Kenneth Perry suspect.
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''Perry is accused of stabbing and killing siblings John and Pamela Sumpter, the latter of which is believed to have also been raped by her attacker.
While John died at the scene, Boston said Pamela managed to cling on to life for a few weeks, providing what little information she had to authorities. Boston noted that Perry was John's acquaintance, but Pamela did not know him well.''
Pamela S.
DeKalb DA Office John Sumpter
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''In July 1990, officers with the DeKalb County Police Department (DKPD) responded to a report of a stabbing at an apartment complex on Tree Hills Parkway in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Stone Mountain is located east of Atlanta. Upon arriving, DKPD officers found Pamela Sumpter at a neighbor’s apartment; she reported being raped and stabbed, and that her brother, John, had also been stabbed. John Sumpter was found deceased in the apartment that the siblings shared. Following the attack, Pamela was transported to an area hospital, where a rape kit was collected. The rape kit was found to include male DNA belonging to her attacker.
While hospitalized, Pamela was interviewed by DKPD officers, providing them with a detailed description of the man who attacked her and murdered her brother. She told investigators that the man was a new acquaintance of her brother John, and that he was from Detroit, Michigan. Pamela succumbed to her injuries on August 5, 1990, and with a lack of viable leads, the case went cold.''
''Forensic evidence was submitted to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the forensic evidence and used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown man. Othram’s in-house forensic genetic genealogy team then used this profile to conduct genealogy research, ultimately providing new investigative leads to law enforcement.
Using these new investigative leads, paired with the case file from the 1992 unprosecuted sex assault, investigators identified a likely suspect in the case—55-year-old Kenneth Perry of Logansville, Georgia. On June 6, 2024, members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit executed an arrest warrant and Perry was taken into custody without incident''
DeKalb DA announces arrest in double murder, rape from 1990
Using this new forensic technology, investigators were able to match DNA collected from one of the victim's rape kits right before she died.
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While John died at the scene, Boston said Pamela managed to cling on to life for a few weeks, providing what little information she had to authorities. Boston noted that Perry was John's acquaintance, but Pamela did not know him well.''
Pamela S.
DeKalb DA Office John Sumpter
The 1990 Killer of John & Pamela Sumpter, is Arrested
DeKalb County District Attorney's Office Teams with Othram to Identify the Suspect in a 1990 Double-Homicide and Sexual Assault
While hospitalized, Pamela was interviewed by DKPD officers, providing them with a detailed description of the man who attacked her and murdered her brother. She told investigators that the man was a new acquaintance of her brother John, and that he was from Detroit, Michigan. Pamela succumbed to her injuries on August 5, 1990, and with a lack of viable leads, the case went cold.''
''Forensic evidence was submitted to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the forensic evidence and used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown man. Othram’s in-house forensic genetic genealogy team then used this profile to conduct genealogy research, ultimately providing new investigative leads to law enforcement.
Using these new investigative leads, paired with the case file from the 1992 unprosecuted sex assault, investigators identified a likely suspect in the case—55-year-old Kenneth Perry of Logansville, Georgia. On June 6, 2024, members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit executed an arrest warrant and Perry was taken into custody without incident''
