1997 Texas Cold Case Solved After DNA Testing Leads to Arrest in Midland Sexual Assault

DNA Testing Solves 1997 Midland Mall Sexual Assault Case In Texas

Texas authorities have solved a violent sexual assault case from 1997 with the arrest of a suspect identified through advanced DNA testing, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced. James Lee Woodard, now 61, was taken into custody on April 2 in Big Spring and charged with aggravated sexual assault in the attack on a 49-year-old woman at the Midland Park Mall parking lot. On September 1, 1997, the woman was grabbed by an unidentified man …

1997 Texas cold case solved after DNA testing leads to arrest in Midland sexual assault

Authorities have arrested a 61-year-old man for a 1997 Texas kidnapping and sexual assault after advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy cracked the nearly 30-year-old cold case.

Texas Rangers Arrest Man in 1997 Midland Mall Sexual Assault Cold Case

MIDLAND, Texas – Nearly three decades after a woman was abducted and sexually assaulted in a Midland mall parking lot, authorities have arrested a suspect through advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy. The Texas Rangers announced that 61-year-old James Lee Woodard was arrested in April and charged with aggravated sexual assault in connection with a 1997 attack in Midland. According to investigators, on Sept. 1, 1997, officers with the Midla…

DNA Genealogy Cracks 1997 Midland Mall Rape Case

MIDLAND, TX – Authorities in the Permian Basin have now identified the man they believe violently raped a 49-year-old woman in a mall parking lot in Midland almost 30 years ago. Last month, James Lee Woodard, now 61, was arrested in Big Spring and charged with aggravated sexual assault. Learn More Here.