A Southern California man was convicted of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old girl in a case that went cold before advancements in DNA testing led to his arrest.
Francisco Javier Lopez, 51, of Montebello, was convicted of sexually assaulting the girl after spotting her in a Santa Ana neighborhood in 2012.
On July 15, 2012, the girl was playing with a 4-year-old boy outside her home in the 1400 block of South Townsend Street…