a scum like this….THIS is an atrocity as from the sounds of it he is going to get better housing, medical, and everyday care than our Veterans!!!…this case just proves how MESSED UP the system in control is!…We need a biker club like the Guardian Angels to come guard this house 24/7!!!

  21. He will blend in perfectly in the Antelope Valley. At this point even Pacoima looks better than th AV.

  22. I say we stage a sit in 24/7 around his house “on public ground” letting him know he is not wanted here and WILL BE watched…Maybe HE will not want to be here and want to leave the AV.
    Just saying!!

    • ONLY IF YOU PAY FOR ALL THE COSTS RELATED TO THE PROTEST INCLUDING OVERTIME PAY OR DO YOU THINK IM GOING TO PROTEST FOR FREE.?

      • Gang members run rampant in this area, I am positive they will take care of this man.

  23. Hopefully, Sacramento will pass a law that if he commits another sex crime, the JUDGE GETS TO GO TO PRISON WITH HIM.

    It’s only fair. Otherwise, the judge isn’t the beneficiary of his own decisions while others who had no say are.

  24. ITS THE LAW AND YOU HAVE TO OBEY THE JUDGE’S ORDER, STOP WINING HIS WORD IS FINAL

    • Are you a fellow registered violent sex offender? Seems like that’s the only type who would be OK with this judge’s decision…

  27. This is sad. Especially for all the victims. If we were to read in a history book about this scenario, I’m pretty certain the majority would ask “why would they let him out!” It’s heinous when the total victims is an ‘approximate’ number. Really? ‘Approximately’ 40 victims? This is crazy. He’s raped so many women he has lost count!