Decades after a woman was raped inside her own home, Ohio police arrested a man they believe to be the culprit because a recent DNA match tied him to a 1999 rape kit.
Using DNA to solve crimes is a relatively new concept and police departments have started using genetic testing to solve cold cases. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office partnered with Gene by Gene, a DNA-based ancestry and genealogy company, to try to find matches to their 20"Most Wanted" profiles, which led to the arrest of 50-year-old Bart Mercurio for a 20-year-old rape.
Mercurio is the first arrest as a result of the partnership with Gene by Gene and is accused of breaking into a 33-year-old woman's home in Cleveland and raping her after she returned from a walk. During the assault, Mercurio allegedly struck her multiple times until she lost consciousness and fled the scene before he could be apprehended.
Having received grants from the Department of Justice in 2019 and 2020, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office launched the Genetic Operations Linking DNA Unit and partnered with Gene By Gene. DNA analysts and investigative genetic genealogists connected Mercurio to the"John Doe #133" profile and confirmed with BCI his DNA matched the victim's rape kit.
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