DNA leads investigators to suspect in 2005 southwest Michigan rape case

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (FOX 2) - A suspect in a 2005 rape of a 14-year girl in southwest Michigan was caught recently thanks to DNA. Shawn Darnell Robins...

February 6, 2023
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (FOX 2) - A suspect in a 2005 rape of a 14-year girl in southwest Michigan was caught recently thanks to DNA. Shawn Darnell Robinson Hopkins, 37, of Kalamazoo, was charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and turned himself in last week. Read Next: 2 arrested after headless body found in Michigan field in 1997 According to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), Hopkins allegedly gave the victim alcohol and marijuana before sexually assaulting her.

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