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DNA Connects California Rapist To 1992 Maryland Attack: Cops
A California man has been charged in a 1992 Maryland rape case, authorities said.
Xavier Battice, now 62 years old, followed his victim after she got off of a bus near the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase on Sept. 24, 1992, Montgomery County police said on Tuesday, Dec. 19.
Battice, 31 at the time, followed the victim, took her to a nearby park and raped her before leaving the scene, police said.
Cold case detectives submitted evidence from the crime scene to the crime laboratory, and a DNA profile was extracted from the evidence. The DNA was submitted into the Combined DNA In…