DNA tech advances helped detectives to identify an infamous serial rapist who was sentenced on Thursday in Miami-Dade County court — but not for rape.
A jury found a man guilty Wednesday of a 1983 rape in Miami-Dade County after DNA tech advances helped detectives to find new evidence.
The trial continues Friday for Robert Koehler, known as the “Pillowcase Rapist.”
Miami-Dade County prosecutors said on Thursday Robert Koehler’s DNA matched to at least 25 rapes in the 1980s cold case of the Pillowcase Rapist.
Robert Eugene Koehler, who authorities believe is the man known as the “Pillowcase Rapist,” arrived Wednesday at the jail in west Miami-Dade, facing charges of sexual battery with a deadly weapon for a rape case that dates back to December 1983.
Robert Koehler walked into Brevard County court Tuesday and said, “I am not guilty.” Detectives believe DNA evidence shows otherwise and they have forensic science and computer technology on their side to prove it.