Altemio Sanchez
1958–2023
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- serial killer
Altemio C.
Incarceration history
- Clinton Correctional FacilityDates unknown
Biography
Altemio C. Sanchez (January 19, 1958 – September 22, 2023), also known as the Bike Path Rapist (and later Killer), was a serial killer of Puerto Rican descent, who is known to have raped and murdered at least three women, and raped at least 9 to 15 girls and women in and around Buffalo, New York during a 31-year span from 1975, though perhaps earlier, until 2006. He was apprehended in 2007 through forensic DNA evidence and sentenced to 75 years-to-life, serving 16 years before dying from apparent suicide in 2023.