Man sentenced for raping college student in 2001 thanks to DNA technology advancements
Investigators used investigative genetic genealogy to tie Santiago to two decades-old rapes, and a judge said the DNA evidence was the case’s only identification.
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A 55-year-old man was arrested on Friday (18), in New York, after DNA collected during a detention for a minor offence was related to a rape that occurred more than 30 years ago in Brooklyn. William Stephens was identified as a suspect thanks to the work of investigators who kept the case open for decades, according to the New York Post website. See also: Spanish dog who participated in rescues after earthquakes in Venezuela dies after two month…
How the police managed to track down the 55-year-old for the rape that took place on August 2, 1995 - Since 2005, the Prosecutor's Office had managed to leave the case open, charging an unknown perpetrator, using genetic material as evidence
A Bronx rape went unsolved for 20 years. Genetic genealogy helped crack the case.
Katy Vicchitto, right, spoke at a press conference Friday after the man convicted of raping her more than two decades ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Bronx prosecutors say Jancys Santiago is the first person to be convicted by a New York jury in a sexual assault cold case using investigative genetic genealogy. [ more › ]
The ingenious way NYPD stealthily collected DNA to crack a 30-year-old rape case
Cops arrested William Stephens, 55, on Friday after quickly obtaining his DNA when they brought him into custody on an unrelated minor charge and finding it matched the suspect who raped a woman in Brooklyn during 1995, sources said.
NYPD arrests suspect for 1995 rape with help of genetic genealogy
Williams Stephens was arrested at his Brooklyn home and charged with rape after the case came together through the modern detective tool that helps identify nameless victims or — in this case — suspects by first linking DNA recovered at the scene to their relatives, police said.
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