SEXUAL ASSAULT COLD CASE PROGRAM
THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT’S SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT HAS BEGUN AN INITIATIVE TITLED “SEACAP”, (SEXUAL ASSAULT COLD CASE PROGRAM). THE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE CRIME OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IS A LIFE CHANGING EVENT AND RECOGNIZES THAT THE VICTIMS OF THIS TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIME NEED CLOSURE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WITH THE VICTIM’S EMOTIONAL STATE IN MIND, THE UNIT HAS INITIATED THE ABOVE PROGRAM.
DUE TO THE ABILITY OF DNA TO IDENTIFY THE UNKOWN ATTACKER AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CODIS (COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM), THE TECHNOLOGY NOW EXISTS TO SOLVE THE STRANGER ON STRANGER SEXUAL ASSAULT CRIME. UNFORTUNATELY THIS TECHNOLOGY DID NOT EXIST IN THE 1970’S OR 1980’S. THE UNIT RECOGNIZES THAT THE CITIZENS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THIS TYPE OF CRIME IN THAT TIME PERIOD DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR CASES EXAMINED, TO BE DETERMINED IF IT CAN BE SOLVED.
THE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHICH OCCURRED IN THE 70’S OR 80’S TO CONTACT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT REGARDING THE STATUS OF THEIR CASE AND THE POSSIBILTY OF SOLVING IT. THE BELOW CRITERIA MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THE REVIEW:
1. VICTIM IS INTERESTED IN THE STATUS OF THE CASE AND WISHES TO PURSUE.
2. CRIME OCCURRED BETWEEN 1970-1990.
3. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE CRIME TO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
4. UNKNOWN ATTACKER, (STRANGER)
5. SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION WAS COMPLETED
6. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK CUSTODY OF A SUSPECT DNA SOURCE, (CONDOM, UNDERWEAR, ETC).
AT THE TIME OF THESE OFFENSES THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS WAS 5 YEARS. THEREFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF PREOSECUTION HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED.
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EVEN THOUGH THE PROSECUTOR CAN NOT BE PROSECUTED, HIS IDENTIFICATION AND THE LINK TO THE CASE CAN BE VALUABLE TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE VICTIM. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CAN USE THIS INFORMATION DURING PAROLE ELIGIBILTY HEARINGS AND PUNISHMENT PHASES OF FUTURE CRIMINAL CASES. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE VICTIM TO HAVE SOME POWER OVER THE OFFENDERS FUTURE. THE VICTIM CAN AUTHOR A PROTEST LETTER TO THE PAROLE CENTER OFFICE OF REVIEW
PLEASE CALL DALLAS POLICE . 214-671-3584...TO HAVE YOUR CASE REOPENED!
Follow the links to watch my interviews with CBS 11 and WFAA Channel 8 on the solving of my 20 year old sexual assault case!
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=8659.ktvt.dayport.com
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/showVideo.php?vidId=58574&catId=104
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=10943.ktvt.dayport.com
