DNA test leads to man's arrest in attack on girl

by Tad Camp 8. December 2009 23:07

Lord Johnson (Detroit Police Department)
Lord Johnson (Detroit Police Department)

BY AMBER HUNT
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

A 35-year-old convicted felon has been charged in the March 2008 sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl after a DNA sample collected from a rape kit implicated him, Detroit police said today.

Lord Edward-Manwell Johnson was arraigned Monday on charges of kidnapping, four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

He is held on a $75,000 cash bond and is set to next appear in court Dec. 15 for a preliminary exam. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Police said Johnson attacked the girl March 22, 2008, as she exited a store at Caldwell and Luce. She was forced into a late-model black Jeep, after which the suspect allegedly drove to several locations and assaulted the girl inside the vehicle.

About four hours after the abduction, around 8:20 p.m., Johnson dropped the victim off in the 13000 block of Syracuse and she walked home, police said.

Investigators submitted a rape kit for testing, which resulted in a DNA hit on Johnson, who had spent time in prison on a drug conviction.

Last week, the Adrian Police Department advised Detroit investigators that Johnson had been hiding in their city but he was believed to have returned to Detroit’s east side, officials said.

Johnson was arrested without incident.

“As long as this suspect remained free, he was a threat to other children,” Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans said in a Tuesday news release. “Thanks to the assistance of the Adrian Police Department, we were able to bring him into custody and hopefully bring a sense of relief to his young victim and her family.”

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