Canada- Richard Hubert Jones, 69, of Edmonton, charged in violent sexual assaults from mid-80s, Calgary, April '23

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Cold case cracked: Edmonton man charged in Calgary sexual assaults from mid-80s

Calgary police are crediting significant advances in forensic technology with helping them make an arrest in three decades-old sexual assault cases.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

rbbm, May 3 '23
''Police determined the cases are linked, thanks to forensic technology and investigative techniques that didn't exist at the time.

On Monday, officers arrested Richard Hubert Jones, 69, of Edmonton.

He has been charged under the 1984 Criminal Code with the following offences:

• Two counts of break and enter into a dwelling house and commit sexual assault;
• Two counts of sexual intercourse with a female person who is not his wife;
• Break and enter a dwelling house and commit sexual intercourse with a female under the age of fourteen;
• Sexual intercourse with a female person who was not his wife and who was under the age of fourteen; and
• Intent to enable or assist himself to commit an indictable offence, did attempt to choke, suffocate, or strangle a female person.

In addition, Jones is charged under the current 1985 Criminal Code with the following offences:

• Break and enter into a dwelling house and commit sexual assault; and
• Sexual assault.

He is scheduled to appear in court in Calgary on June 12.

"These are violent and traumatizing crimes perpetrated against people in their own homes, a place everyone should feel safe, said Staff Sgt. Michelle Doyle in a news release.

"We acknowledge the impact these assaults have had on the victims and their families and hope the charges can bring some justice and closure to cases such as these.

"Even after nearly 40 years, we will not stop investigating cold cases."

Police say Jones lives in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan over the years.

Anyone with information on the investigation is asked to call the Calgary Police Service non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or Det. Allen at 403-428-8462.''

 

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Calgary police charge Edmonton man in decades-old sex assault case

The three alleged offences took place between 1984 and 1985.

canoe.com

''Police say with significant advances in forensic technology, they’ve linked three separate offences from the mid-1980s and have charged one man in relation to the crimes. Richard Hubert Jones, 69, of Edmonton is facing multiple charges related to the historic sex assaults, all of which happened in Calgary.

''The three alleged offences took place between 1984 and 1985.''

''Police say in February 1984, a teenager was babysitting their younger sibling at home when a man entered the house, located in the 6400 block of Centre Street North, sexually assaulted her, and then fled.

In March 1984, a woman and her child were asleep at their home in the 2100 block of Seventh Avenue N.W. The mother awoke to an unknown man in her bedroom; she tried to escape, but the man forced her into another bedroom and sexually assaulted her. Before fleeing, the man threatened the woman.

In June 1985, a sleeping woman awoke at her home in the 11200 block of Sixth Street S.W. to a man covering her face, attempting to block her view of him. He sexually assaulted the victim and told her he had a knife, then fled.''

 

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Police say Jones lives in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan over the years.

Probably more cases out there waiting to be matched to him. Thank you for starting this thread