Arrest made in savage 2014 Mesquite sexual assault of woman with disabilities
MESQUITE – Police this week announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with a brutal 2014 case in which a woman with disabilities was sexually assaulted, beaten, and left unconscious with severe injuries to her head and face.
Officers arrested Jorge Post, 27, of Dallas, and charged him with aggravated sexual assault of a disabled person, a first-degree felony, Mesquite police said in a news release.
Post was 17 when the crime took place on Sept. 2, 2014, police said.
The woman was found lying at the side of a house at 3500 Moon Drive. At the time, investigators used a sexual assault kit and were able to create a male DNA profile, but there was no match when information was entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Efforts to identify a suspect through interviews and canvassing the neighborhood were also unsuccessful, police said.
Police credit "the unwavering dedication of the Mesquite police lead investigator and invaluable assistance from the Dallas FBI Field Office" for recently identifying Post as the suspect.
"We hope this arrest provides some relief for the victim from the traumatic event she had to endure," Mesquite police said in the release.