North Carolina man sentenced in 1994 Indiana cold rape case

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A North Carolina man, Robert Daniel Shelton, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 1994 cold rape case in Indiana.

A North Carolina man has been sentenced in a 1994 cold rape case.The Indiana State Police said Robert Daniel Shelton was sentenced to 30 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty to rape. Authorities said in December 1994, a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped in Owensboro, Kentucky.She was ordered to drive to Indiana, where she was later sexually assaulted by an unknown man.

In January 2023, a match came back to 60-year-old Shelton of Hickory, North Carolina. Shelton also had an unrelated conviction in 1996 in Kentucky, and he was required to submit a DNA sample.A few weeks later, Shelton was arrested and charged with the crime. "This case exemplifies the proficient investigative abilities of both law enforcement agencies," Spencer County Prosecutor Megan Bennet said in an online news release.

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