Investigators in Florida have used DNA evidence to link a pair of rape cases nearly 20 years old to a suspect living in Orlando, authorities said Tuesday. TEXAS RANGERS, DNA TEST CONNECT SUSPECT TO TEEN'S 2010 MURDER"Dwight Arthur Harris has kept a violent secret for nearly 20 years," said Orlando Police Lt. Frank Chisari. The resulting analysis built leads which investigators and analysts used to create a family tree through online DNA databases and narrow down their search. After identifying Harris, detectives obtained his DNA to confirm that it matched the sample from the "Woodline Rapist." Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon announced that the breakthrough in the "Woodline Rapist" cold cases has led Orlando police to begin keeping evidence in sexual assault cases for 50 years.

Source: Fox News July 14, 2021 18:56 UTC