Man sentenced after being convicted in 1994 Attleboro rape

A person was sentenced Monday after being convicted of rape Jan. 23 in connection to a chilly case that dates again over three a long time, in line with an announcement from the Bristol County District Lawyer.

Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, was convicted of aggravated rape after a jury trial on the Fall River Superior Court docket, in line with officers. He was sentenced to serve 15 to twenty years in state jail for the conviction, the assertion stated.

On June 9, 1994, the sufferer, who was 36 years previous on the time, was strolling house in Attleboro when she was approached from behind by a gaggle of males, in line with the DA.

The sufferer was then dragged into a close-by condominium hallway and raped by Mendez, officers stated. A 14-year-old passerby who heard the sufferer’s screams discovered her and introduced her to the Attleboro police station after the lads fled the scene, in line with officers.

The sufferer was transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, the place an proof assortment equipment was carried out. The equipment went untested for many years till it was found in 2018 throughout a listing of untested rape kits by the Bristol County District Lawyer’s Workplace, in line with the DA.

The Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory examined the equipment and located a DNA match to Mendez, officers stated.

After a warrant was obtained and Mendez was arrested in November 2022, a buccal swab in 2023 confirmed the DNA match, in line with officers.

“I need to thank the prosecution group for his or her efforts and commend the sufferer for her perseverance during the last thirty years,” District Lawyer Thomas M. Quinn III stated. “With out the rape equipment being examined, this defendant would by no means have been charged.”