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Rapist identified through DNA pleads guilty, gets prison sentence
DAYTON — A man matched to a 1997 rape through a DNA hit was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 11, to nine years in prison.
Demetrius P. Chambers, appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman and pleaded guilty to three charges: rape, aggravated burglary and intimidation of a crime victim or attorney. Two other charges, aggravated robbery and kidnapping, were dismissed.
Chambers was scheduled to go on trial Aug. 30.
Police arrested Chambers on Nov. 27, 2008 after a grand jury indicted him in connection with the December 1997 assault and rape of a woman in her home.
The case was reopened after Chambers’ DNA sample was entered into a national database while he was incarcerated at the Belmont Correctional Institution. His profile matched that of evidence gathered in the rape, authorities said.
Detectives then located the female victim and she picked Chambers out of a group of photos as her attacker, police said.
Investigators said Chambers knocked on the woman’s door in the 2200 block of Emerson Avenue. The woman was expecting someone else, and opened the door, then Chambers forced his way into the house.
After raping her, Chambers then stole undisclosed items from the house before leaving, according to police.
He has an extensive criminal background, including convictions for escape in 1996 and receiving stolen property in 2005, according to court records. He also been arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, drug abuse and public indecency.
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