BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A man imprisoned in Louisiana for several robbery convictions has been tied to a 1987 rape case through DNA evidence.
The Advocate cites a release from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office that says Louisiana State Police Crime Lab investigators reprocessed evidence from that case and a 2000 attempted kidnapping case and connected the incidents to 53-year-old Edward Earl Parker.
Parker was rearrested Wednesday on first-degree aggravated rape and aggravated kidnapping charges in connection with the 1987 case. The statute of limitations has expired for the attempted kidnapping case.
People were interested in these podcasts
Parker was already serving a 22-year sentence at a state prison. He’s now being held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
It’s unclear whether he has a lawyer.
___
Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com
Please read our comment policy before commenting.