MHPS assists with arrest in relation to historical Edmonton case
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Medicine Hat Police Service assisted in the arrest of a 47-year-old man in relation to a break and enter sexual assault case from nearly 26 years ago in Edmonton.
According to an Edmonton Police Service release, at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 26, 1994, police received a report of an unknown male suspect having broken into an apartment in the area of 65 Avenue and 172 Street. The male suspect approached the 28-year-old female resident with a knife, who was asleep in her bed at the time. The suspect then bound the complainant and sexually assaulted her. The woman was able to free herself after the suspect left her suite, at which time she contacted police and attended hospital for an examination.
At the time, the evidence collected from the complainant’s examination had been considered for forensic testing but was ultimately deemed to be unsuitable for further testing.
In January of 2020, the file was reassigned to a Cold Case Sexual Assault investigator for review. In consultation with the RCMP lab, various exhibits were identified as being suitable for DNA testing. The subsequent analysis identified a DNA profile that matched a convicted offender on the National DNA Data Bank.
