A violent transgender pedophile has been released into the community of Everett, Washington, after serving 30 years behind bars for child rape, kidnapping, and child molestation. Jolene Charisma Starr, born Joel Thomas Nichols, had served part of his sentence in a women’s prison.
As reported exclusively by Reduxx, Starr was convicted of multiple violent offenses, including two assaults on young girls and the attempted rape of a woman engaged in prostitution.
The first assault took place in August of 1993 in which Starr targeted an 11-year-old girl. According to an appeals record, Starr had carefully planned out the attack on the girl, which the court stated took a “high degree of sophistication.”
Posing as a telephone repairman, Starr gained access to the girl’s home after observing her residence and noticing that her parents had left without her. Trusting him, the child allowed him inside the apartment, where he cornered her. When she tried to flee, Starr quickly overpowered her and forced her to the floor.
According to the grisly account, Starr had brought with him a pair of panties he wanted the child to wear for him as part of a sick fantasy he had. She complied out of fear after he threatened her. He procured a knife and slowly cut the underwear off of the child before first attempting to penetrate her vaginally. After the girl expressed pain, he turned her over and raped her anally.
Following the assault, Starr ordered the girl to take a shower, ostensibly in an effort to destroy the evidence of his crime. But after she did so, he raped her both vaginally and anally once again.
After forcing the child to take a second shower, Starr threatened her and told her not to tell anyone. As he left, he took with him the cut panties, along with a condom he had worn during the assault.
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Starr began identifying as transgender after being sentenced to 30 years in prison for the brutal rape of an 11-year-old girl.
He is currently housed with women at WCCW, where our sources have described him as "violent."
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The next year, in August of 1994, Starr attempted to kidnap a 9-year-old girl from Yost Park, but the attack was only stopped by the heroic efforts of three brave little girls who had been in the vicinity.
After grabbing the 9-year-old victim, her screams attracted the attention of two sisters, aged 10 and 12, and their cousin, aged 10. The girls raced to the other child’s aid, and grabbed ahold of her as Starr attempted to drag her out of the park. Starr attempted to dissuade the girls by claiming that the victim was his daughter, but the group didn’t believe him.
The children successfully wrangled the 9-year-old away from Starr, who fled when they claimed a parent was nearby. The young heroines then surrounded the victim with their bicycles and ensured she made it to safety.
Just four days after the attempted kidnapping at Yost Park, Starr physically assaulted and attempted to sexually assault a 24-year-old prostituted woman. The victim had been paid for sex by a member of Starr’s family, who then complained to Starr about her performance. Starr became enraged and lured the victim to his home by offering to pay her for sex. When she arrived, he attacked her and attempted to rape her. The woman was able to escape and run to a nearby house for help.
Starr was arrested shortly after, and was identified as the suspect in the attempted kidnapping based on descriptions that had been given by the children. A DNA sample from Starr then successfully connected him to the 1993 child rape case.
Starr was handed an “exceptional” 360-month sentence, amounting to 30 years behind bars on counts of first-degree child rape, first-degree child molestation, and first-degree kidnapping, and more. He unsuccessfully attempted to appeal the sentence in 1998.
In 2023, Reduxx learned that Starr had been transferred to the Washington Correctional Center for Women.
A source within the facility came forward and explained that female inmates were petrified of Starr, describing him as a “really violent sex offender.” The source named Starr “the worst [trans inmate] yet” to be transferred to the facility, which has been plagued with controversies as a result of accomodating a number of trans-identified male transfers.
But Starr has now been released from prison, and has been registered as a “female” sex offender.
On October 27, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office issued a notice on Facebook that Starr was re-entering the community.
The notice reveals that Starr has been assessed as a Risk Level 3, which is defined by Snohomish County as extremely high risk offenders “who are a threat to reoffend if provided the opportunity.” The definition goes on to state that most offenders in this category “have prior sex crime convictions as well as other criminal convictions. Their lifestyles and choices place them in this classification. Some have predatory characteristics and may seek out victims. They may have refused or failed to complete approved treatment programs.”
Starr is currently residing in the city of Everett, Washington, and has listed his birth name as an alias.
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