ST. LOUIS DNA has linked a St. Louis man to an alleged rape and robbery downtown in 1995, police say. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors charged Terrence L. Walker, 38, of the 3500 block of Plover Avenue, with first-degree robbery on Monday. No sex charges have been filed, but police said in court documents that Walker's DNA matched evidence from a rape kit after an alleged rape in December 1995 in the 300 block of North Seventh Street. <\/p>\n
According to a probable cause statement by police, a woman accused a man of raping her at gunpoint and taking her wallet. Police said investigators received a DNA match to Walker through a national law enforcement database of DNA in November. Lauren Trager, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Officewould not say when or how the DNA sample was obtained, citing an ongoing investigation. <\/p>\n
Walker was charged in October with misdemeanor assault. He was released on that charge but was arrested in March on a bench warrant for missing a court hearing, court records say. On May 2, Walker posted bail on that charge and was released. <\/p>\n
No sex charges were filed in the case because the statute of limitations has expired on various sex crimes applicable to the allegations in the case, Trager said. <\/p>\n
Walker was not in custody Wednesday. A judge set his cash-only bail at $50,000. <\/p>\n
Walker's criminal history includes several convictions of vehicle tampering and resisting arrest. <\/p>\n
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