CLEVELAND, OH - <\/p>\n
We've learned investigators have just taken a 17-year-old suspected predator off of your streets. <\/p>\n
Theybusted a teen the same way they're solving cold rape cases 20 years old - with DNA. <\/p>\n
Back in March at West 53rd and Lorain in Cleveland, a young woman suddenly realized she was being followed by a stranger. <\/p>\n
The man had a gun. He forced that woman behind a factory, sexually assaulted her, and took off. <\/p>\n
Now months lateDNA has identified the attacker, a 17-year-old at the time. Even though he was just 17, investigators already had hisDNA on file. <\/p>\n
The case reveals a new weapon helping detectives solve mysteries. <\/p>\n
TheOhio Attorney General's Office says, the state collects the DNA of juveniles convicted of certain crimes, crimes that would be considered felonies if committed by adults. <\/p>\n
We've shown you time and again jails and prisons have been collectingDNA from 'adults' arrested or convicted of felonies, and that has solved cold cases and new ones. <\/p>\n
But here again, since the state database also now includes teen DNA, Cleveland sex crimes found a suspect for that rape behnd the factory. <\/p>\n
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