Police: DNA leads to arrest of sex offender in cold case
CHARLOTTE — Police in North Carolina say rape kit retesting made possible by a federal grant has led to the arrest of a convicted sex offender in a decades-old rape case.News outlets report 52-year-old Christopher Lynn McNear was arrested Wednesday on charges of first-degree rape and kidnapping. He’s accused in the 1995 rape of a 17-year-old girl, who was held at knifepoint and attacked while walking home from work.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Sgt. Darrell […]
