Plea expected from 72-year-old man accused in 1997 rape of Brooklyn child

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A 72-year-old Decrease Salem, OH man accused within the 1997 rape of a nine-year-old boy in Brooklyn is anticipated to plead responsible in entrance of Cuyahoga County Courtroom of Frequent Pleas Choose Timothy McCormick Thursday afternoon.

In accordance with Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley, his workplace’s Genetic Operations Linking DNA (G.O.L.D) Unit tracked down Dennis Gribble, beforehand often known as John Doe #147.

The nine-year-old boy was attacked on Aug. 8. 1997.

O’Malley stated the kid was strolling alone across the woods close to North Amber Drive and Plainfield Avenue in Brooklyn when he noticed Gribble.

Gribble allegedly informed him his son was using round on a dust bike and he wanted assist discovering a fuel can.

Gribble then allegedly led the kid additional into the woods and sexually assaulted him.

Brooklyn cops transported the boy to an area hospital the place a sexual assault package proof was collected.

In 2021, that proof was submitted to Gene by Gene, a family tree vendor working with the G.O.L.D Unit and Prosecutor O’Malley stated Gribble’s DNA was linked to the assault.

Investigators then obtained Gribble’s DNA and despatched it to the Bureau of Legal Investigation (BCI) to be examined, the place it got here again as a optimistic match, stated O’Malley.

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