WPBN: An indictment with six counts was handed out by a federal grand jury on Friday against a former physician from Kansas, whose DNA was found to be associated with a rape that occurred in 1989.
A hearing for the case was taking place in Ohio, which is where Frederick Louis Tanzer, who is 66 years old, resides.
Tanzer is accused of lying to federal authorities about whether or not he saw or communicated with the victim on the day that she was assaulted. In addition to two charges of producing or using a fake document or writing, he is charged with four counts of making false statements to an agency or official of the United States of America.
There is a potential prison sentence of up to five years to be imposed for each crime. It is possible to bring charges against federal criminals even if the statute of limitations has already passed for the underlying offense.
After collecting DNA evidence from a Starbucks cup that Tanzer left at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) in Ohio, federal officials identified Tanzer as the primary suspect in the cold-case rape, as stated in the probable cause affidavit. Tanzer was recognized as the key suspect in the case.
A forensics laboratory verified that the DNA extracted from the coffee cup was identical to the DNA that was left at the scene of the crime by the perpetrator of the rape.
According to the records filed with the court, the victim was subjected to a violent rape at her condominium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 1, 1989, shortly after she returned home from her place of employment.
It was reported that the rapist left behind a letter that read, “No police or I’ll be back Mis IBM.” The rapist was alleged to have left behind the note after the assault had lasted for five and a half hours.
Tanzer is a physician who has prior experience working and residing in the states of Ohio, Kansas, and Colorado.
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As stated by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts, his medical license in the state of Kansas was initially issued in the year 2015 and was subsequently renewed in the year 2024. It is not possible to locate a link to his biography on the website of Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, despite the fact that he is listed as a hospitalist at the facility.
In the records filed with the court, it is stated that Tanzer may have committed sexual assault and drug use on two additional victims in the state of Kansas during the course of the past two and a half years.
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The allegations against Tanzer include the use of a burner phone to engage with sex workers while he was away for work for extended periods of time, as well as the administration of drugs to the women in order to have sexual relations with them without their consent.
During the search warrant that was carried out on December 11 at Tanzer’s residence in Sycamore Township, Ohio, investigators discovered restraints, a gag, a black hat, and zip ties all bundled up in Tanzer’s dresser.
The public is being asked by federal law enforcement officials to take into consideration the circumstances surrounding the rapes, as well as the locations where Tanzer has lived, and to call the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-CALL-FBI with any information that is comparable to this.
