Rapes:

She was accused of attempted rape at 14; the victim was an 8-year-old

In early 1963, Ms. Harvey was again accused of rape, this time as a 24-year-old.

Murder 1:

That April, Ms. Harvey killed Ms. Bonds, who had been scheduled to appear before a grand jury considering the case. Ms. Harvey shot her point blank in their crowded Manhattan apartment, chased her as she staggered through the kitchen and living room, and shot her twice more before she collapsed, according to board minutes and a police report.

Even in prison, one noted, Ms. Harvey had sent inappropriate letters to candy-striper hospital volunteers.

Weeks later, the board freed Ms. Harvey and she returned to New York.

Murder 2:

Court records suggest Ms. Sierra was stabbed over 30 times, but Ms. Harvey disputed that in her parole board meetings, according to the transcripts. “Some of those were puncture wounds from rats and squirrels,” Ms. Harvey said, noting the body had sat in the park for hours.

Charged with first-degree murder, Ms. Harvey struck a plea bargain with the Manhattan district attorney’s office for first-degree manslaughter and was returned to prison in 1986.

Still, the commissioners noted that internal assessments indicated a low risk for felony violence or arrest.

“I give you my word,” Ms. Harvey told the board members. “I will never reoffend.”

They approved her release.

In the meantime, he was very welcome at women's homeless shelters:

A homeless shelter worker and people close to Ms. Leyden questioned whether, despite her gender identity, Ms. Harvey should have been placed in a homeless shelter for women, given her history of attacking and murdering them.

Ms. Harvey “presented as a mild spoken, very tall Black man,” said Anne Brennan, the nurse who ran the intake. “I said, ‘Well, why are you in the women’s shelter?’”

Ms. Brennan said she told Ms. Harvey that placing her in a women’s shelter seemed like a bad idea, given her history of killing women. Despite her objections, Ms. Brennan said her supervisors allowed Ms. Harvey entry. “Apparently his feelings and identity were far more important than all the other women that were terrified of him,” she said.

Julia Savel, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Social Services, said rules were followed.

“Our policy — in accordance with the law — is to place individuals in shelters based on their reported gender identity,” she said. “Being homeless or transgender does not make you inherently violent and are not connected to the crime that was committed.”

Murder 3:

On Feb. 27, according to the police, video showed Ms. Leyden entering Ms. Harvey’s building in East New York.

On March 3 — two and a half years after Ms. Harvey posted the first photo of Ms. Leyden — the New York Police Department got a grisly 911 call: There was a shopping cart outside a pawnshop in a mostly industrial section of East New York. Inside, a bag contained a woman’s torso. It was Ms. Leyden’s.

Couple of things here. Are the scumbags who let these serial murderers and rapists loose any less bad than the murderers and rapists themselves? If it were up to me, they'd get the death penalty along with the murderers they enable.

The fact that a serial rapist and murderer who is also male can go into a women's shelter is just baffling. There's no one more evil and scummy than the ruling class.