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Police use trash and 26-year-old evidence for arrest in 1997 sexual assault of minors

LNP Media Group, Inc. | Aug 17, 2023

Pennsylvania State Police charged Dorwart, 54, of Pleasure Road in Manheim Township, after using genealogical DNA to match semen recovered after the assaults to DNA collected from a Rutter’s cup Dorwart dropped into his trash in May, according to charging documents.

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