DNA leads to Ormond Beach rape arrest

By Joel Schipper, Reporter Last Updated: Tuesday, April 09, 2013, 10:29 PM ORMOND BEACH --

Police arrested a man Monday for a violent sexual crime committed more than a decade ago.

Carl Perdew, 43, is facing felony charges of sexual battery and robbery for the 2002 crime.The DNA test taken from an arrest last August led investigators to Perdew.

A woman says she was leaving a Daytona Beach bar and asked a man to use a phone to call for a ride home.

While the two were walking along some nearby railroad tracks, police say a second man approached. The two men then hit her on the head, robbed her and raped her.

Police say the woman got to a gas station and told officers, but there was no break in the case until last August.

Police say Carl Perdew was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. The DNA swab taken from Perdew was entered into the FDLE crime lab database. That's how investigators discovered the match.

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