Denton County police finally have a suspect in a sexual assault case dating back 30 years. New DNA testing technology led them to a man living in Las Vegas.
Since 1993 Denton Police have been investigating two sexual assaults that happened in a park on West Windsor Drive.
"There was a 15-year-old child who was waiting in the park for other members of her cross-country team and that is when an unknown suspect violently sexually assaulted her," Denton Police Public Information Officer Allison Beckwith said.Over the years there were no hits on DNA evidence until a state-wide search this year through the Combined DNA Index System .
"It was found during that search that a reasonable probability that the unknown serial sexual assault suspect that our agency was looking for was related to an individual who was already in the criminal justice system,” Beckwith said. “In other words, a familial match."For advocate organizations that work with sexual assault survivors, this case brings encouragement.
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