OAKLAND, Calif. - The man arrested in connection to a brutal 1989 rape and attempted murder has pleaded no contest.

The suspect, John Harris Jr. is charged with one count of attempted premeditated murder and one charge of aggravated mayhem. He faces 19 years to life in prison, and is scheduled for sentencing on Oct.3.

Harris, 55, was arrested in February 2021 after investigators used DNA evidence to link him to the crime, which investigators described as "grisly" and "heinous."

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The crime occurred on Saturday, Feb. 4, 1989 at approximately 4:15 a.m. when an unknown suspect broke into an apartment in the 3100 block of Casa De Campo while the resident was asleep in her bedroom. The perpetrator allegedly took a knife from the kitchen, went into the bedroom, put the

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