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‘Blue light rapist’ who posed as a cop to snare victims dies of coronavirus in Arkansas jail aged 54

A SEX fiend dubbed the "blue light rapist" because he posed as a policeman to snare his victims has died after catching coronavirus in jail.

Robert Burmingham, 54, attached flashing lights to his car to pull over lone women drivers, kidnap and rape them in Arkansas.

Fake cop Robert Burmingham kidnapped and raped lone women drivers in ArkansasCredit: AP:Associated Press

, which attacks the lungs.

But it was reported he had been in and out of hospital in the recent past.

she was relieved to hear of his death.

Shannon said: "While not everyone may agree with me, I’m happy that he has passed.

"Every few months I would get notifications that he had been released under supervised hospital release.

Prisons have across the US and in other countries.