DNA links 3 State College rape cases to 1 man
DNA links 3 State College rape cases to 1 man
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Police in State College police say that DNA evidence has linked three rapes to the same man.
The crimes occurred between August 2010 and April 2011 near the Penn State campus. Police say in each case, a college-age woman walking alone on a street in the Highlands neighborhood was raped by a man she didn’t know.
State College police Chief Tom King said Thursday that DNA evidence from each rape was sent to a state police lab for testing and police recently learned that all are from the same man.
King said it’s possible the man has left the area, almost a year after the last reported rape. But his DNA is now in a database.
Police think there could be additional victims and they hope they will come forward.