Donnell Bluain, an inmate serving a life sentence in Georgia, was extradited to Jefferson Parish this week where he will stand trial in a series of rapes that occurred almost 40 years ago.

Bluain, 59, is charged with six counts of aggravated rape. He scheduled to be arraigned Monday, according to Jefferson Parish court records.

Investigators with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit allege that Bluain is the long-unidentified assailant who raped six women after breaking into homes in East Jefferson between January and July of 1986.

The victims lived in and near Metairie's Airline Park subdivision and Kenner. They were between the ages of 24 and 62 at the time of the assaults, according to authorities.

Sheriff's Office investigators in 1986 suspected they were dealin

See Full Page