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More than two decades after a 17-year-old girl woke up in a Florida hotel room with her underwear and a used condom resting on the bed next to her, law enforcement officials finally have arrested a suspect in the 1996 cold-case rape.
Ruben Chavez, 55, was taken into custody in Boca Raton on Monday and charged with one count of sexual battery on a helpless victim.
Cold-case arrest: Ruben Chavez, 55, was arrested in Florida Monday on a charge of sexual battery on a helpless victim in connection to a 1996 rape of a teen
The break in the unsolved 23-year-old case came earlier this year, when investigators reviewing old files discovered the victim's rape kit, which had never been tested.
When they submitted the DNA evidence for testing, it matched Chavez's DNA profile.
According to an old police report, on the night of January 7, 1996, the victim, identified only by her initials, M.G., went out with a friend and two of her associates, whom she knew as ‘Nick’ and ‘Booda,’ reported Miami Herald.
Man, 55, arrested 'for sexually assaulting teen' after police test 23-year-old rape kit | Daily Mail Online
Ruben Chavez, 55, was taken into custody in Boca Raton on Monday and charged with one count of sexual battery on a helpless victim.
Cold-case arrest: Ruben Chavez, 55, was arrested in Florida Monday on a charge of sexual battery on a helpless victim in connection to a 1996 rape of a teen
The break in the unsolved 23-year-old case came earlier this year, when investigators reviewing old files discovered the victim's rape kit, which had never been tested.
When they submitted the DNA evidence for testing, it matched Chavez's DNA profile.
According to an old police report, on the night of January 7, 1996, the victim, identified only by her initials, M.G., went out with a friend and two of her associates, whom she knew as ‘Nick’ and ‘Booda,’ reported Miami Herald.
Man, 55, arrested 'for sexually assaulting teen' after police test 23-year-old rape kit | Daily Mail Online