PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Nearly four decades later, Prince William County prosecutors have announced a conviction in an abduction and rape. Russell Marubbio, 54, was convicted by a jury last week.

On Dec. 19, 1987, a 50-year-old woman was working as a clerk at a Chevron gas station in Woodbridge when she went to use the bathroom, which was outside of the building. When she entered the restroom, a man came in behind her with a knife. He taped her head and hands and raped her.

Police were called to investigate, and a Physical Evidence Recovery Kit (PERK) was collected from the victim at Potomac Hospital the next day. The woman told investigators she did not know the man who attacked her.

The PERK was eventually submitted to the Department of Forensic Science and a DNA profile was deve

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