Article: In `Crossbow Rapist' Trial, DNA Links Suspect, Victim, Scientist Testifies

A DNA sample taken from the Bowie man accused of being the Prince George's County "crossbow rapist" matches semen taken from one of the rapist's four victims, a forensic scientist testified yesterday.

Richard Guerrieri, who works in the North Carolina medical laboratory that performed the testing, said the DNA of Alphonzo Quinn, 38, matches material removed from the underwear of a 24-year-old woman who was assaulted in her Bowie home last Sept. 5.

Police and prosecutors say that from June 7 to Sept. 5, 1993, Quinn broke into the houses of four women, threatened them with a crossbow and an assault rifle, bound them with duct tape and rope and raped them.

Quinn is charged with 44 ...

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