Gary Young

Gary Robert Young was arrested on August 5, 2020 and charged with two cold case rapes in Chandler, Arizona. On November 8, 1991, a 26-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped at gunpoint. In 1992, a 15-year-old girl was kidnapped, driven to a nearby home, and sexually assaulted there.

A DNA profile of the suspect was obtained from the victims’ sexual assault kits. This linked the cases together in CODIS, but there was no hit to a potential perpetrator.

The FGG investigation was conducted by Colleen Fitzpatrick of Identifinders. Initial confirmation was made through police surveillance followed by surreptitious sampling. The investigation was funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.

Young is being held in custody while the case against him is pending in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Sources:

Daily Independent Staff. “Chandler Police Arrest Sex Assault Suspect in 1991 Cold Case.” Daily Independent, August 6, 2020. Accessed December 28, 2020. https://yourvalley.net/stories/chandler-police-arrest-sex-assault-suspect-in-1991-cold-case,178002?fbclid=IwAR20Chum7r0YuySRyii_aYRBNie-gGH6cU2DFt88Xhb1I-fCqgcoYf7in-4.

Forensic Magazine. “Serial Rape Cases from 1991, 1992, Solved by Identifinders.” Forensic Magazine, August 17, 2020. Accessed December 28, 2020. https://www.forensicmag.com/567269-Serial-Rape-Cases-From-1991-1992-Solved-by-Identifinders/.

Individual

First Name Gary
Last Name Young
Other Names
Victims 2 (Details)
IGG Started nd
Case Cleared 2020-08-05
IGG Org Identifinders

Victims

Case ID Name Age Case Opened Location Investigating Org Most Serious Charge Disposition Court
1400 n/a Jane Doe 26 1991-11-08 Chandler, AZ Chandler PD All sexual offenses, including rape, sexual assault, and child molestation Case is currently pending before the court Maricopa CO SUP CT
1399 n/a Jane Doe 15 1991-11-30 Chandler, AZ Chandler PD All sexual offenses, including rape, sexual assault, and child molestation Case is currently pending before the court Maricopa CO SUP CT

Last updated: February 9, 2024

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Case data and narrative licensed under CC BY 4.0: Dowdeswell, Tracey (2023), “Forensic Genetic Genealogy Project v. 2022”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/jcycgvhm96.1. All other content, including photos, have been added.