CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sexual assault kits initially tested in 1992 and completed in 2018, as part of a federal grant, led Charlotte-Mecklenburg police to a suspect accused of sexually assaulting two victims in north Charlotte.
Police arrested and charged Antwan Kirkland, 45, Wednesday.
[CMPD: Federal grant helps officers arrest man in 1995 cold case rape]
On May 30, 1992, two victims -- a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old -- were leaving the Charlotte area when two men asked for directions. The men got into the vehicle and told the victims to them the 4600 block of Cheviot Road, where they robbed and sexually assaulted them at gunpoint.
The victims were treated at Carolinas Medical Center, where the sexual assault kits were administered. The kits were later tested again.
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