A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly raping two women in New York City more than 20 years ago after investigators used sophisticated genetic tracing methods to link him to the crime, authorities said Thursday.
Jancys Santiago, 48, was charged in a pair of cold cases — a 2000 rape in Manhattan and a 2001 rape in the Bronx — with the help of “Investigative Genealogical Genealogy,” an emerging field that combines DNA analysis and traditional genealogical research, the Bronx and Manhattan District Attorney’s Offices said.
It’s the first time the method has been used in the Empire State to solve a sexual assault case, the DA’s Office claims.
“Our Bronx victim says she has waited more than 20 years to hear that her alleged rapist has been arrested,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement.
“Investigative Genetic Genealogy will help solve all types of cold cases, not limited to murder, and hold perpetrators accountable. It will also help to name our unknown murder victims so their relatives can get closure.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg added: “Together with our partners in law enforcement, we never give up on seeking accountability – especially for such horrific and violent allegations.”
During the first rape, on May 23, 2000, Santiago allegedly broke into the Midtown apartment of a 27-year-old woman who found him when she returned home, prosecutors said.
A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly raping two women in NYC more than 20 years ago after investigators used sophisticated genetic tracing methods to link him to the crime. Christopher Sadowski
He forced her into a bathroom and tied her hands and feet with wire hangers before raping her, the DA alleged.
In December 2001, Santiago also allegedly broke into the Bronx apartment of a 21-year-old woman – who was sleeping at the time – and covered her face, bound her with a wire hanger, and raped her, prosecutors allege.
“These poor women, these survivors are in their apartment where they should feel safe,” NYPD Deputy Chief Brian McGee said at a news conference Thursday about the victim – who Santiago did not identify.
“They’re not safe because he broke in.”
Investigators working on the case recently turned to a new technique, which takes DNA profiles from crime scene evidence and runs them through consumer DNA databases to find family links for perpetrators to people who agree to allow their generics to be used to help law enforcement. law
They used DNA from the rape kit to create a family tree and used those results to identify Santiago as a suspect – confirming their findings with a recent “relic sample” of DNA taken from a water bottle discarded by the rapist in Florida, McGee told reporters. . .
“They were able to take that abandonment sample and match it to both samples from the 12-mile scene in 2000 and 2001 and it was a match,” McGee said.
“Our Bronx victim says she has waited more than 20 years to hear that her alleged rapist has been arrested,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement. Kevin C. Downs for the NY Post
Santiago, who lives in Groveland, Fla., was extradited to New York and appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Nov. 9, where he was ordered held without bail.
He was arraigned in Bronx Supreme Court on November 15 and bail was later set at $1 million cash or $2.5 million bond.
His criminal defense attorneys in both cases did not immediately return requests for comment Thursday.
The IGG was first used to help solve the case of the Golden State Killer, which in 2018 helped link former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo to a series of rapes and murders in California between 1975 and 1986, McGee said.
Additional reporting by Georgett Roberts
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