CORRECTIONS OFFICER CHARGED IN SEX ASSAULT OF CHILD: DNA EVIDENCE FOUND AMONG 200 UNTESTED RAPE KITS

PFMLIT CORRECTIONS OFFICER, DNA, FAMILY MEMBERS, General, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST, UNBELIEVABLE UNFORGETTABLE

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Robert Buchanan, a 45 year old Cook County sheriff's correctional officer, has been chargedwith sexual assault of his 10 year old step daughter based on DNA results from a rape kit testedten years after the incident took place.  In 1997, the victim reported multiple incidents ofsexual assault over seven months in the home she shared with Buchanan and her mother.  InAugust of that year, a rape kit was administered at a hospital and submitted to the Harvey PoliceDepartment where it was never tested.  In 2007, the Cook County state's attorney's office, thesheriff's office and the Illinois State Police conducted a raid on the Harvey Police Department,recovering the untested rape kits and reopening the investigations of dozens of sexual assaultcrimes.  Buchanan is being held on a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child hewas ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bond.
(Illinois)