Solved! DNA evidence leads to rape conviction after 19 years

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperInvestigators closed the case on a 19-year-old rape that occurred in Park Slope thanks to newly acquired DNA evidence, which swayed a jury in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Monday to convict Bushwick resident Johnny Jacob, 45, of the heinous sexual assault.The cold-case conviction was only made possible thanks to evidence that Jacob’s victim submitted immediately following her brutal rape in 1998, according to District Attorney Er