Friday, April 11, 2008

Cold case hit leads to suspect in nursing home attack

Raymond Brown, 48, was charged with forcible oral copulation, making terrorist threats, and rape after a cold case hit on a rape in San Bernardino which happened over 3 years ago. Brown was never considered a suspect befor the DNA match, and police officials are now looking for him.

The parolee-at-large has prior convictions, including arson, court records show. Brown is believed to have family in Georgia, Paterson said.

The rape was reported March 16, 2005. The attacker climbed through a ground-floor, sliding window at the San Bernardino Retirement and Assisted Living facility at 1589 N. Waterman Ave. minutes before 1 a.m.

The 55-year-old woman was alone in her room when the man raped her and threatened to kill her if she cried out for help, detectives said.

"This was particularly brutal," Paterson said.

DNA was taken from the room and submitted to the San Bernardino County's sheriff's crime lab. Paterson said that the sample took so long to process because it had to be run through the state's lengthy database of DNA profiles.

"We're always happy in times like this to get evidence to a crime where we had no suspects," Paterson said.

The home has installed bars on its windows and changed its name to Jasmine Terrace.

Anyone with information on Brown's location is asked to call police at 909-388-4955

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