A Houston man faces charges of rape and robbery in a 2009 case after a DNA test identified him as a suspect.

James West Jorden, 26, who is wanted on a charge of aggravated sexual assault, was not in custody Friday, according to online law enforcement records.

A woman told Houston police that she went to an apartment in the 6900 block of the South Loop East on July 5, 2009, to visit a friend.

As she walked through the complex, a man that she had never seen before pushed her into a vacant apartment, where he pulled her to the ground by her hair, according to court documents.

The man, later identified as Jorden through a DNA match, got on top of her and forced her to remove her pants and panties as he punched her several times in the head, records state.

After raping her, the man demanded her money, according to a complaint against Jorden filed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office. The woman pulled $190 from her clothing and threw it at the man, the complaint states.

As he was picking up the money, the woman ran to her car and drove to Ben Taub General Hospital, where she was examined for rape and gave a report to police, records state.

Last month, the state crime laboratory in Austin reported that a sample from the woman's rape kit matched Jorden's DNA. On Jan. 26, the woman tentatively identified him as her assailant in a photo line-up, police said.

carol.christian@chron.com

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DNA matches Houston man to 2009 rape