A B.C. woman -- the traumatized sexual-assault victim of a violent psychopath -- has sought police protection since learning her attacker is on the loose.

Rapist Dean Robert Zimmerman disappeared from his Calgary home less than two weeks after being released from prison for sexual assaults, and police say he's already wanted for new offences.

Zimmerman, 44, who is described as a psychopath whose violence toward women is escalating to a deadly level, skipped out on a meeting with Calgary police last Wednesday. There are fears he will strike again.

"There is a likelihood you would commit an offence causing serious harm or death," the National Parole Board wrote Oct. 29, 2008. The "degree of violence toward your victims appears to escalating."

Since his release, Calgary police say Zimmerman has faked bank deposits and he is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.

One of his three traumatized victims has reached out to RCMP in B.C., fearful for her safety after hearing her untreated attacker is on the run and could be headed her way.

"Their whole lives are changed in how they deal with people. The victims have to keep reliving the offence," said Const. Jason Bobrowich of Calgary police.

Zimmerman was jailed in 2001 after terrorizing his pregnant wife during a violent assault at a secluded campsite in Mission. He forced her to perform sexual acts for 48 hours, broke her nose and threatened to "gut her open and cut the baby out of her" with a large knife, parole board documents say.

Another victim, his friend's 24-year-old girlfriend, was tied up with power cords and shoelaces during a violent nine-hour sex assault Jan. 1, 2005, in Edmonton.

Zimmerman was on statutory release at the time.

Zimmerman, who has admitted "deeply rooted hostility toward women," refused prison therapy and remains an untreated high-risk sexual offender, the parole board says.

Zimmerman has a medium complexion, brown eyes and a shaved head. He is five-foot-eight and weighs 205 pounds.