Was the man who raped Donna Palomba identified?”
The Man Behind the Mask Would Donna Palomba discover the identity of her masked rapist? Waterbury, Conn. – Overlook is a lovely old neighborhood in Waterbury, a small town in Connecticut. It’s the kind of place where family ties run deep and friendships run long. Where the kids you play with in kindergarten are buddies for life. A place where you sleep safe at night. Or so Donna Palomba thought—until one terrifying night in 1993. 911: “We have an assault, a sexual assault.” Donna Palomba: I felt him cut my clothing with a knife. And then he flipped me over. Donna has been tormented by the memory of that violent attack ever since. But what happened after the attack rocked her to her foundations. Sara James, Dateline correspondent: Suddenly you were the one on trial? Donna Palomba: Exactly. When the police, the very people Donna turned to for help, suddenly turned on her—she was shattered. She fought back anonymously, as Jane Doe. Two years ago, she decided to go public — and tell her st
SARATOGA SPRINGS — “Dateline NBC” will air a two-hour special Sunday on convicted felon John F. Regan and the women he terrorized in Saratoga Springs and his hometown of Waterbury, Conn. The story, titled “The Man Behind the Mask,” focuses on Donna Palomba, a Waterbury woman who said Regan raped her 15 years ago while her children were sleeping. Palomba started Jane Doe No More to raise awareness about sexual assault crimes and ensure proper treatment of victims. “Dateline” begins at 7 p.m. on WNYT-TV NewsChannel 13. The report by Sara James and producer Sue Simpson includes an interview with Lindsey Ferguson, the Saratoga Springs High School grad whom Regan attempted to abduct on Halloween night 2005. Regan grabbed her in the high school parking lot as she attempted to get into her car after a track and field practice. “I was just, like, in his grip,” Ferguson told “Dateline.” “So I kicked him away so I could try to shut my door and, like, just get him away.” Regan and his attorneys
