“I would especially like to thank Dr. Lewis Maddox and his team at the Ohio BCI’s DNA lab in Richfield led by Kristen Slaper for working tirelessly to solve these cases. This case hits especially close to home as I was a long-time resident of this neighborhood. I look forward to continuing to bring justice and closure to the victims of all of these cold cases.
Gribble allegedly told him his son was riding around on a dirt bike and he needed help finding a gas can.Brooklyn police officers transported the boy to a local hospital where a sexual assault kit evidence was collected. In 2021, that evidence was submitted to Gene by Gene, a genealogy vendor working with the G.O.L.D Unit and Prosecutor O’Malley said Gribble’s DNA was connected to the assault.
Investigators then obtained Gribble’s DNA and sent it to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to be tested, where it came back as a positive match, said Prosecutor O’Malley.