Esplanade Serial Rapist, Former Uber Driver, Pleads Guilty

BOSTON, MA — In an unexpected twist, the serial rapist accused of a string of sexual assaults that began more than a decade ago pleaded guilty yesterday as his case approached trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in a release.

Alejandro Done, 49, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated rape, one count of rape, one count of assault with intent to rape, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of armed robbery.

By pleading guilty Done admitted to attacks on three women in 2006, 2007, and 2010 that prosecutors were prepared to prove he committed. He is accused of assaulting a fourth woman, but she returned to her native country shortly after the assault was not expected to be available for trial, according to the DA's office.

Done changed his plea at what had been scheduled for a status hearing in advance of his July 16 trial.

Done is currently serving a sentence of 12 to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a passenger when he was an Uber Driver in Middlesex County. Prosecutors said they will recommend a lengthy state prison sentence on the Suffolk County convictions.

“Our team of prosecutors and police detectives labored for more than a decade to reach this point,” Conley said. “The defendant’s admission of guilt is the direct result of countless hours spent in pursuit of a predator, first to identify him and then to build an ironclad case against him. The victims in this case, and all survivors of sexual assault, can take some satisfaction knowing that he’s finally been held accountable.”

Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorneys Amy Martin and David Deakin would have introduced evidence and testimony proving that Done was the unknown assailant who attacked women in Boston during late-night sexual assaults during the summer months of 2006, 2007, and 2010.

In each attack, prosecutors alleged Done targeted women who were walking or jogging by themselves at night or during the early-morning hours.

Despite repeated efforts to identify the attacker through police sketches, computer-assisted composite images, appeals for witnesses, and plainclothes surveillance, he remained at large until 2015.

That year, a DNA profile from one of the assaults matched Done’s DNA profile, which had been uploaded to the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, in the course of a Middlesex County investigation.

He faces sentencing next month.

Previously:

Boston Man Charged in Series of Sexual Assaults Dating Back ... - Patch

Jul 14, 2015 - ... assaults which took place near the Esplanade and in South Boston. ... will be charged with rape, indecent assault and aggravated assault for ...

Serial Sex Assault Suspect Held Without Bail in Second Case

Jul 23, 2015 - Alejandro Done is charged in connection to six separate rape cases in ... an arraignment stemming from a 2007 assault along the Esplanade.

Boston Man Indicted on Rape, Robbery, Kidnapping Charges

Sep 23, 2015 - Rape on July 29, 2006, in Joe Moakley Park; Rape and assault with intent to rape on June 16, 2007, along the Esplanade; Aggravated rape, ...

Boston Man Accused of Multiple Rapes Held Without Bail

Nov 6, 2015 - Boston Man Accused of Multiple Rapes Held Without Bail ... with four assaults that occurred in South Boston and along the Esplanade.

For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Boston Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.

Got something to add?
Sign up to post to Patch and tell your neighbors what's going on in town. Post anything from calendar events to photos of where the turkeys are in your neighborhood to a public meeting folks should know about. Our philosophy is the more neighborhood watchers the better.

Photo: Jenna Fisher/Patch