Overview
- Gale, whom a Middlesex County jury convicted Tuesday, was found guilty on four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of armed robbery and is being held without bail.
- The case centers on a Dec. 27, 1989 attack at a Hit or Miss store where an armed man forced two employees into back rooms, robbed the store, and sexually assaulted both at gunpoint.
- A survivor saved a tissue with semen after the assault, which produced a DNA profile that investigators later matched to Gale through forensic genetic genealogy in May 2024.
- Investigators say Gale used multiple aliases and was arrested in Los Angeles in August 2024 after an 82‑minute, roughly 40‑mile police chase that began soon after he left a luxury yacht.
- After the verdict, the two women described years of insomnia, panic, and fear from the attack and said the decision brought relief and a sense of peace.