Published: Monday, 9\/1\/2014 <\/p>\n
BY JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER <\/p>\n
For more than a decade after he broke into a Toledo home, raped and hogtied a woman whod been asleep in her bed, Aaron Lamont Beamon got away with the violent crime. <\/p>\n
It would take time and the nations massive database of DNA samples to catch up with Beamon. <\/p>\n
Now 39, he is to be sentenced Sept. 9 in Lucas County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty in June to rape, kidnapping, burglary, and robbery in connection with the Oct. 15, 2001, attack on the 21-year-old victim. <\/p>\n
She was living with her parents at their home, said Jennifer Liptack-Wilson, an assistant Lucas County prosecutor assigned to the case. Everyone had left for school and work, and she was in bed sleeping. <\/p>\n
The victim didnt know her attacker and wasnt able to see his face. <\/p>\n
We were never able to find him, but we came to find him because vaginal swabs were taken as part of a rape kit, entered into [the DNA database], and finally we got a hit, Ms. Liptack-Wilson said. <\/p>\n
In cases with few other clues to go on, it can be like hitting the lottery. <\/p>\n
We see these miracles every day, said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose office oversees the testing of DNA evidence through its Bureau of Criminal Investigation. <\/p>\n
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