Baytown Stalker, male on male rapist, convicted in Texas

Keith Hill, 20, known as the Baytown Stalker for attacks on other young men around his age, was convicted of aggravated sexual assault on a teenager for a May 2006 attack. Jurors in State District Judge Don Stricklin’s court took only 1.5 hours to convict Hill. Two more victims testified in the punishment phase.

After the guilty verdict, Hill's mother, Sherry, a teacher, and his father, Phillip, a petrochemical worker, huddled with other family members, hugging and choking back tears. They have declined comment since Hill's arrest Feb. 7 at their two-story brick home in Baytown's upscale Tanglewilde subdivision.

Hill was the first serial rapist of males profiled on America’s Most Wanted, and targeted white males around his age with a slender build, medium size, and who lived at home with their families in Baytown area back in 2006. He averaged a sexual attack every 1 to 2 months.

Hill was tried for sexual assault of only one of the five alleged victims, but two others testified in the punishment phase. Hill could get anywhere from probation to life.

The incident where the victim Hill was convicted of raping is shown below.

Jurors in the State District Judge Don Strickland's court are only hearing testimony in the case involving a Robert E. Lee High school graduate, who was 17 when accosted in his driveway on May 18, 2006, in Chaparral Village.

The Baytown teen, now 19 and who is not being named due to the nature of the incident, told jurors his attacker kidnapped, sexually assaulted and pistol-whipped him. He also thought his attacker was going to kill him.

Hill stated that he made the decision to "capture him" by using a "silver pistol" and some "zip ties" for handcuffs. He also opted to use his own car in the abduction instead of the teen's car after "talking to God," he stated.

After forcing the teen to perform oral sex, Hill stated he struck the teen in the head with his fists a few times.

"I was mad at him for doing what I told him to do," Hill said in the statement.
A Harris County DNA analyst testified that the teen's shirt had semen stains that were linked to Hill.

The teen told jurors he was accosted when he went to his car parked in the driveway. He said the attacker grabbed him, pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his sweatshirt pocket and said, "Let's take a walk."

The attacker marched him to his neighbor's driveway, demanded his wallet and refused to believe he did not have the wallet with him, the teen said. The attacker then secured his wrists, placed duct tape over his eyes, and forced him into the backseat of an SUV.

After driving around some more, the attacker stopped and got in the backseat.
"You're going to have to pay for not having any money," the teen quoted his kidnapper as saying. The attacker then grabbed the teen's hair, put a gun to his head and demanded oral sex.
He said afterward, he thought his attacker struck the back of his head with the butt of the gun.
After another short drive, the teen said his attacker cut the restraints and told the teen to "get out fast."

After the attack ended, the trial victim wound up less than half a mile away from his home, where he called police.

A 20 year old victim who was attacked November 30, 2006 heard a noise downstairs, and when he returned to his bedroom, Hill, with his T-shirt pulled over his head, attacked.

Then, he said, his attacker led him out of the house where his mother and brothers were asleep in other rooms. The victim, barefoot and wearing only boxer shorts, was taken to an isolated wooded area.

The attacker, then holding a knife that slightly cut into the victim's throat, made him lie on the ground.

"That's when I knew his intention was to rape me," he said. They struggled after the victim refused to perform oral sex.

"He picks me up and slams my head into a tree, three or four times," he testified, adding that he was then forced to walk farther into the woods. The victim said his attacker warned him that he might perform other sex acts if he didn't cooperate.

But again they struggled, and the victim broke free and ran home. Photos were introduced that show bloody scrapes and scratches all over his body. A week later, while driving out of his subdivision, the victim spotted Hill in another car, he testified.

"He's wearing sunglasses and pulling his (hood) up, acting suspicious," the victim said. He pursued the car as it sped away and called the police.

Hill's car was found later that day in the police parking lot where he had gone to pay a parking ticket.

A 3rd victim was attacked July 7, 2006 by Hill. The Baytown Stalker pointed a gun at him, tied him up, then searched the house for money. When this victim tried to escape, the attacker threw him up against the door and demanded oral sex. "You're going to do something for me now."

Again the two fought, and this time the victim said his attacker taped his nose and mouth shut with duct tape. The victim, unable to breathe, passed out, he said. He then awoke to find his attacker kicking him in the head, poking him with a knife and telling him to "get up." He said the attacker then fled.

(Update 1-21-08) Hill was sentenced to 99 years in prison, with 35 years to serve before parole, for the Baytown rapes.

Keith Hill, found guilty of the assault Tuesday, confessed in a written statement to police to being the Baytown stalker who attacked five young men in 2006. As part of his sentence, he must also pay a $10,000 fine.

Hill, 20, stood solemnly as the jury's sentence was read by State District Judge Don Stricklin. Because Hill had no prior criminal record, jurors could have sentenced him to as little as probation for his assault on one of the five victims.

Prosecutors now plan to visit with the other victims before deciding whether to proceed on the remaining kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault charges.

After Hill was sentenced Thursday, the father of one of the five victims agreed to speak for all the victims' families.

"My heart goes out to the parents of Keith Hill. I hold them totally blameless for what happened," he began, his voice cracking. "The jury had a job to do, and they did it. The streets will be safer now."

According to Hill's statement to investigators, he stalked his victims as they left jobs or stores. Investigators also found evidence on Hill's computer that he had looked at his victims' MySpace pages and gotten maps and telephone numbers to their homes.

Testimony showed Hill ambushed two victims from their driveways, abducted two more by knocking on their front doors and pointing a gun at them, and kidnapping the final one by picking the lock to his house and hiding under his bed.

Victims told in their testimony of being blindfolded, handcuffed, robbed and sometimes beaten while demands were made for sexual favors.