DNA convicts man of rape he committed 20 years ago – New York Post

A Brooklyn man was convicted Tuesday of a nearly 20-year old rape he committed on a Park Slope subway platform.

DNA from cold case files helped prosecutors convict Johnny Jacob in the 1998 assault on a 19-year-old woman as she headed out for her first day of work.

Thanks to the DNA evidence collected at the time of this attack the defendant has now been held accountable for this brutal rape, acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. This case once again underscores the importance of DNA evidence in proving guilt or innocence.

Gonzalez also lauded the victims bravery in coming forward to testify against her assailant.

Jacob approached her at 9:30 a.m. on March 2, 1998, as she exited the Fourth Ave subway stop at Ninth street. The fiend ordered her back on the platform, threatening to shoot her, as he held what she thought was a gun to her back. He then raped her.

The 45-year-old Jacob was nabbed in 2013, after he was convicted of federal money laundering charges and forced to submit DNA to the federal database.

His genetic material later came back matching that found at the rape scene.

Jacob faces 25 years behind bars when hes sentenced in June.

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