DNA match leads to arrest in 1983 Florida rape case
Posted August 16, 2019 11:09 am.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a suspect in the knifepoint rape of a Florida woman at her home more than three decades ago.
Coral Springs police spokesman Tyler Reik said authorities found 60-year-old Timothy Norris serving time for bank robbery at a West Virginia federal prison.
When the break-in and rape were committed in August 1983, the available technology didn’t point to a suspect.
In March, the rape victim approached police about re-opening the case after she saw social media accounts about another cold case being solved.
Reik told news outlets that when evidence including a sample of her clothing was processed at the Broward Sheriff’s Crime Lab, investigators found Norris’ DNA on it.
The South Florida SunSentinel reports officials plan to extradite Norris to Florida.
The Associated Press
