Overview

• A Salt Lake County jury convicted Rossi of first-degree rape for a 2008 attack after a three-day trial featuring testimony from the survivor and her parents.
• Testimony revealed Rossi preyed on a woman recovering from a traumatic brain injury whom he met through a Craigslist ad.
• Cold-case DNA testing in 2018 linked Rossi to the assault and investigators found he faked his death and used over a dozen aliases.
• Hospital staff in Glasgow identified Rossi by his tattoos in 2021 following an Interpol alert, leading to his extradition to Utah in January 2024.
• He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 20 and will face a second rape trial in September while authorities pursue related charges in Ohio and Rhode Island.