53-year-old Tennessee man arrested, charged in 1996 southern Indiana rape case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Indiana State Police have made an arrest in an almost 30-year-old rape case.

Indiana State Police said Sunday in a release a Tennessee man was arrested in connection to a 1996 rape in Scott County, Indiana.

Scott County Sheriff's Department arrested 53-year-old Sammy Wayne Riley, of La Follette, Tennessee, on Saturday, Nov. 1. Riley formally lived in Scott County.

ISP said in 1996, detectives got a report from a woman who said she was raped after leaving the former Austin Lounge in Austin, Indiana, with two men.

The victim provided a name she believed belonged to her assailant, but the DNA was not a match.

However, in June, recent technology helped track the DNA to a close genetic relative of Riley. Police obtained a warrant on Oct. 29 after learning Riley had returned to Scott County for a family matter.

Riley is charged with one felony count of rape and is being held at the Scott County jail.

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