CHICAGO — Authorities believe the Logan Square serial rapist is in custody. Chicago police on Monday announced that Chakib Mansour Khodja, 36, is being charged with five criminal sexual assaults and home invasions dating back to 2022.
Further details about the allegations and how investigators closed in on Khodja were expected to be revealed during his midday detention hearing.
CPD said he is responsible for sex crimes against:
- a 36-year-old woman in the 2000 block of North Humboldt on May 7, 2022
- a 21-year-old woman in the 800 block of West Wellington on July 15, 2022
- a 36-year-old woman in the 2800 block of West Bloomingdale on January 18, 2025
- a 21-year-old woman in the 2800 block of North Central Park on January 22, 2025
- a 21-year-old woman in the 2600 block of North Troy on February 2, 2025
The attacks on Troy and Bloomingdale were included in a CPD community alert issued on February 2.
Around 3:40 a.m. on February 2, a man approached the victim from behind, displayed a knife, and sexually assaulted her in the hallway of an apartment building.
The same man was suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on the 606 Trail around 3:10 a.m. on January 18, police said.
Khodja is charged with eight counts of criminal sexual assault or abuse; four kidnapping charges; two counts of home invasion; and single counts of unlawful restraint and aggravated battery by strangulation.
