A suspect in a serial sexual assault case that remained unsolved for 19 years has been arrested by police.
The Seoul Guro Police Station announced on the 15th that they arrested a man in his 50s, designated as A, on charges of trespassing, rape, and special robbery-rape.
A is suspected of breaking into victims' homes and sexually assaulting them in Guro-gu, Seoul, in August 2007, and in Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, in October of the same year.
During an investigation into a missing person case that occurred in July of this year, police conducted DNA testing across all units of an officetel in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.
The DNA of A secured during this process was found to match that of the suspect from the long-term unsolved rape cases from 19 years ago.
Based on this evidence, the police arrested A.
A reportedly confessed to both crimes committed 19 years ago during police questioning.
On the 23rd, the police transferred A into the custody of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office with a detention warrant.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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