Re: Democrat sex offender William Costello.

The suspected serial rapist linked by DNA to three sexual attacks on 
strangers — one of whom was a 13-year-old girl — also has close ties 
to some of the state’s high-profile Democratic politicos.

When William Costello was arrested in Bayfield on Nov. 5, he was 
volunteering to drop off yard signs at a Durango campaign office and 
was driving the car of a top political strategist, police records 
show.

Those who know Costello, 47, paint a picture of a successful real 
estate broker and dedicated father, someone trusted in the upper 
echelons of the community who gave no outward sign he could have 
committed such dark crimes.

Prosecutors have charged him with multiple counts of sexual assault, 
kidnapping and impersonating a police officer, according to 
affidavits released Monday.