This is the bogus sketch of the East Area Rapist released by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on 5/17/77. Even as this composite sketch was being published, Sacramento Sheriff's Department spokesman reported that no one has ever seen the suspect's face. In an article in New West Magazine, dated 5/22/78, the Sheriff's Department spokesman admitted that the composite sketch was "worthless". The release of this bogus sketch had everyone in Sacramento County looking for this man who in reality did not and does not exist. Most likely, the East Area Rapist looked nothing like this sketch.