Man Charged with Rape, Murder of 3 Teens, Suspected of More

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 21, 2011 7:40PM

27-year-old Sonny Pierce has been charged with the rapes and murders of three teenage girls. Cook County State's Attorney Anital Alvarez and law enforcement authorities believe the three women Pierce is accused of killing may only be the start of a series of murders and have asked citizens with any information linking him to unsolved murders to come forward.

“There appears to be somewhat of a pattern here,” Alvarez said. “We’re looking to see if there’s anything else out there or anyone else out there that could possibly have been a victim.”

Pierce allegedly met his victims -- Kiara Windom, 18, of Harvey; Kimika Coleman, 18, of Chicago; and Mariah Edwards, 17, of Blue Island -- online. He then convinced them to his apartment where he allegedly raped them in front of other men and videotaped the sex, then dumped the bodies. Police have obtained a videotape of Pierce having sex with what they and Alvarez believe to be a lifeless 17-year-old, and DNA evidence taken from Pierce, who has been jailed in connection with the sexual assault of another teen since last August, connects him to the murders of Windom and Coleman.

Pierce has refused to tell police where he allegedly dumped the remains of Edwards or reveal the identities of any of the men who witnessed the sexual assaults.