Dwayne Wilson is just one of 1,861 DNA hits that nearly got away.
Just three days before
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inmate was set to be released from prison he was indicted on 14 new counts of rape and kidnapping thanks to the cold-case DNA testing of thousands of previously untested rape kits.
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54-year-old has now been ordered to remain in custody after linked to the rapes of four adults and one teenager over a three year period, said state Attorney General Mike DeWine who is championing the DNA testing initiative across the state.
Wilson, who was indicted
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county grand jury last week, was otherwise scheduled to be released this Friday after serving a five-year prison term for sexual assault.
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five newly discovered attacks, prosecutors say Wilson pulled up to his victims in his vehicle before sexually assaulting them at either knifepoint or gunpoint. The victims ranged in age from 16 to 34.
Wilson's dark past was unearthed among 5,023 rape kits that have been tested since Oct. 1, .
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From that batch, there have been 1,861 hits to DNA already in the Combined DNA Index System.
"This case highlights exactly why I felt that we owed it to Ohioans to test the thousands of previously untested rape kits in police evidence rooms across the state,"
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"Had these kits not been tested, this defendant would have been released from prison and given the opportunity to attack again. Now he's looking at spending the rest of his life behind bars."
DeWine says he's invited law enforcement to send him previously untested kits for testing, free of charge.
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County Assistant Prosecutor Rick Bell, who heads the Special Investigations Division of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office and its DNA Cold Case Task Force, praised the project as a monumental step in the right direction.
"We have learned that serial offenders like Wilson simply will not stop committing sexual assaults," said Bell. "By pursuing these indictments and keeping Wilson behind bars, we can not only obtain justice for these five victims, we can ensure that no other women will have to suffer at the hands of this vile cretin."
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<---Before DNA tests coming back he was all happy.
