UPDATE 11 AM – Two hours after police released this news release, a third rape victim came forward. As more victims come forward, detectives will be able to build a timeline of how long the rapes have been occurring.
An investigation is underway by the Murfreesboro Police Department Special Victims Unit (SVU) hoping to identify several women who were allegedly raped by a Murfreesboro man while they were unconscious.
A Rutherford County Grand Jury indicted 38-year-old Immanuel Webb on multiple counts of rape earlier this month after a second woman came forward and said she had been sexually assaulted. Detectives served him with the indictment on July 12 at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, where he was already in jail after being indicted in July 2022 on separate rape charges.
“It appears Webb has been preying on women when they were in a vulnerable state, unconscious or heavily intoxicated,” said SVU Detective Emily Speed. “Some of the women may not even know they are victims.”
The July 2023 Grand Jury indictment of Webb was for a rape that occurred in January 2020. The 2020 rape victim reported the assault three years later March 2023 after the other victim came forward in 2022. The rape allegedly occurred at Webb’s apartment after a night of drinking at the old Whiskey Dix location on Main Street in Murfreesboro.
The other reported rape occurred in January 2022. Webb was indicted on multiple charges in July 2022. In that case, Webb is accused of raping a woman he didn’t know, at her friend’s apartment after a night of drinking.
During the investigation, detectives found many videos and photos on Webb’s cell phone involving other unidentified women who were being sexually assaulted while unconscious or appeared to be sleeping.
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