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DNA from a decades-old rape kit linked a Georgia man to the fatal stabbings of a woman and her brother in their suburban Atlanta apartment in 1990, officials said Wednesday. Kenneth Perry, 55, was charged with multiple counts of malice murder, aggravated assault and other crimes in the deaths of Pamela Sumpter, 43, and John Sumpter, 46, the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office said. Perry was also charged with raping Pamela Sumpter, the prosecutor’s office said.
Pamela Sumpter died of her injuries Aug. 5, 1990, and the case went cold. Earlier this year, a sample from the kit that was uploaded to a national database matched DNA from an unprosecuted sexual assault in Michigan in 1992, the prosecutor's office said. The victim in that case identified the suspect as Perry, her ex-boyfriend. It wasn't clear why the case was not prosecuted.
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