A Houston man faces charges of rape and robbery in a 2009 case after a DNA test identified him as a suspect. <\/p>\n
James West Jorden, 26, who is wanted on a charge of aggravated sexual assault, was not in custody Friday, according to online law enforcement records. <\/p>\n
A woman told Houston police that she went to an apartment in the 6900 block of the South Loop East on July 5, 2009, to visit a friend. <\/p>\n
As she walked through the complex, a man that she had never seen before pushed her into a vacant apartment, where he pulled her to the ground by her hair, according to court documents. <\/p>\n
The man, later identified as Jorden through a DNA match, got on top of her and forced her to remove her pants and panties as he punched her several times in the head, records state. <\/p>\n
After raping her, the man demanded her money, according to a complaint against Jorden filed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office. The woman pulled $190 from her clothing and threw it at the man, the complaint states. <\/p>\n
As he was picking up the money, the woman ran to her car and drove to Ben Taub General Hospital, where she was examined for rape and gave a report to police, records state. <\/p>\n
Last month, the state crime laboratory in Austin reported that a sample from the woman's rape kit matched Jorden's DNA. On Jan. 26, the woman tentatively identified him as her assailant in a photo line-up, police said. <\/p>\n
carol.christian@chron.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Read the original post: A Houston man faces charges of rape and robbery in a 2009 case after a DNA test identified him as a suspect. James West Jorden, 26, who is wanted on a charge of aggravated sexual assault, was not in custody Friday, according to online law enforcement records Continue reading
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