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DNA Technology Leads to Arrest in 1996 Rape Case
11/3/2025
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Story summary
- Sammy Wayne Riley of La Follette, Tennessee, was arrested in southern Indiana on a 1996 rape case.
- Riley was identified through DNA technology linked to a close relative, nearly three decades after the crime.
- The case began when a woman reported being assaulted after leaving the former Austin Lounge in Austin, Indiana.
- Riley is charged with one felony count of rape and remains in custody at Scott County Jail.
