A DNA match led investigators to the arrest Monday of James A. Whisenand in Indiana on charges related to a violent home invasion rape of a 61-year-old woman in San Jose 15 years ago

John Arthur Getreu escaped justice for over 40 years before Santa Clara County Sheriff’s detectives used DNA evidence to track him down.

Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen said that evidence shows that Jennifer Gries made up the rape stories because she was angry at a co-worker.

John Arthur Getreu, 78, admitted to the 1973 murder of Lesley Perlov, 16 months after he was convicted in the 1974 killing of another woman in what proxecutors called The Stanford Murders.

Karen Stitt was last seen by her teenage boyfriend walking at night toward a Sunnyvale bus stop between El Camino Real and Wolfe Road, in early September 1982. Her body was found 100 yards away.

Ernest Ramirez, 54, of San Jose, was arrested June 9 and charged with raping an elementary school student who had attended an after-school martial arts program between August 2020 and June 2021.

Phillip Anthony James was arrested Monday by Sunnyvale public safety officers in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a student at Cupertino Middle School.

Shannon Keeler told the Associated Press she had been gathering evidence for nearly eight years, and agreed to be identified as the victim of a 2013 attack while she was a student at Gettysburg College, sharing the text of a potentially incriminating statement by Ian Cleary, 28, of Saratoga.

Public and private health officials pass the buck on a request for a dedicated room for sexual assault survivors

A Santa Clara County pilot program for rape victims boasting 24-hour care falls short in fulfillng mission to ease wait times and improve exam privacy.

SJPD has seen an increase in sexual assault reports. But they aren’t sure whether rapes are rising, or whether more victims are speaking up.

An event to combat sexual assaults on college campuses featured District Attorney Jeff Rosen, Congresswoman Jackie Speier and actress Sharon Stone.