'Baseline Killer' Gets 438 Years for Assaults

The man suspected of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer has been sentenced to 438 years in prison for his September conviction of sexually assaulting two sisters near a city park. Mark Goudeau, 43, received the long sentence after prosecutors proved in court that Goudeau had prior convictions for violent crimes.

Goudeau was found guilty in September after a two-month trial for raping one woman and sexually assaulting her sister as they walked home from a park. During the trial DNA evidence was presented which linked Goudeau to the victims.

But Goudeau maintained his innocence even at his sentencing when he told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Andrew Klein that what happened to the two women was "horrible, but I had nothing to do with it."

Goudeau has yet to go on trial for nine murders associated with the "Baseline Killer" case -- named after a Phoenix street where many of the crimes took place. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges also.

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