RICHMOND, Va., June 27 -- The Virginia Attorney General issued the following news release:
Paste copy hereRichmond Jury ConvictsMan for Sexual Assault in a 34-year-old Cold CaseRICHMOND, Va. -- On June 15, 2026, thanks to the evolution of DNA technology, Maurice Muhammad Moore was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he committed in 1992.Original DNA testing was unable to identify a suspect at the time.Over three decades after the crime was committed, the kit was retested under an Office of the Attorney General Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)grant program usingstate-of-the-artDNA testing. This new testingidentifiedMoore as the primary suspect through aCombined DNA Index System (CODIS) hit."The Virginia Sexual Assault Kit Initiative...