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Police: Man Confesses To Campus-Area Sexual Assaults

MADISON, Wis. — Police say a suspected rapist confessed after authorities confronted him with DNA evidence linking him to two abductions and sexual assaults on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Antonio Pope, 31, of Fitchburg, is accused in two separate knifepoint abductions of the students.

Pope made his initial court appearance Tuesday, and he faces multiple criminal counts in connection with the assaults.