CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - A 41-year-old man has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Cambridge more than 22 years ago, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday.
Officials said the Roger Reddick Jr. allegedly snuck into the child’s room early in the morning of Oct. 18, 2000, covering her mouth with his hand and sexually assaulting her. Officials said Reddick then ran out of the house.
The DA’s office said police gathered evidence including boxer shorts left at the scene.
Years later, the DA’s office said new DNA testing on the boxer shorts helped lead to a break in the case.
“In 2022, our cold case unit began looking at this case and working with the crime laboratory,” District Attorney Marian Ryan said. “As a result of advances in technology, that profile that had been obtained from the shorts was able to be uploaded and a match to Mr. Reddick as the source of the major profile on those shorts was made.”
Reddick was arraigned on Thursday on three charges of rape of a child with force.
He did not show his face in court.
Investigators said Reddick lived in the girl’s neighborhood in 2000, with his home just a half mile from where the girl lived.
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