Deputies: DNA Evidence Cracks Old Case

WTVD Eyewitness News

(11/08/05 -- RALEIGH) - Investigators say DNA helped crack a 1994 sexual assault case.

Wake County deputies charged Alfred Lee Cooper with second-degree rape and first-degree burglary. He already is behind bars on similar charges.

Authorities say Cooper is responsible for a June 1994 crime at a woman's home in northern Wake County. The victim says she met her attacker in the hallway of her home after her barking dogs woke her up.