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On April 5, 2018, Roderick Williams, 54, was transferred from the
Baldwin County Jail to the Mobile County Metro Jail after indictments
were handed down earlier this year for rape first degree and kidnapping
first degree in reference to an incident that occurred 20 years ago
(1998). Williams is being held on a $200,000 bond in reference to those charges.

DNA evidence from the victim's sexual assault kit (SAK), also known as a
rape kit, matched to Williams. This is the fourth arrest by the Mobile
Police Department related to cold case sexual assaults and the first
arrest tied to submissions directly related to the Promise Initiative.
The Promise Initiative is a joint effort by the Mobile Police
Department, the Mobile County District Attorney's Office, the Rape
Crisis Center, and the Alabama Department of Forensic Science to test
sexual assault kits that have not been tested under today's current DNA technology.

Williams is scheduled to appear in court on May 10, 2018 for a status
hearing in which the trial date will be set by the court. The District Attorney’s Office is committed to pursuing justice for the victim of Williams.

In 2015, the Mobile Police Department received an $828,230 grant to test
its previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), awarded the grant. The award is part of a
$110-million-plus national SAKI effort supporting multiple jurisdictions addressing sexual assault reform—including testing unsubmitted SAKs, investigating and prosecuting these cases, and supporting victims.

During a victim’s medical forensic examination after a sexual assault, a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) or other medical professional
gathers DNA evidence for a sexual assault kit; this evidence may include
the suspect’s blood, saliva, and/or semen taken from the victim’s body. This evidence is gathered at a hospital or local rape crisis center. The
SAK is then submitted to the crime laboratory for forensic testing to
possibly identify the perpetrator(s).

https://www.mobilepd.org/news/mpds-first-arrest-made-under-new-sexual-ass ault-kit-program-1/

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