Investigators say Nilo may have been a student at the time of the attacks and was between 19 and 20 years old. The allegations relate to assaults against four women that occurred between August 2007 and December 2008. The location of Nilo’s arrest was his Weehawken, New Jersey residence.
According to the Boston Herald, Boston FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta said, “We have shared this news with the four sexual assault survivors who have been waiting for years to learn the identity of their alleged attacker. “. Nilo’s arrest, according to Bonavolonta, “cannot erase the harm he would have inflicted on his survivors, but we believe we have removed a dangerous threat from our community.”
According to Nilo’s suspension from his position as a claims attorney at cyber-insurance provider Cowbell, the Boston Globe.
Experimental genetic genealogy, according to Bonavolonta and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox, helped solve the case. Nilo, who has resided in New York, Wisconsin, California, as well as New Jersey and Massachusetts, may have committed other sexual assaults, investigators say. Officials say anyone with knowledge of potential attacks should contact the FBI or the Boston Police Department.