Matthew Nilo, an NYC cyber attorney, was arrested on Tuesday after DNA linked him to three unsolved rape cases in Boston.
The 35-year-old is accused of three separate rapes that occurred between 2007 and 2008 in the Boston area, which FBI Boston's Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta addressed. Bonavolonta stated, "While we know today's arrest of Mr. Nilo cannot erase the harm he allegedly inflicted upon his survivors, we believe we have removed a dangerous threat from our community."
It was revealed that Nilo's DNA was linked via family members submitting DNA samples to a genealogy database, like "23 and Me." Suffolk County, Massachusetts District Attorney Kevin Hayden praised the method for catching criminals, stating, "Investigators never stopped analyzing evidence, collecting information and running down leads in order to bring dangerous offenders to justice."
Source: ABC7
