Serial rapist Anthony Daycana, whose victims include his 13 year-old sister, a co-worker and a bartender, is back on the streets despite fears he cannot be rehabilitated

A serial rapist who raped his sister, a blind woman and a bar worker on top of an arcade game is back on the streets.

Anthony Francis Daycana, 62, was released from the secure Atascadero State Hospital in California, on December 3, despite multiple convictions for violent sex attacks.

Parole officers allowed him out on the tag three-and-a-half years after Daycana was arrested for cutting a similar tag off after an earlier release.

Daycana has only served time for two rapes, but court records show that he has raped at least three women and his 13 year-old sister.


The predator, who was adopted by his family, raped his sibling in 1976, when he was 19 years-old.

Daycana was released from Atascadero State Hospital on December 3 (Picture: Atascadero State Hospital)

Daycana was convicted of unlawful intercourse with a minor, but it is unclear how long he spent in prison, with the pervert free to commit multiple other offenses during the following three years.



The predator got married and joined the military, but was later discharged over his drunken and violent behavior.

His next known rape happened in December 1979 when he attacked a woman in a deserted field while walking her home from a restaurant in Ventura, California, where both worked.

Just two days later, Daycana raped another woman, given the alias Karen Madison, at the bar where she worked in Ojai, California.

Daycana threatened Madison at gunpoint and repeatedly attempted to rape her, but was unable to do so.

Daycana’s longest prison sentence saw him jailed between 1980 and 1995, but he was then kept in jail for a further decade over fears he was too dangerous to put back on the streets

Moments later, Daycana ordered Madison to sit on a bar game, where he raped her. She was able to flee, with Daycana jailed for five years in 1980.

Daycana was paroled in 1985, and moved in with the blind friend he ended up raping.

That woman – given the assumed name Heather McKee – woke up one evening to find a stranger had overpowered her.

She lied that she was pregnant in an attempt to get the assailant to leave her alone, but he twisted her legs above her head and raped her.

The rapist – who McKee was unable to see because of her blindness – refused to tell her who she was, despite her repeated pleas.

Daycana has been branded a manipulative predator, with one judge who oversaw an earlier appeal fearful that he is the type of rapist who could never be rehabilitated

She told of how she confronted her attacker, saying: ‘I asked him if he felt like a big man raping a blind woman.’

That prompted a furious outburst from Daycana, who battered her with a bunch of keys and trashed her room without opening his mouth, the New Times reported.

McKee ran to a window to yell for help while her rapist was in the bathroom, prompting her to rush back in and scrub her privates with a wet wash rag until they burned.

Daycana’s identity was confirmed by two passers-by who saw him leave McKee’s house and get into his red Ford Thunderbird.

He was arrested later that evening and was jailed for 15 years after admitting to raping McKee.

Daycana was freed in 1996, the same year California passed its Sexually Violent Predator Act.

He was deemed a dangerous Sexually Violent Predator, and committed to Atascadeo State Hospital.

Daycana’s status was reviewed every two years, and he was ordered back to Atascadeo shortly after his release in 2016 after removing his ankle tag.



A juror who tried one of his rape trials said the rapist had ‘an extreme ability to motivate people,’ sparking fears he could strike again now he has been freed.

And appeals Judge John J Hunter also questioned whether he could ever be rehabilitated, saying: ‘(Dacayana) had a history of manipulating people and no empathy for his victims.

‘His test scores on (a psychological exam) identified him as a “psychopathic deviant.”‘