Tuen Kit Lee, the Massachusetts refugee known as the “Bad Breath Rapist,” was arrested in the Bay Area after 16 years on the run

DANVILLE, California – A Massachusetts fugitive known as the “Bad Breath Rapist,” who was on the run for 16 years, was arrested in California’s Bay Area.

Tuen Kit Lee was arrested Tuesday in Danville, California. He was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a young woman in Massachusetts but fled during his trial in 2007.

The media had dubbed Lee the “rapist with bad breath” because that was how his victim could identify him.

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Officials said images on social media earlier this year showed a man who investigators believe was Lee.

They linked those images to a home in Diablo, California, where authorities confirmed Lee’s identity through fingerprints.

He is being held in the East Bay awaiting extradition to Massachusetts.