Matias Reyes

More than a decade after the attack, while incarcerated for attacking five other women in 1989, serial rapist matias reyes confessed to the meili assault and said he was the only actor; Aug 27, 2023inside central park on april 19, 1989, matias reyes beat and raped a jogger named trisha meili. Jun 12, 2019matias reyes had been convicted of a string of rapes and a murder and was in prison.

Dec 18, 2025matias reyes, a convicted serial rapist and murderer serving a life sentence, came forward in early 2002 to say he alone had attacked the central park jogger, a confession that was. Aug 27, 2024as mentioned above, convicted criminal matias reyes admitted that he raped and beat trisha meili in new york city’s central park in april 1989. In reality, the attack was committed by serial rapist matias reyes.

Matias reyes, also known as the east side slasher and the central park rapist, is a puerto rican serial rapist and murderer most infamously known for the beating and rape of trisha meili in 1989,. Aug 8, 2025news about matias reyes, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. Dec 22, 2008in 2002, matias reyes, a convicted murderer and rapist, confessed to the crime and said he had acted alone.

While the police had reyes’ name on file during the investigation, they did not. May 2, 2025matias reyes, a convicted serial offender, confessed to the 1989 incident involving trisha meili in may 2002.