PORTLAND, Ore. - Convicted serial rapist Richard Gillmore is getting out of jail nine years early, despite signs that he is likely to re-offend.

Tiffany Edens, a woman raped by Gillmore when she was just 13 years old, told KATU News he is getting a free pass way too soon.                  

After learning of his release, she adopted a German Shepherd and took steps to purchase a new alarm system.

"I'm always prepared," she said. "I'm always on the defense." 
    
After 21 years, she still replays in her mind the five minutes it took for Gillmore to break into her home and take her innocence.

"He was telling me to shut up and saying 'I'm going to kill you,' " she recalled. 

In the months and years after his conviction, the seventh grade honor student turned to drugs and alcohol.

"It just was a way to escape. I think I felt numb," she said.

These days, Edens is a devoted mother struggling to understand why this serial rapist would be allowed to leave prison years short of his 30-year minimum sentence.
    
She points to psych reports that show Gillmore has a 75 percent chance of re-offending within 10 years, and a 50 percent chance within three years.

"And now he won't be in a controlled environment," Edens said.

Last month, the state parole board said they believe Gillmore's behavior can be closely monitored.

Gresham Police Chief Carla Piluso does not agree.

"Am I very disappointed? You bet I am. I'm having a difficult time putting any logic to this," Piluso told KATU.

The chief says she was a patrol officer in 1986 and took the crime scene photos in the Edens' home that night.

"What I remember is a very traumatized young lady," she said.

The trauma is something Tiffany Edens said she wishes on no one else.

"He took away my freedom to walk in my home and to feel safe and secure in my own home," Edens said, with tears in her eyes. "Even today in this home, you know. You go into a dark room or you go walking into the garage to do the laundry. It doesn't ever go away."

So far, Gillmore has applied to live in subsidized housing in downtown Portland and will be tracked by GPS.

Russ Ratto, the prosecutor who convicted Gillmore in 1986, told KATU News he believes "no amount of supervision can make the community safe from this man." He told the parole board Oct. 23 they were making a mistake by allowing a "monster on the loose." The senior deputy district attorney said his office is looking into ways to reverse the parole board's decision.