Path cleared to return serial rape suspect Stephen Paul Gale to Mass. [Video]

California fraud charges have been dismissed against the man wanted for raping two women in Framingham more than three decades ago, clearing the way for his extradition to Massachusetts.”For 35 years, December has always held a haunting anniversary of this crime. Always overshadowing the joy of the holiday. But moving forward, December will now become a month that marks the start of justice as he is captured and no longer able to hurt others,” one survivor, Tammy, told 5 Investigates.This spring, Stephen Paul Gale was indicted in the attack in the Hit or Miss clothing store on Route 9 back in 1989.The case had gone cold until the survivors of that crime pushed authorities to reopen it. They reached out to 5 Investigates in 2021 after seeing a report on untested rape kits in Massachusetts.Their persistence paid off. Framingham police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office turned to forensic genetic …