DNA leads to arrest of accused rapist in 2018 and 2019 sexual assaults in Raleigh

Raleigh police arrested a man accused of assaulting three women, including two in Raleigh in 2018 and 2019, after connecting him to a 2006 case in Greenville, N.C., according to a news release Wednesday.

Kevin Earl Parker, 46, was charged July 8 with rape and other offenses after detectives developed a DNA profile based on genetic material collected from the victims, according to the Police Department.

In the first Raleigh case, police responded to a home on Beacon Village Drive on Nov. 3, 2018. A 49-year-old woman told police her attacker had broken in through her sliding glass door.

“The victim tried to fight off the suspect, but he indicated he was armed with a knife and fled the scene on foot after committing the crime,” according to a Police Department news release.

In the years that followed, detectives worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and connected Parker to a 2006 case from Greenville, N.C., the release stated.

A third case involving the same suspect was reported in April 2019 on Shellbrook Court in Raleigh.

In the Beacon Village Drive case, Parker is charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree forcible rape, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree forcible sex offense, according to the news release.

In the Shellbrook Court case, he is charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree forcible sex offense.

The Greenville Police Department may file additional charges against Parker, who is being held at the Wake County Correctional Facility.

This story was originally published July 13, 2022 at 5:23 PM.