Criminal-Justice Lecturer Arrested After DNA Said to Link Him to Decades-Old Sex Assaults

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Serial rape suspect linked to decades-old crimes through genealogy, DNA, officials say
Mark Manteuffel, 59, was arrested in a series of crimes that occurred in the Sacramento area between 1992 and 1994.

July 2, 2019, 12:01 AM EDT
By Tim Stelloh

A former law enforcement officer wanted in a series of “horrific” decades-old sexual assaults in Northern California was arrested based on a combination of DNA testing and genetic profiling, authorities said Monday.

Mark Manteuffel, 59, was arrested Friday in Decatur, Georgia. He worked for decades in the federal Bureau of Prisons and as a law enforcement and criminal justice lecturer at California State University, Sacramento, authorities told reporters.

Manteuffel retired in 2014 as an administrator at a correctional facility in Miami, Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn said.

The arrest offered another high-profile example of detectives cracking cold cases by matching DNA obtained from crime scenes and rape kits with profiles assembled through genetic testing companies.

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