Canada · 5 d ago
Man found guilty of sexual assault three decades after a Toronto attack
Leslie Richard King, 56, was found guilty of sexual assault in a Toronto court. The attack happened in 1995, when the victim was 16; he was 25.
How police found him
Genetic genealogy
Toronto police's cold case section found King through investigative genetic genealogy, which compares crime scene DNA with DNA in publicly uploaded genealogy databases.
The woman, now 48, told court she has lived with panic attacks and distrust for three decades. Her name is covered by a publication ban.
What's next
King, who remains out on bail, will return to court at a later date for a sentencing hearing.
