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Seven-Year-Old Rape Charges Yield Arrest

DNA evidence unmasks suspect known only as 'John Doe No. 5'

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 31, 2007 12:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – An Illinois man appeared in court yesterday to face rape charges filed against him seven years ago—when prosecutors didn't know his name, but knew his DNA. In 2000, Milwaukee prosecutor Norm Gahn was among the first in the country to file charges based solely...   Read full story »

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