DNA links suspect to sex crime in 2008

(( the suspect has denied the charge and claimed that he can’t remember what he was doing in August 2008 ))

Were you stressed during August 2008 ..??

he can’t remember what he was doing in August 2008

The usual excuse....I am surprised he didn't claim he was drunk too.

@Mirai: His excuse does not work against froresnic test result. Beside that, Japan is the country of Guilty until proven innocent.

Wow. ! This is amazing dna forensic computer police detective work. Amazing the power of technoogy to solve crimes even 7 years ago rapes. Good catch by the boys in blue! Sherlock holmes tokyo style. Maybe some closure for the victim, too.

well his excuse is valid. can you remember what you were doing on a certain day even a month ago? let alone 6 years ago. reminds me of the opening for serial, the podcast, when koenig interviewed people and asked if they remember what they did last week. most people had no clue. that being said, seems like the dna evidence links him to the crime.

The article states Sexual assualt. Should the article be stating Rape?

The suspect must have been arrested in the past for the cops to match his d n a The story doesn't mention if he's a serial perv - GoDirectly to Jail!!!

The suspect must have been arrested in the past for the cops to match his d n a The story doesn't mention if he's a serial perv - GoDirectly to Jail!!!

Yeah! Punishment without trial - North Korea style!

unfortunately, the japanese cops are kinda famous for faking evidence...

The suspect must have been arrested in the past for the cops to match his d n a

No not necessarily. The DNA was gathered from the victim (usual case in sexual assaults). So the DNA was gathered that way, doesn't mean he was arrested in the past for the police to have his DNA on file.

He was finally arrested recently for another crime, then his DNA was taken and matched with the previous case.

There are lots of DNA on file with no match because a person was never arrested in the past or their DNA wasn't on file for some other reason.

Mirai: "The usual excuse"

Well, yes and no. I mean, it WAS 7 years ago, and the guy is unemployed. I can't remember what I was doing in August of 2008 either, save that I know I would have been doing the same job, and can remember where I lived. But no details of that specific month and definitely not any specific dates within it. Mind you, I never committed any crimes, either, so in that regard it could be a lie as well, as you would think committing a horrid act would be something that stuck out.

BUT, they have the DNA evidence, so that goes a long way towards proving him guilty despite claims of innocence.

Strangerland: Yeah! Punishment without trial - North Korea style!

Ought to be a pretty short trial given the DNA evidence.

Watched a crime show the other day where they said 'after a fourth-month trial, he was convicted'. Forgot which state it was in, maybe WA or OR.

Four-month trial! With DNA left at the scene!

@turbotsat

Four month trial. Yes the lwayers bill by the hour , dont forget. It adds up.

Lawyers

Taki was arrested for a misdemeanor in March of this year. Police said DNA taken from saliva samples at the scene of the sex crime in 2008 matched that of Taki.

So the cops collected saliva from all around the crime scene and tested all of it for DNA and somehow came up with this dudes DNA? Let's be for real here, collecting saliva from a crime scene infers only one thing, unless the cops "planted" the evidence.

DNA is a good a start, but I hope they have more, and need more, to convict.

BUT, they have the DNA evidence, so that goes a long way towards proving him guilty despite claims of innocence.

Reread the article. Just because the cops have so-called dna evidence does not make the guy guilty of any crimes yet. Putting him and the evidence together at the scene is something totally different.

The article also states the saliva in question was collected from the scene, which does not place him with the victim as anyone's "saliva" could be placed at any crime scene.

I had an earlier post removed because the only location where the saliva could have been collected to connect him directly with the crime would be from a rape-kit examination. But even then unless the saliva was found in a specific part of the body it too would more than likely been wiped away unless it was found internally.

The J-cops are going to work their hardest at getting a confession to fit the evidence, of that you can be sure.

Let's not forget that "others" were convicted of crimes with less so called evidence.

I doubt a cop knows how to create fake DNA sample exact matching in DNA data files that are not available to cops.