‘Went out hunting': Man faces 18 counts in series of sexual assaults in Chicago ...0

A man accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in Chicago “went out hunting for victims” in the city until as recently as February, in what police described as a “horrific” series of crimes.

Chakib Mansour Khodja, 36, now faces 18 counts in connection with the assaults of at least five women, though police say more victims could be unidentified. The incidents took place between May 2022 and February 2025.

Among the charges are felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon, aggravated criminal sexual abuse resulting in bodily harm, aggravated kidnapping, attempted home invasion and more.

“The city is safer today. Every single woman in this city, every single man who has a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister should all be breathing a sigh of relief,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said. “This man was a violent serial predator who literally went out hunting for his victims. It was only through the dogged police work – they didn’t give up. They kept investigating for three years and they found him.”

Among the victims were three 21-year-old women and two 36-year-old women.

The incident took place on Chicago’s North and Northwest Sides, including in popular neighborhoods like Logan Square, Lakeview and Wicker Park. The confirmed reports include the following locations:

Police said they worked to find a pattern in each of the cases, used evidence from victims, video footage, DNA processing and more to solve the case. Khodja was arrested Friday at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, where he was returning from out of town, police said.

Authorities did not provide much detail on what happened in each instance, saying they wanted to respect the victims in the case.

“These women survived something that was horrible and terrible, and it’s something that they will continue to live with throughout the rest of their days,” Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said in a press conference announcing the charges Monday. “Although the offender is in custody, we know there is still a long road for the women as these cases are prosecuted. We stand with the survivor and all survivors of sexual violence and sexual assault.”

They acknowledged the possibility that there could be more victims not yet discovered.

“We can never assume that we have located every victim that this predator has targeted. We would like to know that if there are more victims out there,” Snelling said.

He urged anyone in need of assistance to call the 24/7 Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline at (888) 293-2080.

“This is extremely important because we have survivors and people who have been victimized who are still out there and maybe have not told their story or reached out for that,” Snelling said. “The Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline is available 24 hours a day and is free and confidential.”

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