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Suspected serial rapist Balidbid commits suicide

Billy Balidbid

The Dayton Police Dept. released a sketch Wednesday Sept. 22 of a suspect accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in a vacant house on Bolton Street in Dayton Friday Sept. 17.

Lisa Powell The Dayton Police Dept. released a sketch Wednesday Sept. 22 of a suspect accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in a vacant house on Bolton Street in Dayton Friday Sept. 17.

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Rape suspect Billy Balidbid of Fairborn is taken into custody by Dayton Police detectives Friday afternoon Oct. 8, 2010. Police describe him as a dangerous serial rapist in connection with the Sept. 17 rape of a 15-year-old girl inside a vacant home on Boltin Street.

Staff photo by Jim Witmer Rape suspect Billy Balidbid of Fairborn is taken into custody by Dayton Police detectives Friday afternoon Oct. 8, 2010. Police describe him as a dangerous serial rapist in connection with the Sept. 17 rape of a 15-year-old girl inside a vacant home on Boltin Street.

Billy Balidbid convicted of assaulting teen girl.

By Lou Grieco, Staff Writer Updated 7:22 AM Friday, November 4, 2011

LEBANON — Suspected serial rapist Billy Balidbid, convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, committed suicide in his cell at Lebanon Correctional Institution Thursday, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Balidbid, 27, of Fairborn, had been serving an 18-year prison sentence since Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Gregory F. Singer sentenced him in February.

Balidbid, who hanged himself in his cell, had been in segregation since Tuesday for fighting, said JoEllen Smith, spokeswoman for the corrections department. Prison staff found him about 2 a.m., and he was pronounced dead at 3:05 a.m.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, which has jurisdiction in state prisons, will investigate Balidbid’s death, and the prison will do an internal review, though there are no signs that staff violated any policies or procedures, Smith said.

Balidbid, a native of the Philippines, was to be deported after he served his prison term.

A lawsuit filed by the girl against two Belmont High School officials, claiming they were negligent in allowing her to walk home after she was suspended the day of the attack, is still pending.

At sentencing, Singer said the girl experienced “the worst nightmare.” Beth Henterly, a victim-witness advocate with the prosecutor’s office, told Singer the victim had tried to write a victim-impact statement, but found it to be too distressing.

Balidbid apologized to the “girl I hurt” and her parents. But Singer said the presentencing investigation, done after Balidbid’s guilty pleas, showed that Balidbid still claimed the encounter was consensual.

“There has been no remorse from the defendant in this case,” Singer said.

Balidbid had been before Singer for a pretrial hearing Jan. 13 when he pleaded guilty to both indicted charges: rape and kidnapping. In exchange, assistant county prosecutors agreed not to file charges stemming from attacks on several prostitutes.

The indicted charges all concerned the 15-year-old girl, who was not a prostitute. Balidbid attacked her Sept. 17, 2010, in a vacant house at 156 Boltin St., according to police.

With the help of the girl, police developed a composite sketch that was released to the public. Several tips came in, including some from prostitutes who said they had been beaten and abused by Balidbid, according to the prosecutor’s office.

From interviews with other prostitutes, police got a clear picture of where the man liked to pick up prostitutes, though they did not have his name. The Special Victims Unit and Vice Unit detectives set up a sting.

About 6:15 a.m. on Oct. 8, Balidbid drove up to an officer disguised as a prostitute and detectives arrested him.

After five hours of questioning, Balidbid gave investigators enough information to connect him to at least five rapes dating back to early summer, police said in October.

Balidbid’s suicide came a day after a Dayton man, facing rape charges in Greene County, was found dead in his garage. A suicide note and legal papers were found in his unlocked house.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2057 or lgrieco@Dayton DailyNews.com.

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