Women’s Group Plans Prison Vigil on Day of Multiple Rapist’s Release : Activists say they will not track him. Under the current law, his movements will not be restricted.

A Pasadena women’s group said Tuesday that it will hold a vigil outside Vacaville State Prison when the so-called pillowcase rapist is released next Monday.

Members of the Women’s Coalition of Pasadena had originally said their intent was to track convicted multiple rapist Reginald Muldrew wherever he goes around the state, keeping watch over him to ensure that he does not have an opportunity to rape again.

But activist Lyn Miller said they would not “stalk the stalker.”

“Our intent is not to follow him, but we want to do every possible thing we can without breaking the laws,” Miller said. “He needs to know that we are out there.”

Several women, including one of Muldrew’s victims, plan to be in front of the prison, holding stuffed pillowcases with the number 200 written on them.

The number signifies how many rapes authorities believe Muldrew has committed, and the pillowcases will serve as a reminder that Muldrew covered his victims’ heads with pillowcases, blouses or scarves, Miller said.

Muldrew has been behind bars since 1979, when he was convicted on six counts of sexual assault and numerous other felonies committed in the Los Angeles area between 1977 and 1978, authorities said.

In 1990, Muldrew was sent to Pelican Bay State Prison for his involvement with a prison gang, officials said.

Muldrew was initially set to be released on parole a year ago, but was ordered to serve parole at the California Medical Facility after failing a pre-release psychological examination, said Christine May, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections.

“A psychologist determined he poses a danger to others,” May said. “He was sent back to prison to receive psychological treatment.”

But while at the medical facility, Muldrew refused psychological rehabilitation, an option he had under state law, May said.

Muldrew served his 25-year sentence with about nine years off for good behavior, and when he leaves Vacaville on Monday he will be a free man.

“He will have paid his debt to society,” May said. “He can go wherever he chooses.”

But one of his victims, who asked not to be identified, said she is sure he is going to rape again.

“I just feel sorry for his next victim,” she said. “Anybody who was convicted of what he was convicted of . . . that shows there is something demented about that person, and he shouldn’t be free.

“I realize that he served his time,” she said. “But I sleep with it every night.”

May said she has heard reports that Muldrew plans to move to Las Vegas.

“He will rape again. It’s just a matter of time,” said Miller, a rape victim.

“Evil animals such as Muldrew should not be allowed to go free when his victims’ [sense of] security [has] been destroyed forever,” she said.

Without electronic monitoring, Muldrew is “free to go wherever he wants,” said Susan Carpenter McMillan, president of the Women’s Coalition.

“The greatest thing that we can do now is warn the public,” McMillan said. “The law has failed us.”

The law will change after Jan. 1, when a bill goes into effect that was inspired by Muldrew’s case.

Outraged by Muldrew’s scheduled parole release into the city of Covina in December, 1994, thousands of people rallied and signed a petition demanding the governor’s support of a bill to keep violent sex offenders in psychological custody after their sentences are up.

Gov. Pete Wilson signed the “sexual predators law” in October at a public gathering in Covina.

Under the new law, sex offenders will be sent to a mental hospital for at least two years after completing their prison sentences. They will be released only when psychologists determine they are no longer a threat to society, May said.

However, the law does not affect Muldrew because his release date comes four weeks before the measure goes into effect.

Muldrew has been linked to so many rapes that the victim who spoke on condition of anonymity said she would not be surprised if someone tries to kill him.

Also at Tuesday’s news conference, Assemblyman Bob Margett (R-Arcadia) said he has introduced a bill that would prohibit paroled sex offenders from traveling within a 100-mile radius of their last victims.

The current law calls for a 35-square-mile distance. Margett said he expects a vote on the bill early next year.