Breakthrough DNA technology solves 2007 sexual assault case

A 2007 home invasion and sexual assault case was solved nearly 20 years later using advanced DNA genealogy, detectives say.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - Nearly two decades after a brutal nighttime assault, a Florida woman finally got answers.

Those answers were possible thanks to advances in genetic genealogy and DNA technology.

What we know:

Roughly 20 years after a violent home invasion, a 65-year-old woman finally received answers.

On October 22, 2007, Lake County deputies responded to a call where a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted for two hours. Despite collecting significant DNA evidence at the time, the case remained unsolved for years.

Advancements in genetic genealogy and DNA technology helped break the case.

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