Chima Simone from Big Brother 11 survived a brutal rape from a serial killer

August 10, 2:12 AMJacksonville Celebrity Headlines ExaminerRachel Ellis

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Chima Simone Big Brother 11

 Chima Simone, 32, a houseguest on the reality show Big Brother 11, revealed this evening that she survived a brutal rape at the hands of a serial killer, she was his last victim.

On September 17, 1996 Dale Devon Scheanette raped and murdered Christine Vu, on December 24th of that same year, he did the same thing to Wendie Prescott.

Dale Devon Scheanette was known as the “Bathtub Rapist” because after raping, strangling and duct-taping his victims, he left their bodies in half full bathtubs.

Between the two murders police only found one fingerprint – but the semen taken from both victims matched.

Three years later Chima Simone from Big Brother was attacked. She was beaten very badly and raped but she survived by fighting back. Chima’s rape brought attention to the cold cases, and the semen he left behind matched the semen taken from the victims he had killed 3 years earlier. New fingerprint technology also helped to catch him. He was suspected of five other rapes within the same area.

On February, 10, 2009, Scheanette was executed by the State of Texas for the rape and murder of Wendie Prescott. He was charged but never tried for the rape and murder of Christine Vu.

He died by lethal injection. It took nine minutes for him to be pronounced dead.

Chima had to have two separate facial surgeries because of the extent of her injuries.

Dale Devon Scheanette pictured below.