DNA sample links man to 3 rapes over 5 years in Franklin County

Authorities say a man’s DNA has linked him to three rapes in Franklin County over a five-year span.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced the grand jury has indicted 44-year-old Tyrone Dee Smith in connection the rapes that happened between 2013 and 2017.“This suspect had his DNA collected from a current pending Non-Support of Dependents case and a CODIS match was received earlier this summer linking this defendant to three unrelated and unsolved stranger rapes,&rdquo