Elkhart Rape Case Solved Thanks to DNA Database

A DNA match helps police solve a rape case from 2001.

William Jackson, 21, of Columbus, Ohio was found guilty of raping an Elkhart woman.

On September 5, 2001 he broke into a woman's home and raped her at knifepoint.

It is how police tracked down Jackson that is interesting.

After the rape DNA evidence from the scene was entered into a national DNA database.

It turns out that the DNA was taken after a rape in Ohio.

Jackson was the suspect in that case and police matched his DNA to the Elkhart rape.

Elkhart county Prosecutor Curtis Hill says Elkhart Police and Ohio authorities did an excellent job of working together to nail an apparent serial rapist.