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 he saw her in a Santa Ana area in 2012.
On July 15, 2012, the girl was playing with a 4-year-old boy outside her house in the 1400 block of South Townsend Street…