HOUSTON – The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has launched a serial rape investigation after the arrest of 47-year-old Carl Earl Redfield, KPRC 2 has confirmed.
Redfield is currently in jail with a $2.65 million bond, facing five felony charges involving violent sex crimes with at least two different victims, but the sheriff’s office tells KPRC 2 exclusively that he may have dozens of victims.
The sheriff’s office described him as “very aggressive and prolific.” During a press conference on Tuesday, authorities also noted Redfield was previously a corrections officer in Indiana.
Investigators believe he is reaching out to women on dating platforms, then meeting them at his house or a friend’s house, before they are coerced into sex with violence or a gun, and sometimes videotaped without their awareness. A law enforcement source said he used a hidden camera.
In addition to violence, investigators said Redfield also sometimes promises financial benefits that victims never end up receiving. He’s allegedly preying on vulnerable women, according to HCSO.
Only on 2: @HCSOTexas launches serial rape investigation after the arrest of Carl Earl Redfield, 47. He's currently in jail with a $2.65 million bond, charged in violent sex acts involving at least two women, but HCSO tells me there may be dozens more victims. @KPRC2 pic.twitter.com/YzukcbugjX
— KPRC 2 Bryce Newberry (@KPRC2Bryce) July 28, 2025
The sheriff’s office said Redfield frequently tells women he is a lawyer, but he isn’t.
He was arrested on July 24 at the car dealership where he worked, HCSO confirmed, after one of the victims came forward.
Investigators are now running Redfield’s DNA through a national database to see if it comes back on any unsolved cases and reaching out to law enforcement in Indiana, which is where he lived before moving to Houston about five or six years ago.
The sheriff’s office is expected to address the case tomorrow morning. KPRC 2 will provide updates on this case.
According to records, Redfield was arrested in 2021 after allegedly hitting a woman in the face and strangling her after four months of dating. He was accused of flashing a gun during the argument because she didn’t want to have sex, but the case got dismissed about a year later because prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence of Redfield’s guilt.
In 2015, records show Redfield pled guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge for hitting his then-wife in the face in the parking lot of a grocery store.
Victims who want to file a report with the sheriff’s office should call 713-274-9370. The HCSO Victim Assistance Unit can also be reached at 713-274-9369.
