Jury selection begins Monday in the cold-case rape trial of Sylvester Antonio Ray in DeKalb County. Ray is charged with four rapes in 2002 and 2003.
The GBI discovered in 2010 that DNA proved the four women had been raped by the same man. DeKalb Police Lt. J.C. Popp linked the women to Ray. At a pre-trial hearing, Popp testified three of the women positively identified Ray as their attacker.
The case has its problems. Much evidence, including two rape kits, is missing from police lockers and files. District Attorney Robert James will be lead prosecutor at trial.
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