"DNA testing in a recent child abuse case led to a suspect in a 1997 sexual assault in Koreatown, linking Wilfredo Romeo Perez to the long-unsolved case."
"The victim of the 1997 incident, then 14, reported that her attacker threatened to kill her family if she did not comply with his demands."
"Perez's relative reported the alleged sexual abuse last April, stating it began when she was 11 and occurred multiple times over the years."
"After uploading Perez's genetic profile into a national database, police received a hit matching him to evidence collected in the 1997 case."
A man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a young relative has been connected to a 1997 rape case in Koreatown through DNA evidence. The investigation into the 1997 case had stalled for nearly three decades until a recent DNA match identified Wilfredo Romeo Perez as a suspect. The allegations against Perez were reported by a family member who claimed the abuse began when she was 11. Perez, currently out on bond for other charges, has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to return to court next month.
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