Restaurant Owner Sexual Assault Suspect Caught After 19 Years... DNA Analysis Leads to Arrest

A Man in His 50s Who Committed Multiple Sexual Crimes in the Past
Statute of Limitations Extended by 10 Years Due to DNA Evidence

A man in his 50s was arrested after a sexual assault crime committed 19 years ago was uncovered through a DNA comparison test.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] A man in his 50s was caught after a DNA comparison test revealed a sexual assault crime committed 19 years ago.

The Gwangju Bukbu Police Station announced on the 30th that they arrested A (54) on charges of sexually assaulting a woman (rape with home invasion under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes).

A is suspected of sexually assaulting a female business owner at a restaurant in Buk-gu, Gwangju, in 2001 and fleeing the scene.

The police arrested A after receiving notification from the prosecution, which is conducting a DNA comparison for violent crimes, that A's DNA matched the DNA detected in the sexual assault case.

The investigative agency had collected and stored A's DNA while he was imprisoned for other sexual crimes. It is reported that A committed multiple sexual offenses in the past and was imprisoned for 7 years and 6 months before being released in 2013.

The police stated that in cases with scientific evidence proving the crime, the statute of limitations is extended by 10 years.

Meanwhile, individuals from whom DNA can be collected are suspects arrested for 11 major crimes, including murder, rape/indecent acts, sexual violence against children and adolescents, robbery, arson, abduction/kidnapping, habitual violence, organized crime, drugs, special theft, and killing a superior under military law.

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