13 Years Ago Female Restroom Sexual Assault Suspect Caught After Police DNA Tracking

Suspect's DNA Matches in Theft Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] A suspect who sexually assaulted a woman in a public restroom and fled was caught after 13 years of police DNA tracking.

According to the Ilsan Western Police Station in Gyeonggi on the 6th, in July 2008, a woman in her 50s was sexually assaulted in the women's restroom of a commercial building in Goyang City.

The suspect had fled the scene, and the police sent the suspect's DNA collected from the victim at the time to the National Forensic Service for database storage.

Since no leads were found, this case was classified as an "unsolved rape case," but earlier this year, an unexpected breakthrough began during the investigation of a residential burglary case.

The DNA of a suspect collected at the burglary scene matched the suspect's DNA from the 2008 unsolved rape case.

Based on this, the police tracked the suspect for about 70 days and recently arrested A (29) at a house in Paju City.

A was a 16-year-old high school student at the time of the crime 13 years ago, and the victim is reported to have passed away.

The police applied for an arrest warrant against A on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, based on the DNA evidence and A's admission of guilt. The warrant review is currently underway at the court.

A police official stated, "We were able to track the suspect of a long-ago case through DNA comparison," adding, "The suspect admitted to the crime."

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