Molly Jane’s Law was passed after the murder of a Fort Worth woman in 2017. Just months after the new law took effect, prosecutors say it was used to track down a sexual assault suspect who pleaded guilty Wednesday.
In Sept. 2019, a woman was walking when Ray came up from behind her with a gun, sexually assaulted her and recorded it."Unfortunately, there were no investigative leads," said Stephanie Simpson with the Tarrant County DA’s Office. "It was stalled in May of 2020, and it stalled until Arlington PD received a phone call from Tyler PD."
"No one would have been able to track this but for these links through VICAP," said Kim D'Avignon with the Tarrant County DA’s Office.It was named after Molly Jane Matheson, a Fort Worth woman who was raped and murdered by "It allows for different jurisdictions to be in communication with one another," she said. "It is a powerful database, a powerful tool, to assist in the investigative process, and it’s free. It’s been there since the 80s. It’s just underutilized."
"My hope would be that as we are able to link up defendants in this way through VICAP, maybe women who think it happened to them but they were unwilling to come forward because they thought it was just them, if they can see the pattern that shows up through VICAP, maybe they then can also get justice because they understand finally that this was never their fault," D'Avignon said.
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