Overview
- Gale, 73, was sentenced Monday to two consecutive 25–30 year prison terms, following prosecutors' request, with parole eligibility in 33 years.
- A Middlesex Superior Court jury on March 24 found him guilty of aggravated rape, kidnapping and armed robbery for the 1989 attacks, after a trial where both women testified about lasting trauma.
- The case turned on DNA that a victim saved on a tissue in 1989, which forensic genetic genealogy matched to Gale in May 2024.
- Investigators said he had at least eight aliases, and Los Angeles police arrested him in August 2024 after an 82-minute, 40-mile chase that began when he left a yacht where he had been living.
- Authorities said they are reviewing whether other Greater Boston incidents from 1989 may be linked to the same offender.