Suspect (58) Arrested for Rape of Minor in 1990

After 35 years, the Dutch police have arrested the perpetrator of the rape of an underage girl in Bodegraven. The now 58-year-old suspect from Altena in Brabant was tracked down thanks to new developments in DNA research. He was arrested yesterday and has since confessed, the Public Prosecution Service reports. In March 1990, the man rang the doorbell at the house in Bodegraven where the underage girl lived. She was home alone. He managed to get…

The ball started rolling thanks to the increasingly widespread international exchange of DNA databases.