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Troy Graves
Troy Graves
	Graves' mugshot, 23 April 2002
Born	May 4, 1972 (age 52); Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Maintenance worker, U.S. Air Force airman
Criminal status	Incarcerated
Spouse	Amy Graves (m. 2001; div. 2004)
Conviction(s)	First degree murder; Rape
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment without parole
Imprisoned at	Sterling Correctional Facility

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Troy Graves (born May 4, 1972) is an American murderer and serial rapist. He was known as the "Center City rapist" in Philadelphia, committed a series of rapes in from 1997 to 1999; during a 1998 rape, he also murdered his victim, Shannon Schieber. Graves left Philadelphia and eventually settled in Colorado where, in Fort Collins in 2001, he again committed a series of rapes. Following a joint investigation by law enforcement in both cities, they were able to find a link between Graves and his presence in both localities during the applicable time frames, with fingerprint and DNA evidence confirming his involvement. He was arrested in Fort Collins in April 2002, and within five weeks had pleaded guilty to crimes in both cities. He is serving a life sentence in the Sterling Correctional Facility in Sterling, Colorado.

Early life

Troy was born to Earl and Michal Graves in Minnesota. He grew up in New York and Pennsylvania, living with his mother and older brother Marc, following his parents' divorce in 1986. He dropped out of Bensalem High School in 1989 and worked various jobs in the Philadelphia area while living in the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia and Center City.^[1]

His whereabouts were unknown throughout July–October 1999, when he reported for basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Following training, he was assigned to F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming in April 2000 as a maintenance worker on missile silos.

In March 2001, Graves was married in Larimer County, Colorado and the couple later settled into a home a few blocks west of the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins.^[2]

Criminal career

Philadelphia attacks^[3]

June 20, 1997: a woman on South 21st Street is the target of an attempted rape by a home intruder;
July 11, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was raped by a home intruder;
August 6, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was raped by a home intruder;
August 13, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was raped by a home intruder;
May 7, 1998: Wharton School doctoral student Shannon Schieber was raped and murdered by a home intruder;
August 28, 1999: a woman on Naudain Street was raped by a home intruder.

Fort Collins attacks

May 10, 2001: a woman on Raintree Drive was raped;
June 13, 2001: a woman on Raintree Drive was raped;
June 24, 2001: a woman on Battlecreek Drive was raped by a home intruder;
July 26, 2001: a woman on Prospect Road was raped by a home intruder;
August 5, 2001: a woman on University Avenue was raped by a home intruder;
August 23, 2001: a woman on Landings Drive was raped by a home intruder; she scared him away as he tried to attack her roommate.

Arrest and trial

On April 23, 2002, Fort Collins police arrested Graves for a series of six rapes near Colorado State University. Graves' DNA matched that of the Center City rapist and that left at Schieber's murder scene, a link made in May 2001 that had led law enforcement in both states to work together to create a list of individuals who had connections in Fort Collins and Philadelphia. Fort Collins authorities also linked Graves to at least one of the Colorado crimes through fingerprint evidence.^[4]

Graves pled guilty to the Fort Collins assaults on May 17, 2002 and to the Philadelphia crimes on May 30, 2002, in order to prevent a possible death sentence in Philadelphia. He was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in both states, but will serve his time in Colorado because he pleaded guilty there first.^[5]^[6]

In popular culture

Television shows about the case include:

Forensic Files, episode "All Charged Up", first aired 10 December 2002^[7]
Dateline NBC, episode "Justice for Shannon", first aired 4 March 2003
Cold Case drama series, influenced the plot of the episode "Our Boy Is Back", first aired 12 October 2003^[8]
Cold Blood, episode "Philadelphia's Night Stalker", first aired 17 May 2012^[9]
People Magazine Investigates, episode "Terror in Philadelphia", first aired 12 November 2018.^[10]

References

^ Moran, Robert; Leonard N. Fleming and Larry King. "Accused caper is Colorado airman Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 2002.
^ Campisi, Gloria. "Caution didn't help wife Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Daily News. April 26, 2002.
^ "Graves' Philadelphia attacks Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Inquirer. May 31, 2002.
^ Ginsberg, Thomas; Larry Fish and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. "Philadelphia rape suspect arrested Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 2002.
^ Blaser, Vince. "Victims speak out; Graves gets life Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine". The Rocky Mountain Collegian. August 22, 2002.
^ Clarke-Pearson, Mary (6 June 2002). "Center City rapist gets life sentence". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018. He will serve the Philadelphia sentences after his life term in Colorado.
^ "Forensic Files". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ "Cold Case". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Vudu - Cold Blood: Season 5, Episode 7 Philadelphia's Night Stalker". www.vudu.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ "People Magazine Investigates | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

Coverage of the Schieber Murder/Center City Rapes from the Philadelphia Inquirer

[1] Moran, Robert; Leonard N. Fleming and Larry King. "Accused caper is Colorado airman Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 2002.

[2] Campisi, Gloria. "Caution didn't help wife Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Daily News. April 26, 2002.

[3] "Graves' Philadelphia attacks Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Inquirer. May 31, 2002.

[4] Ginsberg, Thomas; Larry Fish and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. "Philadelphia rape suspect arrested Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 2002.

[5] Blaser, Vince. "Victims speak out; Graves gets life Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine". The Rocky Mountain Collegian. August 22, 2002.

[The_Daily-6] Clarke-Pearson, Mary (6 June 2002). "Center City rapist gets life sentence". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018. He will serve the Philadelphia sentences after his life term in Colorado.

[7] "Forensic Files". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[8] "Cold Case". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[9] "Vudu - Cold Blood: Season 5, Episode 7 Philadelphia's Night Stalker". www.vudu.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[10] "People Magazine Investigates | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

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+{{short description|American murderer, serial rapist (born 1972)}}
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-| name   =Troy Graves
+| name              = Troy Graves
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+| image             = Troygraves_ftcollinscomugshot.jpg
-| image_size     =250px
+| image_size        = 250px
-| caption  =Graves' mugshot, 23 April 2002.
+| caption           = Graves' mugshot, 23 April 2002
-| birth_date  ={{Birth date|1972|5|4|mf=y}}
+| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|4|mf=y}}
-| birth_place = [[Minnesota]], [[United States|U.S.]]
+| birth_place       = [[Minnesota]], U.S.
-| death_date  =
+| death_date        =
-| death_place =
+| death_place       =
-| other_names = Center City rapist
+| other_names       =
+| conviction_penalty = [[Life imprisonment without parole]]
-| charge         = [[murder]], [[rape]]
+| conviction_status = [[Incarcerated]]
-| conviction_penalty        = [[life imprisonment]]
+| occupation        = Maintenance worker, U.S. Air Force airman
-| conviction_status         = Incarcerated at Sterling Correctional Facility, DOC# 113357<ref>[https://exdoc.state.co.us/inmate_locator/offender_detail.php?docno=113357 Inmate Locator Search Details: GRAVES, TROY]. Colorado Department of Corrections.</ref>
+| spouse            = {{marriage|Amy Graves|2001|2004|end=divorced}}
-| occupation     = [[Maintenance, repair and operations|Maintenance]] [[worker]], [[U.S. Air Force]] airman
-| spouse         = Amy Graves (2001-2004)
+| conviction        = [[First degree murder]]<br>[[Rape]]
+| imprisoned        = [[Sterling Correctional Facility]]
-| parents        = Earl Clayton Graves (d. 2001), Michal B. Graves
-| children       =
 }}
-'''Troy Graves''' (born May 4, 1972) is an American [[serial rapist]] and murderer of Shannon Schieber. He committed a series of [[rape]]s in [[Philadelphia]] between 1997 and 1999, where he was known as the "[[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]] rapist". He also committed rapes in [[Fort Collins, Colorado]], in 2001, where he was arrested in 2002. He is serving a [[life sentence]] in the Sterling Correctional Facility in [[Sterling, Colorado]].
+'''Troy Graves''' (born May 4, 1972) is an American murderer and [[serial rapist]]. He was known as the "[[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]] rapist" in Philadelphia, committed a series of [[rape]]s in from 1997 to 1999; during a 1998 rape, he also murdered his victim, Shannon Schieber. Graves left Philadelphia and eventually settled in Colorado where, in [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]] in 2001, he again committed a series of rapes. Following a joint investigation by law enforcement in both cities, they were able to find a link between Graves and his presence in both localities during the applicable time frames, with fingerprint and DNA evidence confirming his involvement. He was arrested in Fort Collins in April 2002, and within five weeks had pleaded guilty to crimes in both cities. He is serving a [[life sentence]] in the [[Sterling Correctional Facility]] in Sterling, Colorado.
 ==Early life==
-Troy Graves was born to Earl and Michal Graves in [[Minnesota]]. He grew up in [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Pennsylvania]], living with his mother and older brother, Marc, following his parents' divorce in 1986. He dropped out of [[Bensalem High School]] in 1989 and worked various jobs in the Philadelphia area while living in the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia and Center City.<ref>Moran, Robert; Leonard N. Fleming and Larry King. "[http://sites.google.com/site/crimeinphilly/ Accused caper is Colorado airman]". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. April 24, 2002.</ref>
+Troy was born to Earl and Michal Graves in Minnesota. He grew up in New York and Pennsylvania, living with his mother and older brother Marc, following his parents' divorce in 1986. He dropped out of [[Bensalem High School]] in 1989 and worked various jobs in the Philadelphia area while living in the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia and Center City.<ref>Moran, Robert; Leonard N. Fleming and Larry King. "[http://sites.google.com/site/crimeinphilly/ Accused caper is Colorado airman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024640/https://sites.google.com/site/crimeinphilly/ |date=2012-11-14 }}". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. April 24, 2002.</ref>
-His whereabouts were unknown throughout July–October 1999, when he reported for basic training at [[Lackland Air Force Base]] in [[Texas]]. Following training, he was assigned to [[F.E. Warren Air Force Base]] in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]] in April 2000, as a maintenance worker on missile silos.
+His whereabouts were unknown throughout July–October 1999, when he reported for basic training at [[Lackland Air Force Base]] in Texas. Following training, he was assigned to [[F.E. Warren Air Force Base]] in Cheyenne, Wyoming in April 2000 as a maintenance worker on missile silos.
-In March 2001, Graves was married in [[Larimer County, Colorado]] and the couple later settled into a home a few blocks west of the [[Colorado State University]] campus in Fort Collins.<ref>Campisi, Gloria. "[http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/html/042602dnwife.asp Caution didn't help wife]". ''Philadelphia Daily News''. April 26, 2002.</ref>
+In March 2001, Graves was married in Larimer County, Colorado and the couple later settled into a home a few blocks west of the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins.<ref>Campisi, Gloria. "[http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/html/042602dnwife.asp Caution didn't help wife] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211091332/http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/html/042602dnwife.asp |date=2006-12-11 }}". ''Philadelphia Daily News''. April 26, 2002.</ref>
 ==Criminal career==
-===Philadelphia attacks<ref>"[http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/2002/053102inqlist.asp Graves' Philadelphia attacks]". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. May 31, 2002.</ref>===
+===Philadelphia attacks<ref>"[http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/2002/053102inqlist.asp Graves' Philadelphia attacks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211092435/http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/2002/053102inqlist.asp |date=2006-12-11 }}". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. May 31, 2002.</ref>===
-#June 20, 1997: a woman on South 21st Street is the target of an attempted sexual assault by a home intruder;
+#June 20, 1997: a woman on South 21st Street is the target of an attempted rape by a home intruder;
-#July 11, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] by a home intruder;
+#July 11, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was [[sexual assault|raped]] by a home intruder;
-#August 6, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was sexually assaulted by a home intruder;
+#August 6, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was raped by a home intruder;
 # August 13, 1997: a woman on Pine Street was raped by a home intruder;
 # May 7, 1998: [[Wharton School]] doctoral student Shannon Schieber was raped and murdered by a home intruder;
-# August 28, 1999: a woman on Naudain Street was forced to perform a sex act by a home intruder.
+# August 28, 1999: a woman on Naudain Street was raped by a home intruder.
 ===Fort Collins attacks===
-# May 10, 2001: a woman on Raintree Drive was sexually assaulted;
+# May 10, 2001: a woman on Raintree Drive was raped;
-# June 13, 2001: a woman on Raintree Drive was assaulted;
+# June 13, 2001: a woman on Raintree Drive was raped;
-# June 24, 2001: a woman on Battlecreek Drive was forced to perform a sex act by a home intruder;
+# June 24, 2001: a woman on Battlecreek Drive was raped by a home intruder;
-# July 26, 2001: a woman on Prospect Road was forced to perform a sex act by a home intruder;
+# July 26, 2001: a woman on Prospect Road was raped by a home intruder;
-# August 5, 2001: a woman on University Avenue was assaulted by a home intruder;
+# August 5, 2001: a woman on University Avenue was raped by a home intruder;
-# August 23, 2001: a woman on Landings Drive was forced to perform a sex act by a home intruder; she scared him away as he tried to attack her roommate.
+# August 23, 2001: a woman on Landings Drive was raped by a home intruder; she scared him away as he tried to attack her roommate.
 ===Arrest and trial===
-On April 23, 2002, Fort Collins police arrested Graves for a series of six rapes near [[Colorado State University]]. Graves' [[DNA]] matched that of the Center City rapist and that left at Schieber's murder scene, a link made in May 2001 that had led law enforcement in both states to work together to create a list of individuals who had connections in Fort Collins and Philadelphia. Fort Collins authorities also linked Graves to at least one of the Colorado crimes through [[fingerprint]]evidence.<ref>Ginsberg, Thomas; Larry Fish and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. "[http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/html/042402inqmain.asp Philadelphia rape suspect arrested]". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. April 24, 2002.</ref>
+On April 23, 2002, Fort Collins police arrested Graves for a series of six rapes near Colorado State University. Graves' [[DNA]] matched that of the Center City rapist and that left at Schieber's murder scene, a link made in May 2001 that had led law enforcement in both states to work together to create a list of individuals who had connections in Fort Collins and Philadelphia. Fort Collins authorities also linked Graves to at least one of the Colorado crimes through fingerprint evidence.<ref>Ginsberg, Thomas; Larry Fish and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. "[http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/html/042402inqmain.asp Philadelphia rape suspect arrested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133513/http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/crime/html/042402inqmain.asp |date=2007-09-29 }}". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. April 24, 2002.</ref>
-Graves [[guilty plea|pleaded guilty]] to the Fort Collins assaults on May 17, 2002 and to the Philadelphia crimes on May 30, 2002, in order to prevent a possible [[death penalty|death sentence]] in Philadelphia. He was sentenced to [[life in prison]] without possibility of [[parole]] in both states, but will serve his time in Colorado because he pleaded guilty there first.<ref>Blaser, Vince. "[http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2002/08/22/News/Victims.Speak.Out.Graves.Gets.Life-1690560.shtml?sourcedomain=www.collegian.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com Victims speak out; Graves gets life]". ''The Rocky Mountain Collegian''. August 22, 2002.</ref>
+Graves pled guilty to the Fort Collins assaults on May 17, 2002 and to the Philadelphia crimes on May 30, 2002, in order to prevent a possible death sentence in Philadelphia. He was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in both states, but will serve his time in Colorado because he pleaded guilty there first.<ref>Blaser, Vince. "[http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2002/08/22/News/Victims.Speak.Out.Graves.Gets.Life-1690560.shtml?sourcedomain=www.collegian.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com Victims speak out; Graves gets life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135944/http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2002/08/22/News/Victims.Speak.Out.Graves.Gets.Life-1690560.shtml?sourcedomain=www.collegian.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com |date=2007-09-28 }}". ''The Rocky Mountain Collegian''. August 22, 2002.</ref><ref name="The Daily">{{cite news|last1=Clarke-Pearson|first1=Mary|title=Center City rapist gets life sentence|url=http://www.thedp.com/index.php/article/2002/06/center_city_rapist_gets_life_sentence|accessdate=11 February 2018|publisher=The Daily Pennsylvanian|date=6 June 2002|language=en-us|quote=He will serve the Philadelphia sentences after his life term in Colorado.|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083326/http://www.thedp.com/index.php/article/2002/06/center_city_rapist_gets_life_sentence|url-status=live}}</ref>
+==In popular culture==
-==Notes==
 Television shows about the case include:
+*''[[Forensic Files]]'', episode "[[Forensic Files season 7#ep137|All Charged Up]]", first aired 10 December 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=Forensic Files|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/forensic-files/episode-23-season-7/all-charged-up/198047/|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=11 February 2018|language=en|archive-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190133/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/forensic-files/episode-23-season-7/all-charged-up/198047/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-*''[[Dateline NBC]]'', episode "Justice for Shannon", first aired 2003-03-04
-*''[[Forensic Files]]'', season 7 episode 36: "All Charged Up", first aired December 10, 2002
+*''[[Dateline NBC]]'', episode "Justice for Shannon", first aired 4 March 2003
-*''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]'', episode "Our Boy Is Back", first aired 12 October 2003
+*''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]'' drama series, influenced the plot of the episode "[[Cold Case season 1#ep3|Our Boy Is Back]]", first aired 12 October 2003<ref>{{cite web|title=Cold Case|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cold-case/episode-3-season-1/our-boy-is-back/100091/|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=11 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024}}</ref>
+*''[[Cold Blood (American TV series)|Cold Blood]]'', episode "Philadelphia's Night Stalker", first aired 17 May 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=Vudu - Cold Blood: Season 5, Episode 7 Philadelphia's Night Stalker|url=https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Cold-Blood-Philadelphias-Night-Stalker/337676|website=www.vudu.com|accessdate=11 February 2018|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005037/https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Cold-Blood-Philadelphias-Night-Stalker/337676|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-*''[[Investigation Discovery|Cold Blood]]'', episode "Philadelphia's Night Stalker", first aired 17 May 2012
+*''[[People Magazine Investigates]]'', episode "Terror in Philadelphia", first aired 12 November 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=People Magazine Investigates {{!}} TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/people-magazine-investigates/episode-2-season-3/terror-in-philadelphia/989026/ |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=13 November 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113125438/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/people-magazine-investigates/episode-2-season-3/terror-in-philadelphia/989026/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
-TV One| "Thou Shalt Not" 2017 character| Ivan Cloyd
 ==References==
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-[[Category:American rapists]]
+[[Category:American people convicted of rape]]
+[[Category:American people convicted of murder]]
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 [[Category:People convicted of murder by Pennsylvania]]
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+[[Category:Criminals from Philadelphia]]