The Lawrenceville Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have made an arrest in a cold case rape investigation nearly 40 years after the crimes occurred.
In the summer of 1986, authorities say they responded to multiple incidents around Lawrenceville and unincorporated Gwinnett County involving adult women who had been sexually assaulted in their apartments. The unidentified suspect was able to get away before the victims could contact law enforcement.
While looking into the case, investigators noticed similarities, including how the suspect entered his victims’ homes and his description. Despite attempts to identify the culprit, the case remained unsolved for decades…