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An Illinois state lawyer introduced a $5 million bail has been set for a person taken into custody final week in West Chicago whose DNA hyperlinks him to a 2001 sexual assault.
DuPage County Lawyer Robert Berlin mentioned in a press launch that Alberto Gomez, 51, of Florence, Arizona, has been charged with three counts of aggravated felony assault, three counts of felony assault, one rely of aggravated felony assault and one rely of felony sexual abuse.
The district lawyer’s workplace mentioned West Chicago police acquired a 2022 DNA hit on a sexual assault pattern taken in November 2001, after a girl was sexually assaulted in her West Chicago residence.
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Alberto Gomez was linked to a sexual assault in 2001 via DNA proof, in keeping with Illinois authorities. (DuPage County State Legislation Agency)
DNA recovered from the sufferer reportedly matches Gomez’s DNA, which was produced when he was detained for illegally getting into the US.
On November 25, 2001, the sufferer was sleeping alone in her residence when she awoke to discover a man, reportedly recognized as Gomez, standing in her bed room.
Gomez is accused of pushing the sufferer onto the mattress, overlaying her mouth, punching her a number of instances, after which sexually assaulting her.
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Pipette the pattern into the vial for extracting DNA proof within the forensic laboratory. (Andrew Brookes through Getty Photos)
He then fled the residence, the OM claims, after which the sufferer referred to as the police.
Gomez reportedly lived within the West Chicago-Warrenville space on the time of the assault, in keeping with the press launch.
“The identification of a person suspected of a sexual assault greater than twenty years previous sends the message that in DuPage County we are going to by no means surrender a case or a sufferer,” Berlin mentioned. “Whereas a case this previous could have gone chilly, it remained lively, and I commend the West Chicago Police Division for his or her efforts in enabling us to cost Mr. Gomez with the assault of a defenseless lady.”
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Gomez was taken into federal custody in November when he was detained whereas illegally getting into the US and has been in custody ever since.
Final week he was transferred to the DuPage County Jail.
Police are asking anybody with details about the case or about Gomez to contact them at 630-293-2222.
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Gomez is because of seem in court docket on August 16, 2023.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.