DNA links Riverside man to 2001 gang rape in Yucaipa, sheriff’s … – Redlands Daily Facts

YUCAIPA >> Detectives finally got a break in a 16-year-old rape case thanks to DNA.

In July 2001, a woman reported she had been walking near California Street and Avenue E when four men pulled alongside her and forced her into their vehicle, according to a sheriffs news release. They drove her to a remote location and gang raped her, the news release said.

During the investigation DNA was collected as evidence and entered into the Combined DNA Index System database, but there wasnt a match at the time of the incident.

The case went cold. Then someone was arrested on an unrelated crime last November, bringing the case back to the surface, according to sheriffs officials.

Jose Angel Bueno, 47, of Riverside, was arrested for an unrelated crime. His DNA was taken by Riverside authorities and sent to the Department of Justice to be added into the national database.

Buenos sample came back as a match to the DNA collected from the unsolved 2001 rape case, officials said.

Detectives found Bueno in custody at West Valley Detention Center Wednesday on an unrelated case. They booked him for suspicion of rape and kidnapping with the intent to commit rape. Hes being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Detectives believe there may be more victims that havent come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to call sheriffs detectives at 909-918-2305.

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