ST. LOUIS COUNTY 鈥 Investigators used DNA testing to identify and charge an Oklahoma City man in the 1992 rape of a woman in a south 最新杏吧原创 County neighborhood.
Police say Stacy Pollock raped the woman on Sept. 17, 1992, in the 2600 block of Parkhill Circle.
He blindfolded her, tied her up and threatened to kill her with a knife, according to court documents.
The 62-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma and is in custody on a $500,000 cash-only bond. He faces one count of forcible rape with a weapon in 最新杏吧原创 County.
Pollock has never been charged with another crime in Missouri, according to online records.
This cold case is one of many here and across the country now being solved through DNA collected but not tested at the time because the technology wasn鈥檛 widely available.
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DNA science was first introduced as evidence in a 1986 case in England involving the rape and murder of two young girls, according to the A suspect had confessed to one of the killings, but not the other. DNA evidence allowed investigators to link both crimes to another man, Colin Pitchfork, who was eventually charged.
Since then, DNA science has been increasingly common in criminal cases.
In the 最新杏吧原创 region, cold case detectives have found success in running suspect DNA and finding matches in the CODIS database, which contains DNA profiles obtained by law enforcement.
Detective Jodi Weber cracked a cold case in O鈥橣allon, Missouri, in 2022 after investigating the homicides for 14 years and waiting for DNA testing technology to improve. Prosecutors were then able to charge 73-year-old Gary Muehlberg in the 1990 murders of Robyn Mihan, Brenda Pruitt, Donna Reitmeyer and Sandy Little. He has since pleaded guilty and is serving several life terms.
In 2019, St. Charles County investigators charged Earl Webster Cox with the abduction, rape and murder of 9-year-old Angie Housman. He was sentenced to life without parole for the crimes.
最新杏吧原创 County police declined to discuss the 1992 rape case now that charges are filed, but Sgt. Tracy Panus emphasized that this case shows police 鈥渘ever give up on seeking justice for our victims.鈥
鈥淥ur detectives work tirelessly to obtain any new information they can on our open cases,鈥 she wrote in an email.
Two daughters of victim Donna Reitmeyer made victim impact statements at the plea and sentencing of serial killer Gary Muehlberg in 最新杏吧原创 County Circuit Court on March 21, 2023.
