DNA Helps Solve 1996 Rape Case

CINCINNATI -- A man already serving time for attempting to abduct a 12-year-old girl has now been found guilty in a 1996 rape.

Timothy Dick, 35, was arrested in June 2004 after he attacked the girl while claiming to look for a lost dog. Her screams brought her father to the scene, and he tackled Dick and held him until police arrived.

Dick was sentenced to four years in prison in 2005.

After his conviction, Dick's DNA was submitted for testing and found to match DNA found in the earlier crime.

Police said that in November 1996, Dick attacked and raped a 15-year-old Symnes Township girl who was waiting for a school bus on Fields-Ertel Road.

Dick was sentenced to an additional 14 years in prison on Monday.