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Suspect ultimately sexually assaulted the victim while the wife was out of town. This repeated for five straight nights during this time until his wife came back into town. After this time, the sexual advances continued. They continued to occur numerous times for several years into when they moved into Mounds View. After 10 years of sexual abuse, the victim came forward and reported to Mounds View Police. The case was investigated and the suspect was charged with 1 st degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. Further investigation involving search warrants, witness interviews, and Phone Subpoenas continued on by Inv. Erickson even until the case was in trial. On 6-14-2024, the criminal trial ended and the subject was found Guilty of Criminal Sexual Conduct 1 st Degree and Criminal Sexual Conduct 3rd Degree. The subject is being held until his sentencing date. Criminal Sexual Conduct On February 19, 2006,Mounds View Police received a report of a sexual assault that had just occurred in room 32 at a motel located on the 4800 block of Old Highway 8, Mounds View. On arrival, officers met with a 20-year-old female. The victim was crying and distraught. She told officers that she had just been sexually assaulted by two men at the motel, one was a former coworker she knew, and the other male was unknown. Investigative efforts established the identity of the first male but the second male remained unknown. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where she underwent a sexual assault examination and stated she was raped. Her former coworker was identified as the first suspect. Investigations at that time led to a warrant of the first male, where his DNA was obtained and matched DNA from the SANE exam. The suspect did not speak further and would not identify the second suspect. The 2nd suspect remained unknown. In August of 2019, the BCA and Mounds View police were notified that continued testing of the 2nd unknown DNA had resulted in a hit in the database for a male currently incarcerated at the Utah State Prison. That male was in prison for raping his 14-year-old niece and impregnating her. Investigator Erickson worked through the years with the Utah Prison Correctional agency, the FBI, Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, and Ramsey County Attorney's Office to obtain a warrant for the subject and have him transferred to the Ramsey County Jail. In May 2024, the subject was transferred to the Ramsey County jail. Investigator Erickson met with the subject in jail and interviewed him. The male denied having any involvement and said it was a mystery why his DNA would be involved and said he would never do anything like this to a female, despite being in prison for sexual assault. Investigator Erickson served the subject with a search warrant for his DNA which was later shown to be a match to the DNA found from the SANE exam. The suspect remains in custody with the Ramsey County Jail awaiting his trial date.